Aprils fool review of the new PG...

[LivlyGhost]

Hi all

I do a review for some years now to let all interrested read what makes me tick to keep playing this game...
Some post got me banned, some gave nice reactions and some brought some good discussions and helping hints from fellow space explorers

Its now April 2018, I have been playing this game for almost 10 years now...

I am a hard core PG player formaly known as Quadrupel. Illness and servers hacked had me made a new account so now I am called Liv'ly Ghost
I got a data base on my desktop of all the BPs I have, dated on find and amount missing, cost etc... Even got some wish lists spread sheets for some ships to build and missing BPs I should be hunting and amount of Cryonite to collect to finish those said ships...
My wife once a player too, Yep a spread sheet on her to

I even still have spreasheets laying around from the time I was a trainer in a mulit-clan alliance on players on how they perform and what their strong points, weak points and progress was mission wize...
This to suit the CQ war mongers of The Solar Empire alliance when Clan Quests where still fun and rewarding to the clan !

Dont worry, most players I have "Data" on are long gone from this game, they where smart I guess !
Yeah I am nuts, I know, I however, call my state organized...

Can any 5 year old veteran or younger player imagine the following PG features ? I guess not:
- A CQ with hundreds of players of multiple alliances helping each other some to conquer a planet and others to defend it ? I guess not...
- You got extra % of drop amount on Cryonite in the system your clan owned a CQ planet ? I guess not...
- Can you imagin GMs roaming TeamSpeak listening to players of ALL clans and helping them get by buggs and problems, because they had ultimate knowledge and love for the game to be played as it should be ? I guess not...
- Some alliances would have a similar goals, conquer the planet on CQ and they would fight eachother to death making the defenders win easy !? I guess not...
- Can any new player imagine after a 1.5hr CQ battle this inmens group move in to almost hardest to play planet Buamar (in that time Molikar was tops) and continue the inmense battle there ? I guess not...
- Where red was dead... Unless you could stay clear of battle for 10 seconds and then you could turn off Pirate Mode ? I guess not...
- Where man hunts where done with guidance of the GMs, payment went from hand to hand under their guidance ? I guess not...
- Where you would hit your alliance mebers with blaster and splash damage and they where coloured as red as the enemy ? I guess not...
- Where a BP consisted everywhere of 1 part ? I guess not...
- Where you would lose a whole BP if you got podded in PlayerVersusPlayer combat and you could not use that anymore unless refound or retaken it ? I guess not...
- Where you could pick up the lost cryonite of an opponent from a PvP battle ? I guess not...
- Where buggs riddled game play and got huge amounts of players stuck on log in after GM initiated invasions, people laughed and GMs "teleported" people to places to simcurventing the buggs ? I guess not..
- People had fun and hate for others and when came in sight, PM went on and a bloody battle would start ? I guess not...
- People called to arms on Teamspeak to get wars going ? I guess not...
- People helped eachother, including enemies of the alliances to get their missions done to make the fight later on more equal ? I guess not...
- Where you accumulated energy beyond your max value, while beying off world or off-line, if you had payed for membership ? I guess not...
- Where people would say what time they came on tomorrow to help finish a job ? I guess not...
- Where events where new, exciting and well a pain to do unless you did them with your mates ? I guess not...
- Where level 50+, 60+ was tops and not eternal 85 ? I guess not...

That my friends, was Pirate Galaxy !

That what we call Pirate Galaxy now, has evolved in to ..., well fill the blancks as you please To each his own...

However, its sad to see I am punished for ideas implimented by the Developer team these days for playing PG ! Let me explain...

I got a distinct feeling my parsecs and drop rates get overhaulta after every stupid old as me event !
We got a +BP drop event, after event bp drops are scares...
We got a +Armor event, after event my ancient armored parsec is stunned on ring 2...
We got a +Damage event, after event takes longer and more energy to kill same thing as before event...
etc, etc, etc...

