Pirates of the Burning Sea Subscription Information

England, France, and Spain have unleashed their forces on the Caribbean. Naval officers captain massive warships through bloody engagements at sea. Freetraders charge through blockades and smuggle the war material needed to conquer the enemy's ports. Privateers raid enemy shipping, looting ships of their treasure and rival nations of their glory.

Through it all sail the Pirates. Bloody, bold, and resolute, they serve no flag and heed no king. They live free, fight hard, and obey only fate.

Blistering Naval Combat - Maneuver your ship in real time, turning one way to unleash a broadside and then cutting back to guard your damaged armor.

Savage Swashbuckling - Our swashbuckling system is something you've never seen in an MMO before.

PvP-Conquerable World - The Caribbean of 1720 is home to many dozens of ports belonging to the three great powers: Britain, France, and Spain. Each port is a valuable source of goods, equipment, and mission patrons.

Sophisticated Missions - Our mission system gives you a starring role in your own epic. Each player accumulates a personal supporting cast of NPCs, including old enemies, new friends, lost loves, and treacherous allies.

Dramatic Avatars - You don't have to look like everyone else. Our avatars are built with sixteen customizable slots. Choose hair, faces, footwear, hands, coats, hats, belts, jewelry, and much more.

Action For Every Play Style - Whether your interest is in ship combat, piracy, commercial trading, or adventure, you have a role to play, and all your adventures take place in a dramatic world of conflict and change.

The Pirates of the Burning Sea does have a monthly subscription. The fees are as follows:

• 1 month subscription: $14.99
• 3 month subscription: $41.99
• 6 month subscription: $77.99
• 12 month subscription: $143

Pirates of the Burning Sea is also included in the SOE Station Access subscription. A Station Access subscription will give you access to Pirates of the Burning Sea as well as: EverQuest®, EverQuest® II, PlanetSide®, Star Wars Galaxies™, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes™, The Matrix Online and EverQuest® Online Adventures™. Full access Station Access is available for a recurring monthly subscription price of $29.99/month (plus applicable sales taxes, if any).

 15 men on a Dead Mans cheast, yo ho ho and a bottle of Rum lol . This game does sound cool. But everyone knows that in those days, Britain Ruled the Waves, so go on everyone, get out their and kick those Frog and Dago Arses lol

So how is this pirate game so far?

lol Yes I noticed Havocide trolling the forums over there a bit

Just kidding, he wasn't trolling... more like lurking.

I have found the game enjoyable myself, I am a sucker for blowing up wooden ships.

Plus I make a ridiculous amount of money (imo) in the economy.

lol Yes I noticed Havocide trolling the forums over there a bit " />

Just kidding, he wasn't trolling... more like lurking.

I have found the game enjoyable myself, I am a sucker for blowing up wooden ships.

Plus I make a ridiculous amount of money (imo) in the economy.

Noobish question Is there it possible to download a trail?

Yeah, I would guess that Havo already have taken over the forum and sea lol. Looking good so far and great graphic....but what about Vista??????? Any problems there?

Thanks for the reply btw.

Noobish question Is there it possible to download a trail?

Yeah, I would guess that Havo already have taken over the forum and sea lol. Looking good so far and great graphic....but what about Vista??????? Any problems there?

Thanks for the reply btw.

No 'Cannon ball' time sequences though... or shades...

Oh well at least I got my personal Sail and flag...

I did the beta, thanks to Tseng, and I thought it was pretty fun but not worth the monthly fee.   Its kind of hard to tell the NPC ships from normal players while you are in the open sea but I bet that over time you can instantly tell.  It takes a long time to catch up to another ship and it sucks when you almost catch them and then they port at an island...  I wish you could change your outfit on the fly though instead of having to go to the seamstress that is only on a few islands and that if you forget the name of it takes forever to find it again... >_<

Overall, the concept is great and it is probably one of the best Pirate games out there.  If I ever find myself with more time on my hands I might get a full station pass and play.

Tip: When selecting a name, the last name is what matters most.  If you name yourself Captain Jack Sparrow, you will be called Captain Sparrow throughout the game and I know you won't want that!  Who the heck is Captain Sparrow??  I think one of my names was Hydra Hydrazine

for the people playing it , is there any land pve or land fighting ? or is it all ship combat ?

It has both, Avatar combat (land) isnt as polished as ship combat due to being added very late in the development cycle.

Avatars were only added due to community outcry.

I'm interested in the game, but not entirely convinced.  What are, in the opinions of those who play it, the best and worst aspects of the game?

~V

Stengths

• Ship combat
• Crafting
• Ship/Avatar appearance customization is good
• Auction House functionality appears solid
• Community Service seems good (the couple of times I have needed it they GMs were prompt)

Weaknesses

• Avatar combat
• Economy is a little shakey but still early as there are few to no 50s on the servers
• Mission incompleteness (I have been finding about 15% of the missions have missing or place holder text)
• Some server/database instability (though its getting better, you can play but things can go arwy if the server crashes or has to be restarted)
• Roll back functionality doesn't appear 100% working correct (On blackbeard the weekend before last I got hit with a nasty bug resulting from a small 2 hour roll back)
• Chat interface needs polish

All my opinions of coarse.

Vanil wrote:

I'm interested in the game, but not entirely convinced.  What are, in the opinions of those who play it, the best and worst aspects of the game?

~V

Stengths

• Ship combat
• Crafting
• Ship/Avatar appearance customization is good
• Auction House functionality appears solid
• Community Service seems good (the couple of times I have needed it they GMs were prompt)

Weaknesses

• Avatar combat
• Economy is a little shakey but still early as there are few to no 50s on the servers
• Mission incompleteness (I have been finding about 15% of the missions have missing or place holder text)
• Some server/database instability (though its getting better, you can play but things can go arwy if the server crashes or has to be restarted)
• Roll back functionality doesn't appear 100% working correct (On blackbeard the weekend before last I got hit with a nasty bug resulting from a small 2 hour roll back)
• Chat interface needs polish

All my opinions of coarse.