More Pirate info and coming PATCH info.

Assuming you are all good educated lads, you should know what's up with the Pirate franchise for GMS. If you go to the GMS website you see the pirate banner in the middle of the page. It takes to a very informative site with many fun things to do. You can send a banner to a friend, or yourself if you are lonely. It looks like this:



Yes, yes, very fancy. Now you're all thinking, "Get to the point, Tany. We don't want to read the crappy things you type any longer." Well, if you pay attention to the Newsletter thing it says that "...Launch date in November." Thus, having undeniable proof that Nexon has declared that they are planning to realease Pirates sometime in November.
Now, my question that I propose to you is, "Do you think they will stick with it or will they be good 'ol Nexon and postpone the pants off of this?"

Feel free to criticize, flame, argue, or flat out insult me if you don't agree with any of the said content above.
Thank you for your time ladies and gents.

To my knowledge nexon has never announced something so clearly and not followed though...

I think they've done it like twice....Might as well be zero. xD

i say february. I mean u know how hard it is? they have to copy the code, translate some stuff to english and upload. thats a whole day of work at least. T_T

I, for one, am gonna be stupid and believe that Nexon will release on time. For one thing, they have advertisements IN THE REAL WORLD ABOUT PIRATE CLASS! At certain 7-11's they have signs saying "Pirate job, November,Give us your moneys! ^^" I don't think they would put public advertising without backing it.
I really hope that Stephen was sarcastic. In reality, that is really ALL they have to do. They have to go Ctrl+C, Ctrl+v, put through a crappy Korean-> English translator, apply it to the client, make people happy, job accomplished. Three weeks later, fix mass of bugs, make twenty one hour server checks that get extended by "x" time, have perfect Pirate class working. See? All they have to do is release it on time and fix it as they go along, for then they don't look bad. I think that'd be win.
That's just what I think.

ya i was being sarcastic, its not even a day of work, i could prolly do it in an hour, knowing no korean. Assuming they use the same program for both, they dont even have to translate the actual code, just the in game names and signs. That means no syntax errors either T_T

You guys don't know what your talking about there is alot more to it than copy and paste + translation.

Even if you ignore all the additional data that now needs to be added such as sprites, sound effects, music. and extending the databases to allow for new data. There are still alot more things that have to be done. You surely could NOT do it in one day. And nexon isn't and never have announced something then started working on it. Data for the 4th job patch was being added months before it was used. Its safe to bet that they are nearly done already or they wouldn't announce it.

but neal, they have it working in KMS, JMS, and several private servers. They shouldn't have much else to do other than copy + paste from an english private server.

That doesn't mean that adding it to our current system is as simple as copy and paste. Its not like it is being programed from scratch either. I'm just saying that comparing it to copy and paste is an extreme exaggeration.

And copying a section of code is and making it work with existing code is different than copying the entire code and making it work.

but if they had it all working on the private server, they just copy the block and paste it over the old block. no integration needed.

Of course saying copy + paste = win was an exaggeration. xD
Plus, there's the fact that they don't just run GMS, but all the other versions. So, it does take time to do all this while taking care of other branches. Also, why would Nexon take a portion of code from a PS? That'd be just degrading for them.

Either way, I still think Pirates are coming out mid November.

DKsDragon wrote:

but if they had it all working on the private server, they just copy the block and paste it over the old block. no integration needed.

You can't just copy a section of code and have it work perfectly with existing alternative code. You have to understand what your copying to an extent in order to implement it correctly into your own. Beyond changing variable names, function names, and file names to match. Some times the structure of the code won't fit in with the existing structure. Also the code may not all be in a single block. A large part of the pirate class will surely be in one section but its such a major thing that the changes will reflect the whole game. For instance new NPCs, alternative options for an additional class, modified drop rates, new items, the list is pretty long.

And of course they can't copy the whole program because then everything unique to GMS would have to be recoded every time including retransmitting all text.

According to my assumtions/ careful calculations, Pirates come out the 6th of November. If anyone else has some concrete evidence as to why it is another date, please, feel free to post it. This is a place for information to gather. Until then, hope all of you have your to be Pirate characters ready at the entrance to Nautilus port filled with exchange items. : D

Hmmm to understand a Nexon u must think like a Nexon...