I can shoot, I can kill, but I can't collect as nothing drops on a ring 5 while doing it solo...
There is only chat to all the systems for me to complaining on the new PG... That will ofc encourage new players to make it as far as I have
There is no fun when Devs "improve" the game to the point my clan members wont log in anymore...
The improvements are so "great" even fellow 5 JumpShip owners dont show up to make a single squad.
So I shoot solo, drops are scares to say the least...
CQ's are useless once you lived above stories...
Missions are tiring as the buffers build in the past to make stuff more apealing while Devs builded new systems are still in place... Over powered AI (Molikar-Sol-Draconis) are even enhanced to get new players dead stuck if nobody helps them...

I even wonder if any Developer can even recall or has lived what I discribed above
I am sure most GMs from these days can not, as the fastest changes in these days are the GM team members...

I wonder more and more why I dont delete this game from my HD...
The answer ? Is easy !
I am having fun playing the rare occasion with fellow clan mates and neigboring explorers...

The game it self however has altered and is as apealing as its digital age...

I hope you enjoyed my summery about the passed and the new I am sure if some oldies would read this they be day dreaming about past Pirate Galaxy and log in again to experience that old feeling, buggs and all

Greats from Liv'ly Ghost

 

[flyfighter]

 

[ClockWire]

Every thing you said i remember it all i have played this game from 2009. What you have describe, i like to call the good old days. i have lost and made some friends in this game and becoming a Gm made it more exciting, as from a players stand point and a Gm i know the struggle.

After all these years only the best of the veterns have stayed and veterns i mean the ones who have been playing for more that 6-8+ years have stayed with this game, none of this i have been here for only 4 years so i'm a vetern

Some updates have been for the best some have been for the worst. CQ's were a sight, seeing everyone from everyones alliance land looked awesome in orbit but i understand the scaling back
25vs25 stop lag.

The Bp gold system was changed since everyone complained it took months to get that MMB How i spent months looking for that, then seeing that Gold/Orange bp it was a sense of accomplishment then to go red and lose it Smh.

You'll probably remember when they teased Sol and you could also buy ships with gold and everyone who was in moli were flying around in 45ships with the MMB how funny that looked.

Griding your first parsec with the help of owning all the CQ planets in Mizar getting that boost on cryo

Dante never use to be a CQ planet it was just a battle planet that was good.

The parsec being a Vega class ship.

What else am i missing? Oh the engi being able to rep target it selp.

Joining a level 10 in Sq with your Mizar ship and doing the missions.

But all games change and thats what we have to learn, as i said previously some updates for the better some for the worst we just have to adapt thats all.

 

[LivlyGhost]

LOL ClockWire

Indeed it was all fun, as I discribed even the lagg and buggs where fun as it hit all portions of the player groups including GMs and Devs, paying and non paying !

Sadly I got sick about Sol came out, had to catch up but seemed my account was blocked due to an loginserver hack somebody did... We had those to in those day's the hackers and abusers
I could not remember my login. So I started over as Liv'lyGhost and had no regrets what so ever as I did it with my wife, the lovly MobileTarget

But times do change, I do not regret this game a second, just regret what it has moved to as its not my gaming style any more and the regret is soly that I can't enjoy it as much any more as I did...

Still I log in do my clans worth and try to hang with them untill I get irritated by the new ( I am a old man, in comparison ) then I log off and do something else

I am sure that many +5 year old players we try to find the new PG out there, but most are just hoaxes, money grabbers and dead games, unles you move to the FPV VR games witch demand a super computer to play and some to even control your ship...
So we come back and bite our tongs And leave when we bleed...

There has not been or will be a game like PG. I dont know the numbers I only see Askone players and I am saddened by the stillness of space in global all spanning chat...

Nice to see your an old veteran to ClockWire, gives me hope !
Also fills me with joy you read my post and replied it from the heart ! :mrorange:

Respect & Greats: LG