Inventory Expansion & New Weapons! March 18, 2010

[Strider]

Sounds like to me that in order to take full advantage of this upgrade, you may have to start your pirate over.

[Nelly Darkpaine]

Originally Posted by skullduggery bones

There are plenty of us out there who can't wait for the update and will embrace every part of it. I am one of those people. Who cares what gets dropped and when. When it does it will be exciting and new and I know everyone will be wanting El Patrons super sword that turns you into a ghost!! If thats a super rare drop then so be it.

I just feel bad for those paying, and thinking this is a big update, when in MOST MMO's that you pay for, a good inventory system, and creative drops are old hat, expected, and there when the game is beta.

Disney is charging too much for too little - THATS the issue.

[Dockwrecker The Privateer]

Originally Posted by The Evil Will Mcbain

Disney is not giving basic access more. Not really. They recently put a level 13 cap on all basic members, and they also seriously reduced the clothing choices in pirate creation (not a big deal for unlimiteds, but it is for basics). I have a friend who has been in the game forever, and is basic. He told me that Basics used to be able to purchase double barreled pistols and better swords. And look at all the recent unlimited-only quests. No, I think, if anthing, Disney is clamping down on us.

That is a fact ,Basics could buy new weapons of those classes when I started playing.
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As for people saying basics get too much then perhaps you should weigh your options and choose,if you think basics get far too much then become one of them.People wanting Disney to make more content and such can do so but I don't think slamming the Devs is a nice thing ,consequently I find it rather disgusting for someone to want someone else to not even get any of the new content.
One could ask in their head: "What is that mad DTP thinking about now?"Well I see discontentment and people saying that things should be taken away from me and other basic members.

When I log on a header over the list of my pirates unless I'm mistaken reads "Basic Member Access".I'm not quite sure to think of that but as new content is reliesed basics should logicly get a little more as well down the line of content ,at least as I see it.It is impossible for everyone to think of all the numerous factors of this argument at once but I think something out weighs somethings,whatever that is....I hope somebody understands my ramblings.

[captain bart]

I cant wait what where and when?!

[warriorpoets]

Excited and interested, to say the least.

I actually don't mind the idea of having only four weapons at a time because, I ask you, how often does a pirate use their Grenades except when they are grinding them? Staff is sort of the same way since it unlocks so late.

I'm with others in my concern in being how to get the weapons. I always loved the Quest system since it kept all the Pirates on even terms - everyone had an equal chance to get a weapon. Having it done by random drops could be... problematic.

But honestly, that's just first blush thoughts. I'll wait and see how the system develops. Who knows? We might end up liking it.

As for the people who want another Story Quest, in effect, we've been playing one ever since Captain Walter started chasing the EITC ships which begat the invasions and so on. I know it's not the same as Black Pearl Story Quest, but I dunno, when I play the GM events combined with the random quests, I feel like I'm part of a larger story and it actually affects how my Pirate behaves in the game, how he thinks. It's not as clean, but it is more organic.

[Eliza Creststeel]

A couple of points to be made...

Originally Posted by Sarah

If disney doesn't want people to speculate negatively about how an update is going to effect them, then they shouldn't do news releases until the material is on test.

Due to the number of people posting requests, comments and also general questions via email, forms or the Grog Blog I would think that the Disney Online people want to get the word out that they are addressing those issues and developing things for the near future - to minimize any continued negative speculation.

Does this mean the developers shouldn't give hints since it will do nothing, but bring bad responses?

Originally Posted by Sarah

Especially when disney hasn't had the best track record
and gives it's members absolutely no offical way to communicate with them.

By track record, do we mean the long waits between updates OR updates that were not updates players have been asking for. As opposed to this update - which appears to contain a LOT of what folks have been begging for.

I admit I wonder if they actually process all the forms they get, but they must be getting inspiration from somewhere. In fact, the POLL they sent out covered a lot of the subjects I've seen users talk about and new things they wish for. They already offer the forms, email, live chat and a phone number... What other options does that leave?

I work for a software firm and we provide all of those same options, too. Heck Live Chat was only added last year for us. Customers do inquire about what changes are coming. We WANT feedback. We seek it out.

[Kat Five Knives]

Originally Posted by TheHawke

On the gold cap raise. It means nothing to me, she of the 32 (usually broke) pirates. However, I do think there is a reason for the cap raise. I don't think they just did it. I think if not with this update, then there will be something added soon to spend that gold on. Otherwise why bother?

I'm speculating that the extra cash is so that we can buy/sell to one another. I am also speculating that some ship customization ( often mentioned here as a request ) may be on the horizon.

[Augie Doodle]

Wow, this sounds like what another online game I play did to their combat system. (That game changed from an exp points based system for upgrading weapons to different weapons with different skills and attack stats)

Makes me wonder how weapons we earned before the change will transition, I guess we will see when this hits test.

[muffin pirate]

what does it look like on test?

[Jamesvsthekraken]

Sadly its not on the test game yet i hope its comes this weekend if not then next week. :/

[Sven Osymthe]

It hasn't been released yet, muffin pirate.

