Pirates of The Burning Sea

Before Free 2 Play

Pirates of the Burning Sea had become a dream come true for me, EVE online mixed with piracy mixed with kicking major ***.. The sound of this had practically blown my mind until it was no more. The game during beta has had many flaws and imbalances which made the game completely enjoyable since you would actually have to work harder to get stuff done and going to PVP areas actually made you **** your pants because a massive ship coming your way A.K.A a "Invincible" one of the biggest and meanest ships in the game, I'm talking 112 cannons of absolute iron fury and running the economy with one of those chasing you had been an absolute scary thing to do as you could lose your ship with even the slightest of mistakes. For those whom are not familiar with the game there is four main nationalities France, Spain, Pirate, and Britain.. You might be thinking to yourself  "How in god's name is pirate a nation" well hahaha my fine friend it is based of the Brethren of the Coast which was a loose democracy. Now to explain the careers there are three different careers for the nationalities and two for the pirates i will explain those below:

hehehe, you just made me download it (iplayed it before and liked it, but left to be with some friends).

the OP is right on, it's a shame more people don't realize this is a very likeable game, especially for people who want something "eve-sih" but not quite as freeform as eve.

indeed the game is great for those whom wish to do avatar combat and do ship combat as well, the missions are balanced out between economy, avatar combat and ship combat

This game had it's chance.

It was and will continue to be plagued by a series of poor design decisions that the devs have neither the resources nor inclination to fix.

It would be very difficult for this game to escape its poor legacy and missteps by the devs, which are all well documented.

The fact that the game is now free, in no way mitigates the problems that have plagued this game from the beginning and kept it from becoming largely successful.

Those problems, which I need not go into now, are largely still there, the only thing that isn't is a sub fee, having been replaced by micro transactions.

In the end, making an average game free does not make it any better, only theoretically cheaper to play (and that may not even be so in practice).

Pass.

Originally posted by Burntvet

This game had it's chance.

It was and will continue to be plagued by a series of poor design decisions that the devs have neither the resources nor inclination to fix.

It would be very difficult for this game to escape its poor legacy and missteps by the devs, which are all well documented.

The fact that the game is now free, in no way mitigates the problems that have plagued this game from the beginning and kept it from becoming largely successful.

Those problems, which I need not go into now, are largely still there, the only thing that isn't is a sub fee, having been replaced by micro transactions.

In the end, making an average game free does not make it any better, only theoretically cheaper to play (and that may not even be so in practice).

Pass.

 

I tried this game again after it went FTP.  First of all, I've never spent a dime in the item shop and am actively participating in PvP and RvR (endgame content).  Item shop is in no way required to be competitive.  The game does still have its flaws (most of the same ones), but it's not just cheaper to play, it's truly free in the real sense of the word which goes a long way towards helping me look past those flaws. 

Anyone who has ever subbed at one time gets all the perks of having a fully subbed account, now without the sub.  Brand new players will have to sub once and then cancel if they want to get the perks, or be content buying from the item shop which is again unnecessary for competitive play.  But if you've ever subbed before it really is completely free, no strings attached.

ya, i reinstalled it revcently after this thread began.  having fun again.  I'll have to change my sig one of these days :)

see you in game!

What server are you on and your IGN? im on antigua and im Adam Allier

I'm checking it out again as well. Gotta find a soc... scratch that, gotta find my characters... where are those pesky guys.

Thanks for the post OP.

just tell me what server/nationality you are :)

I'm on Antigua, Pirate. Not 50 yet, only 36, gotta get cracking I guess.

EDIT:

I switched Nations to Brit, Naval Officer. I wanted a change of scenery. 

Any pirates need help on antigua... my name is Adam Allier and im lvl 50.... i can help whom ever needs it