A Suggestion To D

[Bartholomew Foulsteel]

Well, IF we actually lose "Master" statuss, I wouldn't be too bent out of shape. I'll chug along until I'm a master again. No biggie.

[wmah]

Originally Posted by Bartholomew Foulsteel

Well, IF we actually lose "Master" statuss, I wouldn't be too bent out of shape. I'll chug along until I'm a master again. No biggie.

I was almost thinking the same thing.

So what you lose the master status. All it means is you go in there and get it back, either fast or slow this time to prolong it til the next time they may or may not raise it again.

[Zilly]

Strangely enough, I actually enjoy grinding weapons. It's kind of satisfying. I look forward to having a reason to play my mastered pirate again.

[JM Ohara]

I guess it's because I'm newer that I find it kinda unfair? I just have an inkling of what it takes to earn that mark. And I'm not saying keep the 0 rep thing. I just think it would be nice to be able to work above being a master. Maybe if I was an older player I'd be of all of your school of thought.

It bothers me the amount of time and work I put into Kat to get her within range of being a Pirate Master, only to find out I now have not 5 but 15 levels to go. It's disheartening to me to have come so close, to now have reaching 40 mean nothing.

I would have thought that those of you who reached that mark would be those who wanted most to keep it. Maybe being a Pirate Master doesn't mean as much when you get there? I don't know. I just know I've spent 2 months looking forward to something that's meaningless. The thought of another 15 levels of weapons grinding and half of my Pearl Quest is just exhausting. All those endless repetitive hours stretching out farther and farther in front of me, it makes me wonder what the point is.

Being able to still say Pirate Master at 40 would have given at least some measure of accomplishment for all those endless hours. For those of us who never hit that 40 mark before, 50 is a LOT of levels to go and have nothing to show for it till you get there but level after level left to go. I mean how many tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of points is needed to hit 50? Shouldn't there be something in there somewhere to break it up? At 10 you get daggers, at 20 nades, at 30 the staff. At 40 it's nothing but another 10 levels? It just sounds kinda wrong.

I dunno, maybe it is just me, but the 10 level marks should earn something. Why not keep that Master status and go up from there? You'd still get to work those level 40 pirates, and it would still count. Yet at the same time you'd still get to keep being a Pirate Master. That's the whole point of this letter.

Maybe I didn't quite explain it right, but hopefully I've cleared up at least some of my reasoning.

[Lady Freckles]

Originally Posted by Zilly

Strangely enough, I actually enjoy grinding weapons. It's kind of satisfying. I look forward to having a reason to play my mastered pirate again.

I actually enjoy it too. One of the things I always enjoyed about TT was the gag building and the challenge to earn as many points as you could in each battle. Guess that's carried over to POTCO too.