Prima Games Releases Pirates of the Burning Sea: the Official eGuide
Featuring new & updated material with a new exclusive in-game item!
New York, NY (June 16, 2008) —Prima Games, an imprint of Random House Inc., and Flying Lab Software have announced the release of Pirates of the Burning Sea Revised Edition: Prima Official eGuide (PotBS), the highly anticipated, revised companion to the game’s 1.4 patch. This revised and expanded title from Prima Games is available in digital eGuide format only, including a new exclusive code for an in-game shoulder lizard. The guide is now available online for a suggested retail price of $19.99 or may be downloaded at www.primagames.com.
“We are very excited to be able to offer a newly updated and revised guide digitally for this well-loved MMORPG,” says Debra Kempker, president of Prima Games. “Continuing in a new tradition of in-game items, we were able to once again offer exclusive content—something we hope to keep doing in the future.”
In the re-creation of the guide, Prima continued to use its previous author team along with the Syndicate, the world’s largest online gaming guild. The Syndicate team spent hundreds of hours playing the game and testing strategies alongside the game dev team in the first installment of the guide. For the revised edition, the team was kept in the game, playing along side other players, team members, and staff to expand on past strategies and cultivate new, long-term tactics.
“Our friends at Prima have created a must-have guide for every Pirates of the Burning Sea fan,” said Troy Hewitt, Director, Community Relations at Flying Lab Software. “Filled with the latest in piratical play-tips, this official guide is a tremendous resource for even the most sea-worthy captain of the Burning Sea! Let’s not forget that exclusive shoulder lizard—Yar!”
The guide contains an updated breakdown of every ship (new and past) and its stats, as well as an in-depth career guide to help players at every level on both land and sea. The guide also takes an exhaustive look at the newest class: Buccaneer. There are fully updated tables of every new skill as well.
High quality strategy guides and relationships with top game developers and publishers have enabled Prima Games to become the market leader it is today, producing over 90 titles last year alone.
Editor's Note:
In addition to the updated material, there’s a new item in Pirates of the Burning Sea. Players who get the Pirates of the Burning Sea Revised Edition: Prima Official eGuide get a shoulder lizard!
About Prima Games
Prima Games, an imprint of Random House Inc., is the world's leading publisher of game guides for computer and console video games, with more than 1,500 titles published and over 100 million guides in print. High quality strategy guides, extensive retail distribution, and relationships with top game developers and publishers had enabled Prima Games to claim the highest market share among game guide publishers. More information can be found at www.primagames.com.
Two new Pirate Careers have been announced for Pirates of the Burning Sea!
This update splits the one current Pirate Nation into two groups of Brethren of the Coast.
NEW PIRATE CAREER: CUTTHROAT
Cutthroats represent the brutal side of the Brethren of the Coast. They lead short and violent lives and their answers to problems are short and to the (sword) point. They don't make ships; they steal them. Cutthroats take what they want and demolish anyone foolish enough to get in their way. Blackbeard is the classic cutthroat archetype.
Example Ship Skill:
Cutthroat: Desperation Fire
This is the third skill in the Disaster chain. It’s a reckless attack skill that deals massive damage, but weakens your own armor.
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Target: Enemy
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Morale Cost: 20
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Self Damage: Port Armor: 5%
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Self Damage: Starboard Armor: 5%
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Self Damage: Bow Armor: 5%
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Self Damage: Stern Armor: 5%
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Attack Damage: 40%
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Reset Timer: 60 seconds
NEW PIRATE CAREER: BUCCANEER
Buccaneers are pirates too, but a bit subtler than their burning-bearded brethren. They steal and loot, but also manipulate the black markets. Some would call them gentleman adventurers, though few are true blue bloods. Buccaneers do not have the raw power of cutthroats, but they work well in groups and can help friends and cripple enemies. Buccaneers are more challenging to play than cutthroats, so are recommended for players with Pirates of the Burning Sea experience.
Example Ship Skill:
Buccaneer: Survivor
This is the first skill in the Gambler chain. It’s a click buff that increases your resistance, max range, accuracy, speed and damage. Only works when your current total armor for all facings is below 82% of the max (50% on one broadside).
FIRST MAJOR CONTENT UPDATES RELEASE
FOR PIRATES OF THE BURNING SEA
Build 1.2.67 goes live on Tuesday, March 18th
(Seattle, WA) March 17th, 2008 – On Tuesday, March 18, 2008, Flying Lab Software will release the first major content patch for Pirates of the Burning Sea, the MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) featuring high seas action and adventure in a world of pirates and plunder.
A few highlights of the changes in the build will include:
· Bey’s Retreat - The new mission for experienced players of Pirates of the Burning Sea. Don’t try this alone.
· Underdog Tools - If a player’s nation wins the map in PvP, it becomes more difficult for them to do so next time. While the other nations get a boost.
· UI improvements - Revamped the chat channels, added chat bubbles that you can turn off, improved the Social UI, and other user interface changes.
In addition to updating Pirates of the Burning Sea with a major content patch, Flying Lab Software has also spruced up the Development forums on their website (www.burningsea.com/forums) with additional discussion areas that focus on player ideas and allow players to weigh in on future changes to the game. Here are the new forum areas:
· Community Suggestions - A place for community to discuss, collaborate on and refine new and interesting ideas for Pirates of the Burning Sea.
· In Concept - All of the threads in this forum area will be either created by Flying Lab Software based on ideas from the Community Suggestions area, or new game features that are currently under review by the Pirates of the Burning Sea development team for inclusion in the game world.
· Milestone Discussion – This forum area not only gives players a look into the future of Pirates of the Burning Sea, but gives them a chance to weigh in on the changes to come.
· Testbed Discussion – This forum area is devoted to discussing the Milestones that have been published to the test server, known as Testbed. This is the last stop on the journey before the combined ideas from the players and the developers become reality on the live game servers.
“Flying Lab Software has had a long history of listening to our community, and we believe these new forum areas can only improve the communication between the Pirates of the Burning Sea community and the Flying Lab Software development team,” says Troy “Aether” Hewitt, Director of Community Relations. “We’re excited to work with our community to grow this new initiative into the future, and we’ll depend on you to keep things interesting.”
The Pirates of the Burning Sea game servers will be unavailable while Flying Lab Software moves Build 1.2.67.0 from Testbed to Live. Click this link to find detailed patch notes for Build 1.2.67.0:
http://support.flyinglab.com/cgi-bin/flyinglab.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=393
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