Pirates of the Burning Sea- OPEN BETA!

[Samwise]

JESUS CHRIST IT'S A GRAMMAR SNAKE!  GET IN THE CAR!

[WayAbvPar]

Wasn't this thread about PotBS? We can have a slapfight over MMO design or WoW in any number of threads. Not this one.

[grunk]

Bottom line, PoTBS looks like fun :3

[Yegolev]

The issue is simple. You people take every chance you get, to run up to the highest mountain and scream.

"WOW IS THE GREATEST GAME EVER MADE! EVERY GAME SHOULD BE JUST LIKE IT!"

Assume much?  Please to be finding my post where I slobber the wang of WoW.  WoW bored me and I quit.  FFXI frustrated me and I quit.  Those are different.  EVE, I just didn't have time for that or I'd be playing it right now.  Also not the same thing.  You can say I suck for not continuing to play a game I don't like, but it won't make me feel bad about myself.

As for insulting you, it's just lots of fun.  I really don't want you to leave, and you do have a following here, so I'm just trying to be funny rather than mean.  Wallow in your significance.

[Sky]

Grunk is the wind beneath my wings.

[Nonentity]

Bottom line, PoTBS looks like fun :3

[cmlancas]

The issue is simple. You people take every chance you get, to run up to the highest mountain and scream.

"WOW IS THE GREATEST GAME EVER MADE! EVERY GAME SHOULD BE JUST LIKE IT!"

Wallow in your significance.

It's true. If you started a blog people would read it for epic lulz. You could be the Tay Zonday of Blogging!

[schild]

No. Tay Zonday is a racial bucket of hilarious.

Grunk is an over-coked retarded ape of a man who is Not a unique snowflake. He probably posts a lot on official forums pre-release to try and get his sweet ideas added to games. He is a dime a dozen.

He is totally average in every way.

[Engels]

Well, Jesus and his mother disagree.

[hal]

So, POTBS is a buy? Biased on beta testers? I think I like what I heard. Did I hear what I thought I heard?

[Nonentity]

Eh, it's fun. That's more then I can say about a lot of games. I haven't gotten into to the PvP yet, so I can't vouch on that front.

I might buy it, should I ever decide to Station Pass it up one of these days.

[Prospero]

I'm still fairly new to the game, but I like what I'm seeing so far. I'd recommend reading the dev blogs on their site; I think it gives a good flavor of what the game has to offer.

[SnakeCharmer]

If you applied, check your emails for a little something something...

[Bokonon]

Heads up FilePlanet subscribers:

http://www.burningsea.com/pages/page.php?pageKey=news/article&article_id=10427

3-day stress-test starting on Thursday, going through Saturday. Paying members of FilePlanet are invited (which excludes me). I've got to assume though that this means the NDA is soon to be gone, since you can't expect something like this to be kept quiet, can you?

What can I say about F13?  It's really my favorite website in the entire universe!  I love the irreverent banter and sly wit these keyboard jockeys produce.  And I especially love the staff, they're AWESOME.

[Xanthippe]

Looking forward to it.  I signed up for the beta 2 years ago.  I probably was a little too honest and put down a reason for trying it as "I was to see if it sucks or not before I shell out $50."

[Signe]

Looking forward to it.  I signed up for the beta 2 years ago.  I probably was a little too honest and put down a reason for trying it as "I was to see if it sucks or not before I shell out $50."

No one appreciates brutal honesty!   

[BigBlack]

Anyone got a good recap of what the game's systems are for those of us who have only been vaguely following along?

[Bokonon]

See Wikipedia.

What can I say about F13?  It's really my favorite website in the entire universe!  I love the irreverent banter and sly wit these keyboard jockeys produce.  And I especially love the staff, they're AWESOME.

[WayAbvPar]

See Wikipedia.

What can I say about F13?  It's really my favorite website in the entire universe!  I love the irreverent banter and sly wit these keyboard jockeys produce.  And I especially love the staff, they're AWESOME.

Nice link. That is a pretty good overview of it. As soon as the NDA goes away I am sure there will be plenty more information available. 

[Slayerik]

Is it just me or did this game just kinda fall off the interest level.

Hopefully for them they beat Conan/WAR to launch.

[Modern Angel]

Is it just me or did this game just kinda fall off the interest level.

Hopefully for them they beat Conan/WAR to launch.

I'm still highly interested but for some reason I can no longer get into betas. Dammit

[tazelbain]

Is it just me or did this game just kinda fall off the interest level.

Hopefully for them they beat Conan/WAR to launch.

Hard to get excited about it when I am not sure what it is.  I'd love WAR-style podcasts explaining the major points.  You are making a kick ass game right? Show us and explain it.  Bullet points just don't sell it anymore.  Especially if you are non-diku.

[Bokonon]

Is it just me or did this game just kinda fall off the interest level.

Hopefully for them they beat Conan/WAR to launch.

Hard to get excited about it when I am not sure what it is.  I'd love WAR-style podcasts explaining the major points.  You are making a kick ass game right? Show us and explain it.  Bullet points just don't sell it anymore.  Especially if you are non-diku.

