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Free roaming?

TakodanTakodan Member UncommonPosts: 161
in Pirates of the Burning Sea
I haven't read anything about this so i'll just ask. Will it at all be possible to walk out into the countryside exploring or is the game centered around ship travel and play inside cities and towns?

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  • TakodanTakodan Member UncommonPosts: 161

    Originally posted by zymurgeist
    Nope. They would have to model the entire Caribbean for that. You can't wander around outside cites when off your ship.
    Well that's very dissapointing to hear. One of the things that i found attractive in a MMO (WoW, SWG, Auto Assault and so on) is that you can move around and see the world. When the economics system was announces i thought we might have a really good game here, much like SWG, but now i don't know? Since i'm not much into PvP i am wondering what the game would offer to me? What kind of NPCs/mob are there? Are there any PvE at all?
  • SkaladinSkaladin Member Posts: 3

    There is no avatar combat for the momment but they are thinking of implementing it very soon (maybe before the release). There are some land mission but I don't think you can really go where you want on land.

    "Mobs" in this game are pretty much NPC ships that you will encounter while sailing on the navigation map. So yes, there will be PVE combat.

  • karlkingkarlking Member Posts: 4

    well of course theres got to be some free roam or it wouldnt be an rpg

  • majochmajoch Member Posts: 599
    Similar to Auto Assault where you are on foot inside the city but once you leave the gate your in your vehicle/vessel?
  • JorevJorev Member Posts: 1,500

    The initial release will be ships basically as avatars, so you can roam in your ship.

    One of the reasons the game was delayed is because they enlarged the playing world to include the entire Caribbean, so there will be plenty of roaming space.

    Character movement and land exploration is a future add on after people can get into the game and sail their ships. There will be limited port/land interaction at first.

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  • bugzonlsdbugzonlsd Member Posts: 410
    sounds like Eve except your on a ship at sea heh, dunno, is this game even being released anymore?
  • Bren_34Bren_34 Member Posts: 32
    Thats a shame.

  • NitrockNitrock Member UncommonPosts: 86
    That sucks, maybe they will change there minds.

  • EowielEowiel Member Posts: 3
    They allready changed their minds, you will have an avater(look at the various scrrenshots)  that can walk around in the ports and cities. Wether avater combat will be in at release is still unknown.
  • DraenorDraenor Member UncommonPosts: 7,918
    the free roaming happens when you are at sea, you can sail around wherever you want and go into the port towns and take care of business..the focus here is on naval combat, and fun...not sure why people feel that a game isn't fun unless you can run around for hours on end in open fields with nothing to do but "explore"

    Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.

  • omomeomome Member Posts: 203

    there will be free roaming in towns at release, avatar combat will be added after release though.

  • RemyVorenderRemyVorender Member RarePosts: 4,006

    Originally posted by Skaladin

    There is no avatar combat for the momment but they are thinking of implementing it very soon (maybe before the release). There are some land mission but I don't think you can really go where you want on land.
    It would be very wise of the devs to implement melee combat before release. Being so one dimensional as it is now is going to hurt them long-term.

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  • RekamRekam Member UncommonPosts: 90


    Originally posted by bugzonlsd
    sounds like Eve except your on a ship at sea heh, dunno, is this game even being released anymore?

    It is going to be way better than EVE, EVE has good concepts, the game its self is just flat out boreing, and the game is for surely going to be released, they are annoucing the release date Aug. 25th at PAX. Reasons why they dont have Avatar combat and 100% game map exploration is they dont want to delay the game anymore then it already has. I wont be surprised 1 bit if they do release these features a year or 2 after release, the game looks promising because they didnt rush to release it asap, they took there time in development and interacted with the players concepts and ideas on the forums during it. Im looking forward very much so to its release.

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