WARNING!!! 60k gold bug - Pirates of the Caribbean Online Fansite & Forums

Thalore · #1 11-26-2007, 09:46 PM

First off let me say, me and my wife have sent in bug reports concerning this, but I thought it would be a good idea to also warn people here.

There is currently a cap of 60,000 gold. Which isn't a huge deal I guess, but once you hit 60k gold you can no longer gain rep, either by killing something or from quests. Also obviously you can no longer gain gold from quests or plunder.

Also if you gamble, DO NOT let your total gold exceed 60k or you will not get any of the gold from the table.

Granted this is not a problem many people will be having right now in the game, but I know some people who have reached higher levels perhaps may have encountered this problem.

Captain Grizzly · #2 11-27-2007, 12:17 AM

It's not a bug that I'm aware of, it's been that way since day 1 of Beta 1. If you max your gold you get no more rep. Only exception was in beta 1 you could still get cannon and sailing rep due to the fact the rep was handed out at sea before you docked and the gold handed out. Also if you killed things that don't normally give gold like the scorpions, wasps, stumps, and things like that you still got rep. They only give gold when you find a special item.

Thalore · #3 11-27-2007, 12:25 AM

I don't think we tested sailing and cannon skill. But we tested the other weapons.

Then we tried losing some money at gambling, and went back against the same guys, and got rep until the gold capped at 60k again. And you guessed it, you can't gain rep anymore.

So if this isn't a bug, this is how the game is going to work? once you have 60k gold you can no longer gain rep in weapons/notoriety? Wow that would be pretty lame if they don't fix that.

Captain Grizzly · #4 11-27-2007, 12:33 AM

Totally in agreement there. The caps dont make much sense to begin with. You max at 60K, you buy a war frigate that costs 60K and if you did like most ppl do, you sell your regular frigate at 56K to reach the gold you need, once you buy your new war frigate you got nothing left to make repairs if you happen to get sunk. Go figure!

koalita · #5 11-27-2007, 01:39 AM

I did try sailing (I'm Thalore's wife btw) and you can get rep from that because you wouldn't get the plunder until you dock. It has to be a bug. Why would maxing your gold mean you can't level up your weapons anymore? Just because it was like that on beta doesn't mean that's how it's supposed to work. Otherwise we'd be sailing through islands and crashing every five seconds.

ScurvyCory · #6 11-27-2007, 02:20 AM

Yea, I just discovered that when I was buying my War Frigate. It took forever to get the last 500 in gold because it had to be exact. I tried playing poker, won a 1,000 gold pot, but it didn't add anything. After a while of playing and not getting any gold, I went sailing and finally got the right ammount.

I really hope they fix this problem...

Pirate Rose · #7 11-27-2007, 02:58 AM

What also a little confusing is, after you buy your war frig, and upgrade all your weapons, what happens when you reach 60k again? There's really nothing else to spend your money on.

You're kinda stuck since you can't level weapons, and have nothing to spend your money on.

koalita · #8 11-27-2007, 04:20 AM

The way I've been getting rid of gold is to go play poker with a friend and let them win my money.

Vangelis · #9 11-27-2007, 10:58 AM

Best way to lose lots of gold is

1. Play Poker
2. Buy Health Tonics

NannerFL · #10 11-27-2007, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by koalita

The way I've been getting rid of gold is to go play poker with a friend and let them win my money.

Except you keep winning

....or was it I kept losing?

koalita · #11 11-27-2007, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NannerFL

Except you keep winning

....or was it I kept losing?

Well if you wouldn't fold when I was about to let you win...

NannerFL · #12 11-27-2007, 03:25 PM

Hey not my fault the other pirates wouldn't fold! Bluffers the lot of them! Steal my plunder they did!

Captain Grizzly · #13 11-27-2007, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by koalita

Just because it was like that on beta doesn't mean that's how it's supposed to work. Otherwise we'd be sailing through islands and crashing every five seconds.

All I know is that it has been that way since the first beta. The devs have had reports about it going back to then. So either thats the way it's supposed to be or it's not an urgent issue for the devs. Either way, now that you know you have to stay below the max to keep getting rep, you can control the amount of your gold. Lose it at poker or do what we did in beta 1. Buy the most espensive ship and sell it back, cuts your gold in half just like that.

And I still sail through islands on occassion and crash

Of course that could just be the rum

DrStinglock · #14 11-29-2007, 06:49 AM

If any of you people need help unloading this money at a gambling table to anyone, feel free to send me a PM and ill make sure im at the table

WizardHawk · #15 11-29-2007, 06:55 AM

This would have been handy info a few days back when we tried to push a guild mate to 60k to get their war frigate only to find the 13k+ pot won went nowhere and had to start over again.

There are so many examples in the game where it feels much more like advanced beta than a full priced gold version. Between the cap issues, the lack of higher level content, the serious lag and memory leak issues, and the very real problems with the grenades (just to name a few) it is becoming harder to understand why we should be paying full price for this game at this time.