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The events are fun the first time they happen. But are the GMs that nessisary? They never give any important game info to the "Regular Players". I always come on here and see that the same players let out all of the news that they have learned. I'm not mad at those players for that. I'm mad that I pay the same ammount for game access as them and don't get to learn stuff from the actual people from he game, but the gossip they get from the mouse. So whynot make those chosen few the GMs and just get rid of the distractions that they are throwing at us that they currently call GMs. All of the "events" are just a ploy to keep our minds off of the lack of a new story chapter and the Kraken. The new chapter which I think we have all earned to have within the last two years.

Moro1212, no one makes you read the news people post here? You choose to read
about the events, right? I know i try to post as many clues as possible, for there are people
who are not able to get all the information the GMs tell us. If one doesn't want to "ruin" their
game experience because this site offers you clues, then i friendly suggest that you simply
don't continue reading these posts. :)

Are the GMs necessary? Absolutely. Bringing the Pirates Online Game Staff near the actual
players is a great way for them to show us how much they appreciate us, and the other way
around. You can learn alot from the GMs if you concentrate on listening to them. If one really
tried to search for them i am sure they would find one. Ideal servers (mostly the A Oceans)
are the best places to start looking!

I personally am a bit tired of hearing about the Kraken. Yes, Disney said they would release
the Kraken before next year, but when dealing with Online Games things can pop up unexpected.
For instance, did you notice that they changed nearly the whole game during this year? Meaning
the new islands, new towns, new sky, new characters*, so basically the whole game interface.
That must have taken alot of money and time to accomplish. One also must remember that
Pirates of the Caribbean Online is a very young game compared to many others, and the developing
process is still rolling.

No new story chapter? I think that is not entirely true. The ghosts and Jolly Roger are the base
of our new story chapter, which quests will hopefully begin before the end of this year, but most
likely during the first months of 2010.

Whatever happens, Moro1212, i hope you are able to give the Disney Staff the required time to
truly develop the game into the point we are all able to enjoy it even more than now.

I am truly sorry if my postings from the GM events have somehow affected your enjoyment of the
game. I hope you find a few GMs yourself and feel the thrill when they reveal something more
about the upcoming events! :)

Sincerely,
Jeanne Stormcutter


*meaning the appereance and the way of movement

Although I always seem like I talk down the GMs, I NEVER take for granted what they do. As Jeanne said, they show how much they appreciate our loyalty to the game by getting the chance to take part in events, that might not ever happen again. The reason for the GMs is to try and give us something to do while we wait for the content. I give Disney a round of applause for that, because they are always striving to give us something to do. Besides, I enjoy their random appearances, mainly because it adds more to the role-playing, "your a pirate" aspect that most of us love. It kinda gives us the feeling we actually are living the legend, you know?

The only thing I don't like about the GM events, is because its telling us we still have to wait more time for content. Sure, I hate how they always dangle the content we yearn in from of our face, but thats how business works. You promise them that something is coming, hold out on them so they stay for longer peroids, but feed them "mini-content" so they won't leave, then finally grant their wishes, and repeat. The GM's aren't just for our sake, their for Disney's sake.

Besides, if you don't want to learn about what the GMs said, and keep yourself in suspense, then theres only one thing to do. Don't read the posts! Its not fair that they should ruin the fun for those who appreciate the GMs, just because a few pirates don't enjoy the mysterious aspect that the GM's apply. Besides, all of these GM events are leading up to the story chapter. You need to have some sort of filler in between, if the story chapters are going to jump shift so quickly. We can't go directly from liberating the Black Pearl to defeating the armies of Jolly Roger, without any background information to help tell us, what the heck is going on!

I appreciate the posts here so if I have missed seeing the GMs I can at least keep up on what they said. Thank you to those who post anything new or any information you have gotten & are a Mate enough to share it.

I too truly appreciate all the info that is posted. I have only seen Constance once and it was so disrupted by rude pirates that she barely said anything and left. The whole ghost story was laid out here for those, like me, who work alot and can't get on all the time. It was awesome to be a part of the story even though I wasn't there.

When I am lucky enough to see a GM I will post it here for those like me who want to know but can't always find the GMs in game. Like when I found Captain Rott the other day.

I agree with Captain Del. All the new reworks, Rott's quests, new events and the ghosts are all laying the ground work for what's to come. I for one am enjoying the ride.

I have never played a MMO where the GMs are such an intricate part of the story and the game. Tis truly awesome - so post away Jeanne! There are several here who thank you.

Captain Whale

I don't mind them. I think Disney is indeed King when it comes to entertain their guests even when nothing is going on.

I play Disney's Pixie Hollow, they do events with Famous Fairies all the time. I think they do a much better job with the events in Pixie Hollow. The Disney people give you time windows so you can plan to look for them. They also hit more servers not sticking to the few overcrowded ones. Also many times there is a bonus gift when there is a special event.

