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Questions and Notes TO CoAS Players

Pieter Boelen

Pieter Boelen

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1. We might need some CoAS player to supervise the CoAS forums; I don't think any of our current moderators actually has the game.

2. It would be interesting if some of the people who have CoAS would try to write up some sort of review that could be posted to this site's main page.
 
I just got the game <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> This weekend if I have Time I'll write somethink <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />
 
i have the game...<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/type_1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":nk" border="0" alt="type_1.gif" />
if somebody have questoins they can ask <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />)
and one smilie doesn't work
 
I didn't really played the game but what I mean is there's no storylines but many quests. There's only for Blood than you begin with a story, having to escape from Barbados and after I think it depends who you meet, than you begin a quest or an other one. I add you can start the game many times with the same character (not Blood of course) but locations are changing, once at Belize, other time at pirates town....

<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />
 
<!--quoteo(post=320722:date=May 18 2009, 02:14 PM:name=philippe)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (philippe @ May 18 2009, 02:14 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=320722"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I didn't really played the game but what I mean is there's no storylines but many quests. There's only for Blood than you begin with a story, having to escape from Barbados and after I think it depends who you meet, than you begin a quest or an other one. I add you can start the game many times with the same character (not Blood of course) but locations are changing, once at Belize, other time at pirates town....

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The main problem I'm having right now is a total lack of officers. I just can't find any!
 
I am thinking of writing a review for this game, could someone please tell me how to write a review on this site?
 
I just got the game and am liking it much more then Age of Pirates and unlike that one will continue playing it.

I'll let you know if I have time to do this after I play some more and see if I have time.

PS. Just to let you know if you don't remember I was the person who created the first installer for the mod that evetually became the Build mod and have a lot of experience with these games.
 
That was a LONG time ago then! Before I was even here. Welcome back. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doff.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":doff" border="0" alt="doff.gif" />

Just for clarity's sake, this thread is about the two things in the opening post and NOT about anything else.

Please post any reviews or comments you have on the game here and we can get them posted to this site's main page.
Also I'd like some comments on who might be able to supervise the CoAS forums.
 
Hoodya, when you wrote your review and took screenshots and all, please PM our site administrator, Keith. He will upload it for you or tell you how to upload it yourself. Its that simple <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
 
It's probably better to just post your review with screenshots here and we can get it posted.
Keith is again absent from this site, because real life got busy again.
But Thagarr and Old Salt have the ability to post to the site's main page too.
 
I can post on the main page too. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":yes" border="0" alt="yes.gif" />

I'd offer to supervise the CoAS forums, but since I only got my copy of the game a few days ago, I don't know that much about it yet. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/no.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":no" border="0" alt="no.gif" />

In case anybody is wondering how I got a copy, the guy at the local EB Games said it was a fluke, and that two of their other Edmonton stores each also received only one copy - the next shipment isn't due until after the scheduled US release date. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> Darn glad I preordered it, since the only other person who had came in as I was leaving - the store here runs on a "first come, first served" basis for preorders, not how long you've been waiting for it to come in.
 
Okay, I've got a question. Playing as Blood, is it possible to get all four officers in the beginning? I've managed to take over the ship without any of them getting gutted but two of them always refuse to join me and I'm left with that gay Final Fantasy ripoff and the one eyed cannoneer.
 
Oh for god's sake; how hard is it to read the opening post? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mybad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":facepalm" border="0" alt="mybad.gif" />
 
Oops, brainfart. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops" border="0" alt="blush.gif" /> Very sorry.
 
No problem; maybe we should have a Question and Answer thread though.
But that is the exact reason why we need someone to supervise this forum and make sure the needed threads are made and such.
 
Hi Pieter, Plan on buyn the games as soon as its released in Canada, should be soon, I'd be keeping an eye on this forum <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":keith" border="0" alt="keith.gif" /> <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
That's great, Skull! Absolutely great! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":woot" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" />
 
Game is good about a 8/10 as far as these games go.

Graphics are a tad better than potc, quests are ok if a bit vague at times. Enemy AI is good ship combat is exciting and as usual the sail physics are great. Melee combat is hard especially early on when you have no fighters on your crew since the game seems to care nothing on if your one person or 4 you will be fighting multiple opponents sometime up to 4 or 5 for some of the newbie governor missions.

The bad? quests are overly obtouse sometimes you just gotta wander around and keep talking to people, but street citizens are mostly useless, once in a great while they will drop some useful rumors, but ask them about the other citizens and the town in general, they might as well have not included those chat lines at all. Some quest seem simple kill quests but aren't.

Then there are the meet me at midnight people, first time i got this request i figured middle of the day i will hole up in the tavern till evening for 5 plasters, meet the guy boom done. Go there at night head in noone there, did this a second time, third time i just followed the guy off the street after he requested the meeting and ohh ok midnight in the game is apparently whenever the guy approaches you even if it is morning. Translation error? i would hope.

