Some things do not go out of fashion for centuries, although there's nothing changeable mass consciousness and popular culture. For example, the ever topical pirates. History conquerors Caribbean boasts millions of books, tapes, discs - and does not lose the special charms. We seem to be dug in search of treasure every island and the coast, spend too much time in the hands of a map with a cross, flooded thousands of Brigantine and stormed all the forts, but the people's path and does not think overgrown. Say thank you for it can not only charming Johnny Depp and Hollywood producer. In the mill MMORPG now also raised the black flag, followed by "Pirate" on the space available online comes out, bristling with guns, Dreadnought - Pirates of the Burning Sea, also known as "Sea Dogs Online.
CHARACTER ugly, not married Before the start of the game are asked to select the flag under which we surf the Caribbean. Permitted to take the citizenship of France, Britain or Spain, as well - the choice of this filibuster - hoisted over his ship Jolly Roger, and replenish the tribe of hunters for good luck. This choice is not heraldic: it determines the existence of a specific server, and all your characters will continue to automatically receive the citizenship of their preferred country. At the very beginning is to join the largest faction - the server helpfully tells you how many people are fighting for each of the states. Most of the mistakes, as we know, can not. At the time of writing, for some reason especially enjoyed the popularity of England (after the pirates, of course).
 | |  | Game interface in all its glory. The red arrow shows who we should kill him. | | Here on this ship to save mnogopushechny have a very long time. |
Future character will choose one of three specialties: naval officer (naval officer), freetrader (merchant) and privateer (privateer). To the pirates is no alternative at all - called Gruzdev get in kuzovok: thou shalt, dear friend, a professional gentleman of fortune.
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Flying Labs Software memorable to all who played in the Pirates of the Burning Sea. Demonstrating incredible complacency, the developers made sure that before you start to admire their creations have a static logo in 10 seconds. Flying Labs Software - a young company, and "Pirates" - the first game studios in the complex genre of MMO. Prior to that, they said not bad, but a little-known game Rails Across America, published in Russia under the name "America is on the sleepers." The game is a hardcore economic simulation of building railways. A great admirer of Sid Meier's Railroads, Flying Labs, went to work on the online "Pirates", drawing inspiration from The Pirates!, Established masters. Apparently, the first love to an economic simulator was not without a trace, and the main advantage of their Pirates of the Burning Sea - the free market model.
Differences in class inessential (classical tanks and healers are not), but nevertheless - great. Naval officer most balanced and oriented to open combat class, many of his methods are useful only in a team game. One of the unique skills - the ability to write in the special channel of Global Conquest Chat Channel, which is read by all members of the faction in all regions. Kaper - too glib fellow, but he, unlike the captain is more suitable for quick and decisive attack than for a long positional battle. As is known, brands - something like legalized pirates. So, thanks to one of the skills they can use this similarity to attack civilians. But traders - they are in Africa merchants. Fight, of course, also able to - are forced, and with proper dexterity it at them pretty well. However, the profession requires: they can produce a variety of goods, the fastest sail on the seas and rapidly developing their businesses. The main advantage of the pirates before the representatives of civilian professions is that they can capture enemy ships in a personal or undivided ownership, and assign that on these ships transported.
 | |  | Dodgy kick from behind his back - a sure sign of an adept fencing school. | | With ghosts, too, will come across. |
The character selection screen is shocking MMOPRG connoisseurs. In the game you're on the move can put the character in that desire: to choose him not only his mustache, hair, wooden leg, but his hat, jacket, boots and shirt front. The problem is that no +10 Intellect on these things will not, and do not try to look for other things - you find it. Despite the fact that clothes, like hair, can be changed at least every half hour in special lounges, benefit from this - no. Of course, as the game progresses we will be getting new rare coats and wigs, but the role they have decorative.The only thing that can help in traveling - is a special sword or a sword. The rest will have to rely on the old sea wisdom, "the captain - it's his ship and care only about the improvement of their sailboat.
Whistled all hands on deck Ships in the game big set for every taste and budget, but until that better and more expensive, even to swim and swim, play and play. For the first time will have to go out into the open sea on the infamous Default Ship, which nevertheless can come up with a proud name.
Navigator for the study is open throughout the Caribbean, but to cross it from end to end, even in a simple boat can be half an hour of real time. Of course, much will depend on luck and weather, as well as passing trends: navigation is not as straightforward as it seems. All ships, even the most expensive and reliable, depending on the weather, rather, on the wind direction, which changes every 30 minutes. The port, which only recently could domchat in full sail in the blink of an eye, we have to crawl - just because we missed a good time and the wind changed. Travel on the global map is relatively safe (unless, of course, you do not come to mind their own turn on the PvP). There is a chance to stumble upon aggressive NPC - pirates or privateers hostile country, but they can easily slip away.
 | |  | Well what a pirate story without the "Flying Dutchman" and the zombie? | | The sea, of course, supports reflection, but in general, special effects we do not indulge. |
PvP-zones are strictly limited and clearly marked on the map. Nevertheless have to fight often, even if you chose the path of peaceful trader. Another way to gain invaluable experience and rise in levels, unfortunately, no, but the mission (the local analog quests) compulsively forced to smell the powder and roll core. The battle, much like the good old The Pirates!. We circled around the enemy, trying to hit him in a vulnerable place (hello, a powder keg!) Or come close for a great volley. During these maneuvers always have to take into account the wind direction, and sometimes even a simple reversal may take considerable time and energy.
 | |  | As you can see, special religious pirates do not differ. By the way, churches in the ports are almost always empty. | | Modelki and animation in the game look very sad. Thank God, they would have to contemplate not so often. |
Fight fairly straightforward. The ship is protected by armor strength determination: if it is to break, the vessel will flow, and gradually begin to lose health points. Then you can just finish it best shot and sink. A choice of different types of projectiles that can be used, for example, damage the sails, reducing the number of teams (which eventually revives - probably from the ashes), or throw a scare.The morale of the team during the battle is of great importance, since its fall cool reducing all the parameters of the vessel.
