Doubloons too much? Consider Cerulean!

[Scarpath]

So, Obsidian is brining in a lot of new players. It's awesome. However, I'm sure some of you have the same concern that the rest of us have had over the years: Doubloons cost too much.

If you love the game already, but can't get over the price of doubloons, then I suggest heading over to the Subscription ocean. It's launched through a different client, which you can get through Steam or on puzzlepirates.com. There are no badges, delivery fees, or any doubloons fees at all.

The catch? to get access to the stuff that requires doubloons, you have to pay as much as $10 a month. If you buy subscription time in bulk, it's cheeper than that.

Now, there are a few problems with the subscription ocean, known as Cerulean. It's not free to play. You can pillage and do a few other things without a subscription, but that's about it. And because of this, ever since the first Steam release, players have no longer started on Cerluean. It's a very quiet ocean now, as I like to put it. Not many players there, up to 50 at peak times, if we are lucky. That means you have to be knowlidgeable about when you get on for pillages, and join the weekly ones, or get lucky and join the random ones.

I greatly suggest Cerulean if you don't like the doubloon model. The longer term players are working hard to give new players a warm welcome.

[Androis]

You are right man

[Chisco]

i thought the sub ocean died years ago xD

[Darkcymru]

in my server, I can still make poe easily and get at least a dubloon

[meufdu69]

I do not think joinin a dead server is good for a beginner

[TheManeMan]

Can we not split the population of this dead game? trying to rebuild thanks.

[Mel]

Originally posted by The Mane Man#BROTATOCHIP:

Can we not split the population of this dead game? trying to rebuild thanks.

They did that by creating 2 competing versions.

[KingMidas]

Except they are not competing for long, the old servers will be dead soon enough.

[NEON MIMIC]

Yeah honestly I'm in support of just making Obsidian the go to Ocean. Its peaking at 750 players as compared to Emeralds 200-some, and Ceruleans,waht, like 12?

[Scarpath]

Originally posted by The Mane Man#BROTATOCHIP:

Can we not split the population of this dead game? trying to rebuild thanks.

Meh, I'm just suggesting it to people that are completely fed up with dubs and ready to leave the game for good.

[Mr. Pain™]

The price of dubloons is dropping everyday. The subscription ocean's populations are D E A D.

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i would love to play cerulean because of not needing doubloons and everything is in one simple currency, but I'd hate to play something that PEAKS once a month at 50-100 and half the day has less than 15. But yeah playerbase is 100% of the reason i dont play cerulean, or other mmo games/servers i like which is always the most depressing reason

[Horror]

What is better, puzzle a bit extra to get more poe per item by buying doubloons, or pay a monthly fee to play the game alone on a dead ocean?

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You tell us. That question is subject to individual preference, there is no clear cut answer.

Having played on all oceans myself I'd say there is nothing wrong with Cerulean, it's been in a similar state to what it is now for quite a long time anyway. The players are definently more friendly and mature on average.

The fact that it is a "dead ocean" is a shared problem amongst all oceans. The only real difference between these oceans now is time and accessibility.

You think the Dark seas is going to be any different? Let's hope so..

[Archamedes]

I think the solution is going to have to be fixing the doubloon economy. A 1000 poe peice of furniture costs 16,000 poe worth of doubloons to pick up at the moment.

[Thrax]

With the option to get a permanent officer and labour badge, and the discounts that come with upgrading it, playing long term is more appealing.
Pirate rank and bravery does not require a badge, so populating SMHs is a lot easier and rewarding for everyone involved.
Sure, selling dubs for poe can let you pay for almost anything. It can build you a fleet, buy you a stall, and give you plenty of fancy dress, blades and bludgeons. But it can't buy you a good and fun crew. Money only goes so far in the political and war game. You can't buy your way to ultimate, and you can't buy skill. But people that do "pay to win" fund people who cant afford to play, or that play in passing.
Puzzle pirates is unique because it rewards and recognizes skill, and even if you suck at puzzles you can find a niche and be useful.
Obsidian looks like the best thing to happen to Puzzle Pirates in a long time. As long as dubs don't get insane , Obsidian could revive the game.