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Developer Logs 
Customer Service Notification
| 12/18/2012 | News | Discuss
After much review and consideration, SOE and Flying Lab Software have decided that Pirates of the Burning Sea will leave the SOE family of games on January 31, 2013. Portalus Games, a new company made up of former Flying Lab …
Captain Skills: The Way Forward
| 07/27/2012 | Devlog | Discuss
Captain Skills are a core aspect of Pirates of the Burning Sea; they affect almost everything you do as you play the game, which means that any changes to them have to be made very carefully. On the other hand, …
Change is Coming: Ships in 2.11
| 07/25/2012 | Devlog | Discuss
The 2.11 build contains the first steps towards our goal of re-visiting every ship in the game. We are doing this both to improve balance and also to bring them more in line with traditional classes appropriate for the late …
Change is Coming: ShipCom Skills in 2.11
| 07/24/2012 | Devlog | Discuss
Back in January we laid out our vision for the future of Pirates of the Burning Sea. While 2.10 saw the first steps towards these goals, 2.11 is going to see some giant leaps. Ultimately, we plan to revamp …
Less Is More
| 05/21/2012 | Devlog | Discuss
One of our goals as we move forward is to make Pirates of the Burning Sea more accessible for new players. There is a lot of complexity, which helps create a lot of variation and interesting situations at higher levels, …
Society Warehouses, In Deed
| 03/15/2012 | Devlog | Discuss
The first iteration of Society Warehouses is about to hit Test Server as part of our initial 2.10 push! We are really excited to finally be able to deliver this promised feature. I’m going to get straight to …
Forum Streamlining
| 03/07/2012 | Devlog | Discuss
There are some big changes coming to the Pirates of the Burning Sea forums this week. We think they will improve your Pirates of the Burning Sea forum experience by reducing the signal/noise ratio and will allow us to respond …
Building the Future
| 01/20/2012 | Devlog | Discuss
Now that 2012 is well and truly underway we are excited to let you know what we have planned for the 5th year of Pirates of the Burning Sea.
Producing the Future
| 07/09/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
I’m Brian Taney, aka Fodderboy, and I’m the new Producer on the Pirates of the Burning Sea project. Some of you may already be familiar with me as until recently I was the QA/Customer Service manager. I am taking …
Tell All Your Friends
| 06/15/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
The best form of advertising is word of mouth. If someone you know and trust recommends a game to you, you’re much more likely to give it a try, especially if it’s an online game that lets you play with …
A Warning About Grey Market Gold / Items - UPDATED
| 06/03/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
We recently received several reports that a player was offering ships for sale in-game, and was also selling them via a third party website.
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Fishing for a Complement
| 04/13/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
We have all been there – dillydallying while dailies reset, going AFK while accumulating labor, meeting up with mates for fleeting, or just soaking in the scenery… generally standing around on the docks for whatever reason. But what if …
What's New In 2.5?
| 04/08/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
2.5 will be on Testbed next week, so I wanted to talk a bit about what’s coming!
What's Next?
| 03/04/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
2010 was an incredibly important year for Pirates of the Burning Sea; in the space of one year we released our first major expansion, Power & Prestige, and we took the game free-to-play. These were both big achievements, and they …
Welcome to Mardi Gras!
| 02/22/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
Get ready to celebrate Mardi Gras on the Burning Sea! A Mysterious Harlequin has been spotted hanging around starter towns and capitals, and …
Producing Free to Play
| 02/03/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
We’ve been asked a few times about the process of moving Pirates of the Burning Sea from a subscription model to a free-to-play (F2P) model. Did everything go as planned? Did we encounter hurdles along the way? In this devlog, …
An Anniversary Message
| 01/22/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
Since this is our third anniversary, I wanted to talk to you a little about where Pirates of the Burning Sea has been and where it’s going.
Everybody knows that the bird is the word!
| 01/19/2011 | Devlog | Discuss
We’ve noticed that captains throughout the Burning Sea love birds, as the Cockatoo is usually one of our best-selling pets and parrots, well, they’re pretty much mandatory with the nautical theme, aren’t they?
In the interest of encouraging avian diversification, …
Update to Rules and Policies
| 11/16/2010 | Devlog | Discuss
In preparation for our free to play launch we have updated our General and In-game Rules and Policies. This isn’t a major re-write of our rules – most of the changes are clarifications and additional information.
Update to In-Game Rules
| 10/15/2010 | Devlog | Discuss
After reviewing a substantial amount of feedback from our players regarding a variety of subjects not limited to but including “alt flipping”, I’d like to announce an addition we are going to add to our rules regarding multiple accounts.
