Looks pretty interesting, ala Sid Myer's 'Pirates!' meets MMO:
http://www.burningsea.com/pages/page.php?pageKey=home From the reviews I've read, it looks like it could be very interesting, ship as well as land based combat, and hand to hand combat that involves watching your opponent in order to counter a move (as opposed to mashing an attack button or spamming an attack key)
There's been a lot of criticism about the launch delay, along with accusations of vaporware, but it looks to be going through. Flying Labs software just inked a deal with SOE for distribution, and Sony plans to include it in their station pass:
http://pobs.warcry.com/news/view/73411-SOE-Deal-Exclusive-Interview-with-SOE-and-Flying-Lab-CEOI really hope this one comes online with the suck knob in the "off" position.
Happy pirating!
Yarr!