Dying (or DEAD) Disney has let us down!

[Erich Uchiha]

Guilds arn't falling apart.. at least PIC isn't

[StellaInTheSky]

Nicely put, Basil. Couldn't agree more.

I love playing POTCO but when it comes time to renew my account in February, I'll pass if there aren't some new BIG updates by then. I don't really understand why they're developing a Cars game (don't get me wrong, I LOVE the movie, but it's been merchandised to death...but obviously its still selling, so...) but they need to remember us Pirates too.

I also agree with Zep...haven't seen a maintenance notice in a long while, but I also could have missed it.

Literally all but 5 of my friends haven't been on in months. Those 5 are ones I've made since summer. My guild is defunct. I've deliberately put off BB on my main pirate just to keep me something to do at some point, but have been thinking of going ahead with it cause I'm sick of seeing it in my journal. It just stinks to be paying for something that seems to be going nowhere... =(

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by indypirate

Guilds arn't falling apart.. at least PIC isn't

This may very well in be part because PIC has been picking up alot of those whose guilds have gone the way of the dodo... as in disappeared. Maybe not, but as smaller guilds fold, pirates look for larger guilds hoping for some stability.

I would imagine that even PIC has noticed a drop in number of members online at any given time (I could be wrong).

PIC is a large, and well managed group (kudos Savvy!) your member base works on creating more things to do as a group helping to breath more life into this yes.. dieing game.

A comment was made about "test". Nothing new on test that I have seen on the test pirate I have access to. Matter of fact, it seemed to me the "Muertos Moon" in this case made it on open BEFORE it was on test this last week or so. I havent frequented test lately as i'd been busy with the holiday and family.

[spaints_1999]

I have a L40 pirate and have mastered everything except 'nades and I am now too bored with the game to do that, I recently fell back to limited because I felt that Disney giving me enough value for my monthly $10.00 so I refuse to give it to them any more until that value has increased with some REAL updates.

[Basil Dreadflint]

Had to comment internally .
Great observations, Zep!

Originally Posted by OFxZeppers

This may very well in be part because PIC has been picking up alot of those whose guilds have gone the way of the dodo... as in disappeared. Maybe not, but as smaller guilds fold, pirates look for larger guilds hoping for some stability.

I know that is how Dueces Wild is picking up a few new members!

I would imagine that even PIC has noticed a drop in number of members online at any given time (I could be wrong).

Sad, but true, again.

PIC is a large, and well managed group (kudos Savvy!) your member base works on creating more things to do as a group helping to breath more life into this yes.. dieing game.

Sometimes the only thing to look forward to is "the game, within the game" that each guild does. Guild activities are the only thing some people have to look forward to. And yes, Kudos to Savs and the other players who keep the game interesting..

[Benjamin Dreadgull]

Well we have actually increased in numbers and members online at once in the past I would say month or so, so not really sad nor true

[Sven Osymthe]

Originally Posted by Benjamin Dreadgull

Well we have ancrually increased in numbers and members onlien at once in the past I woudl say month or so, so not really sad nor true

as Ben said.....PIC has gained a lot of members as of late (mostly some of Sawyers friends LOL).

[Marc BadBurn]

I have only been playing for the last several months myself. I get on when I can, but even my son (the little brat who got me hooked on Pirates) seems to be getting "bored" with the lack of things to do.
However, we ALL have the choice to play or not to play. The one's who stick around will eventually get what we are looking for (at least I hope so). Remember: Good things happen to those who wait! (My feeble attempt to look at the rum bottle half full).

Just wanted to throw my thoughts out there...

Now...

Where is me rum?

[Poison elf]

Originally Posted by Basil Dreadflint

Benjamin,

I wish I could support your theory, but if there was any major content upgrades coming out in time for Christmas, then it would have to be on Test already. Although I'm not on test, I do know that anything that gets put there, information starts to leak out. Nothing has leaked from any of the test server pirates since they all disclaimed the October update!

Then again, maybe none of the pirates who have test accounts are using the test servers anymore. They were all so upset when the October update came out full of bugs that they had complained about and been ignored on, they may have all quit!

I have been on test, nothing there any more than on live servers. At least with nothing to do, I go there and see how much rep I can get in one kill or something.

As for guilds, my last one emptied about a month after the mess in svs. Some guilds would be expected to gain members as the old 250 max ones crash down to 0, and few that stay look for new homes. These are not just small guilds, these are guilds that had to constantly eliminate people who were not around, to make room for more and max. This particular guild was under rank 10 in everything on the xd site at the time, and came in much later than the starting guilds.

