PotBS policy updates on cross teaming and selling durability

by Matt Warner Jun 30th 2008 at 9:30PM

Filed under: Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Exploits, Game mechanics, PvP, News items

Pirates of the Burning Sea's 1.5 patch deploys tomorrow morning, but effective immediately are two policy changes. In regards to cross teaming which is when a player uses two different accounts to play as a separate nation on the same server. The rule will be enforced and now applies to multiple accounts tied to individual account owners. It's not possible to play two characters of opposing nations on the same account so players would bypass this by using another account. The second policy change is that the selling of durability to Pirates is no longer allowed.

Players with multiple accounts that play as a differing nation on the same server will be given the opportunity to transfer their characters to another server. If players have any further questions regarding the new policy changes please petition in-game. The announcement also warns that repeat offenders are subject to further disciplinary action, most likely the ban stick. Joe Ludwig is responding to some dismayed players over on the official PotBS forums.

Tags: cross-teaming, exploit, fls, flying-lab-software, joe-ludwig, pirates, pirates-of-the-burning-sea, policy-update, potbs, potbs-patch-1.5, pvp, selling-durability

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dave said on 4:02AM 7-01-2008

From day one Flying Labs have been getting it hopelessly wrong...and that pattern doesn't look like stopping. Talk about doing your best to kill your own game.....I don't think I have seen such a concerted effort by the developers of a game to kill their own creation...ever.

David said on 1:10PM 7-01-2008

I think that's the most ridiculous statement I've heard in a while. What have they done wrong here? Stating that they will crack down on players who exploit an unintended mechanic? There is absolutely NO valid reason why a player needs to have two characters of different nations on the same server. I applaud this move by Flying Lab, as I think it makes a lot of players very happy.