Maybe Pirates issue is that it's not an MMO?

[Atillius]

Originally Posted by Ekibiogami

Diffarance is in Eve (Unless they changed it in the last patch) As a Pirate i can Probe out and ENTER Their mission. Grante if i shoot them im still Concorked But i can mess it up for them.

SUICIDE GANKER!!!!!! j/k Boy I hate that....

anyway....I dunno, I haven't noticed anyone in my mission as of late.

[REMO85]

Originally Posted by SPMaximus

A persistent world (PW) is a virtual that continues to exist even after a user exits the world and that user-made changes to its state are, to some extent, permanent. The term is frequently used in the definition of the massively multiplayer online video games and can be considered synonymous with that genre.
Edit: So you have really never played a MMO without a persistent world...

To be more blunt about a persistant world:

It's a world that if you left and never came back(Unsub), nobody would give a crap...

[Alexander DeLarge]

Originally Posted by SPMaximus

He didnt compare the size of the world with other MMO's (but on a technical term this is the caribbean not the world :P), I dont see whats so friggin hilarious
But the size is pretty good

How was that hard to understand? Why dont you give me a name of any MMO that has a smaller world then. This game really does lower the bar on MMO world size, argue that all you want. Yeah, I think its funny that the first OCEANIC MMO I've ever seen is coupled with the smallest world anyone has ever seen in the genre. Tell me that "the size is pretty good", rofl.

A persistent world (PW) is a virtual that continues to exist even after a user exits the world and that user-made changes to its state are, to some extent, permanent. The term is frequently used in the definition of the massively multiplayer online video games and can be considered synonymous with that genre.
Edit: So you have really never played a MMO without a persistent world...

Persistent is a bad choice of word to use so I guess its frequently misused. Part of its definition is, "existing without significant change". No, I have never played a MMO thats existed without significant change. When you really think about it, this probably the worst game you could use the word persistent to describe. Dev's here would probably take offense to that kind of description as they pride their world being everchanging. Nothing you do here changes the world permanently to any extent. You dont even get a permanent rank or anyother kind of permanent recognition. This game has seen so many changes since its release its hard to believe that its makers ever had a clear view of what they wanted. Its also hard to believe that your actually willing to debate the subject.

[Barracuda69]

How was that hard to understand? Why dont you give me a name of any MMO that has a smaller world then. This game really does lower the bar on MMO world size, argue that all you want. Yeah, I think its funny that the first OCEANIC MMO I've ever seen is coupled with the smallest world anyone has ever seen in the genre. Tell me that "the size is pretty good", rofl.

What's the point in making the oceansize bigger? You like playing f.e. Silent HunterIII/IV without time compression, right?

It's not space with jumpgates. It's not a fandazeee world with deserts, swamps, snowy mountains, jungles, forests and rainforests bordering each other within a few miles. The world is small indeed, but upsizing it will be difficult.

[Alexander DeLarge]

Originally Posted by Barracuda69

What's the point in making the oceansize bigger? You like playing f.e. Silent HunterIII/IV without time compression, right?

It's not space with jumpgates. It's not a fandazeee world with deserts, swamps, snowy mountains, jungles, forests and rainforests bordering each other within a few miles. The world is small indeed, but upsizing it will be difficult.

Theres lots of point to make the ocean bigger, even though its never going to happen. Heres my original thoughts on it. http://www.burningsea.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26906

[Slamz]

Originally Posted by Alexander DeLarge

Large world? (GONG) Give me the name of one MMO with a smaller world. Friggin hillarious if you think about it being an oceanic game.

It's not about how much empty space the game has, it's about how much playtime you get out of it. A typical console game may have 20 hours of gameplay in it if you're lucky. A typical MMO needs to have hundreds of hours in it at launch. POTBS launched with a lot of good content (I've probably only done 25% of the quests) but falls short at the endgame.

Persistent world? (GONG) I really dont even know what thats supposed to mean. I have never played a MMO with a "persistant world."

Don't gong it if you don't even know what it means. Try Google.

Persistent means it's still there (and running) when you log out and your character still exists too. Every MMO I can think of has a persistent world. By comparison, FPS maps only persist for about 15 minutes and your character is completely "new" every time you log in. Single player RPGs don't keep running when you log off.

Regular updates can be found in single player games.

Rarely. We've already had more updates for POTBS than we've had for Team Fortress 2, which launched months prior. Non-subscription games (like TF2) have no incentive to release new content other than the kindness of their hearts, so they generally release little to none.


Anyway, this argument is silly. You're bitter, we get it.

[Alexander DeLarge]

Bitter?, hardly.. disapointed maybe, if you want bitter go talk to an ex-swg player.(played that game for about a week)

Persistent means it's still there (and running) when you log out and your character still exists too. Every MMO I can think of has a persistent world. By comparison, FPS maps only persist for about 15 minutes and your character is completely "new" every time you log in. Single player RPGs don't keep running when you log off.

Brought to you by Google as if I needed it.

Existing without significant change; not fleeting.

It's not about how much empty space the game has, it's about how much playtime you get out of it.

I dont really have any arguement for that. These are the reasons I am disapointed with the size of the world. http://www.burningsea.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26906

Non-subscription games (like TF2) have no incentive to release new content other than the kindness of their hearts, so they generally release little to none.

Its a FPS like unreal... I havent played TF2 but I know unreal has its own content editor for endless possibilities, what could be better than that? How much content do you want in a FPS anyway? Other than that TF2 wasnt exactly released and abandoned. Its been out seven months?

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Anyway, this argument is silly.

I couldnt agree more.