Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO
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TJT
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You mean leave mod rods on the ground. Those were the days.
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zzeris
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That video was pretty good but at 5 years, they need to start showing a lot more if they want to garner real interest or belief. There needs to be some new zones shown...maybe not playable but shown. It would be nice to see something epic somewhere in the game. A roaming frost giant in the distance or maybe a giant dragon uncurling from a massive tree? Something more epic than a 6 man group beating on random spiders and humanoids for a few hours. Something more than climbing a wall which old 2D platformers used as WOW moments 3 decades ago.
I give them credit for a playable zone with functional EQ type combat and graphics. There just needs to be so much more in 2019. That Copernicus trailer looked awesome. They were showing off their WORLD. Places you would be able to adventure and explore in. EQ, decades ago, said, "you're in our world now". Everything these developers are doing is wrong. You can't sell a world with a couple play-thrus in a couple zones. You can't sell a game to investors when this is all you have. If they ever want to get there, they need to start showing a bigger picture(if they have one). If they don't, this has been a horrible waste of time for most of them. That one developer who left already figured it out. He was done wasting time.
I give them credit for a playable zone with functional EQ type combat and graphics. There just needs to be so much more in 2019. That Copernicus trailer looked awesome. They were showing off their WORLD. Places you would be able to adventure and explore in. EQ, decades ago, said, "you're in our world now". Everything these developers are doing is wrong. You can't sell a world with a couple play-thrus in a couple zones. You can't sell a game to investors when this is all you have. If they ever want to get there, they need to start showing a bigger picture(if they have one). If they don't, this has been a horrible waste of time for most of them. That one developer who left already figured it out. He was done wasting time.
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xzi
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tbf the last several gameplay streams have shown a lot of different zones, (by last I mean over the last 2 years lol) there was that big fuck tower place, the actual city itself, some plains on a hillside, and some giant dungeon cave system. Not sure where the autists got the idea that they've only shown off one zone the last several years.
They did mention on the stream they have new zones to show but they're not allowed to at the moment, whatever that means. Given how game dev works, texturing and animations are usually pretty much the last thing to happen so not wanting to show off giant gray blobs everywhere is pretty rational, but I think greyboxing is interesting when there's a clear start->finish
They did mention on the stream they have new zones to show but they're not allowed to at the moment, whatever that means. Given how game dev works, texturing and animations are usually pretty much the last thing to happen so not wanting to show off giant gray blobs everywhere is pretty rational, but I think greyboxing is interesting when there's a clear start->finish
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Zaide
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They’ve shown the following zones on stream or in videos on YouTube.
Thronefast
Avendyrs Pass
Black Rose Keep
Wilds End
Halnir Cave
Tower of the Reckless Magician
South Saol
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There are two zones we know of from dev diaries / newsletters which have not been shown as well.
The zones seem much larger than EQ zones (they should be, given the 20+ years between release), for perspective Thronefast looks like Qeynos, Qeynos Hills and Qeynos Aqueducts merged into one large zone. Avendyrs Pass is like the Karanas merged with Eastern Wastes and Halnir Cave is like if Blackburrow and Paw were one dungeon.
Thronefast
Avendyrs Pass
Black Rose Keep
Wilds End
Halnir Cave
Tower of the Reckless Magician
South Saol
Amberfaet
There are two zones we know of from dev diaries / newsletters which have not been shown as well.
The zones seem much larger than EQ zones (they should be, given the 20+ years between release), for perspective Thronefast looks like Qeynos, Qeynos Hills and Qeynos Aqueducts merged into one large zone. Avendyrs Pass is like the Karanas merged with Eastern Wastes and Halnir Cave is like if Blackburrow and Paw were one dungeon.
yerm
Golden Baronet of the Realm
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Synj
Dystopian Dreamer
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Synj
Dystopian Dreamer
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ToeMissile
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Lambourne
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Too much blue.
Seriously, they really need to turn down the blue filter. It's washing out everything, making it look bland and lifeless.
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Nirgon
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gLobal
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Decided to check back in, and read the December newsletter. They actually provided a rundown of where they're at. I appreciate that.
The was one additional tidbit that caught my eye.
The was one additional tidbit that caught my eye.
I'm not sure how builds are incremented in their environment, but doesn't that seem like a fluffed kind of number? Are they counting every single time they commit changes as a new build?
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Jorren
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I am figuring they are counting every commit. Assuming they have a QA department, there is no way they are getting much testing done otherwise.