TEST Release Notes - Dec 1, 2009

[JakeTheSnake]

Originally Posted by Babidi

Bye Bye to Realisticness.. Well, at least i'll be able to jump over other pirates now.

Really? This is what makes the game unrealistic?
It's not that the entire Caribbean could fit into about 10 football fields?
It's not that we can carry hundreds of pounds of swords, guns, grenades and cannon ammo without so much as a visible bag?
It's not that we can fire a thunderbolt out of a cannon?
It's not that we fight against scorpions, wasps and crabs the size of a large dog (or small horse)?
It's not that people who were once dead are being raised as "undead" and roaming the Caribbean doing the bidding of their undead master, a creature who was once a man but is now an abomination with a skeleton head, a hoof for one foot and a cannon for a hand that can drain the souls out of living things and bend their wills to his own?

I think we might be making more out of this than there really is. Sure, it will be sad to no longer be able to push AFK people around, but it will also keep other players from being able to grief us (by pushing us into enemies, blocking tight passageways, etc.). I have to believe that there's some significant reason for disabling player bumping and it isn't just because D thought that it would be fun... Maybe if we ask nicely we can get an official response for why they made change?