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  1. Bruman

    The Elder Scrolls Online

    No no no no, you see, they went ahead and lifted the NDA early because of this OTHER conspiracy theory by [some well-known game desinger] as a way to continue FUCKING OVER THE FANS!!! (This game is still horrible, btw.)
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Welp, pulled my $100 pledge. I really wanted to go to the $250 one when they announced it, but I don't have any faith in the team anymore. I'll keep up with the news on it, and if the game ever launches, I'll very likely be checking it out. My crystal ball though says this will never see the...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Where is this information about paying for forums? I'm apparently blind today.
  4. Bruman

    The Elder Scrolls Online

    lol video games
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Uh, no, pretty much "business 101" for any startup is all about how well you execute. Ideas are a dime a dozen - nothing matters more than your ability to execute and deliver. They have not shown that their team has any ability to actually ship a game. Which isn't surprising, giving how it's...
  6. Bruman

    Lord of the Rings Online

    Yep, to see the world. It's very typical 10 bear ass questing (although it has a few modern touches like open tagging and auto-looting). Zones that have been revamped or newer expansions also have a lot of the "auto-quest" stuff where, when out in the field, you'll get a quest auto-granted to...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    I've heard similar comments to the "original" VG combat before, contrasted with opinions that it was terrible, slow, boring combat, that was more like playing a card game or something, except you picked out 'where' your attacks landed. Or something. Noone ever really gives an explicit...
  8. Bruman

    EQN:Landmark Beta Starts March 26th!

    My favorite part about this having a paid-for alpha and beta period, is that this basically gives it two complete "soft launches" of the game, so that when the game DOES release, many of the "opening day" garbage that we're all used to with multiplayer games will be hammered out. Not to say...
  9. Bruman

    Vanguard - I don't give a fuck if it's dead, It's still brown as fuck (Download link in 1st post)

    It's been reporting as "up" for many hours now: Sony Online Entertainment - Server Status Is/was the page wrong? Edit: I was assuming Telon was the main server, that is. Not sure what "live" and "live admin" is.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    It's cross-promotion. Given the success of SOA, it's really all win for Brad, and it doesn't hurt Richard any. Feels like Richard is just trying to help Brad out, which is awesome.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    I was just being off the cuff guys, not serious. I know Garriott isn't funding his own company, much less someone else's.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    I'd rather Garriot use his mountains of money to give Brad's team funding to make Pantheon the way they want it to be.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    ...are you typing on a phone? Because that shit is hard to read with tons of missing letters and what I'm assuming is auto-correct fuck-ups.
  14. Bruman

    EQN:Landmark Beta Starts March 26th!

    If he doesn't want people getting super hyped for an alpha, perhaps it shouldn't cost $100 and there shouldn't be days worth of teasing.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    I really hope to see that too. The only "limit" in a zone / instance should be from a technical side. Don't explicitly design as "this is a 10-man mob, this is a 20-man mob", etc. Just put it in the world, let people fight it.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    I most definitely would not at that point. If they can't come close to $800k, which again, isn't even for a game - there's no way they'd ever get funding to finish it. It'd be throwing money away.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    2015 - alpha 2016 - beta 2017 - launch Sub based, probably around $15/month, unless you get the pledge with $1/year sub for life ($250 and above).
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    They waxed nostalgic about EQ for a while (nothing new), then he talked about the emotional side of Vanguard (which he's posted before multiple times, actually, both 'back when it happened' and recently), then reiterated things we've heard about Pantheon several times already. The only tangible...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    20 minutes of reminiscing...it's fun and enjoyable at least. Now it's getting at least to something more meaty.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    That was just what made me uneasy recently, in an attempt to not bitch about the same thing for two weeks straight (without a new reason to bring it back up, at least...)
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Really not a fan of "pay for bag space" and especially "pay for bank slots". If those things can be purchased in-game for reasonable amounts of currency, then I'm okay-ish with it. Still makes me uneasy though.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    And the other half is "More on this later..." ;-)
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    "Yes. We aren't ruling out a scenario where you can stop and pull mobs, waiting for a rare spawn. Hopefully most of the content will be such that it is more efficient to travel around. 'Camps' may also move around or have different spawn locations. Obtaining the Glowing Black Stone is a great...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    When you have a small team, it should be self-organizing. No one person is in charge "running things". Brad's a kick-ass idea dude. Take those ideas, let developers create it. You don't have typical pyramid management structure (that always leads to nothing but unhappy workers).
  25. Bruman

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Yeah, I think we can all agree that what indie starts up need is expensive executive! But seriously, indie developers, you know who the executive staff is? The person writing the game. The person passionate about making a game they believe in, not about how much money it can make. This just...
  26. Bruman

    The Elder Scrolls Online

    20% * $0 = $0
  27. Bruman

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    To his credit, he's pretty much said that exact thing 2 or 3 times in various places.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Hey Brad, Does the team have a contingency plan if this KS effort fails to fund? permalink [-]AraduneMithara[S] 24 points 39 minutes ago We may do it again and we will be approaching investors and publishers. That said, I think we're going to make it
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    From what I understand, Brad's talking like it's "grass roots" indie game development, but then he's going full-bore "big game AAA shop" attitude to it. You don't get an actual office, you don't buy people hardware. People work from home on their own machines and do it because they want to...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    He may feel it's his last shot if it doesn't fund. All or nothing? Not saying he'd do it. Just saying that's why people would get suspicious if it happens at the end, if these $50k or $100k backers come out of nowhere.
  31. Bruman

    EQN:Landmark Beta Starts March 26th!

    Yeah, this isn't Alpha the way Alpha was originally defined. It's just a marketing term to get people excited as well as an easy excuse to sweep any bugs and missing features under the rug for now.
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Everyone who wants to see their money actually result in a game. If it's getting artificially "pledged" so that the backer can just get paid back once the funds cycle through Kickstarter, that's bad.
  33. Bruman

    The Elder Scrolls Online

    No, that's incredible luck. You were saved a large download then a lot of wasted time registering, installing, creating a character, to play for all of 15 minutes before realizing it was garbage.
  34. Bruman

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Confirmed fat. (just wanted to troll, not serious).
  35. Bruman

    The Elder Scrolls Online

    The only reason you wouldn't be able to easily play at launch is if they halted sales due to server overloading (like FFXIV:ARR and GW2 did). Although, launch week of a MMO is always a clusterfuck, so you're better off waiting a couple of weeks anyways. However, due to their "mega server"...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Bilbo, a discussion thread is for all people interested in a project. Obviously, a TON of us on this forum are interested in this project. If people followed your advice, you'd just have nothing but a circle-jerk of smiles and "OH GEE I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS DIDN'T FUND" at the end. That's no...
  37. Bruman

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Hah, there's that good ole SLASH! again.
  38. Bruman

    The Elder Scrolls Online

    Man, the 12 people who will play this after the free month with be pissed.