Pirate101 fan on Dec 19, 2015 wrote:

I think you guys are over reacting. It takes alot of time and effort to make a new world when you have to implement ports ans ships and all of that when over 10 times as many people play wizard101 so you can see why development for that game is a priority more than this game

how can you say complaining about a 3 year wait is over reacting? yes more people have played wizard- but duh- wizard has had continuous development of new areas. pirate was about the same as wiz was at the end of year 1-2, declined because of lack of development, therefore ki's own fault. In Wiz, we had side worlds and extra dungeons to farm while we waited the ONE year for a new world. I think the longest wait , was for celestia and wintertusk, they came out more less at same time. We also had gardening and crafting in wizard - which I believe Rat Beard said Pirate would see.. I don't pvp but even that took much longer than anticipated on our end.
Pirate was a well on its way game when KI stopped the development. We have no way of knowing what internal changes happened at KI back in 2013 when there was change of personnel but it sure affected the game. This game's solid foundation was in play, and what the future worlds would be was planned, so why wasn't it continued? Making excuses for KI doesn't cut it. The people who do this need to wake up. There are thousands of game programmers/developers around, so that shouldn't be a problem. Half the game , in terms of the map pieces, is already in play. So we aren't taking a game from scratch!

Lack of communication with Pirate clientele has been causing many problems and resulting in a lack of faith in the company. People who pay the yearly membership have really been paying for nothing the past 2 years in terms of game playing. The one dungeon , pvp, and a multitude of pets isn't worth that cost. Yet people have done it in hopes of a new chapter/world. Because KI 'hints' that we can look forward to interesting times.

I don't spend as much time playing as I use to, I am bored with doing same thing over and over. My level 65's , what is there to do besides hatch? or the moo tower? As I have said before, forget pvp. So once in awhile, I make a new pirate, but mostly these days I read books.

Personally I will NOT wait another year. I will wait a few weeks after the first of the coming year (2016) and then I will say ENOUGH.

Enough of the lack of feedback
Enough of the so called "hints" but no real substance
Enough of the FLUFF - but no story line.

I have to agree that the failure on KI's part to keep the players informed as to the progress of anything resembling more story line or new worlds is totally unacceptable. I am amazed that a company can have such a double policy - Inform players in one game / yet keep them totally in the dark in another.

Trimond297 on Dec 21, 2015 wrote:

(sigh)... Why do people keep presuming W101 is more important than P101 these days?

Because Wizard gets worlds and we don't? Wizard gets new bundles and we don't? Wizard gets new card packs and we don't?

Can't imagine why folks would think Wizard is more important to KI than Pirate.

My thought is that we should not begrudge the flagship game its updates. Wizard101 is what Kingsisle was founded on. The more Wizard101 is successful, the more chance Pirate101 has of catching up. We should not mind dangling on the wizard coattails, so long as we can keep playing and enjoying our game.

If they neglected Wizard101, things would definitely go from bad to worse for us Pirates.

Silver Angel on Dec 22, 2015 wrote:

I'm surprised moderator(s) are letting through these messages... but its all good, thanks for giving us some freedom of speech :)

To sum up what people say: yes nearly 3 years is way too long, but the worst is lack of communication, we might understand if KI actually gave a reason as to why it takes so long, but they dont say anything, I just dont get it...

Also I agree with Willow, P101 sort of depends on W101 revenues, so we should be glad in a way that W101 is successful.

As fed up as I am with the lack of updates, I believe the reason why the moderators are letting these messages through is because they know its true, and it would be disrespectful to not let them through. KI knows that all these messages are true, but I still see nothing. As I look 5 months into the future of Pirate I still see the same Skull Island, I still see people reluctantly lining up in from of Moo, I still see players getting frustrated at PVP, and I still see my patience slowly leaking out and flowing somewhere else. At this point all of the players are obligated to their opinion and for anyone to counter their opinion would be horrendous and stripping them of freedom of speech (though some might need filters). But in prospect if the fluff, lack of story, and no reassurance keeps up Pirate might soon come to an end.

(cont.) My point is, KI wants to try to slow down that spiral as long as they can. Why lose money faster right? So if the people of KI development team came out and said "We're facing issues and a story update will be postponed", some people will get impatient and pull their money out. The lack of communication leaves room for interpretation(if that makes any sense). While we'd like to think people are understanding, that's not always the case. The stuff that may be viewed as fluff, is likely just KI's way of trying to keep people by giving them something to do while they try and make the story work. This is the part that is immoral, but it works. If it didn't, we wouldn't be having this debate right now.

Unfortunately, as bad as it may seem, it is for the best that we keep paying. I myself am getting impatient, but I'm more paranoid than impatient. Until my impatience out-ways my paranoia, I'm staying.

Fearless Dolan Grant lvl65

P.S.: We are approximately 2 years and 7 months(as of December 23, 2015) since the last world update(May 23, 2013) and it's been about 4 months and 19 days(as of December 23, 2015) since the last update (August 5 2015 I think. Records were hard to find).

In my opinion, the lack of communication regarding the Pirate101 future started when KI combined the Wizard101 and Pirate101 teams into the MMO team. Ever since then, Pirate101 communication has suffered greatly. Does anyone remember the great posts that Blind Mew carried on with us about the possibilities within the Pirate101 side of the Spiral? Has anyone noticed that Ratbeard has recently gone quiet too?

Prior to 2014, communication with the players was something that Pirate101 has always had a leg up over the Wizard101 community. My how things have changed.

