Find Out What The Marceline Guild Has Uncovered
 

A letter from Captain Xavier Hench, leader of the Marceline Guild, smuggled through enemy lines:

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Fellow Pirates,

We have been under constant duress as of late. We've had to defend our seas against vicious Navy and EITC Fleets who seek an object of unknown location.

We've had to defend against onslaughts of undead who seek to ravage OUR islands.

In some battles, we Pirates have been victorious. In others, we've had to fall back and heal our wounded.

Never forget, we are Pirates! We stand resolute regardless of the obstacles in our path.

However, it has come to our attention that this recent increase in enemy activity has a grander purpose. These invading forces seek a single item. A weapon rumored to give those who wield it added powers over their enemy.

Attachment 4410Sadly, the trio of James Howe, Catherine Harcourt and Ben Bowman of our own Marceline Guild were captured by the Navy after getting this valuable information to us.

Use it well, Pirates - it is imperative that this weapon be found before it falls into the wrong hands. We must not let this item of great value be discovered by our enemies ... Pirates must fight back harder than ever!

I urge all Pirates to keep the enemy at bay. Fight them on land. Drive them back to the seas. Send them all to Davy Jones' locker.

I make my way for Tortuga in a few days. Upon my safe return, I hope to bring great news for all Pirates.

Yours true until the end,
Captain Xavier Hench
GM, Marceline Guild

I wonder what this one item is? It will probably be a quest very soon. Maybe a new island?

Dun dun dun......

If you read it again it states it's "a weapon that is rumored to give those who wield it added powers over their enemy"

So it is not an island or a new quest but a new weapon... yawn.

wonder if its another legendary....... weapons... jollys cursed cutlass or something.. lol

Awesome! I'll bet 520 gold that this is going to be a new quest, and i'll bet 250 gold that it well be a continuation of the Ravens cove story quest!

Maybe it could be the moonstone if I remember correctly it let you control the wind. To control the wind would slow down enemy ships or speed up yours. When they took out what was left of a quest and came up with the raven cove quest. Not to say that the ravens cove quest replaces moonstone. Using the new quest system they have, they may have redesigned the quest so it works with the new system.

ahh it may be shadow cutlass... it was in game files but not out yet... but i doubt
i wonder if its better them legendary... maybe hmm idk royal legendary weapon or something...

Edit: maybe it gives unknow powers... but only time will tell!

neat lol if a weapon it will be mine!

Staff of Mists along with other staffs I'm guessing.

How'd you find that out, CC? What makes you guess that?

Well, everytime they release new weapons they have a cute little story to go along with it. And staffs should be next I believe.

Single item = Legendary
Powers over their enemies = Voodoo

Other than that, I have no clue.

Could be some new staffs... but staffs don't exactly give you power over your enemy... thats more the voodoo doll. It could easily be staffs... but why all the fuss about this for a few staffs? I mean, its possible, but I foresee something bigger.

Yep its either what CC said or what bartholomew bladeroberts said I would be happy with both

Its probably a sword with an attack called " enemy control " or something, and its the same thing as " Not the face! ". It will probably "rare" and it will have an atttack of 37 and requires a master swordsman level.

Is it me, or does "Not the face!" do nothing? it says that it stops physical attacks, but darkheart still uses his word and it still damages.... *sigh* the day POTCO does a major update and doesnt have useless stuff in it.....

Not in the Face only works if you are fighting in a group. It makes the enemy stop attacking you, and go attack someone else.

I highly doubt that it is a single weapon. All the fuss for this, and yet we only get one weapon? I think not. It may be a whole new weapon class, but who knows.

Staffs? Staves?
Anyway... Sounds like a new update is abroad! I would like it if they updated things in a way that won't cause another reset. Also, if they could maybe put in a trading system *cough*SOON*cough* then maybe I'll be fully happy. ;)
There ARE a few things I'd like to trade because hook has no good colored basic pants. Hopefully I'll Getade Access soon!

~Hookie!

Pretty sure it's a new weapon, like the others have said. What the weapon might be....

Maybe the Staff of Mists? That's been long overdue, and a new assortment of staffs need to come sometime soon.

The Shadow Cutlass has been in the Phase Files for a while now, and it would be a nice new Legendary to add.

Also, I've heard there are Legendary Dolls coming soon, and there are pictures of them too! (I don't know where they are) So maybe it could be a new Voodoo Doll.

Sharky, Shadow Cutlass is famed on the files and I suppose they could just switch into a new legendary. BUT, shadow cutlass has skills that have been seen before. EX: Dark Curse.

I really hope Staff of mists comes.

