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Pirates of the Burning Sea To Become Free to Play

Post by HurricaneJim @ 11:31am 13/11/10 | 8 Comments

The nautically themed Pirates of the Burning Sea will soon be free to play:

On or around November 22, 2010, PotBS will become a free to play game, with an optional monthly membership plan called the Captain's Club at a cost of $14.99 per month (plus applicable taxes). This means that new PotBS players will no longer need to purchase the game client or a subscription to access and play much of the game.

Please note that PotBS is consequential PvP meaning if you ship gets sunk you lose it and your cargo. The player/s who sink you get the cargo. Client can be downloaded from their site.

No crying in the red zone.

I'll be in game from about the time it goes F2P just look for me, yes I'm called Hurricane Jim (Pirate). promoted/edited forum item

free to play pirates of the burning sea mmo

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natslovR
Posted 11:39am 13/11/10

Apart from a solid chastity belt is there a good guide you'd recommend so I don't get raped in the first four minutes

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Nerfington
Posted 06:06pm 13/11/10

Is this game any good? I'm loving checking out all these mmos going free to play (or having free periods in the case of age of conan), but so far all of them have really unimpressed me compared to the smoothness and just general fun of WoW (which I haven't played that much either, but it still completely outclasses them)

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Pirroh
Posted 06:11pm 13/11/10

Ha! That's still around is it? I wonder if I can remember what my passowrd is.

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HurricaneJim
Posted 07:16pm 13/11/10

Apart from a solid chastity belt is there a good guide you'd recommend so I don't get raped in the first four minutes

http://www.burningsea.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

You won't get burned in the first four minutes. In fact you won't be able to pvp until lvl 10 or so. You can always just duel people either in avatar or ship. I does have a large learning curve but just remember this keep out of the red zone and you'll be safe.

Is this game any good? I'm loving checking out all these mmos going free to play (or having free periods in the case of age of conan), but so far all of them have really unimpressed me compared to the smoothness and just general fun of WoW (which I haven't played that much either, but it still completely outclasses them)

Try it you'll either like it or hate it. It's not a fantasy mmo like WoW or AoC, it's based on real life sailing ships and sword fighting. If you like an mmo with detailed crafting, called production, or large ship battles then you will probably enjoy it.

Ha! That's still around is it? I wonder if I can remember what my passowrd is.

Only Antigua and Roberts servers left.

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Nerfington
Posted 07:48pm 13/11/10

I actually like the sound of that, also buxom wenches and triangle hats

So I will give it a try. Ty for the info. :D

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HurricaneJim
Posted 11:44pm 13/11/10

Np, here is a vid to give you an idea about the ship combat in the game;

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Nerfington
Posted 11:46pm 13/11/10

It looks complex, I'd have to give it a try. Might just prefer to be a land-bound swashbuckler and cargo sailor if that's possible. :P

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HurricaneJim
Posted 02:00pm 23/11/10

Update:

Now free to play after the 2.1 patch is applied (server mainentance) on the 29th Nov, thats 30th Nov here in Aus.

http://www.burningsea.com/pages/page.php?pageKey=news/article&article_id=271055

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