After the Fuzzy Troll shit and all the disaster that has been going on with this project, I find it unbelievable how they managed to turn it around to being a playable game. What we saw in the two most recent streams not only shows a functional playable game (which baffles me; I was expecting this project to die) but it shows me a game that I've always been wanting to play. This is key. I don't care about Crowfall; why do I need to compare games in terms of development progress? We're talking about Pantheon here; I have no idea how many people have been working on Crowfall and I don't give a rats ass because that game doesn't interest me.
Instead those guys at VR showed me is exactly what I've been waiting for. I've went to their website and read their FAQ and after every answer I yell "FUCK YES!". This is clearly the game I've been asking for. This has never happened before, not even with Vanguard. Vanguard had several things that I didn't like about. Pantheon, after these streams and FAQs, is the only game post-EQ that makes me really excited. I think their progress is impressive; I mean I've been waiting for Double-Backs on Hex: Shards of Hate card game for over three years now maybe my standards are shit. But I doubt this game is going to get delayed unless they are stupid (which they might be).
I don't know about you guys but the combat they've showed us, to me, looks good enough. What are you expecting? I don't care for better graphics despite that they've stated many times the character models are placeholders. All what I need is for the content to be finalized, classes finalized, Itemization and NPCs/Dungeons/Content to be completed and we're golden. If they create the tools; this is just content building. I don't want no fancy Castle PvP sieges, I don't care for any gimmick like Rifts/Storybricks/Dynamic Shit Content/Throw_crappy_buzz_word_here... These things never interested me. My only concern is if they turn out stupid and try to do too many things at the same time. If they are listening I'd tell them to focus on the bread and butter. Combat looks solid; keep working on your classes and content. Get this done as soon as possible. This is your game; don't waste time and resource on shit that is not important.
I'll wait for their next update if I see big improvements they will definitely deserve my $100.