The kraken under investigation
 

in this thread i will try to unravel when the kraken may come out and where it might be alog with what it may look like and a few common rumors for you to hear


ok to get started rumors have been recently flying around that if you sail to worlds end by del fuego or tormrnta you'll see a sleeping kraken or an awake kraken if you stay there long enough its rumored it will bring your ship down and you can't repair it you lost your ship for good and you have to re buy it my thoughts don't believe it however i will check though to see for myself and take a few screenshots if its there

next on the rumor mill if you stay out on your ship for more than an hour your ship will sink and you have to pay to have it fixed is this the work of the kraken could be but no tentacles are seen at any of these events doubt its the kraken

ok next we have the kraken in beta was it there yes was it a kraken no well partially thanks to a few well found phase files the only things in there were tentacles and a head that looked like a mine from finding nemo only re textured and softened and yes it could pick you up off the ship and throw you back down doesn't seem very kraken like to throw its prey back and as for a kraken body and maw there was none only a head and a few tentacles thats why it was remodeled but i think the kraken needs more than six tentacles as shown by the development work on the beastie



ok now for the less than likely knowing disney mill i've read talk that says the kraken should be in the game in about three months my thoughts doubt it knowing disney if you have any info post it or pm me

welcome back to the kraken under investigation part 2

ok in the first order of buisness we have the rumor of the one hour sink the verdict is false no tentacles and shockingly no sink

next order of buisness the grape shot it clearly says good for pvp and sea monsters and there are still no sea monsters this can be read as many things other sea monsters or the beastie were tracking other evidence also shows there are and will (most likely) be other sea monsters due to there being in the quest way back when that you had to take down a few sea serpents but there were none but there were in the phase files which leads me to believe that sea serpents and other sea monsters will be random occurences but the beastie were tracking is another treasure map


i'll have the results on weathere the kraken is in the game next issue remember any info you have please post then we'll be able to piece the mystery together along with the goings on of the april fools joke and march (any info please post

Have you searched around for Kraken related posts on the forums here?

The Kraken is NOT in the game yet.

Quite awhile ago, there used to be a timer when sailing, and you would be automatically sunk after being at sea for one hour. It was believed back then, that the Kraken was going to be used to pull these ships down to the depths.... This theory was eliminated when SvS was implemented, and the timer for sailing was removed from the game.

Discussion on the Grapeshot has always peaked everyones interest, but has not changed the status of the Kraken (NOT) being in the game.

Bartenders were handing out fortune quests to kill sea serpents that could not be filled (search around you'll probably find screens of this). This added more contemplation of the Kraken coming to the game. (this has since been fixed)

During St. Patricks this year, the sea turned green with a bit of lore being spread that hinted towards the Kraken coming to the game.

The unfortunate truth, is that it is NOT in the game anywhere, other than the tentacles you see wrapped around your treasurechest display/journal. Rumors from those saying they saw a tentacle, or something are baseless rumors likely created by the individual telling the tale to boost their importance to whomever they were telling their tall tale to. (it has opposite effect on me, I know they are fibbing)

We all wait patiently.

well thank you that sheds a lot of light on what i was trying to do now back to dates of release if anyone has an inside source or have any info please post all info is good info

EDIT:

ok i just noticed somthing do we remember the cutscene at the current end of the game with jack, gibbs and one of the gypsys they said somthing about a necklace or an amulate but it was cut off the game after the boss battle was down well acording to the latest news letter it also said somthing about a necklaace my theory was it was taken off because the chapter wasn't finished coincidince i think so this could be very loose on what might drive the next chapter possibly the kraken


this is also pretty easy to find but if you go to tormenta cave you'll see davy jones crew why hav them in if davy isn't just a little anoying to me like a never ending teaser trailer any info please post or pm i'll have some more info next full post

When Disney decided to 'press' POTCO to distribution, trying to meet or beat POTBS to the public eye, they had to downsize their 'project' a great deal to make it releasable to the public. One can find hidden paths, blocked tunnels etc in the game in many cases from where they quickly shut off parts of the game not ready for release. The original boss battle did have additional story line included that appeared to lead into the next stage/chapter of the story/game (what you mentioned in your post). The boss battle was taken down for quite awhile last spring, and when it returned, this additional animation footage had been removed.

There is no doubt that it was intended as a lead in to the next chapter/stage of the game, however whether this story line now remains is a big questionmark. They may have very well changed their plans with all the focus of members on the Kraken. Imagine that, maybe our requests, changed their direction, and CAUSED development of future content to slow considerably!

Davy Jones is in the trailers for the game, just like the Kraken.... again we all hope and pray to see these wonderous characters/beasts on the caribbean to peak our curiousities and excitement. It would probably not be hard for them to put a Davy Jones character in as a boss now, however I believe they likely have special plans for this character.

Yea sorry but there is no kraken. Besides why would Disney announce one of the updates for the year is the release of the kraken if it was already in the game.

The ONLY mention of the kraken in the game is when you need to get a kraken eye for a quest but you dont see anything instead you plunder it from another ship.

I have searched the files. I personally think the kraken's just another Boss Battle like the Pearl. However, while searching the files, i found reference to sea monsters, as well as sea serpents. these were in the "Distributed" enemy area of the files. Who knows....

dudes i saw a tentacle but i did not fight the kraken i need to find a thing

umm right thar still be no kraken in the game thus no tentacles.... unless of course ye be referrin to the new kraken game (of which no one can play)!

No kraken yet. Sorry mate. However, there will be one I assure you. This game has plenty of unused pontential.

Kraken
 

Guys,there use to be a timer in the game along time ago for 10 or 50 min,
When that time when up,the kraken would come.It was pretty cool.

And something came to my head,see this picture right here were there saying the kraken is going to be in the Game in Up On The Horizon?

[IMG]http://images2.*****.nocookie.net/piratesonline/images/5/57/KrakenFrame.jpg[/IMG]

it almost looks exactly like the one in Call of the Kraken!
i think there trying to toy with us!

First, Welcome to POF blaster.

As for the timer, it was in game, set for one hour. No Kracken came out when the timer ran out, you just sunk. (man, that was fun trying to beat the clock and get back to shore... ;) )

As far as the little pic of the kracken there, that's been around for almost as long as the game has, and we have yet to see the beast.

Keep hoping...pirate on :)

nah man the kraken attacked ur ship along time ago,If your a Founder you know what i mean.
Here is a picture,i got it from the phase files in pand3d.

http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...8-2009-832.jpg

No, the kracken never attacked your ship. Been playing since Oct 31, 2007...trust me :)

There are several of us here that are founders... and I'm sorry to report there's no Kraken. :)

The phase pics have surfaced in posts every once in a while with claims of its arrivial - but it is not in the game and never was in the game.

Though I am amused that these files have been brought up again... maybe one day, maybe... :)

ah....there is only one kraken right? how could MANY ppl fight it at once.. kind of non realistic no? anyways... i know there isnt a kraken but at least put it in open sea, just not in treasure map... and in open sea.. you can see it coming, its super fast AND it will go after the ship closest to it....


haha i would like that... ^^ i just like realistic inplanted in the game.. im tired of fantasy games totally..... at least put some realism

Im not talking about founders. Im talking about the test server alone time ago at GM and yes i promise it was :P

It will come, but just have to be patient.

The Kraken has never been in the game, the images you posted were from the phase files. In the files there are a lot of things that never make it to the game, or that are going to be added in the future. Guild halls, cannons (as in a new design), and much more, all have been found there. The one thing they have in common, they have yet to be seen in the game.

No one that has been playing on Live since day 1 has ever seen it. Even people who played in Beta didn't come across the Kraken. Plus, if nobody has ever seen the Kraken, there is no way the Kraken has been in the game.


In due time it will come, but anything else as of now is nothing more than a rumor :pirate2:

Anyone remember the rumor that during beta if you stayed out at sea for an hour the Kraken would come and try to sink your ship?

Go http://piratesonline.go.com/#/game_info/video.html and go to the video titled Video Insider 3, The Making of Pirates Online. You can see early footage of a player on a ship shooting at Kraken tentacles.

Frankly, I like talking about the Kraken and speculating. Not because I want to annoy anyone, but because it's better than sitting around complaining about why it's not out and how tired I am of it not being here.

Yes, but the Kraken was still not in the actual game. In the video there is someone (more than likely someone working on the game) fighting the Kraken, as is the case with these images (originally posted by Skullduggery Bones).





The only problem I have with talking about the Kraken, complaining that it's not here, or saying that it is. But even so, someone else summed it up even better in another thread.

When will all the chit-chat just END about the kraken? Disney KNOWS we want it and is working on it! They said it would be released or something last year so most likely they are working on it right now.

uh yes there was it doesnt matter if u were founders there was a such thing as the kraken.

if u cant see that a whole bunch of phase files and pics were on internet of it then i guess you wil never INVESTIGATE the kraken.

Blaster, could you please go back and read the previous posts?

The Kraken has not been in the game. It will more than likely be a future update - if it works out, but as of now, it's never been in the game. The images you see are of the Kraken's intended design, and how they want it to be in the game - but they are just samples, not the real deal.

