General Discussion

MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh speaks with the folks from Flying Lab Software in this progress update that brings us information not only on the recent server merge but on the game's past issues and its future.

“What server merge?”  Russell Williams, CEO of Flying Lab Software deadpanned, comfortably seated in his office on top of Queen Anne hill in Seattle, WA.  “Didn’t you read the follow up announcement?  Our web servers were hacked.  Ha!  Gotcha!” 

Russell really wasn’t trying to pull one over me, but was simply joking, this sunny morning in the Pacific Northwest that I was visiting to talk to the team.  Take a temperature reading, find out the whys and wherefores of the server merge in Pirates of the Burning Sea and what they had planned for the future.  One thing I know about Russell, having interviewed him several times previously, is that he is candidly honest and would provide a wealth of information.  I lusted surreptitiously at the model of the Yamato (among other toys) he has in his office, pondering once again how I could tuck that under my coat when I left, then urged him to “tell all.” He did.  Starting with what went wrong.

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Is a war.

A merge is a interesting thing in a way. sudenly.. tons of people are moved to a war zone, and change the old status..   on my server,  Roberts, the piracy is now a new real faction. The old pirates where tamed by the english, and server the english purposes, the new pirates are german people, that play seriusly and want to win, and imho, will win this map.  

This merge will make the game much more interesting for this map. A merge every month could be mandatory, hehehe ....    Eve online only have a single server!.   Maybe having different servers has ben a  lame idea. The game IS traducted to several langs, so german people can play the game in german, spanish  in spanish, etc.. having a different server could be unneded. So why?  maybe lag and architecture, maybe the game servers design can't handle that stress.. and that is sad, because a well populated server can make this game very interesting :DD

Does POTBS hold the record for fastest to server merge from release?

what does it matter?

they did the right thing, they learn from their mistakes and admit it by merging the servers

In case FLS has not noticed folks are leaving in droves. They had there shot, not sure if Sony will hire Rusty like the did Brad but the slow dance of death has started for the game.

wow server merge already?

Originally posted by Elsabolts

In case FLS has not noticed folks are leaving in droves. They had there shot, not sure if Sony will hire Rusty like the did Brad but the slow dance of death has started for the game.

PotBS is a great concept.  The only problem is that it is repetative.  I loved the game, loved the beta, but unfortunatly, gets kinda old. 

I think I am going to give it a shot and Conan at the same time... One for the gipper... especially since the new Pirate class is coming about.

Originally posted by WolfClaws

 

Originally posted by Elsabolts

In case FLS has not noticed folks are leaving in droves. They had there shot, not sure if Sony will hire Rusty like the did Brad but the slow dance of death has started for the game.

Dude, stop with the SoE hate.  Has nothing to do with them this time.

 

PotBS is a great concept.  The only problem is that it is repetative.  I loved the game, loved the beta, but unfortunatly, gets kinda old. 

I think I am going to give it a shot and Conan at the same time... One for the gipper... especially since the new Pirate class is coming about.

Well really, it does have somepart to do with SONY, he did say that the spanish has no boxes available, you cant find any boxes of the game. Ain't that SOE's job? Aren't they hired to put the games boxes on shelves? Looks like SOE didn't do what they were hired to do... hmmm, wonder why?

Originally posted by njdevi66

 

Originally posted by WolfClaws

 

Originally posted by Elsabolts

In case FLS has not noticed folks are leaving in droves. They had there shot, not sure if Sony will hire Rusty like the did Brad but the slow dance of death has started for the game.

Dude, stop with the SoE hate.  Has nothing to do with them this time.

 

PotBS is a great concept.  The only problem is that it is repetative.  I loved the game, loved the beta, but unfortunatly, gets kinda old. 

I think I am going to give it a shot and Conan at the same time... One for the gipper... especially since the new Pirate class is coming about.

 

 

Well really, it does have somepart to do with SONY, he did say that the spanish has no boxes available, you cant find any boxes of the game. Ain't that SOE's job? Aren't they hired to put the games boxes on shelves? Looks like SOE didn't do what they were hired to do... hmmm, wonder why?

Bleh, I am not a lover of SoE nor am I a supporter... if SoE was responsible for putting boxes in Spain, then yeah, they dropped the ball ,but I doubt sales would have been so over the top that it would have affected the decision of a server merge   : /

         Been hanging around this game for years now,Hoped it  would have launched a bit better.

 but it is what it is ,So Im willing to wait and see if it gets on a regular schedule of improvments

 before I throw in the towel yet.Just have to see if the game gets better before they run out of money

if so Ill be back on.Wish em nothing but the best.

       Indeavor to persevere