Choose a Side? Reply a cutscene?

[Kraken Guard]

Pssh, another idea/suggestion thread. Highly unlikely that they'll accept this idea or suggestion, but it's worth a try.


Okay, we're obviously working with Jack Sparrow. But what about other Pirates? Do they really want to work with the good guys? Each player has a little bit of villain in them. (Davy Jones and Jolly Roger Rules!) so, why not give players a chance to work with the bad guys? See what it's like to serve alongside Jolly Roger, or Serve on the Flying Dutchmen, captained by Davy Jones? Navy and the EITC is a little bit of a scratch, unless your working for either one yet your still a pirate, or used to work with them but turned pirate, or just be a soldier working for the Navy or EITC all together. Know what i mean? :P Could always include a side with Barbossa, re-captureing the BP for Him instead of Jack?


Well, onto the matter.. Probably going to turn into a "Would it be cool if.." thread, but like i said: Wouldn't it be cool if perhaps later on in the game we could choose who's side we want to be on? of course, we will be given various quests on who's side we choose to be on, and various prizes depending on which side your on.

But, we've got the problem of "What's it like on the other side?" Well, im not exactly sure about that.. Maybe another quest to change sides? Unless time distortions count (Example: POTCO is supposed to take place between Black Pearl and Dead Mens Chest, yet Elizabeth Swann is clearly on one of the portraits for the nine rouges or whatever their called. Pirate Lords. She becomes one in At Worlds End. Proof of Time Distortion!)

But enough of my mad ramblings. What about other pirates? Yay or Nay? Or if you have ideas or suggestions on this, please share or if there is already a thread like this, or the idea itself is a bit of a scratch, or if this is in the wrong place, Mods can work their piratey magic


Bonus Idea, Whoohoo!: Wouldn't it be cool if we could replay cutscenes? Only way to do so is make another pirate, but eventually we run out of space for making pirates and we cant reply the cutscenes. So, why not have a little reward on doing a quest and unlocking cutscenes? Included with them is the clothes and tattoo's we currently have on our pirates or an option where we can play said cutscene with the clothes we had on During it. Ideas and Suggestions are good for this part as well

Welp, post away

[Machazzard]

I think that being able to pick your side would be interesting. However, unless they did something like Races (in other mmos) that you'd pick at the start, each with different starting areas. Now, considering this be a pirates game I would not suggest my idea, and neither would many, but it does sound like an interesting start to something big

But, there could be quests (as said many times before) that allow you to disguise yourself as all of the groups of enemies, in order to complete quests and earn notoriety as said enemy group. THAT would be a fun one. A seperate island or two for Davy Jones, EITC, NAVY, and Jolly. The quests would be to help pirate-folk retrieve certain items from their home bases and maybe sabatoge plans that Davy Jones has made. All of these would require a costume, of course. You would earn these from other main character quests (quests from elizabeth, jack, barbossa, etc...)

P.S. - could ye ellaborate on what you mean when you say reply cutscene? thanks

[Speedway Master]

Originally Posted by Machazzard

I think that being able to pick your side would be interesting. However, unless they did something like Races (in other mmos) that you'd pick at the start, each with different starting areas. Now, considering this be a pirates game I would not suggest my idea, and neither would many, but it does sound like an interesting start to something big

But, there could be quests (as said many times before) that allow you to disguise yourself as all of the groups of enemies, in order to complete quests and earn notoriety as said enemy group. THAT would be a fun one. A seperate island or two for Davy Jones, EITC, NAVY, and Jolly. The quests would be to help pirate-folk retrieve certain items from their home bases and maybe sabatoge plans that Davy Jones has made. All of these would require a costume, of course. You would earn these from other main character quests (quests from elizabeth, jack, barbossa, etc...)

P.S. - could ye ellaborate on what you mean when you say reply cutscene? thanks

That's possible, since female pirates already have Navy and EITC clothing in the game.

[MacIronhawk]

Originally Posted by Speedway Master

That's possible, since female pirates already have Navy and EITC clothing in the game.

I actually remember seeing something during beta 2 on the POTCO website about disguises.

One person asked if we'd be able to be on the EITC or Navy side, and a developer replied no, but... that they plan on adding in advanced quests to get navy/eitc disguises to complete other quests. I think this would be a great addition to the game. Not only that, but I think a short cutscene of my pirate getting a lecture from an EITC officer would be funny.

And for those that want to know where it is, I'm actually not sure. When I was in beta 2 it was in the Player Q & A, but I think it might have been deleted. It's probably because the question was asked before the game launched, where as all the new questions are after the game went live.

[Benjamin Goldeagle]

Hmm...

Well, I do suppose it would be quite interesting to work alongside Jolly Roger or somethin'.

Then again, let's say someone workin' fer Jack Sparrow gets defeated by someone workin' fer Jolly Roger. The Jack Sparrow guy would more than likely be angry at the guy workin' fer Jolly Roger and a verbal fight would probably end up breakin' out.

