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Thought the episode delivered, that was really intense and impressive for a TV show.

I try to float in the middle on this thing. Some days I feel like it's not going to happen, some days I feel like it is. The most recent stream was probably their best stream to date, so I'll give credit there. The stream had the same boss fight from before, but at least showed a different...

Monty, what exactly is Brad's role in this project? He seems to give answers that are opposite of what Chris Perkins says most of the time. Is there a power struggle there at all? Is Brad kind of just a figurehead at this point used for name recognition? He seemed to admit he doesn't...

Does the ongoing interest and continued "success" of these games today make Daybreak less likely to develop a true successor Everquest game in the near future?

I went into this movie never having even heard of Shazam outside the previews. I fully expected this to be absolutely stupid. I was wrong, I thought it was great. I left the theater completely happy with how that movie went and hoping for a sequel. Pretty similar response I had to Aquaman...

Yeah, I was a little surprised he actually answered that question. I think that's going to stir up some chatter for the next month. That being said, EQ didn't really need Odus. And Vanguard didn't really need Kojan. I hope they go the two large continent route and just drill down on making...

Christ, this level of nerd rage reminds me of Pantheon Vanguard beta when I was leading Voodoo and we were going at it with Ebonlore non-stop up to and through launch. Shammus, Nerion, and Ewle were even worse than you guys sniping at each other though. This is kind of rookie ball.

On a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), what is your current level of optimism for Pantheon becoming a great raiding MMO in the mold of EQ1 or Classic WoW?

They kind of hyped up this lead animator guy in teasers leading up to the January newsletter. Does anyone here know if he matches the hype or not? Obviously the position is important and one of the more glaring deficiencies in the game currently, but I know fuckall about the intricacies of...

Newsletter a tad concerning, or I guess more affirming. Since the Pre-Alpha stages have been every 3-4 months and they are saying the next one will be pushed back a bit, that sounds like the next Pre-Alpha 5 stage will be in the summer of 2019. That's a delay no matter how you slice it. I...

I thought meetup dot com was to hook up with truckers and get a cock meat sandwich behind a rest stop? Oh well, give it a shot etchazz, let us know how it goes!

I loved EQ1, and I loved Vanilla WoW. Loved them both. Thought both were incredible games. Played both for years. Left WoW before TBC for Vanguard's beta. When Vanguard launched as an unplayable bust, I went to EQ2 for a couple years. My wife loved that game, that's her favorite. And at...

Grim, you are losing the Pantheon forum game. Don't take the bait.

The stream last night was actually pretty good. The Alexensual guy is a total shitlord, extremely jaded MMO vet, and WoW Classic fanboi, so I was curious how he would respond to this game. Thought he asked some rather pointed questions in the stream and has been pretty even-keeled about if the...

There is some synergy. The Shaman can make mobs drenched, the Druid auto crits on drenched mobs with it's lightning ability. Summoner can summon a behemoth that the Enchanter can charm. Druid has an innate ability that allows other healing classes to bounce their heals to additional targets...

And these last few posts have really nailed what is riding on this game. No matter how much fun or crap we give them for taking too long to make the game, they have to just take however long it takes to make sure the launch is superb. They have no publisher pushing them to force the game out...

Game started development in early-mid 2015 when Chris Perkins revived the dead project, drastically changing almost everything about it but the name in the process, and it then slowly started to form the new game on the backs of a skeleton crew for the first year. The last two years has seen...

That's an interesting point for consideration. The way they've ran the Pre-Alpha builds to this point is seemingly in yearly quarters. Each quarter, they spend three months making improvements and then open the servers up for about 30 days, give or take a few. Now, I don't know if the servers...

Alpha will start once the first continent, Kingsreach, is finished, along with all classes implemented, and all abilities/spells implemented up to level 40. This next phase, slated to start this fall, Pre Alpha 4, should have all classes implemented and all abilities/skills up to level 40...

