New MMORPG makes you a pirate in the 18th century – Comes with 156 factions and 760 cities

On By Garmin Philip

The new MMORPG Rulers of the Sea promises a lot on paper. The historical MMO wants to take you back to the year 1750 and let you do just about anything there. We at MeinMMO summarize.

Was ist Rulers of the Sea? The MMORPG takes nothing less than motivation than to give you the whole world to play with. Set in 1750, the historical MMO not only wants to have fun, but also to convey knowledge that you then need to influence the game world.

For this to work, you don’t just level up in Rulers of the Sea. Like a lot in the game, it’s a lot more complicated. You don’t just play one character, you play a whole family. Each member of your family can have different jobs / careers, which are roughly the classes of the MMORPG.

There have been 40 of these jobs so far and they range from the nasty pirate to the cunning spy to the lawyer who is then allowed to defend the pirates in court. But to become a lawyer, the game sends you to school first.

If you have a level-up, you activate a new course at the university, so to speak. You actually have to visit it and complete a test in order to progress. These courses are designed to give you real knowledge of the world of the 18th century.

What features are in it? Rulers of the Sea has a whole range of ideas that should be aimed primarily at hardcore gamers:

  • The whole world as an open game world
  • Over 40 jobs from shipbuilders to lawyers
  • 156 different factions and over 760 cities
  • Realistic day-night cycle
  • Historical setting, which also wants to convey knowledge
  • A legal system that could even land you in jail
  • Water and land battles over areas that then belong to players
  • The ability to play multiple characters within a family
  • Become the commanding officer of your own crew, which you could even sell

Here you can see the first trailer:

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The world of the 18th century as an open-world sandbox

How does the game world work? A highlight of Rulers of the Sea is the game world, which covers the entire earth and even includes time zones. The day and night cycle in the game adapts to the real world.

So if it’s dark here in Germany, it’s also dark in in-game Germany, but not in in-game America. This is supposed to encourage players to join a nation that is close to their own in the game. The developers want to depict the different cultures of the world in the game.

In order for this to work properly, you can choose one of 156 factions in Rulers of the Sea, which divide the 760 cities among themselves. With a little luck you might even start in your hometown in 1750.

Why is that important? Your own factions and cultures not only play a role thanks to the different time of day, but also because there is no global economy in Rulers of the Sea. Similar to the beginning of the MMORPG New World, every city here has its very own economic system.

Since the cities are sometimes several hours of shipping apart, it is essential that the players take care of keeping their own economy running. Or to specifically sabotage if you want to earn your money as a trader in other regions.

Rulers of the Sea wants you to be able to play whatever you want to play.

Whaling is also said to be one of the possible jobs

The community is impressed, but there is a catch

What are the fans saying? Rulers of the Sea promises a lot, but has not yet been able to show much of it. The game is currently in a very early stage of development, but that doesn’t make the team’s approach any less impressive.

  • The user Khairinoa writes (via YouTube): “It’s something I’ve always dreamed of in gaming. That sounds like a huge project. I just really want to see actual gameplay before giving any financial support. “
  • Mrsparkle001 is also impressed, but skeptical: “That looks incredibly good. I hope it can achieve its claims. There have been many games with big goals that they could never achieve. “
  • Bestevaer sees it similarly: “What an extremely ingenious concept. I’m really looking forward to seeing where it will end up going. “

When is the game coming? It’s hard to say right now. In their roadmap, the developers have specified the release for the fourth quarter of 2023, but so far that is still in the stars.

The game started as a one-man project in 2016 and didn’t really take off until 2019. So far, however, the game has not been able to win any major sponsors, which should make it difficult to implement the great goals of Rulers of the Sea. However, we are excited and will keep you up to date.

What do you think of Rulers of the Sea? Do you think the developers have set their goals too high or do you think the project is realistic? Would you even want to play such a historical MMORPG, or are you rather not tempted to have to go back to school for a level-up? Feel free to write it to us in the comments here at MeinMMO.

The game Toram Online, which started with over 500 billion character combinations, also takes a slightly different approach.

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