Could be a new class of weapons will be released. But about the GMs, are they coming back, or did they get laid off too?

no clue what this could be but whatever it is the update better not cause a reset... I have mastered two things this week if I lose that I will be quite upset

This is so cool!!

They are playing a game among themselves and we get to watch! My dream come true! Thanks POTCO, This is what I always wanted from you!! I am glad that you are amusing yourselves with back stories and plots, and effectively leaving the Actual players out of the fun. Thanks for letting us know that the game you are playing is awesome, and thanks for letting us be an audience for that.

Get rid of The Marceline Guild and all those plots and backstories that we can't be part of and make less build up and just release what you want to release. I personally don't need a back story for a new weapon or place. All that effort and fantastic storytelling could be used for, I don't know, maybe, to create that Mythical Second Chapter that we have been waiting for.

... And that's if they actually release something, maybe it's all part of the lore.

You do realize that the reason for the "Back Stories" and "Plots" as well as the seeming pointless events is too stall so they can finish making the new updates. It can take months to develop something new and even longer to fix the bugs... so what do we do during this time? We get cool back stories to entertain us.

Why can't you just enjoy the fact that they are trying to make their updates make sense?

I mean, how weird would it have been if Ravens Cove suddenly popped up outta no where.

I'd rather a legendary gun.... Idk why....

And SEAKING, Raven's Cove DID just pop up out of nowhere. The backstory still didn't explain why Raven's Cove just suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

I didn't know I was paying for someone to tell me a story on a weapon. I know that all those updates take months. I have been around here long enough to know that. I know they are stalling. I would rather have them to be mum about things then spring them up with not so long of a story than for them to give me Season 3 of LOST and then making me wait for an update that will come up... When? Who knows!
Because I am paying. That's why I don't enjoy the fact that they are putting so much effort promoting something that none of really know what it is.
For things like Ravens Cove just make a quest and let the players find out the real story rather than telling us the story for the story.

I somewhat agree with TSC there. Here's the thing. I don't mind a bit of lore every once in a while, but when I get lore, I would like there to be at least a SMALL update within the next week that goes along with it. Along with that, if they are building a story with this lore, it would be nice if after maybe five or so releases, there was one BIG release that is like the big finale, like Raven's Cove was.

I am patient, but I do agree with TSC. If there is too much lore and too little updates, then that's when I'll raise an eyebrow and wonder when I get to have some fun.

Dude, you made my point clear. I just like to make sarcastic fun and over paint my points and opinions.

But, hey, they need to explain the updates.

And besides, who doesn't want a little suspense? They are creating a story leading up to something.
With he French/Spanish stories, then this, something is afoot...

But i do agree that there should be more updating. I mean, instead of just some news updates, why not have some updates that kinda fit in with the story, like new french/Spanish bosses, and maybe random glimpses of something that looks like an all powerful weapon.

Probably just new staffs... though I think they should have been here long ago. If they are not spectacular I will be thoroughly disappointed in Disney. And, I also don't understand why Disney doesn't just tell us up front what is on the horizon... it's always a mystery. This is a game that I pay to play, I'd like to know what is to come, maybe even a few months in advance. I also wouldn't mind them working on an expansion pack like most other games do..! :D

Or it could be the mystery of El Dorodo's sword seen from speedway's list..
But I do hope its staves., although unlikely, as it sounded like a single weapon.
If they want to make backstories, they should either not make it at all, or spend more time on it, and make a quest for it... This kind of "backstory" that everyone forgets in 2 days just seem pointless... If you want to make one... make one that makes sense.... and lasts...
Actually they wouldn't even need a backstory lol, just pull out some storyline from the quest and voila! Tension builds! :laughks2:
lol, kinda funny how the navy supposingly "captured" a lv 39 gm, even tho the navy doesn't even have anyone that level... rofl

lol im still hoping its a rly good sword though i doubt it... maybe famed...

I actually like the back story stuff. I like knowing the history of the weapon/quest/thing I'm doing. And they did say that know what messed up the system last time, so they should avoid that this time ;)

Hoping this is something good though.

Traitor's server
 

I hope that it's an entire new server,,, where you can be EITC, Navy, an undead, etc... and engage of get engaged by it's proper adversary... How awesome would that be!?!? A TRUE dream come true!!!

ruisen2000, they didn't have t send just one person against him. maybe they'd send in like 15. he wouldn't stand a chance.

Hope it is El Dorado's sword and quest and I can speak Spanish fluently so parts of the quest and names I could understand that other people couldn't.:degen::laughks2:

Those Spanish and French stories were just useless "news" to try and keep us entertained. It had to do with Infamy coming out, not any real new update.