We were told that the combining of the teams was a good thing, but I'm not convinced. This is especially true given that a quite few of the KI employees that worked the recently released Polaris are former Pirate101 developers.* This, of course, begs the question of if they have been working on Polaris, whose working on Pirate101?

* reference all the recent KI Live special guests.

Fearless Finnagan on Dec 22, 2015 wrote:

I agree, but patience to a certain level. Being patient for something that will never come is just plain foolishness. Do not go through life waiting for something, enjoy what's there. And those other games that are being updated frequently are becoming increasingly tempting......

That's why I find things in either game to keep me occupied in the meantime mate, try that.

- Deadeye Jack Morgan

Duncan StormThief on Dec 24, 2015 wrote:

I am more concerned how they handle current updates then when will come next one.

One thing Pirate101 does differently from wizard101 is that they gather all current bugs and glitches and fixes them in the upcoming update (which is in aprox 6 months). This is wrong imo. New updates should have some sort of post maintenance assurance. Meaning that they would have to fix the bugs along the way, not wait for next major update to do that.

Lets take PvP update. It has brought us many interesting things, along with many bugs, glitches, and unbalances that need polishing. I think they should focus first on that. Give us one quality content, even if it takes months to perfect it since the Live release.

Why I am saying this? Imagine now that we get book 15. Nothing is perfect and everything comes with flaws. If they treat that update like the previous ones, we will be more focused on its flaws then enjoyment. Look what they did with Polaris, lots of bugs that were blocking progress for players, and I am not sure if they fixed them all by now. Post-maintenance is a must, until everything is tip-top shape. Otherwise players are just going to be unsatisfied, which is bad for business.

Sincerely,
Stubborn Duncan Freeman

No. Don't spend months and months fixing something that only a percentage of the players uses. Get us that update (and they do fix major issues as they go along, even if it doesn't seem like it sometimes) that has something we've all been waiting on -- a story line update. Then they can twiddle along fixing it as they want, but at least we'll have something that we can do besides snipe at each other.

Pirate101 fan on Dec 19, 2015 wrote:

I think you guys are over reacting. It takes alot of time and effort to make a new world when you have to implement ports ans ships and all of that when over 10 times as many people play wizard101 so you can see why development for that game is a priority more than this game

What needs to be understood is that 10 times more people play that game because there have been no story updates in three years.

anecorbie on Dec 18, 2015 wrote:

"....we're charting the course for the new year, there are exciting things in store."
I believe our time is coming, just wait for a Falmea Friday. But I do agree it's very frustrating.....

I was hoping the Falmea Friday would happen on the 18th or at the latest the 25th (that would be the best Christmas gift KI could haven given P101, an announcement of book 15!). Unfortunately, that did not happen, the last Falmea Friday was 20 Nov. Next Friday is New Years so we probably wont hear anything until 8 Jan at the earliest.

As many have already posted the lack of communication is very frustrating. Looking at the Falmea Friday on W101 she posts religiously every Friday. For P101 we are lucky to get something once a month, and what we do get it please continue to wait.

It's starting to feel like a customer service line "please continue to hold, your call is important to us. We are very busy and an operator will assist you as soon as possible".

Sorry for the venting but I hate to see one of my favorite games sit and not get the attention I believe it deserves. I was so convinced that we would have at least a solid hint in December I took advantage of the discount membership for me and my son. Hopefully that money will be well spent but only time will tell.

Its.. Been a bumpy road at the least. I began to tear up a little at the signs that I might have to abandon the hope for this game soon enough, if that time ever came, not sure what to do. Either way, I'm still trying to enjoy this game some way, how or other. I've tried getting max characters with other classes and testing them out, I even earned some nefarious weapons and such to be waiting for my characters once I get them up there, but still, I don't feel the same way doing the story over again. It was better the first time. Where everything surprised me and I was so glad to ever get a new companion and I was so thankful to get the chance to explore new stuff, all the references such as the Magnificent 7 and such, all made me so happy to talk about in my head even, so glad this game existed.

I came to the thought that perhaps if it takes this long for every major update that I should keep my memories for this game where they are and leave no margin for error for what my memory of this game will be as of now, which was my most favorite game I've ever played, as a PC gamer. No other game caught my style such as this one, as I never found a game that made me so happy to play, it was literally just fun, fun, and some more fun. I loved it. But if it really came to it, I feel it's best I were to leave my thoughts on this game where it stands, before I become more negative towards it, only because of a lack of story content, which in my opinion a game so greatly presented and efficiently made, does not in any shape or form deserve.

Davious222 on Dec 28, 2015 wrote:

Much like the rest of the pirates on these boards I thought this was one of the best games I have ever played. As an adult I have waited patiently for the new updates but I must confess after the December Producers Letter I believe KI is letting this game go. 6 months had passed since the hints in July of upcoming decisions on the game direction and nothing comes in the December letter. My membership expires early in the new year and I will not be renewing. I enjoyed the fun of creating 6 level 65 characters but the constant refusal to communicate from KI only seems to indicate they have nothing to tell us. While not an expert on game development I do not believe it takes 3 years to create another installment in the game. ILL winds are blowing I'm afraid. Sorry for all of our loss.

Welcome to the message boards, Davious! I'm so sorry that your first post here is such a sad one, I'm not yet ready to "give up the ship", if P101 is dying, I believe KI would inform us, also they wouldn't be implementing Ranked PVP or Naval Gauntlet. Or doing improvements. I have been part of 2 MMO's that went "belly up", and those signs aren't here.
POR ( as my Mom likes to say ) "Press on Regardless"!