Pirates of the Burning Sea
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Blood,Suggestive Themes,Use of Alcohol,Use of Tobacco,Violence
Publisher: Flying Lab Software Genre(s): MMORPG Home Page: http://www.piratesoftheburningsea....
Yarr, There Be Pirates Here Eeek! Pirates! The Pirates of the Burning Sea (PotBS) is obviously being marketed as a "pretend to be a pirate" game, but they are just one of the available factions. As you create your first character on a server, you choose the side you want to play for, and that choice is shared by all your characters on that server. Just like in WoW, the only way to switch sides afterwards is to delete all characters and start over, and only way to play multiple sides is to have characters on separate servers. The Pirate faction members are unique in a way as they have only one "class" or career - a pirate. While each one can be tweaked to different play styles by skill choices, overall they are well suited for guerilla-style combat; both on land and while commanding a ship. They can access the biggest ships only by capturing them, limiting their ability to wage proper war, and economy isn't their strongest suite (they just prefer to plunder). In addition to being able to commandeer captured ships (of any type, regardless of career restrictions), they get a special skill to scavenge for items. On the flipside, captured ships have only one point of durability, so if they get sunk or taken over, they are gone - you have to "loan" another from someone else. You also get flagged for PvP combat when commanding a ship that is officially limited to other careers, allowing anyone to take a shot at your ship on the open seas. While you can concentrate on the Player vs. Environment (PvE) gameplay with a pirate, and nothing prevents you from making some doubloons by trading goods, overall pirates are intended for the PvP-oriented players. They have the most target-rich environment, as they can freely plunder all non-pirate NPC ships, and they can always come visit to any port contention zone just to create havoc. On the other hand, they have no formal government and cannot control any of the ports that are owned by the European factions. They can attack them for plunder, to generate victory points for the faction warfare, but only the three player nations can actually take a port from another nation. To keep things fair, pirate ports are also effectively immune - they can be taken over, but they always revert back to pirate after a day or so. Overall they are an interesting twist in design. Britain vs. France vs. Spain Pirates of the Burning Sea does sound better than Freetraders of the Burning Sea... The three other playable factions are all pretty much identical to play. They differ in starting location and in the selection of early quests, but in the long run they are meant to fight on a level playing field. All nations offer three career choices - Freetrader, Privateer and Naval Officer. Freetraders concentrate on the business side of things, gaining access to career-specific structures and transport ships. They can still put up a fight as much as anyone else, but they lack in combat-oriented skills, and the available roster of combat ships is more limited. Privateers and Naval Officers focus on business too - the business of sinking stuff. Privateers are the more solo-oriented of the two, and get skills and ships that shine in small engagements. Naval Officers, on the other hand, have more group-oriented skills, and have access to the biggest ships available in the game - with the drawback that those ships tend to be slow. A lone slow ship can dish out a devastating broadside if it gets the chance, but to fully use the abilities of a Naval Officer, you really need a mixture of small and large ships working in cooperation. All characters, regardless of the career choice, can happily participate in the solo PvE gameplay to level up - the differences only become pronounced in group battles and mass PvP combat, mostly later in the game where mixed fleets are key. Sure, being a Freetrader restricts your combat ship choices, so that you may have to stick to bit easier missions for a while, but it doesn't mean you are stuck to just doing economic wayfaring. Overall PotBS is very solo-friendly, and while you might not be able to overtake an enemy port alone (or even with a small group), you can always participate as an individual to help of the nation you play.
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