[Crazypirate]

I think the update will be great for the game a little late yes, D did say it was coming out last summer, but at least it will be here soon. Now quit with all this other stuff and please work on the next story PLEASE! I have to agree with Sarah this is not the I worship everything D does fansite and forum. I am a die hard Vikings fan and will watch every game I can and always cheer whole heartedly for them to win. Does that mean when either the organization, the coach, or a player does something I do not agree with I should stop being a fan, or that I should not speak up and voice my opinion? NO WAY! If you want to rant or complain go ahead, if you want to be positive and supportive go ahead, but NOBODY should tell another player to quit playing the game for voicing their opinion!

[Raikel]

The Dual Cutlass formations would also be a good add, and maybe some of the french style moves. But if we don't get those, I'll get over it. I am also sorta skeptical as to whether I'll have to remake my character or not. If so, it should be easy, I've gotten to level 23 in a day, and would gladly do it again. However, if I don't have to, then I may try to make another character just for fun. I just hope the gravediggers have a drop, and we could sell items to our friends.

But you know, I am still not playing at the moment, which is a good thing. Because if they add a little more than they can work, they might end up making us wait a while longer. I can see why they waited to do this, because they have no true skill at making different weapon types, and crossing certain weapon skills over to other types of weapons. I just hope they have been working on this stuff for a good while, and are fully prepared to release. I'm not going to sit and wait around for this like I did the Kraken.

BTW, if you guys want to tell people to leave the game, go to World of Warcraft, that's where you people belong. Around here, we support people who play the game, and wait for its updates, not the ones who are snobs and think they can tell everybody what to do.

[Edward Edgemenace]

After two and a half years of perpetually having "too much gold" - e.g. buying someone a war galleon or war frigate each week...what's the new max gonna be? Infinite?

Originally Posted by MacIronhawk

EDIT: P.S. I'm serious when I say, if anyone gets a sword I want, and we can start trading things, I'll gladly pay 10k-45k for the sword.

If I get El Patron's Sword, MacIronhawk, I'll sell it to you for US $10,000.00 sure. :-)

Hmmmm. It sure would be nice to get a rare drop from each expedition fleet battle won. But somehow, it seems like doing a "drop" system is a dramatic shift from this genre. They stopped doing clothing drops a year ago...is this setup a high maintenance scenario or what? Even if it is a system like "common" items dropped from every boss defeated...idk. We'll have to see how this goes, eh?


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The announcement says "42 clothing items." Pfffffffft.
Hat, shirt, vest, coat, belt, pants, boots = 7. Currently, you get starter item + 3 slots to fill + any clothing drops received after that inventory is full. Some people had all slots full before doing the quests, then got subsequent clothing drops. Add things like the "black bandana," the "gold bandana," the "red bandana," the "valentine's day shirt" and you could conceivably have 10 hat items alone...today.

Their new system is 42 clothing items? 6 slots instead of 3? What gives! That doesn't even cover the items people currently have! Why not 1,000 hats? Surely they aren't suggesting they transfer all that information around to every pirate encountered...only the clothes visible should be packet-identified to other viewing pirates. If they are worried about causing lag from increasing inventory, perhaps simply making that information (correctly) private could solve some lag issues...

Seriously...6 slots per clothing type? Seriously? I just don't get it - they know the limit should be huge, right? Why only 3 additional clothing slots? If you are going to the trouble of changing it all around, why leave the limit ridiculously low? Seems like a waste of programmer hours to me...they will still get the same complaints that people don't have room in inventory for special-event items.

Why did Disney call it the "bandana incident" - note: that's 2008 not 2009. The problem from that time, isn't fixed by the new inventory - if anything, this update seems worse (and I haven't even seen it yet - just going on reported facts!)


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Disney's continued spiteful punishment of basics - not to give unlimiteds more - but to punish basics - is gonna bite them. Ads continue to say "Play Online For Free" while they do stuff like this. The downgrades in-game for basics that were formerly unlimited is outrageous. It's as if Disney is saying "thanks for being our customer - now keep paying for nothing or we'll make it worse than being a starter character." The majority of the nag screens appear only for formerly-unlimited basics, instead of newbie basics at the end of 1 week. People continue to go basic for lack of content - so instead of adding new quests they add random drops. That oughta make their former customers come back. Not.

Think about it - the basics (that were formerly unlimited) that you see in-game are without any question, the most helpful pirates you encounter. They can't steal rep - they give away gold weekly - they boost your crew bonus - they heal like you've never seen - they revive you when you're down - they sail you around when you need cannon rep - they give you retraining hints when they see you doing something wrong. Why? Just to hang out with old friends occasionally, while waiting for whatever they are waiting for. (The Kraken, in my case.) In return, they get 10 times the nag screens that "preview basics" get, they get insults daily from elitists, they can't use skills they've earned, they can't use ships they've earned, they can't wear (OR EVEN SELL) clothes they earned from drops or quests, they can't wear tats they've earned, they can't finish quests that they started and now they can't equip weapons they capture. "Play Online For Free" is quite far from a true statement. Once you've paid money to Disney for some unlimited because you thought it might be worth it, the mouse marks you as a target.

Quite frankly, the attitude shown by several above, is beyond sickening. But what goes around, comes around; no action needed on my part, there.

[Jamesvsthekraken]

Question: Will we have to start over when this hits live? I dont want to get rid of my characters. :'( oh and btw woot on over a hundred replies to this news article lol