I know it's not as convenient, but their devlogs on the game site have been informative throughout development. However, I would say that PotBS is definitely diku-ish.

What can I say about F13?  It's really my favorite website in the entire universe!  I love the irreverent banter and sly wit these keyboard jockeys produce.  And I especially love the staff, they're AWESOME.

[Modern Angel]

Explain the diku-ness of the game. I've not been watching the game like a hawk but everything I'd seen said not a diku to this point

[WayAbvPar]

It contains XP and levels, and cockblocks from certain content/materials due to levels. That is DIKU enough to be annoying. I wish they would have gotten closer to EVE's skill system, which the devs said was one of their inspirations.

[eldaec]

Explain the diku-ness of the game. I've not been watching the game like a hawk but everything I'd seen said not a diku to this point

See end of page 1, first half of page 2.

STOP READING WHEN YOU SEE THE NAME 'grunk'. This is important.

[Modern Angel]

Good old grunk.

So I see the level stuff which is something I can live with. What, precisely, is being blocked off by said levels? Huge swathes of content being shut off to me or doing the alt thing just to get to the same brick wall... those are things I can't. Not in a game with pirates.

[Bokonon]

It means some (many?) ports have high level mobs around it that make a lowbie character's life there very difficult... Also quests may be level-bound; not sure on that one though.

What can I say about F13?  It's really my favorite website in the entire universe!  I love the irreverent banter and sly wit these keyboard jockeys produce.  And I especially love the staff, they're AWESOME.

[JoeTF]

1) It sucks if you can fly/sail most badass ship from day one. You/me would get bored in less than a day.
2) EVE training system cockblocks you from flying a hulk for about 7 months,  and that's assuming you wouldn't do anything but train hulk related skills in that time. In DIKU, you can at least grind/bot/buy the damn ship.
3) EVE approach forces pretty much all ships to be equal, which sucks a lot since you would want your uber badass Ship of the Line to actually be uber and badass and not balanced against some shity lv1 xebec.

Their ships are still balanced (frigate has some advantages over SOL), but not to point of forced class equivalence (like in EVE, where every support class has to be ideally equal to every other support class, every BS class to every other BS and so on and so on).

[Bokonon]

FYI, if you have a free fileplanet account, you can get into the stress test now. No need to be a subscriber (this much I've confirmed). The stress test starts 6PM EDT tonight.

Let the slideshow begin!

What can I say about F13?  It's really my favorite website in the entire universe!  I love the irreverent banter and sly wit these keyboard jockeys produce.  And I especially love the staff, they're AWESOME.

[BigBlack]

I'm reading on Wikipedia that you can hit "rank 50" in about 2 months of casual play.  Does that seem anywhere near accurate?

Also, what does this game offer for explorers?  On the one hand I hear "you get a detailed map that comes with the game", but then I hear that map has cryptological clues on it for deciphering hidden quests?  Is this the kind of stuff that the beta testers have already been through and will be on PotBS's version of Thottbott after a couple of days?  Would there be a role, in PotBS' world, for someone interested in whatever ship is very fast and evasive, and perhaps conducting recon?  Is that possible, or am I completely misunderstanding their PvP dynamic?

[shiznitz]

I'm reading on Wikipedia that you can hit "rank 50" in about 2 months of casual play.  Does that seem anywhere near accurate?

Maybe in beta but I challeneg anyone to name a game that didn't nerf the exp gain before going live. In almost every instance that pre-live exp nerf was later reversed in some way. Only CoH held firm and they nerfed exp not once, but twice: pre-live and then post-live ("purple nerf").

[eldaec]

I'm reading on Wikipedia that you can hit "rank 50" in about 2 months of casual play.  Does that seem anywhere near accurate?

Also, what does this game offer for explorers?  On the one hand I hear "you get a detailed map that comes with the game", but then I hear that map has cryptological clues on it for deciphering hidden quests?  Is this the kind of stuff that the beta testers have already been through and will be on PotBS's version of Thottbott after a couple of days?  Would there be a role, in PotBS' world, for someone interested in whatever ship is very fast and evasive, and perhaps conducting recon?  Is that possible, or am I completely misunderstanding their PvP dynamic?

50 in 2 months is a pr quote of dev aims and nothing more.

MMOG devs have a history of altering xp rate on launch day.

Balance changes in early months are guaranteed to change xp rate.


Regarding maps, it doesn't matter one whit whether a map comes with the game. There will be spoiler sites. They will contain a pixel perfect map of any non-random game areas and any scripted quests within minutes of launch. The devs will feel compelled to pace the game assuming you use these resources, as the vast majority of players will be doing so.


Will there be role for fast ships? Yes. Almost certainly. But it might suck. Or it might not suck. Nobody can possibly know until group/realm mechanics and tactics begin to shake out after launch.

[Nevermore]

If the game as a good economy, the fast ships should make good blockade runners if nothing else.

[Yegolev]

If the game as a good economy, the fast ships should make good blockade runners if nothing else.

I believe this is the theory.