GM Interview: Trading IS in the Works!

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Honestly, trading would be a decent update... but not now. Let's face it, POTCO is really in an all time low. I have always supported POTCO and looked forward to the future, but at this point I really cannot say that they are on track for a good year. Through the times I've popped online, the friends I've talked to, and the reading of these forums, I can see all the problems that POTCO has, with a combination of bad lag, hackers, bugs and glitches, and an update drought.

I won't start on a discussion about POTCO's flaws, but I want to show that POTCO is in a stage right now where the next update has to be a good one that will give players something new to do that they won't be able to finish in less than a week. The one major flaw with the ship customization update that was added in December was that it did not really provide anything new for the players to do. Sailing was still just about the same, except now with a different goal to it. The only difference was that now your ship is not the same as everyone else's. But now take updates like the Inventory Expansion, or Scoundrel of the Seas. Those updates provided new things for players to do that would entertain them for a long while.

Now what am I getting at? No, this post is not an attack on POTCO, but more of an analysis of their previous updates. While trading would be an interesting update, it does not provide anything new for you to do. Sure, maybe you could finally obtain that Lost Sword of El Patron you just didn't have the luck for, but how long will you be entertained for with this? Trading doesn't really provide you anything new. If anything, it takes away the goal of looting and persistence for many people.

Trading would be a good update to have eventually, I agree there. Even if it is just an account trading system (I played another game where you could buy a Shared Bank, which allowed you to share items between your characters. I found this very helpful.). I would much rather have a larger update that provides something new with trading as an update that comes with it rather than trading coming by itself. It would be a nice addition, but I think that it should be saved until after a bigger update comes out first.