El Patron's Sword on Open over 24 hours...now what?

[Captain Sureshot]

Originally Posted by Dan_OB

... I've always seen POTCO not so much of a kids game but more of a family game where Kids and parents could play together. I know of several cases where parents and their children do just that. The game, like the movies, has always appealed to adults and kids alike. Hate to see that go away, there are not many things out there that can do that.

Yeah, I feel a little sad that the focus of the game seems to be moving toward the younger player, at the expense of satisfying the more mature player. My son and I used to play POTCO together during beta. Good times for sure.

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

I was specifically talking about glitches. The original double-speed glitch being the prime example.

Aye, I understood that EE.

Originally Posted by Edward Edgemenace

Special tonics to re-enable the speed glitch since they never trapped the 3rd party applications on the server side? (Which completely ignores the fact that every variation of "speed" de-stabilizes the servers.)

I believe you may be a bit presumptuous that the developers are simply programming a "glitch" into the game, which was my point about sailing speed skills. I've watched the Get Connected video more than once. I am not sure how adding a potion to the game that temporarily speeds up your character is any indication that the programming team has giving up on trying to fix weaknesses in the game build and exploits of such.

And no, it is not about return on investment. The entire game is supposed to be a loss-leader promotion tool for the movie(s).

I have never heard that the POTC MMOG was designed or positioned as a loss-leader. Even if it were, it would still be all about ROI, so you may have misspoke there. Where did you get the information that it is supposed to be a loss-leader for the movies?