Your fellow captains ship AI, your captains seem infinitely dumber than the enemy ships AI, they will let ships run while they circle and fire from long long range. Tell em to board a ship? well you better have it demasted and decimated the crew otherwise they will not catch it and if they do they will probably lose. and their gunnery in general leaves alot to be desired. Would be nice if you could lest order your other ships to use ammo types, they seem to only use ball shot and bomb shot period.

Got a bounty on your head? You better pay off a diplomat to smooth it out because bounty hunters have the psychic ability to find you no matter what port you are in. track you down incessently on the open sea, leaving port etc, would be nice if this was toned down some after awhile it gets very annoying.

About open sea travel, you get a pirate, navies following you, that is it they follow you. There can be merchants, trade convoys, other pirates they will ignore everything to chase you halfway across the ocean. I once managed to get a pirate fleet, a spanish fleet and a dutch fleet all in a british port that followed me all the way into the harbor proper, kinda funny to see about 15 red ships 3 or 4 green and the fort on your side. Really the amount of times they will run into a fort protected port chasing you is silly.

For all the warts however, this game is like the old sid meyer's pirates, you can pop into the game and hours will pass before you know where the time went. You can just sail around raiding caravans, doing quests (when you can figure them out), or just standing on the deck of your ship and enjoying the sounds of the boat and the sea for a good bit.

I hope some of the other issues are able to be adjusted with mods or patches. But if your liked sea dogs, carribean tales, you will enjoy this game there is a lot to do and a lot of replay value with the 4 different career choices, and a few were left out it seems.
 
<!--quoteo(post=321111:date=May 20 2009, 11:31 AM:name=Cerebus23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cerebus23 @ May 20 2009, 11:31 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=321111"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Game is good about a 8/10 as far as these games go.

Graphics are a tad better than potc, quests are ok if a bit vague at times. Enemy AI is good ship combat is exciting and as usual the sail physics are great. Melee combat is hard especially early on when you have no fighters on your crew since the game seems to care nothing on if your one person or 4 you will be fighting multiple opponents sometime up to 4 or 5 for some of the newbie governor missions.

The bad? quests are overly obtouse sometimes you just gotta wander around and keep talking to people, but street citizens are mostly useless, once in a great while they will drop some useful rumors, but ask them about the other citizens and the town in general, they might as well have not included those chat lines at all. Some quest seem simple kill quests but aren't.

Then there are the meet me at midnight people, first time i got this request i figured middle of the day i will hole up in the tavern till evening for 5 plasters, meet the guy boom done. Go there at night head in noone there, did this a second time, third time i just followed the guy off the street after he requested the meeting and ohh ok midnight in the game is apparently whenever the guy approaches you even if it is morning. Translation error? i would hope.

Your fellow captains ship AI, your captains seem infinitely dumber than the enemy ships AI, they will let ships run while they circle and fire from long long range. Tell em to board a ship? well you better have it demasted and decimated the crew otherwise they will not catch it and if they do they will probably lose. and their gunnery in general leaves alot to be desired. Would be nice if you could lest order your other ships to use ammo types, they seem to only use ball shot and bomb shot period.

Got a bounty on your head? You better pay off a diplomat to smooth it out because bounty hunters have the psychic ability to find you no matter what port you are in. track you down incessently on the open sea, leaving port etc, would be nice if this was toned down some after awhile it gets very annoying.

About open sea travel, you get a pirate, navies following you, that is it they follow you. There can be merchants, trade convoys, other pirates they will ignore everything to chase you halfway across the ocean. I once managed to get a pirate fleet, a spanish fleet and a dutch fleet all in a british port that followed me all the way into the harbor proper, kinda funny to see about 15 red ships 3 or 4 green and the fort on your side. Really the amount of times they will run into a fort protected port chasing you is silly.

For all the warts however, this game is like the old sid meyer's pirates, you can pop into the game and hours will pass before you know where the time went. You can just sail around raiding caravans, doing quests (when you can figure them out), or just standing on the deck of your ship and enjoying the sounds of the boat and the sea for a good bit.

I hope some of the other issues are able to be adjusted with mods or patches. But if your liked sea dogs, carribean tales, you will enjoy this game there is a lot to do and a lot of replay value with the 4 different career choices, and a few were left out it seems.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" /> Cerebus23,

Please, tell me about random missions:

In AOP was just bored, only take people or stuff from here to there, or escort ship.
I never see any other kind on mission.

What random mission you can got in COAS?
 
Thanks a lot Cerebus! That really was interesting! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/w00t.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":woot" border="0" alt="w00t.gif" />
 
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