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In Pirates of the Caribbean Online, players were able to
create a customizable pirate, captain a ship, assemble a crew, and play
the role of a pirate in the 18th century Caribbean. Player interaction
took place in and around Port Royal, Tortuga, Cuba and Padres del Fuego
with characters from the film series (including Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann) as major non-player characters.
Gameplay also involved encounters with new characters and enemies
unique to the game, such as Jolly Roger and his undead horde. In order
to become a notorious pirate (the game's experience system), player's
were required to forge alliances, complete quests for reputation and
gold coins, hunt for buried treasures, battle evil forces and outsmart
enemies.
In-game combat consisted of creating combinations, resulting in more
damage. The game had a limited list of weapons available — cutlass,
broadsword, sabre, blunderbuss, bayonet, musket, pistol, voodoo doll (of
different classes with specialties such as buffing allies, cursing
enemies, etc.), dagger (and also included throwing knives), grenades,
and voodoo staff (with different classes similar to voodoo doll) — with
each upgradeable. Players could play poker and blackjack
in taverns, with the ability to bet gold on each game. These games were
played against NPCs or other online players. The maximum amount of gold
that could be carried was 200,000. Ships were very important; providing
a way to travel and to fight. Players assembled crews to run the ships
while in battle. However, crews only lasted while logged in. If a player
remained logged-out for more than five minutes, they left the crew.
Leaderboards enabled players to compare scores with other pirates and
guilds. The ranking criteria of Top 25 players and guilds included
overall notoriety, enemies defeated, ships sunk, Pirate vs Pirate
battles, times in jail and blackjack and poker hands won. Based on
player feedback, extensive revisions were implemented in 2009 to
optimize Pirates of the Caribbean Online. Developers expanded the
game by introducing new enemies and adding the ability to retrain
weapons skills and revive fellow players. Also added was a stowaway
transportation system, and the chance to defend Port Royal, Padres Del
Fuego and Tortuga against invading armies of "undead" pirates ultimately
ending in a fight with Jolly Roger (the game's nemesis). Other Pirates of the Caribbean Online
changes concentrated on improving the website, adding weekly community
events and improving customer service and player-to-player interaction.
Expansions
There were many expansions and updates to the game after it was
introduced and officially launched. Expansions ranged from minimal
graphic updates to complete island overhauls, as occurred with Port
Royal, Tortuga, and Padres del Fuego in 2009. Next came Privateering,
where players could join French or Spanish Navies for player Ship vs
Ship Combat. In 2010, Pirates Online underwent a massive weapons
expansion, allowing players to have dozens of items at hand at the same
time, and hundreds available to them in loot, and at stores. On May 17,
2011, the Queen Anne's Revenge was launched as a flagship to coincide in
with the latest movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,
which was released in theaters three days later. The final expansion was
Ship Customization, which added the ability to change a ship's hull
style, rigging, sail color, and add an emblem to the sails.
Additionally, the expansion added a new ship, the Brig, to the
purchasable ship type roster.
Quests
Set Sail
The game began on the island of Rambleshack, where the character has
been jailed for some unsaid reason. They are in luck, however, as they
share the cell with Jack Sparrow, who helps free them as Jolly Roger is
laying siege to the island. Before they leave, they meet Will Turner,
who gives them their first weapon (a Cutlass) and Sea Chest. As the
player readies to leave, skeletons appear and attack William. The player
escapes the warehouse through the back door, but must fight Skeletons
that block their escape. At the dock, a ship (The Grim Reaper) captained
by Bo Beck is waiting. After confronting an unidentified Undead
warship, the game's main villain Jolly Roger appears. It is revealed
that Beck was to bring Jack to Roger, but Jack paid a higher bribe and
offered the player as a substitute. Jolly Roger then turns Beck into a
skeleton, but lets the player live as a warning to Sparrow. Arriving in
Port Royal, voodoo mistress Tia Dalma warns of dark forces of the EITC
and Jolly Roger rising in the Caribbean, and that the Black Pearl is
needed; but unfortunately the Pearl has been captured by the Royal Navy.
As Elizabeth Swann is approached for help, she tells the player that
the release of the Pearl would not be easy, but instead gives the player
a ship (Light Sloop). Later, Captain Hector Barbossa then hands the
player a Pistol. Finally, the player catches up with Jack in the
Faithful Bride tavern on Tortuga.
Chapter 1
The Black Pearl Crew
Jack asks the player to help gather the Pearl's old crew so they can
free her and they must perform a number of quests for each crewman
before they will join. The first chapter of the story ends with the
Black Pearl Boss Battle, in which players have to team up to sail the
Black Pearl out of the fort it's kept in on a secret island by blowing
up enemy forts and the main boss ship the HMS Goliath.
Raven's Cove
After obtaining much notoriety, Jack asks for the player's help once
again. Jolly Roger has set up a rum blockade to drive Jack out into the
open. The Player must find one of the Cursed Blades of El Patron and use
it against Jolly. The Blades are located at Raven's Cove, a haunted and
desolate isle that was turned into ruins by Jolly Roger and the EITC.
The player meets Crazy Ned, the only living inhabitant of Raven's Cove.
In order to get into the mines, the player must gain the trust of Ned by
helping the friendly ghosts of Raven's Cove. After doing so, the player
will obtain a key to an elevator to the mining area of Raven's Cove.
This ends the first part of the quest and starts the second in which the
player finds 2 ghosts in El Patron's Mine named Dr. Bellrog and his
bodyguard, Kudgel. The doors that lead to El Patron's Ship, where the
Cursed Blades are is sealed, so the player must do a series of quests
given by Bellrog to unlock the doors. Once the player does so, the third
and final part of the quest begins, the El Patron Boss Battle. Dr.
Bellrog no longer has any need for the player and orders Kudgel to kill
the player. After defeating Kudgel, the player must leave the cave and
Battle El Patron himself. Afterwards, the player is able to choose 1 of
the 3 Cursed Blades El Patron used himself. By doing so, the player
receives an Evil Curse of Doom, whose use was not specified even until
the closure of the game - though it was to be the basis of a future
story quest.
As with any MMORPG there were several quests which players could
undertake from various NPCs that involved retrieving an item by
searching for it from game objects or by attacking enemies. PvP quests
from the "privateering" islands were also a part of the game.
Development
The game was developed by the VR Studio,
a group of technologists and artists that are part of the Walt Disney
Internet Group. It was the second MMORPG developed by the VR Studio, the
first being Toontown Online, which launched in 2003. An early demo of the game was shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo
(E3) trade show in May 2006. The game's official website was also
redesigned at that time to include a trailer, some screenshots and some
concept art.
On January 8, 2007, Paul Yanover of Disney Online showed video
footage of the upcoming game during Disney CEO Robert Iger's keynote
speech at the Consumer Electronics Show.
He also announced that "we’re going to let you play this massively
multiplayer online game for free for as long as you want." Several press
accounts of the event stated that the game would debut during the
second quarter of 2007. The game went through two beta testing phases
during 2007 and was officially launched on October 31, 2007.
Closure
On August 20, 2013, all members received notification that the game
would shut down on September 19, 2013. Between August 20 and September
19, all members were automatically upgraded to a paid "Unlimited"
account for free. During the game's final month, all members received
double gold and double plunder.[6]
In response to the closure, former players have created a private server of Pirates of the Caribbean Online named The Legend of Pirates Online,
which on July 5th, 2015, the project released its largest progress
update to date featuring some key features and game areas of the
original game, such as multiplayer interaction and Port Royal.[7]
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