Pirates of the Burning Sea

This game seems to be released about one year too soon.  I played Vanguard from pre-launch and it did not have half of the problems as this game.  My friend and I had to /quit out of the game about ten times in the few hours that we played it.  Lag, Lag, Lag, Lag, and more Lag.  Oh, toss in a couple CTDs as well.

If you find your ship not responding at all, or doing things on its own, do not worry; it is only lag.  Just /quit out of the game and come back in.  Fun right?  NOT.

This is, by far, the buggiest game I've ever played.  The lag was absolutely unacceptable; and let's face it, the ports are, at best, unfinished.

BUT, I think if they fix the horrendous lag problems that the game could be fun.  In between /quitting and loading the game, I did get some combat in; and that part was pretty fun.

I can't BELIEVE I'm the only one posting about the HUGE bugs plaguing this launch.

What is your connection speed? Because I have no problems with lag whatsoever.

Also lag /= bug, lag = connection problems

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Originally posted by Shifty360
What is your connection speed? Because I have no problems with lag whatsoever.
Also lag /= bug, lag = connection problems

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exactly...lag does not mean a game is buggy as hell. This launch has actually been relatively bug free.

The only thing you mention that is a bug is the CTD...but that is by no means a rampant issue. Last time I experienced one was early in my beta experience...like 3 months ago. There are a few issues but I would not say it is buggy as hell...at least from my personal experience.

Originally posted by Thor79

 

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Originally posted by Shifty360
What is your connection speed? Because I have no problems with lag whatsoever.
Also lag /= bug, lag = connection problems

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exactly...lag does not mean a game is buggy as hell. This launch has actually been relatively bug free.

The only thing you mention that is a bug is the CTD...but that is by no means a rampant issue. Last time I experienced one was early in my beta experience...like 3 months ago. There are a few issues but I would not say it is buggy as hell...at least from my personal experience.

There is one way to get the game to lock up that I know of (that they are aware of according to the patch notes). That is when you have ships in different ports and port back and forth via the harbormaster. Sometimes it just locks up.

It's not really a big deal, though. Mildly annoying, not game breaking frustrating.

aye, I have had no issues on this as well, no lag here and sense beta the game is a blast, more challenging and I have noticed allot of little things I was hoping would happen, like more animations on ship combat etc. One hell of a game now, but you really have to love the era to appreciate it.

i think this game was polished up nicely with what they had going into launch. mind you i have not played since beta but in beta there were lots more people im sure and i didnt lag at all. maybe you have crappy router or bad vid drivers?  the problems that plauge this launch are not really in-game related. i just dont see how SOE kept their part of their contract. they seem to be doing everything half assed. i think FLS did the best they could and with the time frame they were given. i dont find the devs at fault here as much as i do the suits behind them (SOE). the devs are mearly puppets basically. so taking it out on them is not cool.

though hooking up with SOE was their fault. that was the dumbest thing they could have done, though its hard to say if they would have even got their game released without SOE. oh well...come on aoc..

My experience - PotBS is less laggy and less buggy, than ANY other MMOG I ever played, especially considering its *just released* state.

Yes, it needs improvements (group communication functions, some balancing, ground graphic, SOE services, ...), but - I'm rather VERY optimistic here.

That sucks for you :(

I have not had one drop of lag, nor have I crashed at all since early open beta. I played for over 8 hours yesterday and didn't hit one issue.

I haven't seen a bug since preboarding either. I have a level 27, 16 and 8.

Sorry you are experiencing so many issues but they seem to be very isolated and unique to you and your friend for some reason.

Hope you get it straightened out soon.

Ok, im going to call the OP on this one. I think you are flaming out of frustration with one problem you have had. I also played vanguard from its first week of release, until today, my account is still active, level 50, and done a lot of raiding in the new dungeon. As for my PotBS experiance? Next to none. I never followed this game much at all until a week ago.  So im definantly no fan boi.

PotBS, from the time ive been playing it, has had nearly no bugs. DEFINANTLY no where near as bad as vanguard did.....omg, how can you even make that comparison? Vanguard was barely a functional product when it launched, and had multiple game crippling bugs and issues. Some of which they are still trying to sort out a year later. PotBS actually surprised me when I first began playing yesterday. I played all afternoon and evening and never had a crash, or any game breaking bug creep up. The only bug I ever even saw at all was in one of the ports I entered- The water of the ocean began to Flicker in large sections, As if it was dissapearing and re-appearing rapidly. Doing research in the forums yeilds that this is a known bug byFLS, and that the next build is directly targetting this issue.Aparantly only Geforce 8800 users are seeing it in some cases. That is the only bug I ever saw.

My Inventory wasnt dissapearing, I wasnt being killed for zoning into or out of locations, My character never got rolled back a level or 2 for no reason, My internet ping was not spiking 5000, my game was not Hitching and pausing with eavery other step in port towns. All of these issues are a portion of what affected Vanguard at release.....and I think even mentioning the two games in the same sentance like the OP did is just really un fair. We should give FLS a pat on the back for not releasing a pile of crap like vanguard did.....not penalize them. Any bugs in this game are subtle and small from all I can see. And, that is pretty awesome considering we are only on the 3rd day into release....Lets give the FLS team more credit than that.