PotBS Test Server Patch Notes 1.4.25

Some very encouraging things in this latest test server build. It is only the first test build, and we know there is another on the way, so don’t be surprised if something you were expecting isn’t in here.

I’m personally very excited about the new unrest system, which will help return us non-PvPing RvRers to relevance. Freetraders also get a couple of rather tasty sounding new ships. All careers gain new skills, which will give us more options, though it […]

Pirates of the Burning Sea’s greatest problem

I was asked to write, for the Boarding Party, what I considered the greatest problem with Pirates of the Burning Sea to be. This is what I wrote:

I play on the Roberts server, and I run my Nation’s forum, and coincidently am the chairman of the British Council of Guilds. I’m a talky type player, and as a result of these things I know a large proportion of our population.

I don’t know what your stats show, but I […]

Is this ship sinking?

Tobold recently posted:

Pirates of the Burning Seas announced they will close 7 of their 11 servers. In spite of the waffle about how their servers can handle more people now, I don’t think anyone is fooled: PotBS is losing customers fast. According to MMOGChart.com they started with about 65,000 subscribers, which already isn’t a whole lot, not even by pre-WoW standards (where we had an informal 100k-is-success rule). Now they probably lost more than half of that initial […]

In which I go to Wembley

So, this blog has gone a little quiet for a month or so. What have I been up to?

The chief suspect is Pirates of the Burning Sea. I got quite heavily into it, running the forum for my Nation, and currently chairing the Council of guilds. My addiction seems to be waning though, so we might see a bit more posting here in the future.

Far more importantly, I was lucky enough to get the chance to do a […]

A letter to Robert Walpole

I was recently asked to write an RP report on the recent happenings in Pirates of the Burning Sea. Unfortunately, it turned out they were looking for a straight journalistic report, rather than anything too fancy. But in the interests on never wasting anything, I may as well post my first unfinished draft (the only draft there shall ever be, now) of it here.

Sir Robert Walpole,

His Majesty’s Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Kingdom of Great Britain, First […]

I weaken, me hearties!

There is an extremely good chance that I will be buying Pirates of the Burning Sea tomorrow, when it is released. I know I shouldn’t. I know I have better things to do with my time and money. But, but…

Pirates!