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-CEO

I really hope this one comes online with the suck knob in the "off" position.
Happy pirating!
Yarr!

There's far too much innuendo here for one soul to brave. You win the internets.

Ah well, I was just trying to convey hopes for a decent mmo, I forgot that posting on this board is sometimes like playing chess and you have to think several moves ahead. But yeah, after re-reading it, I guess I did set myself up.

The beta is open to all on Fileplanet and I am really enjoying this game so far.

It's a fun game, though the all the instancing and the DD0 style world bugs me greatly. As soon as school is out I'll give it another try.

I'm enjoying it.