Like many people out there, I was very excited with this game was announced many years ago. I remember when it was supposed to be available exclusively on Steam in 2004 or 2005. I was hoping for a game that would be like Sid Meier's Pirates but online of course. Pirates of the Burning Sea has great sea battles and the best PVP I have played in any MMO game. Flying Lab got at least two parts of the game right. The rest unfortunately, is broken. Avatar combat is absolutely terrible and the quests are boring and repetitive. The game did recently revamp the avatar combat but I think it's a little too late for that to help the game get new subscribers. A lack of players is also a fatal flaw with this game. Since the economy is player run, how do you buy ammo and upgrades when everyone who makes them quits the game? You could play this game for hours and not even see another player. It you don't join a society you will feel like you are the only person in the entire game world. Pirates of the Burning Sea has very high system requirements for a MMO game. I don't know why you need a dual core processor and a gig of ram to run a game with graphics so outdated. I often joke with a friend that Flying Lab spent all their development money on making the ocean look pretty. The water effects are certainly the most beautiful I have seen since Oblivion but pretty water doesn't make the game fun. Maybe someday a developer out there will make a great pirate MMO game, but for now steer clear of this doomed game.
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