And ye all know how Disney is about Pirates Online being a fun environment for kids.

So, although it would be pretty fun, I don't think Disney will make this feature.

[Kraken Guard]

Well, it would'nt effect the other side. Like i said, they could do an option where we can change sides. Work for Jolly Roger, then go back to Jack Sparrow, then do Davy Jones side then back to Jolly Roger, etc. Various Boss Battles might be included at the end of someones quest. It wouldn't be anything like PvP or SvS unless the quest giver says "Defeat an X amount of Players" so various parts might involve PvP. Like Machazzard said, there could be Islands based on who's side you want to join. A Jolly Roger Island(Padres?), A Davy Jones Island(Tormenta?) EITC(Kingshead?) Navy(Port Royal?) and Jack Sparrow(Tortuga?) could always get a little peace of jewelry from compleating Davy Jones quest that adds a little starfish on your face ^_^

It's kinda like SvS though, im pretty sure some players get a little irked when they sink, but it does not effect the other side or other players. (I dont mind sinking though, it's the glitchers that troubles me.) Know what i mean? ^_^ So, if they do decided to add a "Choose your side" Option, they could make it enjoyable for the pirates on all sides. could always say A friend is working for Jack Sparrow yet the other is working for Jolly Roger, they would still be friends no matter who's side their on. Helping the friend on Jack's side would not effect the one on Jolly Roger's side or their quests.


As for Reply a Cutscene. Kinda like a scene selection on a DVD. you pull up a little thingy and click which scene you want to reply. example: our pirates meeting Jolly Roger for the first time. We could reply that scene over and over again without having to go and make a whole new pirate

[edwardburnskull]

I think you mean replay. Ummm... I doubt it will happen, It would cause chaos, maybe a PvP island for that, but no. Too much conflict, especially for smaller children that just started. They have what you're looking for in POTBS, NOT POTCO.

[Kraken Guard]

Whoops! erm, going back to edit first post. My bad ^_^ Now if i could edit the thread name itself..


I thought PvP was pretty chaotic enough as it is, especially the part where you have to get an X amount of points without sinking.. same goes for Abassa, and Kingshead Grenade Quest. But that's unlimited access. :P

But then, they could probably tone down something if (Big If) they decide to do a Choose your side feature. perhaps you do one characters quest, but cannot change sides once said character's quest is finished. Or they could just have it to Once a side is chosen, there's no going back. But at the same time, i dont want other pirates to all of a sudden say to themselves "Why did i join this side?"

It's kinda like AdventureQuest(I've seen adds on here i think, so i assume it's safe?) with the Evil, Chaos, Good, Order and Natural stuff. by doing various things will effect your pirates side. Example: Ezekiel Rott's quests, or however you spell his name. If he does work for Jolly Roger, doing his quests can effect a chart that tells you if your more good or more evil. Doing all of the quests can add up to the side-chart-thingy and you can join the side that fits your pirates traits or however you say all that. Or like the game Spore, doing different things effects how your creature will be like in the future (Warrior, Trader, etc.)

Kinda like
Jack Sparrow - Good, Chaos
Davy Jones - Evil, Natural
East India Trading Co. - Order, Chaos
Navy - Order, Natural
Jolly Roger - Evil, Chaos


Or you can mix-and-match on which trait fits which side more. You can still change sides, no matter what the chart tells you, but you would have to do a quest to change either side or your traits. Probably given by Tia Delma. Probably confusing everyone. I know im confusing myself! But i dont want POTCO to be to much like the games mentioned above.

Ah well, like i said: Idea is very unlikely. Would be cool though for them to look into the idea though!

[Captain Jessie Hawk]

Originally Posted by Machazzard

I think that being able to pick your side would be interesting. However, unless they did something like Races (in other mmos) that you'd pick at the start, each with different starting areas. Now, considering this be a pirates game I would not suggest my idea, and neither would many, but it does sound like an interesting start to something big

But, there could be quests (as said many times before) that allow you to disguise yourself as all of the groups of enemies, in order to complete quests and earn notoriety as said enemy group. THAT would be a fun one. A seperate island or two for Davy Jones, EITC, NAVY, and Jolly. The quests would be to help pirate-folk retrieve certain items from their home bases and maybe sabatoge plans that Davy Jones has made. All of these would require a costume, of course. You would earn these from other main character quests (quests from elizabeth, jack, barbossa, etc...)

P.S. - could ye ellaborate on what you mean when you say reply cutscene? thanks

Well being as everyone is human I think that the race should actually be done by country. Or even under the flag of another pirate such as you said Davy Jones or even Jolly Roger. They could then make classes to customize your character better, such as Pirate, Swashbuckler, Buckaneer, Fighter, since you can still be a fighter he choses to be a pirate. Anywho with that, now each individual character is going to be good in their own way, so now guilds will have people that they can realy on for healing, or for ranged and melee combat so people can function better as a whole when the band together.

[KeeperOfTheCode]

I think that you should be able to become a skeleton anytime... Anywhere...