Can you please quote where they said the Kraken would be released before next year? Becaues when I read that news article, I remember them saying something like, "we're working on all of these things and hopefully we'll release them before the end of this year".

Also, where did it say the second story quest would involve the ghosts and jolly roger? How can they be the base of the story line if we have no idea what it's even about? For all we know they want the second story quest to be about Davy Jones.

I'm sorry, but unless Disney tells us, "The second story quest will follow the ghosts and Jolly Roger" I can't agree with that.

I totally agree there Mac.

The last I read in the Developer's Diary back in April or May it stated the second chapter was to deal with the Kraken. It also said they were having trouble with the rendering of said beastie. Now if this is still the case, I don't know. Big D may have decided to go in a dfferent direction and I missed it. Not trying to perpetuate the myth just passing on what I've seen on the web site.

Moro1212,

I have been playing the game for since Feb of 08. I play every day for at least an hour. I have been able to attend most of the announced GM events, although it is hard to learn much at these since there are always those pirates tha thave no respect for whats going on.
I have been lucky enough to see Constance twice, both because a guild mate sent the word out. And I have had 2 chance encounters with GM appearences.
I think it is great that some of the actual developers working on the game take the time to visit us pirates in the world they have created. It is always exciting when they do. If they were to do it too much, the excitement and suspence associated with their appearences would be gone.
Keep playing the game and as mentioined, play on some of the lower A oceans. Who knows, ya might get lucky.
Good sailing.

Well, umm, before next year (2010) means exactly the same as before the end of this year (2009)...?
At least in my books! Or did i understand your question correctly?

Disney has just introduced us the new main enemy, Jolly Roger, which we are to defeat. Wouldn't it
be a bit odd to bring in for example Davy Jones, since he obviously doesn't really fit in at all?

From what i've learned from the Disney Movies they always have a reason for everything. Of course
we can not tell exactly what the new story quest will be about, but why would Disney introduce
Roger IF he had nothing to do with the future events?


//Edit:
Also, i never said Jolly Roger and the ghosts would be our next story chapter. I said they are the base
of the new one, an introduction chapter, to the new story chapter, which content we can't be sure of yet :)

I agree that it may be... different to have Jolly Roger and Davy Jones up in the game at the same time, seeing as Davy Jones died in the third movie. However, this is the game and it can be different than the movies.

Disney can do whatever they want with the game, and if they do anything the way they do in Toontown then the invasions will be here forever. That's even after a possible story quest to defeat Jolly Roger comes. If you compare what they do in toontown and pirates, it's very similar. It would only make since for them to keep the invasions forever so any incoming members can experience them. They don't take away invasions on toontown so I think they'll keep them, too.

Also, I agree that new events involving Roger may occur. Just like the new invasions that will be on Tortuga. It would make sense to have Roger be the next sotry quest with the additions, however, I think it could be anything. It's more likely(at least it looks that way) that the new story quest will involve jolly roger. In my opinion, I would like to see Jolly Roger AND Davy Jones be part of the next story quest. Mainly Davy Jones, but hopefully something to the likes of us joining Davy Jones and fighting Jolly Roger. Then in later quests we betray him, get rid of him, and join Jolly Roger. This could be like the french and spanish quests, only bigger.

This is a THEORY, and for all we know they could do something else completely different. I for one know that whatever they do, it won't be strange. Hopefully Barbossa will get "killed" off and we need to save him or something and then fight the Kraken. Well... I'm trailing off now, but you get the idea. Disney can do whatever they want with the game and as long as it's not getting rid of it, I'm happy.

I for one will just wait and see what happens. As long as the second story quest comes out within the next... whatever, I'm happy. But I'm getting tired of waiting, and toontown only took this long releasing BBHQ. The others took about a year and a half. I wonder what's taking them so long to releasing something that doesn't take too long.

Well, umm, the key word was "Hopefully." It means "wouldn't it be nice but don't count on it." Don't believe me? Well I am working on buying you a new car and hopefully I will be able to by the end of next year. Now, when you ask me when you are getting your new car, all I have to say is, "Sorry. It didn't work out. But I WAS hopeful!" I think that is what he was trying to point out.

I do wonder what all the mad desire for the Kraken is about. Is that what is going to save this game? A giant squid? Or would an entirely new story be better? And from the looks of things, we are getting closer!

As for the GM events. I don't seek them out, have never stumbled across one and don't really care either way. They have never had anything to say that is going to change the way I play the game. I DO get some interesting tidbits here and that's cool with me. But I play, maybe, 5 hours a week? Am I going to stake out a random server in the hopes of getting 500 gold from a ghost? Not when I have maxed out gold...

Don't get me wrong. The GM events are just fine. But they are nothing to get excited or upset about if you miss one. Trust me.

I think the Kraken and a new story may (hopefully) be the same thing. ;)

From the Dev Diary, April '09