Expanding Maps and Antisocial Pirates
 

I might be wrong but I was sailing on the "A" server last night after a short update and I would swear that the Islands are farther apart now.

Is it just me? Or did I miss a meeting? I asked the folks in my guild but they are ALL so busy making potions that no one talks anymore, much less sail.

Potions are making the Caribbean a very antisocial place...

I thought the same thing the other day when I was on test. Seemed that the outer islands were farther away. I remember a few years ago they made Cuba closer to Port Royal. Speedway has a thread here, not in the helm, about what the NPCs are saying now. That there are new islands rising up out of the sea and that El Patron's weapons have been found. Maybe they are repositioning the islands for these news ones they are bringing.

I was on after the update and the islands seemed just a little bit farther apart but I wasn't sure.

SARCASM ALERT:
Yeah, looks like the potions are keeping many pirates busy. And potion making has been such an integral part of the POTC ride and movies! I have to give Disney credit for taking the game in a direction that keeps players logged on. After they add a few more casual games maybe they can take on Pogo.

wow maybe mac ironhawk was right about the new islands in the phase files have to check it out myself (ravens cove perhaps)

I can make a whole of 2 potions so I don't think it will be taking up my time! Besides, way too many ships getting in me way. I need a'being a Green Pirate so I do my best to create as many artifical reefs as I can. ΞД¦Þ

I agree that guild chat was almost non existent yesterday after potions was added to the game. However, I was at Cuba and there was a gathering of people from many guilds and we were talking, showing off our potion results, laughing, joking, and just having a great time. So.. I wouldn't say it is is more antisocial. Just for now, I think guild chat may be a little more quiet while we experiment with some of the new things, but I believe it is temporary. I laughed so hard last night I had tears in me eyes.

Once people get bored with potions, because you know that the potions will get boring after a while, it will get better.

Also, I did notice the islands are farther apart now. Good, IMO, because they were way too close before. I wonder if they also did this because of the new "shrouded islands".

Aye, you are probably right.

Yeah. Flatulent Fizz gets very old very fast...

I haven't been in-game for awhile but one of the things I did notice long ago was that they moved the islands closer together, which IMO was ridiculous, especially since it didn't take long to sail from island to island anyway. I think it's great if they started spacing them further apart.

(I started my pirating gaming on Sid Meier's Pirates which used a historically correct Caribbean placement of the islands and ports. In that game, it took longer to sail from say Tortuga to Cumana, or from Port Royal to Barbados and you had to try to search for the enemy ships, whose location was always changing, based on information from the port NPC's. Now if that game had ever gone to an MMORPG, I'd be there in a heartbeat.)

Yes I have noticed it too, the islands are either getting farther apart or closer together. I also noticed you can now sail a little longer past the islands into Uncharted Waters/Seas as well and you can barely see the islands. Hmm?... :/

Now that IS very interesting.......

I give alot of credit to those that can stick with the potions. Myself, after getting 3 pirates to level 5 (one one test), I can't face another brewing session for awhile! It does interfere with the chat a little-ya tend to miss guildmates coming on line.
As for the islands, the NPC's do have some new things to say about them-seems NPC's are a bit wary of the new islands, in fact some down-right scared!

This one might be hard to believe but right after I logged on this morning, I pushed the "M" button and globe/map thing came up. I was able to turn it to the right so far that Cuba and Tormenta and Perdida rolled right off the map. It stopped working after a crash...

Something just might be stirring in the West..

Wow ex8404, that is really cool to hear!! This was on Test, correct?

Yes it was. But to be honest, I couldn't make it happen again after I got the boot.

So "They must" be coming this week. :) Let's all hope they do mates. :)

LOL James...How do you even get "They must be coming" from my little "might-just-be-a-glitch" moment? :piratetongueor4:

Why do you like always "sound" like you don't want new/more islands to come? Every comment I have posted about this topic mate and you seem to be "not too happy" about it.:piratetongueor4::bookishfj7::piratewheelgo2:

Guys, stop arguing, the updates will come when they come mate. For all we know we'll get fishing first, then the islands. Both are massive updates that will need testing.

No one is arguing. James, I find your enthusiasm to be refreshing. You are, without a doubt, the #1 POTCO fan on Planet Earth! I honestly just don't want my post to be responsible for another "let down." That's all.

I never said, implied, hinted or otherwise that I don't want new islands. I have been playing since just after Founder Tags were handed out. I haven't had anything new to do for well over a year. I can't wait for new stuff to show up.

I have always said, "The updates will get here when they get here." The cool thing this time is that we know they are coming. We have been told well in advance. Could be Islands first, could be fishing first. Could even be a whole new chapter that requires new Islands AND fishing. Who knows?

So hang in there, be patiently excited about the changes that are coming and remember I am on your side. It might even be fun to speculate on how all this new stuff ties in together...

Semper Fidelis Mate. :buds:

Got my hopes up when test got updated, but it was too quick for an actual game update. :P

(Get Hopes up for Tuesday or Thursday) :) and I will hang in there Ex8404 thank you. :)
Edit: I just saw this on The Grog Blog:

May 22, 2010 07:46AM
Camption Joe lvl 50 Member of Rouge Seawalkers
Amazing, pure amazing. The game has had many interesting and excellent updates in the last month. I, my self was going to quit but then my friends ( in real life) started telling me about the great updates like the Rifles and potions, so I checked it out and now i play almost every day! Very smart of you Pirate Masters, very clever.

May 22, 2010 07:46AM
ADMIN GM Cayman Trench
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Happy to hear it, Camption Joe! My spies tell me that Pirates have been getting word of even more that may be in store from certain characters throughout the Caribbean! How bout you investigate, report back and let us all know if you find these individuals?

Does this mean The New NPC Rumors? :) :D xD