Could we please stop saying that it's been here, everyone knows it hasn't. If you don't believe us, contact them through the POTCO website, you will get an answer similar to this. When Disney is ready to bring it in for the first time, they will do that.

The Kraken is in the game... In a tattoo. That is the only type of Kraken I have seen.

i have and its not a design and i sent them an email and they said it was but it needed a make over. they said it was in the test server so HA!

There is no real proof mate, no pictures other than those from the phase and the ones from the trailers. I will believe you if you posted that email or some real images of it. Something as big as The Kraken would have been BIG news. And with the number of testers and forums POTCO related that information would have popped up by now.
The information you are providing is like me saying that Johnny Depp plays the game and that I know because I emailed him and he told me so.

um its not in any updates on my test server its probably in disneys test server where they test things

Look through all of the release notes on both Live and Test. Find a single one that says the Kraken is out and i'll believe ya. You should be able to find it somewhere in the.. 4/4/10 - 12/31/11 notes.

Just to let anyone know, any Kraken footage is from an E3 thing that priates did before the game launched. It was just to get people excited for the game.

There's even Kraken footage on the POTCO site, but ONLY of the beasts' tentacles. If anything is being worked on, it's the baddies head itself.

haha your so right macironhawk the old kraken head needs a make over badly.
Hey you think the new kraken that there making is gonna be like the old kraken or is just gonna me like the stuipid Call of The Kraken version?

Straight from the POTCO site.

Detailed mouth.
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...60/kraken1.jpg

Kraken itself.
http://www.piratesonlineforums.com/g...60/kraken2.jpg

The last time the developers talked about the Kraken they told us in 2009, and said he would be in the game by the end of the year. That didn't end up happening, but the Kraken itself should be completed, unless something horrific happened during the design process.

From the looks of these pictures the developers gave us a year ago, I think he's going to look better than before.

Let's face it, though, this whole Kraken talk is useless. He's coming, and the developers literally said in the developer diary a while back that he was the plot for the second story quest. Whether the reason he's not out yet is because the developers want to release something else out first, or because the second story chapter isn't finished is beyond me.

There's nothing else we can do but wait. Unless, of course, someone wants to contact pirates and ask them about the Kraken. Probably won't get more information than, "The developers are working hard to finish him."

P.S A likely problem is voice overs for the cutscenes. They do try to use the original actors from the POTC movies for the cutscenes.

Nice job finding those pictures, macironhawk, but, the kraken mouth picture is exactly the same as the kraken mouth in the end of potc 2, dead man's chest.
I've talked to alot of people about the whole kraken thing, alot of people claim to have seen it, or have it devour their ships, or even take them to davy jone's locker, but (Mysteriously, yet obviously) None of them have screenshots.
The grape shot thing was one of the biggest things that led me to believe that there WAS a kraken, yet, I have sailed all over the caribbean, and yet I have not seen one, there was a screenshot, though, of a silhouette on saint patricks day, when the water was green, but anybody could edit in a silhouette.
They obviously, as everybody else on this forum has said, planned for a kraken, found out that they couldn't get it done in time, and pulled it from being released at the end of 2009.
Anybody seen the new commercial on disney channel? With the get-connected kids talking about potco?
You see like.. a million shots of the kraken in it.
Well, hope this post clears up some things, thanks for reading it!

Eric, no it's not.

The mouth was created by the developers. You can clearly see that it's a model made for the game.

The Kraken mouth is no where near as detailed as it is in the movie, although it's pretty good for a game.

The developers posted the pictures a while back to show that they were working on the Kraken. If that's the same Kraken from the movie, you better buy a new computer to handle the graphics.

I'd like to see that siluette...
I mean, there's no new quests, so why should I pay until there is?

Well, I am just hoping that Kraken eventually will show up, but of course better sooner than later. And still many thanks to POTCO for some really nice and interesting additions to the game.
But need for new story chapter is more than obvious.

As with most MMO's i've played, i'm sure they will add the next storyline when more people have completed the first and hit the level cap.
This game takes place between the first and second movie, thus why there is no kraken. I'm sure the kraken would be brought it when the next storyline for the next movie is brought out as hey.. the kraken was in it.
I've been waiting for the Kraken since I first played in early 2008, so I know the feeling you all have for wanting it to be input, but as many have already said, have patience.

I started POTCO in late 2008, and I believe I've encountered the kraken! I wrote a blog about it called The Kraken Strikes Again. It involves me and my friend but if you don't believe me, I saw it in March 2009 when the seas turned green and they said something large would be coming.

no screen shot no proof

Aye cant seem to believe it without a screenie.