So, it looks like some investor funded this thing to some significant degree. They dropped a few nuggets in today's newsletter: "Due to recent funding goals being met we are expanding the team once again". They are hiring four positions previously mentioned in this thread. Lead character...

Agree that I'm burned out on seeing Black Rose Keep, but the focus of the team to this point in time has not been world building, they stated as much. They've spent a lot of time this summer trying to get all the classes in the game and functioning, they do have a large selection of classes...

Sounds fishy. The only raid zone that they've mentioned is Amberfaet (sp?), and in one of the recent interviews from a few days ago, they suggested they weren't even attempting to work on raid content yet, nor did they guarantee any would be in for launch, just that people would have things to...

Florida Coastal, here in Jacksonville. Wouldn't call it prestigious. It is one of the largest in the country though. Do what you want with my "story", but it's the truth. Some of you folks must be allergic to honesty or differing opinions.

Not sure why I'd be dubious. This daughter goes to Univ. of Florida, they require you to take classes during at least one summer C term for graduation, and she's finishing up her second year (AP credits). I don't recall anyone making the claim that "college hotties" will be playing this...

Well, we'll see how Pantheon turns out, but this is one of the best forums on the internet, especially the Politics thread. If the kids get scared of dirty language and trolls, they have no chance in life. Sink or swim.

Legit question. She'll be home to visit this week, I'll have her reply. She's going to love reading the last page of this thread!

LOL! Don't project your life experiences on me! Plus, who said she has to take time off? This new generation can multitask.

I actually listened to all of that. I think you guys are just wrong on people not having the time or desire to play a game that takes an extensive amount of time to progress. I'm 40, an attorney, married with kids, and all I want is a solid MMO that I can play for years and years. I'm going...

I've been on a lot of raids in various games, quite a few times in SWTOR, where your guild kills the boss with like one or two guys left. In EQ1 though, I remember times that one person would save the raid. I know I did it once while we were raiding Agnarr in BoT. Things were pretty messy...

Reveals on the Cleric, Druid, and Shaman were interesting. Shaman sounds OP as fuck with some crazy abilities that sound exploitable. Druid seems far different than the EQ versions. Clerics are clerics.

They did say something along the lines of "one of Pantheon's zones will be the size of all the Karana plains (N, S, E, and W) lumped together", so in many ways, if that is true, that's going to seem a lot like a seamless world.

I guess I'm struggling with the concept of a game taking too long to reach max level, or even play in general. If it's fun, that should be all that matters. What is the difference between playing 5 different games over six months or playing just one game over six months? The time investment...

@a_skeleton_03 I think the answer to when you do the horizontal leveling stuff could be in making the vertical leveling inefficient without current spells and skills. Since you can't just train/buy abilities on level up in this game, it could be almost impossible to continue leveling at a...

You're probably right, especially about the clusterfuck which would occur if the majority of the playerbase stayed roughly the same level and tried to hunt in the same areas. I'm just trying to think of ways to make an MMO that maintains some mystery and keeps hardcore players from smashing all...

What do you think about hard locks on xp gain or severe diminishing returns? Theoretically, as long as there is plenty of horizontal progression for power gamers to sink their time into to improve their characters, it would give them enough to do while capping the ability to rush to max level...

I thought it was a solid AMA. The gem is the 10 week answer. I like that. They have talked a lot about putting the focus on leveling up and horizontal progression (finding spells, long term loots, faction), as opposed to just rushing to level cap. Most of the recent MMOs lack investment...

Bah, I suck.

Where is this leak? Want to read!

Yeah, it was pretty bad. But, again, on the flip side, it does make the current state of the project all the more impressive. I think the vast majority of us, especially when the primary team quit, thought the odds of this game ever reaching the current state of development were at 1% at best...

Well, to be fair, they did start completely over once Joppa took over and decided the company should be run in a legitimate manner. I think that was in 2016. They still move at sub-turtle speed, and I have all kinds of concerns and doubts as well, but I view them as being about three years in...