The store, the “Treasure Aisle”, contains the usual cosmetic gear that we expect these days, along with a selection of consumables.

100 Station Cash are equivalent to one US dollar. You can also buy them with Station Cash, which is good for me as I have quite a lot of Station Cash laying about that I got for free from promotions in other SOE games. Each Burning Sea Note is convertible into 300 Burning Sea Points, and it’s $5 for two, or $20 for 9. In a manner similar to EVE’s PLEX, POTBS allows you to buy “Burning Sea Notes”, which can be sold to other players for in-game currency. Having said that, many subscribers are getting their subscriptions from a Station Access sub which covers all SOE games, rather than subbing to PotBS directly. It is just about the most generous “Premium” account that I have seen so far, so much so that my concern would be that many subscribers might decide they would be better off dropping down to Premium themselves. I pretty much have access to everything except for some top-end missions, but I still have plenty to do. Honestly though, after playing for a couple of hours it does not feel any different to when I was a subscriber. Missions are available for purchase at the Treasure AisleĪutomatic access to premium mission content including the Besieged Tortuga epic missionsĪs an ex-subscriber I fall in to the Premium account category. Societies can be created without a charter (requires doubloons). Requires purchase of a Society Charter from the Treasure Aisle No ship insurance unless purchased at the Treasure Aisle Let us take a look:įREE after one month of Captain’s Club membership The set up is similar to other games which have travelled the same path from being subscription only to a hybrid model. Yesterday, Pirates of the Burning Sea became Free To Play. Of all the Arkenors in all the worlds, POTBS Arkenor is the best dressed.

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