No 'Cannon ball' time sequences though... or shades...

Oh well at least I got my personal Sail and flag...

I did the beta, thanks to Tseng, and I thought it was pretty fun but not worth the monthly fee.   Its kind of hard to tell the NPC ships from normal players while you are in the open sea but I bet that over time you can instantly tell.  It takes a long time to catch up to another ship and it sucks when you almost catch them and then they port at an island...  I wish you could change your outfit on the fly though instead of having to go to the seamstress that is only on a few islands and that if you forget the name of it takes forever to find it again... >_<

Overall, the concept is great and it is probably one of the best Pirate games out there.  If I ever find myself with more time on my hands I might get a full station pass and play.

Tip: When selecting a name, the last name is what matters most.  If you name yourself Captain Jack Sparrow, you will be called Captain Sparrow throughout the game and I know you won't want that!  Who the heck is Captain Sparrow??  I think one of my names was Hydra Hydrazine

for the people playing it , is there any land pve or land fighting ? or is it all ship combat ?

It has both, Avatar combat (land) isnt as polished as ship combat due to being added very late in the development cycle.

Avatars were only added due to community outcry.

I'm interested in the game, but not entirely convinced.  What are, in the opinions of those who play it, the best and worst aspects of the game?

~V

Stengths

• Ship combat
• Crafting
• Ship/Avatar appearance customization is good
• Auction House functionality appears solid
• Community Service seems good (the couple of times I have needed it they GMs were prompt)

Weaknesses

• Avatar combat
• Economy is a little shakey but still early as there are few to no 50s on the servers
• Mission incompleteness (I have been finding about 15% of the missions have missing or place holder text)
• Some server/database instability (though its getting better, you can play but things can go arwy if the server crashes or has to be restarted)
• Roll back functionality doesn't appear 100% working correct (On blackbeard the weekend before last I got hit with a nasty bug resulting from a small 2 hour roll back)
• Chat interface needs polish

All my opinions of coarse.

Vanil wrote:

I'm interested in the game, but not entirely convinced.  What are, in the opinions of those who play it, the best and worst aspects of the game?

~V

Stengths

• Ship combat
• Crafting
• Ship/Avatar appearance customization is good
• Auction House functionality appears solid
• Community Service seems good (the couple of times I have needed it they GMs were prompt)

Weaknesses

• Avatar combat
• Economy is a little shakey but still early as there are few to no 50s on the servers
• Mission incompleteness (I have been finding about 15% of the missions have missing or place holder text)
• Some server/database instability (though its getting better, you can play but things can go arwy if the server crashes or has to be restarted)
• Roll back functionality doesn't appear 100% working correct (On blackbeard the weekend before last I got hit with a nasty bug resulting from a small 2 hour roll back)
• Chat interface needs polish

All my opinions of coarse.