This week at The Defias Blog, Garbad_the_Weak focuses on the ‘Myrmidon’ Masterclass Frigate, a Level 46 Huge Warship. It is worth noting that the ‘Myrmidon’ is the basis for the ‘Cursed Blade’ Pirate Refit Frigate.
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With the birth of the new Defiant server, the end of the Invincible server, and the opening of server transfers coinciding with said server actions, Antigua has seen an influx of new blood from multiple servers which has led to Nine Winds growing to the point where our leader, Haven Iomane, saw fit to promote two of our most helpful captains to the Leader rank.
Meanwhile, I’ve been experimenting more in-depth with a Privateer and Freetrader in the French nation on the Blackbeard server. Nothing exciting there, and I haven’t been playing Stephen MacKenna to engage in any fun piratical acts.
In other news, I’m kind of ‘in the air’ as to how I feel about tonight’s Series Finale of FX’s “The Shield.” I was really, really hoping that Mackie would’ve found some way to get Ronnie out of the gutter without screwing himself over. I did expect Shane to eat his gun, but I didn’t expect him to kill his wife, son and unborn daughter…
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For the past two weeks, I’ve been republishing Garbad_the_Weak’s “Ship of the Week” column (with his consent, of course!) and the Awstats numbers suggest that they’ve been well-received despite lack of comment. Of course, there’s no telling how many readers I’ve gained from the PotBS community and how many readers I’ve retained from the EVE Community after the recent shift of focus (I lub u gais!!!).
Thanks again to Garbad_the_Weak for agreeing to have his articles reposted for the sake of drawing attention to the unique dynamics of Pirates of the Burning Seas’ robust ship combat/PvP system!
Continuing his ‘Ship of the Week’ reviews column, this week we look at Garbad’s treatment of the ‘Tigre’ Sleek, a L50 Huge Scout ship carrying 36 guns and a standard compliment of 335 crewmen.
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I know, pretty far outside the scope of an MMO blog, right? Maybe, maybe not!
I know that most of the MMO gamers playing EVE and PotBS (in other words, not the happy elf games) are adults with jobs, responsibilities and people to shop for during the holiday season. So when I saw this post opp come up about a one-day-only Sears Super Saturday Sale running from 7:00am to noon on Saturday, November 22nd (while quantities last), I figured I’d go ahead and share it with you guys!
This Saturday, they’ll be offering several deals in addition to the general sale prices already in effect this week, including (but not limited to):
This particular One-Day-Only sale, again, is limited to the hours between 7am and noon on Saturday, November 22nd and is only good while supplies last. In other words, if they’re out of those C3 3-pc combo kits, don’t expect a raincheck for that special price! My advice to you all would be to get there as early as you can Saturday morning to take advantage of some great prices as you start making your Christmas shopping rounds!
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A devblog was released earlier that I wanted to share: Environment Revamp Revealed!
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it or not, but one of the only things I’ve disliked about Pirates of the Burning Sea thus far has been that there seem to only be five or six town models. If you’ve played World of Warcraft, you’ll remember how almost every city, town, village and settlement was unique. Things like farms tended to be re-used, and deserted towns where no NPCs other than mobs were around, but every real ‘place’ was different.
In PotBS, town models are recycled and re-recycled leaving only national capitals like Tortuga or Port Royal with rich, unique layout and architecture. While not game-breaking, this was annoying. Not to mention that it contributed to a sense that the game’s developers had left off some of the finishing touches, so to speak. But now, those finishing touches are being applied and the game is going to feel a lot more polished because of it!
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