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1.11.52.0 Patch Goes Live Tuesday AM
01/05/2009 | News | | Discuss
We will be publishing build 1.11.52.0 to our SOE servers on Tuesday, January 6th, during our normal maintenance window (1:30am-5:00am Pacific / 9.30am-1.00pm GMT).
Information on this patch can be found by visiting this link.
/ Rhaegar
AvCom Screenshot Contest!
01/02/2009 | News | | Discuss
To celebrate the release of our Avatar Combat revision in 1.11: The Clash of Steel, we are giving you the chance to share your best screenshots with the community and have the chance to win some prizes at the same …
Server Downtime: Friday, January 2nd
12/31/2008 | News | | Discuss
We will be updating the Pirates of the Burning Sea North American and European servers & Defiant with build 1.11.51.1 during our normal maintenance window of 1:30am to 3:30am Pacific Standard / 9.30am to 11.30am GMT.
This is a server-only patch. …
Australian Transfers Temporarily On Hold
12/30/2008 | News | | Discuss
Character transfers from Invincible to our SOE servers are temporarily disabled until Invincible is upgraded to 1.11.
This upgrade is due to take place on January 6th, Australian time.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
/ Rhaegar
Build 1.11: The Clash of Steel Goes Live Tuesday Morning!
12/29/2008 | News | | Discuss
We will be upgrading our North American, European & Australian SOE live servers to build 1.11: The Clash of Steel during the usual maintenance window (1:30am-5:00am Pacific / 9.30am-1.00pm GMT) on Tuesday, December 30th.
1.11 includes our Avatar Combat revision. We’ve …
AvCom Interview at MMORPG.com!
12/26/2008 | News | | Discuss
Our friends at MMORPG.com sat down with Flying Lab CEO Russell Williams, Producer Michelle Williams, and Lead Designer Kevin Maginn to talk about the upcoming Pirates of the Burning Sea Avatar Combat revision.
Season's Greetings!
12/25/2008 | News | | Discuss
Flying Lab Software would like to wish all of our community and friends a very happy holiday! We hope you have an enjoyable time with your friends and family during this holiday season.
/ Rhaegar
December Community Spotlight: Flyingpom
12/24/2008 | News | | Discuss
Welcome to the last Community Spotlight of 2008! In this regular feature we highlight a community member who has stood out from the crowd. This month we’ve picked Flyingpom!
Please join me in congratulating Flyingpom. Daeke had a chance to ask …
Australian Transfers Back Online!
12/22/2008 | News | | Discuss
We have re-enabled our transfer service for players who want to migrate characters from Invincible to our SOE servers.
We apologize for any inconvenience that was caused by this outage.
/ Rhaegar
MMORPG.com Reader's Choice Awards
12/17/2008 | News | | Discuss
Pirates of the Burning Sea has been nominated in the ‘Most Innovative Feature’ category in this year’s MMORPG.com Reader’s Choice Awards for our Ship Combat.
We have always been very proud of our Ship Combat system, and we are …
SOE Server Maintenance Thursday
12/17/2008 | News | | Discuss
Sony Online Entertainment is planning a server maintenance period on Thursday, December 18th from 6:00am to 8:00am PST / 2:00pm-4:00pm GMT.
During this time you may not be able to log into our web services, including the forums.
This should not affect …
Testbed Port Battle Event This Weekend!
12/16/2008 | | Discuss
This Saturday we will be holding a Port Battle Event to help us test the AvCom changes to port battles. Click “read more” to find out how to participate!
Last Man Standing: The Results!
12/15/2008 | News | | Discuss
On Sunday we held a free-for-all last man standing brawl on the Testbed server, using our new AvCom system. Click “read more” to find out the results!
/ Rhaegar
Brief Outage Wednesday - Seasonal Content
12/15/2008 | News | | Discuss
There will be a brief outage on our North American / European Servers and Defiant on Wednesday morning between 1:30am and 2:00am PST (9.30am – 10:am GMT) while we enable our seasonal content.
When the servers return youll be able …
Fare Thee Well, Friends!
12/15/2008 | Developer Log | | Discuss
Greetings friends!
I write to you today to announce that my last day as the Director of Community Relations for Flying Lab Software will be Friday, December 19th.
Having the chance to contribute to Pirates of the Burning Sea has been …
NA/EU/Defiant Transfers Back Online
12/12/2008 | News | | Discuss
We have re-enabled our transfer service for players who want to transfer characters between servers on a Sony Station account.
Our BigPond to Sony Station character migration system is still down while we continue to investigate a technical problem with that …
Testbed Event: Last Man Standing!
12/10/2008 | News | | Discuss
Our new Avatar Combat Revision is now on the Testbed server for you to try out before it hits live. To celebrate, were holding a last-man-standing free-for-all brawl in our new Testbed PvP sandbox arena. You will …
Transfers Temporarily Disabled
12/10/2008 | News | | Discuss
A technical issue requires that we disable character transfers for a short time on the live servers. We will update you once transfers are re-enabled.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this.
/ Rhaegar
Policy Update: Cross Teaming and Selling Durability
12/10/2008 | News | | Discuss
Many of you have asked us our policy relating to people using two accounts to “cross-team”, which is when one player uses two different accounts to play characters of different nations on the same server. As you are aware, …
Want to Test AvCom? Transfer Now!
12/09/2008 | News | | Discuss
We will be pushing 1.11 to Testbed tomorrow, which includes the big Avatar Combat revision we’ve told you about.
We’d love to hear what you think of the revision while it’s on Testbed, so we encourage you to copy …
