Old or New?
 

Which do you prefer Old Port Royal/Tortuga/Padres? Or New Port Royal/Tortuga/Padres?

The old Port Royal, and the Old Tortuga... Those were the days..

However, I believe this change to the islands was nessecary. Many people recall fondly the old islands, but let's say that we didn't change the islands.

First, we wouldn't have invasions. The basic plan for the invasions now is to have 2 barricades to defend, and thus, 2 beaches. The old islands, I believe, were somewhat incapable of handling this form.

Second, the current islands are built in a semi-circular formation. For example, if you start at the docks of Tortuga and proceed to the Faithful Bride, but then take the opposite return journey, you would land in the same place. This makes navigation easier, and for those who enjoy GM events, more capable of holding racing events.

Lastly, the renovation to the islands took place slightly before the new cave formations. Would it have made sense to completely change the caves of PR, PDF, and 'tuga, and then leave the towns themselves alone? No. And in the end, in the alternate timeline where this change to the towns do not take place, we would face a simliar debate, where everybody, instead of hoping for a return to the golden days, would yearn for something new.

I can't forget my first trip to PR, with it's ol' bridge, nor the too-close-for-comfort allligators on Tortuga. But I can't imagine the Carribean Islands of POTCO any different than their current form.

Old islands.But Jack has a point.

Im going to say new, because I wasnt around when there were the old islands, at least, I dont remember. :D

i like the old padres more than anything but jack has a point

im confused

Jack made a good point, I never thought of it like that.

But I loved the old islands, so..... yeah. Old islands for the win!

Old but jack does have a good point oh no jack you confused me you will pay.
P.S. I stole all your rum

Old islands!!!!! The days of old pvp glitch on Abassa, Tortuga..... thos were the days. 2008 I miss u xD

I actually like the new islands more than the old one.

The old ones were nice, but the change was necessary. I wouldn't say I like the old ones more or I like the new ones more... they are just different. Not much more to be said, but I like them both... for different reasons.

Cliff diving on Padres Del Fuego... sniff sniff...

Ive been having these ideas! what if potco could like put the old maps back in without changing the new ones? like make too sides of the island! kinda like padres? or just make new islands.

And besides, as Jack told us, i would probably veto invasions for the old maps anyway, it would be totally worth it. I dont even do invasions anymore there so boring after a while in my opinion. What 1000 rep? i can get more of that from darkhart! or Ebay!

How can you get 1000 rep from Ebay?

Lol @ at unlimited rep glitch on port royal.

I like the old. I really have no more taste in invasions anymore. But with the islands they could modify them and make it more challenging.

The biggest reason for the map change was that the islands were too big and caused lag on older computers...

Too big? I'm fairly certain that the new islands are much larger, maybe with the exception of Port Royal. I remember one of the reasons for changing Port Royal was because the hill to get to Fort Charles was inconvenient, although they made it worse by adding the door to get in and then having to go up the hill from there.

I honestly wish that they would add the old maps back in, but in the form of new islands. That way we could have both the old and new islands. Older players are happy that they can see the old islands, all players are happy because there are some new islands to explore, POTCO is happy because all they have to do is dig up the coding for the old islands instead of start from scratch.

I agree Davy, cliff diving on Raven's cove just isn't the same.

Anyway, I said old... I just miss them.

Man I remember the endless shores of Tortuga like yesterday :D, not ;). I'd suggest time machine servers :happy8: