Pirates of the Burning Sea (abbreviated PotBS) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Flying Lab Software (FLS). The game is set in the Caribbean in an anachronistic 1720 and combines tactical ship and swashbuckling combat with a player-driven economy.
Pirates of the Burning Sea has been in development since 2002. During the first few years of development, Flying Lab Software realized that this project required more attention than anticipated. Gradually, not only have they more than doubled their staff, but have also put an MMO entitled Delta Green (based on the role-playing game of the same name), on hold. Beta testing began on 14 December 2005, and ran until 1 January 2008.
Careers
+Naval Officer
+Privateer
+Freetrader
Players can choose a career for their avatars when they begin the game. The Career determines what abilities and features he will accrue as a captain. The player will receive one point for his avatar’s career on every other level gained. These points can be spent in various ways depending on which career the player has chosen. Once a career is chosen, it cannot be changed.
There are a total of 45 skills for each career. The skill trees are composed of 9 skill chains, each 5 skills in depth. A player will be able to reach the end of a single skill chain by Rank 15, and is then considered somewhat equal to a Rank 50 in that skill chain.
Developer(s) Flying Lab Software
Publisher(s) Sony Online Entertainment (Europe, USA)[1]
Akella (Russia)
Gamearena (Oceania)
Engine
Engine – Intrinsic Alchemy
Pathfinding – PathEngine
Physics – AGEIA PhysX
Sound – Miles Sound System
Particle Engine – Promethean FX
Foliage – SpeedTree
Version 2.6.63.0
Platform(s) Windows System XP/Vista/7
Release date(s) January 22, 2008
Genre(s) MMORPG
Mode(s) Multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: T[2]
System requirements
XP Pro SP2, AMD Athlon 1700+ 1.48 GHz, 1024 MB Ram, 128 MB 3D Video Card