Mystic Worlds is one of the many blogs that have been posting detailed first impressions concerning PotBS. So far it's been alone in actually elliciting a response from FLying Labs themselves. Russell takes the time to address the most commonly voiced concerns at length.
For instance, combat kicks as, while WOW does not:
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What I can tell you is that our ship combat kicks ass. Period. And it’s a damn sight better than WoW’s. We have to do new and different things to differentiate ourselves because for all of WoW’s strengths, it’s not everything.
But they do follow Blizzard's method of doing a few things damn well:
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Again, you choose your battles. Rather than be kind of crap at everything, we picked sailing combat, Organic PvP, and the Economy as our star systems. Those have to be great. The rest we strive to make solid, and to improve on as we go.
But they knowingly ignore a large section of players:
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The question of targeting Explorers is a good one. We're really not.
