Current News: January 14, 2009 - Updates on the Horizon

[Blade5888]

With Davy Jones and the Kraken. I also hope i can beat the first one. lol. Lvl 36 and i still haven't beat it.

[Arioch]

As for the Kraken not even on the test server? Bummer.

I thought there were supposed to be regular sea monsters in the game? Don't need a major large kraken how about a couple smaller ones or a Nessie or a big flippin shark like JAWS?

I for one wanna sea something big in the sea that wants to EAT me for dinner.

Is that to much to ask for?

aw come on guys at Disney if you can spend time making Christmas decorations and fireworks can a guy get a lil sea monster?

make it that big one from CLOVERFIELD ..ya ya that's the ticket wanna fight that one

Is there a Davy Jones Quest? which one was it? is it a new one ?

Don't remember doing it as far as I can tell finished all quests months ago. do you have to go somewhere to start it or does it come up in your quest list automatically at some point like the weapon quests?

[Erich Uchiha]

To Clear everything up, Theres is not currently a Davy Jones Quest the closest thing to it is Pherhaps in the BP Quest you have to get a Key from Isla Tormenta.

And Arioch, About the Monsters from other Movies coming to the game, Disney can't do that that starts going in to copyright laws.

Hope it helped!

[lostinthelab]

Originally Posted by lostmymarbles

Calling All Dueces Wild.. we will have a blast relocating AFK's!! There is an awesome bridge!

Maybe I'm just a little too sensitive, but this sounds an awful lot like griefing to me. Sure, it might be amusing for your guild; however, someone may have logged on early to meet up with friends in a particular spot and gone off to make a sandwich (or something else) while waiting.

When you play this little prank please make sure it's easy for the other pirate to get back to the spot that they were in. You'll be long gone; they won't know how they got there; and sure won't be able to report you for being nasty.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Blade5888

With Davy Jones and the Kraken. I also hope i can beat the first one. lol. Lvl 36 and i still haven't beat it.

They will. There's already music for beating the Kraken boss battle.
There's also a few files for the kraken called kraken_locators. When you open these up there's nothing. These "locators" are most likely used for picking up players while they're moving around.

[Maximvs]

Originally Posted by lostinthelab

Maybe I'm just a little too sensitive, but this sounds an awful lot like griefing to me. Sure, it might be amusing for your guild; however, someone may have logged on early to meet up with friends in a particular spot and gone off to make a sandwich (or something else) while waiting.

I'm not sure on the statement - but - from what I know of DW is that its of their own they play the AFK game with (and maybe a few of their friends ) - and not of complete strangers... not 'their style' to do unknown AFK'ers....

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by Maximvs

I'm not sure on the statement - but - from what I know of DW is that its of their own they play the AFK game with (and maybe a few of their friends ) - and not of complete strangers... not 'their style' to do unknown AFK'ers....

No, it's not our style. We push each other around

[lostmymarbles]

Absolutely misunderstood what I meant, lostinthelab. Btw as an RN... I love your name.

The AFK relocation is a guild and friend thing. We have a guild rule that if we find you afk..
we get to relocate you. And we try to be as creative as possible. And of course we take screenshots.

My close non-guild friends know that I will be sorely tempted if I find them afk. And take it for the fun that it is.


Sorry if it sounded like griefing.

[katarakyan]

Originally Posted by Arioch

As for the Kraken not even on the test server? Bummer.

I thought there were supposed to be regular sea monsters in the game? Don't need a major large kraken how about a couple smaller ones or a Nessie or a big flippin shark like JAWS?

I for one wanna sea something big in the sea that wants to EAT me for dinner.

Is that to much to ask for?

aw come on guys at Disney if you can spend time making Christmas decorations and fireworks can a guy get a lil sea monster?

make it that big one from CLOVERFIELD ..ya ya that's the ticket wanna fight that one

i agree with u on that one

[Poison elf]

Originally Posted by lostinthelab

Maybe I'm just a little too sensitive, but this sounds an awful lot like griefing to me. Sure, it might be amusing for your guild; however, someone may have logged on early to meet up with friends in a particular spot and gone off to make a sandwich (or something else) while waiting.

When you play this little prank please make sure it's easy for the other pirate to get back to the spot that they were in. You'll be long gone; they won't know how they got there; and sure won't be able to report you for being nasty.