Never once heard these people say they didn't like the game as they left. Many times heard of cheats, no new content ever, and ban issues over such stuff as giving out guild site.

[AdmiralSavvy]

Amen Basil! When I first started playing at the beginning of November last year, I was looking forward to a lot. I leveled, started PIC, sailed, PvP'ed, etc etc. When I hit lvl 40, I was getting pretty used to the game's repetitive system of announcements and events. I was anticipating major updates such as SvS but after a week, you get used to it. Now, for the Founder's Feast. I thought that what the GM's said would be a surprise would be a lvl up for lvl 40 players or something along those lines--instead, we just got super tonics and a chance to socialize--something I do everyday anyway.... Fully mastered pirates do not need super tonics and if my obversations are correct, Disney is just excluding the ones who have achieved full mastery.
These kinds of rants have been posted LOTS of times here--I'm not surprised that Disney hasn't even been listening. Instead of raised caps and new islands, things that people request, we get Harkway ships (what ever those are) and the ever expected "Jolly Roger's curse has returned!"
I've been playing for well over a year now. At this point in time, the ONLY thing that keeps me playing is PIC and the other great friends that I've had the pleasure of meeting. I'm sure others feel the same too about their guilds and friends....

Originally Posted by Sven Osymthe

as Ben said.....PIC has gained a lot of members as of late (mostly some of Sawyers friends LOL).

LOL Apparently Sawyer has a lot of friends who are just as bored with the game ITSELF as the rest of us.

[combatlizzy]

Egads this is a depressing thread! If I had not played POTCO before, I certainly would look somewhere else for an online game after reading this. Maybe part of the answer is the age limitations. I have seen too many young ones on-line crowding up the servers and running around acting like young ones. If Big D would raise the age limit maybe they could divert some valuable time spent in filtering chat and banning people for yelling YAHOO instead of YIPPIE to upgrading the game to please the people who actually delve out the money for play time. It's a difficult task to balance a game between kids and adults... so just make it for adults! I know this is Disney...but you can't cater to everyone. Or has Disney made enough money on the game thus far that they just think that putting out another movie will increase their profits? Not in this economy, baby. Give these knowledgable pirates some satisfaction...they have been loyal to POTCO...why doesn't Disney return the favor?

[Kaionai]

I have seen threads like this time and time again...and all i can say is HA! HA!


I know where you coming from dude, I posted one of these Threads way way way back and got flamed for it (maybe my arguement was not as strong as your) but ya! lack of content yada yada yada.....I feel for ya..


Oh by the way anyone know where i find this so called guild name PIC, If they are really as you say u are and are very last remaining active players in the game that are maybe active guild 24/7 then.....i want to join my guild is dead with only like 2-4 active popping on at a time.

I'm Jack Stormfury in game Level 40 PirateMaster Founder Status.

Gimme a time and place to meet and I will be glad to join ya.

[Sven Osymthe]

they aren't the only active guild left but if you wanted to try and join theres a sub forum here under guilds.

[Nautical Nattie]

I have noticed it's getting quiet around the Caribbean as of late, but with the summer holidays over and all the kiddies at school before the holidays i figured that's the way it goes. As i see it, loyal players will still stay loyal to the game no matter what, i've heard rants that it doesn't compare to games such as WoW or LOTRO and that's why people leave after they complete it. I've tried both of those and always ended up playing this little repatative pirates game because i've made some amazing friends and still have things to do with more than one 40. But some people i know have become inactive, but all the more reason to get out there and meet new people and new friends who play, it's what i did. But the friends and people i've met through POTCO has not compared even the slightest to the other online games i've played and for that no matter my rants about lack of content and updates it's still my favorite.

I don't think all guilds are becomming that inactive, i found my old guild on my first pirate had some problems and so i changed guilds and found one gleaming with life 24/7 on my other pirate along with another of my pirates guilds (PIC WOO!). I still have respect for this game ever since the curse (which i wish they would just get rid of already and do something new) they have been holding more events, and hopefully with the grog blog and being able to make suggestions they are improving imo...or at least trying.

[Christopher Trueshot]

Aye, this is getting bad, with the christmas season coming, i will probably play anything new i get then this, even though im not quite to 40 i am starting to get bored with this same cycle of stuff. i respect disney and know they have alot of online games but that doesnt mean abandon us! I have seen people begging for the same things they are now when i joined in July, thats almost 6 months, and these people still aren't getting what they want...... *sigh* if things dont shape up within the next couple months, im gonna leave this game. And about the guilds, i have seen countless numbers of guilds die out or lose tons of members within about the last 2 months..... not good.