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Old 03-26-08, 12:39 PM   #16
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I was so excited about this til they WoWed the sailing and combat.

Less than interested, sadly. A shame given the beautiful models.
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Old 03-26-08, 01:30 PM   #17
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2 out of 3 left

Im not going to pass any judgments on the game other than Im enjoying it.
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Old 03-26-08, 04:28 PM   #18
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This IS an ONline only game, has this been mentioned and it is run through Sony!!

I know this as I let my g/son buy it whilst here with me, I din't check itout just paid for it at 'GameSeek' They have refunded the money, after I explained my problem. (as he was back off to Germany 2 days after).

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Old 03-27-08, 02:06 PM   #19
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Yes it is a 14 day trial to a subscription based online mmorpg.

One key left.
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Old 03-31-08, 11:43 AM   #20
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All keys have now been given out.

If anyone got a key from me and did not use it please contact me so I can offer it to someone else.

Thanks all happy hunting
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Old 04-01-08, 12:40 AM   #21
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Still got 3 trials to give out, drop me a line if interested.
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Old 04-06-08, 05:35 AM   #22
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Im afraid ive given up

The naval battles are fantastic and really make me want to work my way up through to the bigger ships..... but it just takes too long. I must have put about 25 hours or so into the game and im only level 13.

You practicaly have to give up any free time you have just to get anywhere in the game. I look at the level 50 people going past me in their ships of the line and just wonder how much time they must have waisted to get to that point

Also everything else in the game apart from the naval combat is just terrible
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Old 04-16-08, 12:14 AM   #23
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^^^ given that the naval combat s pretty care-bear, that's a damning review

No realistic sailing.

No detailed damage model.

No penalties at all (no deaths).

Yawn. I was so looking forward to an age of sail game, too.
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Old 04-16-08, 03:26 PM   #24
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I played it a bit, its pretty fun. I got tired of grind though so I gave it up.

Also it does have death penalties, just not that severe, if you lose your ship like 3 times you lose it forever, including the riggings you bought for it.

Might resub one of these days, since eve kinda crapped out on me due to a conflict with my graphics card/its drivers.
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Old 04-17-08, 08:19 AM   #25
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Looks like PoTBS is in serious trouble,since they shut down 7 out of 11 servers. I have a feeling this game has failed big time and won't be around too much longer.
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Old 04-17-08, 08:23 AM   #26
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They're shutting them down because everyone joined those servers they're not going to shut down and not many people joined those other servers (Like Bonny, Which is getting shut down), so they we're pretty empty, they're not shutting them down because the game is a failure
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Old 04-17-08, 01:21 PM   #27
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IIRC Roberts was the hardcore server, my friends from an Eve forum had bought alot of forum drama to that server and its popularity sky rocketed due to the fact it was the "Hardcore server"
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Old 04-17-08, 01:29 PM   #28
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Roberts is one of the largest servers due to the fact that it's the English speaking EU server (Which is strangely located in the US last I heard...)
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Old 04-19-08, 12:35 AM   #29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raptor1
Roberts is one of the largest servers due to the fact that it's the English speaking EU server (Which is strangely located in the US last I heard...)
Its not this that though, I'm pretty Sure Calmdown and Bad Karma bought alot of Americans to that server due to his forum warrioring. :p
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Old 04-26-08, 11:22 AM   #30
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I play as Kenneth Mackay / Pierre Chastain for the French on Antigua (used to be on Bonny). I haven't passed out any of my buddy keys yet if anyone is interested.

The game is definitely not a sim. I would still call the naval combat portion a wargame, although it is teetering on the edge. They could definetly make decisions that would tip the balance from wargame to pure MMORPG with ships instead of elves, but we shall see.

I find PvP to be complex, not too fast-paced and very tactical, so for the time being there is fun to be had.

To the person who spent 25 hours getting to level 13, that is completely nuts. This game is pretty easy to reach 50 in.
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