I am curious how this could be justified grieving.

Did the person tell you to stop?
It takes a good while to move a person very much and they still will be near where they started.
Only possible issue I can see is if someone was dragging them into critters.
I know guilds like we had done do this a lot amongst friends, and really the main area this happens. After all, even as bored as I am with nothing to do, I don't just go push for a hour on someone I don't know.

My big question here on this is: if it is OK for someone to come jump a critter you are fighting, dropping your rep gain from 400, 500 to 90 or so, and continue even when asked to fight their own fights. This is OK by many for what ever reasons many have argued.

How could it be argued it is grieving pushing ANYONE who doesn't even ask to stop?

[lostmymarbles]

Lol.. which mod gets to move the AFK part of the discussion to another thread... cause the topic seems to be getting hijacked.

I would respond to Poison Elf but believe the discussion doesn't go in this thread.

My previous post, to lostinthelab, was just a response to his/her griefing concerns.

[Maximvs]

well lets see if we can't get it back on track shall we?

One of the most frequent player requests is to improve game performance and our first big update is set to help address this. It is being released to the Test Server today and we encourage those players with test access to check it. In this first release, we've changed the layout of Port Royal to help address performance problems some players were having on the island and also to enhance the experience for others.

There are a ton of other updates coming over the next 12-months - Look for information about these updates in this month's newsletter.

My main concern is 12 months - its a big window... you can say almost anything ya want and have a whole year to produce it... and even then by that time dump 1/2 of what you said because no one will remember anyway...

Will the letter be just another 'riddle ramble'? Or will it actually outline some details on what's to come? This is what I hope for... but our chances of it happening? Slim...

I'll still be watching my inbox though (like the fool I am) for the news

[Rackat]

I agree Max. 12 months is a long time. I would like to see some kind of timeline of approximate dates (not exact dates, just "around ___/___/___ there will be a new ________ added to the game"). It may not be feasible for them to do that, but, I keep seeing players leave for other games because there is no "real" updates about what is going on. People want information, and without getting a valid response from Disney's GM's, they quickly tire of the whole game.

The Feats of Strength Contest has really put off a lot of people because of the poor way that it was handled. Fireworks are nice, but is not what most consider "new content". The Founder's Feast was good in that there was actually a benefit to players for attending.

I dunno, but if something good doesn't come along, I see a lot more people leaving for other games. The PR makeover will be fun for a few days while we all explore it, but even that will wear off quickly.

This game has so much potential. It would be a shame for it to go by the wayside due to lack of content and information, as well as poor planning for "contests".

[akamystic]

Originally Posted by Rackat

I agree Max. 12 months is a long time. I would like to see some kind of timeline of approximate dates (not exact dates, just "around ___/___/___ there will be a new ________ added to the game"). It may not be feasible for them to do that, but, I keep seeing players leave for other games because there is no "real" updates about what is going on. People want information, and without getting a valid response from Disney's GM's, they quickly tire of the whole game.

The Feats of Strength Contest has really put off a lot of people because of the poor way that it was handled. Fireworks are nice, but is not what most consider "new content". The Founder's Feast was good in that there was actually a benefit to players for attending.

I dunno, but if something good doesn't come along, I see a lot more people leaving for other games. The PR makeover will be fun for a few days while we all explore it, but even that will wear off quickly.

This game has so much potential. It would be a shame for it to go by the wayside due to lack of content and information, as well as poor planning for "contests".

I 100% agree.....we've talked about content for sometime now...(the lack of). We shall see.......


Robert Darkskull
Pistols N Bladez

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Rackat

This game has so much potential. It would be a shame for it to go by the wayside due to lack of content and information, as well as poor planning for "contests".

We need to take into consideration that POTCO has a small development staff.
When POTCO first came out it took three years in the making. Now POTCO is on it's forth year of development and we're still not seeing much.

All these "contests" and "curses" are obviously(I hope) meaningless things to distract us from what the developers are really working on.
I just hope it's worth the wait.

The Port Royal update has its' ups and downs. There are less lag problems with it now but look what it did. That Port Royal from the movies we liked so much is gone. Sure there were some issues with it but couldn't the problems have been solved other than changing the layout?

Players are getting bored. If the second story quest doesn't come out this year then I think we'll see a huge drop in player numbers.
My question is, why is it taking so long for the developers to add more content?