Love the game SO MUCH... But KingsIsle pays no attention to it.
I love Pirate101 and have played for over five years. I would absolutely rate it 5 stars for graphics, for detail, for characters, for witty dialogue, and for storyline. It's an amazing game, and that's for sure.
But KingsIsle has given barely ANY attention to it. All they seem to care about is Wizard101, Pirate101's sister game (which is much bigger and more well-known, with a bigger community). No matter how much they try to assure us loyal Pirates that the game is "important" to them, and no matter how much they try to assure us that they "haven't forgotten about it," in truth, they do NOT care about Pirate101.
It was nice to see that recently KingsIsle Live has been featuring Pirate101 a little more, but that's just making up for the countless times that they have paid almost ALL their attention to Wizard101.
KingsIsle has spent ALL their attention on making new Worlds for Wizard101, and new content - and all they're doing for Pirate101 is recopying old things and copying things from Wizard101. Really, KingsIsle?
Even the small details show that KingsIsle does not care about Pirate101. On the monthly Community Newsletter, they have a "Community" section where they feature all kinds of different Pirates giving tips on blogs, videos, Message Board threads, etc. But the picture used for the Community section is a group of WIZARDS all circled like they're about to go into a Dungeon. Really, KingsIsle? Wizards? On a PIRATE game?
No matter what their words say to us Pirates, their actions speak louder. It's clear to see that KingsIsle is putting Pirate101 on the back burner, when BOTH games should be equally fueled and promoted.
I cannot recommend this game to anyone while we are still waiting, for many years, for a REAL content update other than Valencia, Part II - which almost doesn't count.
It's a shame. Pirate101 is such an amazing game, and I would love to see it updated.