In accordance with the classic ship can be grappled. For this you need only to swim up closer to him and press the appropriate button. If you are lucky enough starts confused, and most importantly, almost a win-win (in a battle with the computer), mini-game. Its purpose - to kill the enemy captain, but the battle hinders a team that seems to be only concerned about the fact that spin under your feet and prevent the cursor select a captain. If you managed to "find" the enemy's skipper, believing that victory: to kill him easily. Even if the fight will be lost, you carefully resurrected after five seconds, but no one to treat the enemy, of course, will not. Boarding - the best way to quickly and relatively painlessly deal with a rival, also has a chance to either get a substantial cash bonus, or (this applies only pirates) get hold of a new ship.
Unfortunately, the sea battles came not very successful. On the one hand, they require a player of some skill and a certain sailor tactics: equal to the forces of the enemy, even if it is NPC, unceremoniously did not take. On the other hand, each bout lasts from 10 to 40 minutes and can sometimes be quite boring, especially if you damaged the sails, and the enemy for some reason, decided to retreat - such tactics are very fond of computer enemies. The problem is that the ships move very slowly, and taxied out of the calm and catch the enemy sometimes incredibly time-consuming, and most importantly - long and tedious. Initially, exotic nuclei with a heart-rending and catching the wind cool funny, but then experienced captain think three times before to get involved in a naval battle.
Landlubber Yes, the bank will have to go many times, but only in strictly designated areas - ports (or for special assignments). It is here that there are other playable characters, traders and auctioneers - gentlemen with exclamation and question marks over their heads, which will provide you various missions. Mission rather monotonous and essentially boil down to three things: Sea fight (n sink enemy ships, escort ship allies), land combat or the long journey to a distant port. A distinctive feature of the local military missions in that they occur in specific instances where other players can not reach.
 | |  | Caribbean ports are well diversify funny and useless NPC. Among them there are even musicians. | | I scored the gun tightly, I thought - I'll take another ... |
Mission, designed for several players, also includes, but unlike the single is in the number of enemies. Coordination, however, also important, and are particularly useful in these battles naval officers.
Only through some missions so boarding battles with the captains we will see the character in battle. In the game there are three types of martial arts: Florentine, fencing and "dishonest» (dirty fighting) battle.Each requires its own set of weapons, tricks, and even animations. The course of battle is determined by three parameters: the health, balance (chance to avoid attack) and initiative (specifically recruited blows and used as energy for other projects).
MAKE MONEY, MAKE MONEY, everything else rubbish The most interesting and unexpected in Pirates of the Burning Sea - is that the game is economic simulator. However, in the pirate decorations. The most important thing here - piastres ... that is doubloons. In "Pirates" money - a means and goal, the alpha and omega, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in a single hypostasis. There is no "epic loot", legendary beasts and mysterious caves. All very prosaic: if you want a new ship - earn a couple million. In this sense, the "Pirates" is strongly reminiscent of Eve Online: no chance of her fans happily transplanted to the sailboats.
 | |  | Fencing lessons by the method of Dr. Livesey. | | Cute design - cherepochki, pits. |
How to earn? This is the main question you are interested novice. "Pirates" opens before him vast expanses of the capitalist free market, which is more dangerous than the open sea, with its pirates, storms and sharks. Having been in the first battles of money, the player builds a warehouse and some candle factory, hoping to get rich. Him to open slightly small part of a monstrously complex system underlying the game. At each port there are resources that can be extracted. You must build special structures. The creation of any object requires two resources: money and man-hours accumulated in real time. For example, the port is a tree. Erect a sawmill, where we receive raw materials - timber. They can be recycled into the boards (a task for another company), and the third building will turn them into barrels or, for example, a mast for the ship ... In general, if there are plans to build their own galleon, get ready for the full financial fiasco. The division of labor and specialization are essential. Available for the production of hundreds of thousands of subjects: from gravel and sulfur, which is extracted from, sorry, excrement of bats to mnogopalubnyh sailboats.
The main engine of progress - the auction. Here and only here can sell the goods produced - the computer refuses to buy any excess resources, so you have to get out, watch the market, stock quotes, and learn to fight with competitors. Over time, certainly will cartel that will control the production of certain goods, and become the best in the "Pirates" will be possible only with a calculator and "Excel" at hand. Advertisement Warhammer Online late. Each of the parties in the game controls a certain number of ports that another nation can take away. First we need to destabilize the situation around the selected port, attacking nearby enemy ships and carrying out the mission. At some point, the port will be open to attack, and then held a mass PvP-battle, which will involve randomly selected players to 25 on each side. Who won the battle, he also owns a port. On the advantages of owning the most valuable resources are not going to tell, and all so clear.
Fly in the ointment in a barrel ROMA Shape of Pirates of the Burning Sea will determine the players themselves.Developers have created an open, free system with enough conventional rules and restrictions, and it is unknown how this design would be stable. The only thing we can say right now, it's some technical problems Pirates of the Burning Sea, for example, frequent departures client.
 | |  | Turn around! He is behind you! However, wait. Maybe this one? | | And he went and drowned. |
But first, after the launch of any MMORPG passes through the complexity of the start-up period, and secondly, we tested the game on U.S. servers, so a long lag and poor communication were treated as a necessary evil. In addition, Akella Online to launch a fully localized version of the game and their own servers, thus eliminating most of the problems. Why not fortune for a pirate?
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