The Power to Predict The Future of Pirates Online

[The Skirata Clan]

I honestly believe that POTCO will suffer the same consequences as VMK. I just cannot believe how PH & TT get constant updates while POTCO gets none. I wasn't around for VMK, which I wish I was, to see the way it closed. That was a game that I really think I would have enjoyed.

POTCO's efforts are to survive a bit longer. Its efforts are not the efforts of a game that wishes to become one of the greats of its genre. It is taking way too much time for POTCO to reach from one point to the next. And one of the many reasons the game has seen things like "Guild Attackers", "Attacking Guilds", "dating", among all the crazy unnecessary junk that seems to flood this game is the lack of that very content.

Yes, the game is free to download and play. Yes, the game allows the Basic Members more freedoms and perks than those other games of it kind. However, that doesn't mean that the game should not release things more often. I give PH & TT as examples, after all They all come from the same company.

Hopefully I am wrong and this once great and awesome game that now lives in mediocrity rises once more and lives to the potential that has within itself. I really wish that I am wrong and POTCO shines once again and becomes the Flagship of Disney Online Games as it truly deserves.

[Demi Gibbs]

Originally Posted by The Skirata Clan

I honestly believe that POTCO will suffer the same consequences as VMK. I just cannot believe how PH & TT get constant updates while POTCO gets none. I wasn't around for VMK, which I wish I was, to see the way it closed. That was a game that I really think I would have enjoyed.

You would've enjoyed it. Every month had a theme, released new items to go with that theme, and they really listened to what players wanted in the game. Since POTCO is a subscription-based game, I wish they would listen to players more. They would have a spike in subscriptions, getting more money, making more updates, which is just a continuous cycle. VMK didn't have anyone paying them and they did a better job than POTCO is currently.

I realize it's not fair to compare the games, but in my opinion, POTCO pales in comparison to VMK. I would love to see POTCO adopt a program to the "Community Leader" position that they had in VMK. Putting players that show great interest and love for the game and have always been nice to players into a "official" position in a sense would help with the moderation of the game and would let the developers and other staff focus on testing new things and tweaking them while the social problems of the games are taken care of otherwise.

Other than that, I agree with Captain luke. The things they've announced so far need to happen before we can start thinking up new ideas for the game part of the game to improve on anything else.

[Sven Osymthe]

The way I see the updates for the rest of this year is like this:

September:

• Fishing, daggers, and Ravens Cove (without the ability to port) released on Live

Late September - Early October:

• Ravens Cove now accessible on Test
• Ravens Cove quest and cursed weapons released on Test a few days after the island is accessible

October:

• Zombie dance on Test and Live
• Muertos moon event on Test and Live
• Ravens Cove accessible on Live a few days before Halloween
• Halloween - Ravens Cove quest and cursed weapons released on Live

November:

• More GM events leading to either A) Return of Captain Walter, B) New weapons, C) both
• New weapons (see the weapons thread) released on Test

December:

• New weapons (see the weapons thread) released on Live
• Free unlimited access codes (for a week) emailed to members
• Double rep for a few hours on the weekend (they did it last year)

As for next year, I would want a very long quest to be released. On top of that, new ships, higher caps, more friend (player and pirate) room, trading, place to store items, better guild ranks, blah blah blah..

Instead they'll probably fix the leader boards. Follow that up with more GM events. Release a quest. Throw a "Strongest Guild (or pirate)" event. Break the leader boards. Then leave us bored for a few more months.

Originally Posted by The Skirata Clan

I honestly believe that POTCO will suffer the same consequences as VMK. I just cannot believe how PH & TT get constant updates while POTCO gets none. I wasn't around for VMK, which I wish I was, to see the way it closed. That was a game that I really think I would have enjoyed.

I think the only reason that those two games are updated more is due to them having more developers (I could be wrong). Either way, there's really no excuse for it, considering all of those games are released by the same company. As for POTCO suffering like VMK, I highly doubt it will. VMK was entirely free to play, and they basically set a date that the game was going to be closed, and ended it on that day. If they were to do that with POTCO, they would never hear the end of it, especially since people are spending money on it.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by The Skirata Clan

I honestly believe that POTCO will suffer the same consequences as VMK. I just cannot believe how PH & TT get constant updates while POTCO gets none.

Remember, toontown has been online since 2002, and that's given the toontown developers eight years to work on their skills, and get better at developing.

According to the potco developer diarys, only TWO of the toontown developers moved to POTCO to help work on the game.

Toontown only started bringing in content fast after about five years. Let them roll out Ravens Cove, and the Kraken, and I'm positive things will start getting better.

I'm pretty sure POTCO won't suffer, mainly because of the name itself. And once POTC 4 comes out, that gives a lot of advertisement for the game. And any new members coming in after the movie in 2011 SHOULD have the Pearl Quest, Ravens Cove quest, and the second story Kraken quest. Even that small amount of content compared to toontown should be enough for them to release another story quest by the end of 2011 or early 2012 for them to keep players.

I'm just assuming that POTCO is in a grey area right now. I have hopes for this game, and enjoy it, so I refuse to let any doubts of it being destroyed get in my mind.(boy, I stink at phrasing things sometimes)

If I could see the future of POTCO, I'd like to see how things go ten years from now, assuming the game still exists.

[WitchdoctorDan]

Originally Posted by The Skirata Clan

I honestly believe that POTCO will suffer the same consequences as VMK. I just cannot believe how PH & TT get constant updates while POTCO gets none. I wasn't around for VMK, which I wish I was, to see the way it closed. That was a game that I really think I would have enjoyed.

POTCO's efforts are to survive a bit longer. Its efforts are not the efforts of a game that wishes to become one of the greats of its genre. It is taking way too much time for POTCO to reach from one point to the next. And one of the many reasons the game has seen things like "Guild Attackers", "Attacking Guilds", "dating", among all the crazy unnecessary junk that seems to flood this game is the lack of that very content.

Yes, the game is free to download and play. Yes, the game allows the Basic Members more freedoms and perks than those other games of it kind. However, that doesn't mean that the game should not release things more often. I give PH & TT as examples, after all They all come from the same company.

Hopefully I am wrong and this once great and awesome game that now lives in mediocrity rises once more and lives to the potential that has within itself. I really wish that I am wrong and POTCO shines once again and becomes the Flagship of Disney Online Games as it truly deserves.

Good point, but you have to remember that this is based off of a MOVIE FRANCHISE. VMK wasn't. That usually gives it a better foothold. Plus, with the new movie coming out (Which I wanna see so bad!!!) I would expect TV spots, more Unlimited members, and of course a slew of new updates. Just my opinion.