Pirates of the Burning Sea outlines plans for 2012

@BigAndShiny

If you like PvP it is worth a try. The ship combat is by far the best pvp action I have gotten in any game.

@BigAndShiny Quite good and very complex, the economy is great and the crafting as well. A few of my friends play it right now though I heard there is mostly pvp on max level so if you don't like that then you might not enjoy it very much.

@BigAndShiny Yup this is definitely a good game, I played it for a few months but as someone who prefers PvE and doing merchant activities I found the end-game to be somewhat disappointing though. I think the main problem was that my character was French and at the time there weren't many French players so I had a difficult time selling a lot of my goods. Otherwise the way the economy is setup is great, it really gives you a feeling that you're running your own business, and with purchase orders you get a good notion of supply and demand.

In hindsight I think I'd of enjoyed the game much more if I'd rolled British which had by far the most population at the time, so I'd assume more economic activity. I'd still be playing today but I fell in love with Uncharted Waters Online, which is less user friendly (learning curve similar to EVE I'd say) - but incorporates the entire world and over 100 (I think, or close to) ports so for me trading was more rewarding - even if it was a grind at times. I'd certainly recommend people who like Age of Sail and sandbox games to give both a try!

@(Unverified)

People change nations constantly. Once a map flip happens there is a 48 hour grace period where you can change your nation (except for pirate of course). As such, one nation is usually left lacking after a map flip.

@Maseno

The ship combat is great, unfortunately nobody I met in open water wanted to fight with their ship. They all setup to rush in close, grapple and board you where they spammed avatar aoe until you were defeated. I could have countered by matching their setup but what I really wanted from a ship combat game was to fight with my ship.....go figure.

@odericko Nevermind, the devblog links to the site.

@odericko

Fixed. Sorry about that.

@Poordevil I think that they featured this game for "Choose My Adventure" a few months back, I'm not 100% sure but there may be some footage from the person that wrote those.

@(Unverified) Is there a trade system in STO also? I haven't heard much about it's crafting/economy, was thinking of giving it a try myself.