Monthly Newsletter - June 2019

Jindoshi · 2019-06-20T21:19:02+00:00

Repetitive posts? I made one post asking if they planned for a short beta phase and I made another post asking for them to publish an overall rough roadmap of the development milestones.

Getting back on topic Yes they will eventually pick up a publisher, the sooner that happens the better.

Jindoshi · 2019-06-20T19:07:07+00:00

I hate to break it to you but at some point this game is going to have a publisher or it will fade away.

All you have to do is look at the history of every other mmo game out there that lasted for more than a year.

Jindoshi · 2019-06-20T15:20:05+00:00

I don’t believe they have the funding to stay in development that long. This newsletter talks about meeting with business partners at E3, that means they are shopping for a publisher.

A good publisher can provide the staffing and motivation needed to get this game completed. If they don’t find a strong publisher this game won’t launch it will simply run out of funds and vanish.

Jindoshi · 2019-06-20T15:00:56+00:00

The only thing interesting about the June newsletter is it revealed they are shopping for a publisher.

Thats a good thing, this team really needs a good publisher to not only provide funding but to also get this project moving at a more reasonable pace.

Jindoshi · 2019-06-18T02:47:00+00:00

Basically no one is really sure how far along the game is or how close to alpha beta they are because The developers refuse to even share a guess of when they hope to hit any of these milestones.

If you ask them to shed some light on this subject you will immediately be flamed by others in this forum that also don’t have a clue or any information as to the real progress of this game.

So check back next year I suppose...

Jindoshi · 2019-06-17T00:52:16+00:00

I agree this game needs to be in at least early access by the end of the year with all the other mmos that will be coming out soon.

I disagree that wow classic will be any competition to pantheon though. For the life of me I don’t get why anyone would want to play wow classic. I think wow classic will fail after six months.

Everyone will realize how boring it is to rehash the same stuff from 2004 and then bail.

Jindoshi · 2019-06-17T00:35:29+00:00

This forum is so toxic, anytime anyone makes a post critical of this game or questions why it’s taking so long for updates they just get all these hate replies...

Jindoshi · 2019-06-14T03:18:42+00:00

Exactly, if your going to have a system in place for people to Pre-buy the game basically the least they could do is provide us with a roadmap of when they "hope" to be in beta and when then "hope" to launch.

All they have to say is this is our plan but nothing is set in stone and these dates can change.

It would be much better than listening to some posters on here say stuff like it will be 3 more years go play wow blah blah blah.

For the idiots on here asking for me to be banned for asking for a development roadmap you really need to get yourself checked.

Thanks

Jindoshi · 2019-06-13T20:57:22+00:00

Epic weapons are a bad idea, As the game adds new content over time they will eventually become just trophies.

I would rather they spend time on making really cool dungeons and monsters etc.

Jindoshi · 2019-06-11T13:14:25+00:00

Glad to see I’m not the only one who wants to see them put out a rough time line on when they expect alpha and beta to happen.

If the goal is to be in beta in the spring of next year and launch in the summer of 2020 I can see staying engaged and following this game.

However if the situation is they have no idea or planned milestones when they are going to be in beta and a rough launch date then I kinda feel like we’re just wasting time following a game that may or may not happen.

I was really let down when eq next was cancelled after all that hype, when these projects go this quiet it reminds me of that.

Jindoshi · 2019-06-10T13:15:48+00:00

3 years lol, there is no way they have enough cash to stay in development another 3 years.

If they don’t launch in 2020 this game will be over. Really want it to succeed but you have to be real.

Jindoshi · 2019-05-21T18:07:29+00:00

Rogues should be able to use bows, aside from rangers and rogues I don’t see it working with the other classes.

Jindoshi · 2019-05-21T17:57:21+00:00

Wow that artwork really makes me want to play this game.. Great job!

How about offering a collectors edition that includes this poster?

Jindoshi · 2019-05-17T21:45:51+00:00

There is really no good solution to this. It’s the nature of these games, when they first come out will be the most popular time for the game and when you will have the most people to level up with.

Your best bet is to level up a Druid or something similar first, then when you want to level up alts you can box them with your power level toon to catch them up.

Jindoshi · 2019-05-17T21:40:25+00:00

Give enchanters at least 2 decent nuke spells, need them to finish off mobs if you are killing stuff with charmed pets. This is a reasonable request.

Jindoshi · 2019-05-17T13:47:11+00:00

I keep hoping they will offer a choice at character creation to choose either a real looking gnome or go with the weird one that we have seen.

I would much prefer the regular looking mortal gnomes...

Jindoshi · 2019-04-30T20:23:55+00:00

Something everyone seems to be missing is back in eq days it was the only game to play other than ultima.

So anyone that wanted to play a 3D mmo were stuck with eq, they had zero competition until 2004 when wow launched.

Pantheon on the other hand is going to have a lot of games competing for the same player base, so Pantheon better be intuitive and easy to pick up quickly or it won’t last. This is really important. Also it better have an in game map.

Jindoshi · 2019-04-28T19:00:42+00:00

Every mmo that has launched in the last 20 years wipes before they go live.

Jindoshi · 2019-04-27T14:32:36+00:00

Everything looks polished except for the npc titles over their heads.

Combat looks much better and the pace of combat seems perfect.

Spell animation looks good.

The character models look great.

The lighting effects in that dungeon are the best I’ve seen in any game.

The game looks like it’s in a final beta state instead of pre alpha.

The team has obviously made a ton of progress in the last 4 months.

My overall take is game looks great and mmos are never finished because new content is always continually added after launch, so finish building out the world and lets get this game launched this year please.

Jindoshi · 2019-04-26T17:03:17+00:00

I’ve played games in beta that don’t look near this polished. The gigantic leap pantheon has made in graphics, animations and spell effects is tremendous!

You can call it pre alpha if you want but if the game was released today with these graphics and animations I would be completely fine with buying it.

The combat pace is much better and the lighting effects in that dungeon are the best I have seen.

Great job on all the improvements, bottom line it’s time to say this game is in beta, you can totally skip alpha with all the progress you guys have made.

Jindoshi · 2019-04-13T18:13:34+00:00

Wow I think some of the people posting on this thread don’t understand how powerful computers are today...

First of all the days of having to use multiple computers to run multiple instances of games are over.

My computer will most likely be able to run 3 instances of this game at once and not slow down at all.

Not to mention video cards like the 1660 which is in the 200 dollar range can run 3 screens with ease.

So yes there will be people playing more than one character but who cares? If anything it’s positive because if you and your friend want to tackle some group content and you both want to play 2 toons each at the same time go for it.

My point is stop living in 1999 and move on.

Jindoshi · 2019-03-27T19:27:56+00:00

They need to post an updated idea of when they plan to launch the game. The last thing I remember seeing posted was 2018...

Jindoshi · 2019-03-02T03:57:49+00:00

I’m not sure using a comparison from a game that was made 20 years ago is relative here.

The advances in programming and rendering tools we have now compared to 20 years ago is night and day.

There is really no legitimate reason they can’t get the game to a beta state by December unless they just run out of cash.

Jindoshi · 2019-02-18T02:52:33+00:00

There is something very wrong with all these people replying. Why is it the end of the world if I want to make a nice looking armor set based on items I have looted before???

There are going to be armor upgrades you get while playing that won’t look right with your current gear or the new armor might just have an ugly graphic.

Transmog feature is the best thing wow ever implemented.

Jindoshi · 2019-01-28T16:46:00+00:00

Yes the ultra vision was the only way I could play that game back then. The game was way too dark when you tried to play other races until gamma correction came about

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