You see, they clearly defined the launch date to be sometime in the month of November, however, they failed to specify a year...

very sneeky indeed...

XDDD

I've been looking at the skills, and it seems that the Infighter would be a very hard class to pin down a decent build for.

I do think it will come out in November even if its the 31st but yea, as Neal is saying you need to do like 1000x more that just copy pasting.

And maybe nexon has to purchase the database from the KMS pirate job class, because maybe some copyright problems.

Hozama wrote:

I've been looking at the skills, and it seems that the Infighter would be a very hard class to pin down a decent build for.

Well not TOO bad. Level 10-30 you max the 2 attacks and the movement skill, then put 11 into that +X accuracy, +X avoidability. Doesnt matter on order. Then 30-33 you max the HP skill and then w/e you want, as long as the mastery skill and booster get maxed. 70+ IDK havent memorized the skills (at school, cant access skills, there blocked). But I think you max transform and that skill where u hit the earth first, then the energy moves? 120+ max that awesome dragon skill then super transform and then w/e.

IDK if this is correct, it is the build i am following.


BTW: Gunslingers can do a mini FJ at level 30. They jump, turn around and do the back shoot. It sends them flying back through the air.

Nexon America only runs Nexon America, Its a franchise. Wich means independent owners, but still as a whole. Also, NexonNA doesn;t need to "buy" anything from other version, they all get it for free. As a matter of fact, The nexon developers in korea are translating Pirates to english at this very moment. and they are making sure it fits in with our own version poperly.

Pirates come when they are done, Rather a late perfect version, then a hurried sucky one.

DKsDragon wrote:

Hozama wrote:

I've been looking at the skills, and
it seems that the Infighter would be a very hard class to pin down a
decent build for.

Well not TOO bad. Level 10-30 you max
the 2 attacks and the movement skill, then put 11 into that +X
accuracy, +X avoidability. Doesnt matter on order. Then 30-33 you max
the HP skill and then w/e you want, as long as the mastery skill and
booster get maxed. 70+ IDK havent memorized the skills (at school, cant
access skills, there blocked). But I think you max transform and that
skill where u hit the earth first, then the energy moves? 120+ max that
awesome dragon skill then super transform and then w/e.

IDK if this is correct, it is the build i am following.


BTW:
Gunslingers can do a mini FJ at level 30. They jump, turn around and do
the back shoot. It sends them flying back through the air.

You're right, and you are wrong. The most obvious build for an Infighter is to max Somersaultkick, Dash and the Acc Skill. and put 11 points into stomp, as it gets over powerd by the 2nd job skill at level 37. I know the builds all from my barehead. but its a long story to explain.

Tany wrote:

According to my assumtions/ careful calculations, Pirates
come out the 6th of November. If anyone else has some concrete evidence
as to why it is another date, please, feel free to post it. This is a
place for information to gather. Until then, hope all of you have your
to be Pirate characters ready at the entrance to Nautilus port filled
with exchange items. : D

The Pirates pre-quest event ends the 11th of november. There is new NX planned to come out the 12th of november. and the 12th of november is 1 week after the 4th and final week of the pirate website.(at its at week 3, wich means it will take 7 days from teh start of week 4 before Pirates are released. week 4 gets initiated next wednesyday.)

dr4gonst4il wrote:

I do think it will come out in November even if its the 31st

November has 30 days XD

Rand wrote:

Hmmm to understand a Nexon u must think like a Nexon...

You
see, they clearly defined the launch date to be sometime in the month
of November, however, they failed to specify a year...

very sneeky indeed...

XDDD

Oh sneaky sneaky...

SpikeAi wrote:

dr4gonst4il wrote:

I do think it will come out in November even if its the 31st

November has 30 days XD

ROFL neal you meanie xD

I thought week 4 starts on THursday. That's when I saw the bar move.

Well Im sorry I dont memorize how many days november has... and you know what i mean for that -.-

Lol, it's okay. I don't know the order of the months. xD

January 31
February 28
March 31
April 30
May 31
June 30
July 31
August 31
September 30
October 31
November 30
December 31