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Pirates of the Burning Sea's new NPC archetypes revealed
Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Game mechanics, News items, PvEThe latest Pirates of the Burning Sea developer blog focuses on the title's avatar combat revamp, which we've discussed a bit at Massively in the past. "AvCom Revamp: NPC Archetypes" is writte...
Wed, Nov 26 | Massively
Pirates of the Burning Sea: NPCs Get New Tactics
Flying Lab has posted anew developer diary which reveals new and improved NPC combat tactics which were made possible with the game's new avatar combat system.
Tue, Nov 25 | MMORPG.COM
Pirates of the Burning Sea » View Article
logo ... We are aware that Rackham is currently experiencing issues related to port states, and we’ve recieved reports from our community of unusual PvP zones appearing on the open sea. ...
Sat, Nov 22 | Pirates of the Burning Sea
TSO Nabbed!
First, I briefly fired up Pirates of the Burning Sea, and played for about half an hour. It about meets my expectations, in that personal-avatar land action is almost indescribably lame, with sluggish controls and avatars about as attractive as EverQuest’s. It wasn’t a totally negative e...
Sat, Nov 22 | ardwulfslair (WordPress)
So, here’s why I am looking forward to Chronicles of Spellborn
I LIVE for games like that. Gorgeous looking world. The art style is colorful and pastel, reminds me of Pirates of the Burning Sea actually. Say what you like about the game, but the graphics were cool. from the interiors to the vast exteriors and the whole setting — every shard is a hollowed-out...
Thu, Oct 30 | West Karana
Tobold's MMORPG Blog: The game I'm wishing for
Combat would be ship vs. ship combat, and I'd borrow a lot of good ideas there from Pirates of the Burning Sea. As the ships are Victorian, broadsides in space would be very cool, and give combat a tactical maneuvering component. There could also be planetside avatar combat on the fantastic wo...
Wed, Oct 15 | VirginWorlds MMO
Pirates of the Burning Sea Christens New Ships
Cyclone (Test Ship), Dauntless, Mastercraft Couronne, Mastercraft van Hoorn, Monarch, and Treason have previously been announced. Flying Lab has revealed the final four in the new line up; the ‘Cruizer’ Heavy Snow, ‘El Dragon’ Mastercraft Barque, ‘Minerva’ Mastercraft Frigate and...
Tue, Jul 22 | Gaming Today
Fanboys, your game needs you.
Mythic cuts four classes and four cities from Warhammer Online. Hellgate: London debuts to poor response. Pirates of the Burning Sea needed a better integration of its elements and some changes to pacing. Vanguard was released too early. Age of Conan has a bunch of bugs and its end game is not a...
Fri, Jul 11 | West Karana
PotBS Revised Guide from Prima Games
Our friends at Prima have created a must-have guide for every Pirates of the Burning Sea fan," said Troy Hewitt, Director, Community Relations at Flying Lab Software. "Filled with the latest in piratical play-tips, this official guide is a tremendous resource for even the most sea-wort...
Tue, Jun 17 | Ten Ton Hammer Headlines
PotBS Devlog for Aspiring Artists, Art Directors
The latest devlog from the Flying Lab crew on Pirates of the Burning Sea is aimed at aspiring artists and art directors. The latest devlog from the Flying Lab crew on Pirates of the Burning Sea is aimed at aspiring artists and art directors.
Tue, Jun 10 | Gaming Today
Burning Sea Producer: Console MMOs Don't Make Sense (Yet)
Pirates of the Burning Sea producer Joe Ludwig would love to launch an MMO on one of the three big consoles, but "there are many barriers to building a console MMO that don't exist on the PC," he reveals in... Image courtesy Flying Lab Software
Tue, May 20 | Wired
New details on the future of user content in PotBS emerge
Filed under: Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Fan art, News itemsMany people have wanted to get involved and enjoy Pirates of the Burning Sea's user-submitted content system, but as things currently work, the turnaround time between submitting a flag or sail design and actuall...
Thu, Feb 14 | Massively
Pirates of the Burning Sea Review at PCIGN
Pirates of the Burning Sea is the perfect antidote to the proliferation of traditional MMOs. If you've already grown sick of elves and hot bars, Pirates will definitely offer up something you haven't quite seen before. It's highly original and it takes a lot of chances that pay off handsome...
Tue, Feb 12 | Pirates of the Burning Sea on WarCry
Shipwreck on the Burning Sea
After quite a bit of hand wringing, I decided not to renew my subscription to Pirates of the Burning Sea when my initial 30-day subscription runs out. I mentioned in an earlier post that the best that we bloggers can do when giving impressions of a game is to answer the question “Am I willing to...
Tue, Feb 5 | potshot (WordPress)
Opinion: More PotBS Thoughts
Before I was allowed into the Beta, I was amazed that FLS was advertising ‘over 1000 quests at launch.’ I was impressed that they had been so ambitious and actually pulled it off, because that many quests is time consuming and eats up a lot of development man-hours… in theory. What FLS did...
Thu, Dec 6 | Kill Ten Rats
Opinion: My in-depth PotBS Beta Impressions
I want to talk about the PvP a little bit more; infact I want to include some PvE mechanics in this too. This isn’t a game without risk like some of you might be used to. In PotBS your ship can sink if you’re defeated in PvP AND PvE. When your ship sinks, depending on the ship, it may be lost forever. Shi...
Mon, Dec 3 | Keen and Graev's Gaming
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