I disagree mate. Go into the news archives and read them all. Disney strings all this stuff together. Ye soon shall see how it all fits together.

My guess it will hit test soon.

Obviously Davy Jones left his Kraken summoning wheel thingy somewhere on Tortuga so that is what Jolly is after. Eh, I think I'll just stick with new staffs.

It hasn't hit test!!?

Well test is not opening for me. Maybe they're putting it up today? If not, then why the incredibly long wait?

The story was released after infamy, so it seems unlikely that ithad to do with infamy. Also, it sounded like Jolly Roger just got 2 undead captains for each side, so it is somewhat irrelevant to infamy :).
It does, however, sound very exciting. Possiblely new weapon(s), 2 new powerful bosses, and if they spent some time (hopefully), new quests (although unlikely).

The launcher for test refuses to open for me.....

Disney makes their major news / test releases only on Thursdays, as far as I've seen...

I HATE all the stalling that they're doing. One major update, followed by FOUR WHOLE MONTHS of minor updates / boring news. What we need is constant updates to this game, like other MMOs.

And I thought On Stranger Tides would bring some change in Disney's attitude towards this game... I waited this long... :(

If anything, I think this whole game needs a major reboot. It has so much potential, but so little players because of a community they slowly removed the element of fun from. D needs to look at Star Wars: the Old Republic. The effort put into that game - the trailers, game play, everything - is far better than what's done here.

And if the game is rebooted (if ever that happens), they need to just remove this old glitchy Panda 3d engine and replace with 'Armada of the Damned' 's engine.
High graphics, realistic game play, very competitive.

Is the engine free? Because if it wasn't, a lot of people would quit. To expensive.

And Midhav, i think the difference between this game and others is that, i think that other games may be peoples livestock. I think the POTCO staff look at this as a way to make extra money.

After POTCO 4, i think this game will get a TON of extra money. I think the game will boom like crazy, and it will catch up to other games. :D

Updates take a LONG while to happen. Release to early, a lot of bugs (Infamy). They have to get it just right timing so they iron out the bugs and not keep us waiting. Sadly, the ironing takes a while. Your dear Star Wars is most likely a game that doesnt have a lot of people playing, so they invest their money trying to get people to play. (trailers.) POTCO on the other hand is using their money to perform better updates then any other games, and therefore updates take longer. They use this 'boring news' as sort of a sneek peak on what is going to happen.

Have a nice day.


~Stealth

Hold on! First of all, No bad Mouthing Star Wars.
The Old Republic hasn't been released yet. Right now its on beta.

And all games have trailers. POTCO has one that had the Kraken in it. That's how they get people to play. Unfortunately STOR will destroy POTCO because its made by a company that all they make is video games, unlike POTCO. This is like comparing POTCO to the Zynga games. They release more but have no stories to their games.

The PotCo staff don't look it as a way to earn money. It's their bosses! And their bosses have shown us just how inefficient they can be. They could have pumped in more money so that us players can get CONSTANT updates, but that hasn't happened. We should be having a Raven's Cove every month! You're right that way.. It isn't important for them. It's just a side-way for earning money. And I even agree with your last line - I do HOPE that PotC 4's success brings some much needed attention to our beloved game.

That's as far as what you've seen in this game. I play RS too, and that large game has constant updates, and a constant value of players which support the game. What I'm talking about is the while that's taken for "the ironing". It only happens because they stall to work on a bigger update, that they'd complete only by the end of the three months time of stalling. My "dear Star Wars"? It should be my dear POTCO! SW:TOR is a game that is currently in BETA testing, and yet for the effort put into that game, the support and players that it has received completely minimizes PotCo's existence. I don't hate this game or anything, if that's what you're thinking. In-fact, I've played this since mid-2008, and I have yet to touch the Old Republic. While this game may be just some sidewalk for D to earn money, it's kinda obvious that a company as big as D (LucasArts? Maybe not THAT big) put in the much needed money for developing the Old Republic. The problem D has created with this game is the deficit of investment of both attention and money. And that results in the understaffed and underpaid devs resorting to such stalling tactics. Like SEAKING said, it's probable that POTC4's success will bring in what's needed for the proper development of this game. I only suggested a "reboot" because of the endless glitches the developers are facing while making this game.
Anyway, I like this 'Boring News' (lore) XD.

How true!

wow.... anyone else think this wil just be a bogus sword that supposedly " The most pwerful wepon in the Carribean" or whatever?

At this point, none of us really know exactly what's going on. We all have ideas, and some are closer than others, but Disney has their own story. Maybe there's a reason for all of this. Maybe not. Who knows? I guess we just have to wait.... and wait..... and wait......