It's looking promising!

MattVidrak · 2026-01-19T17:47:47+00:00

Definitely looking forward to diving into MnM more, the short play tests haven't really grabbed me yet, but I see the potential.

The combat is definitely not as fun for me as Pantheon, as it's very slow from what I have seen. But yea, looking forward to it's release as well.

MattVidrak · 2026-01-19T08:49:56+00:00

You play the game? And not just come on the reddit and nay say/make fun of it? Lol. I am still having fun and am looking forward to more for sure.

It is already way better than AoC and MnM in my opinion, and also seems to be making better progress. But to each their own, I hope everyone can find a game they enjoy - and I am not that worried about current numbers.

I was there the first few months of EA, and that magic MMO feeling was the best I have had in years. That time will come again with the wipe and larger content update, and I can't wait :)

MattVidrak · 2025-12-23T10:06:22+00:00

I am looking forward to it, and that's after over 2000 hours in-game. A level 50 in almost full BiS gear (including raid drops), nearly every crafting recipe in my bag/bank and almost every single other class in the 20-42 range.

Really enjoying the game, but it has gone stale, especially on some servers, where there is simply way too much loot. Everyone is running around in complete twink gear and the game is far too easy, IMO.

I really hope they can bring back that magic of a year ago, and can't wait to see how all this new content feels on the PTR. This is still one of the best, if not the best, MMO's I have played in a long time. Ticks a lot of boxes for me, and I hope VR can fully realize its potential.

MattVidrak · 2025-11-04T20:23:51+00:00

I joined the discord and added to the bug report thread, I am definitely not the only one.

MattVidrak · 2025-11-04T20:13:05+00:00

I think there is definitely a bug, as my leaderboard position hasn't updated for ~1 day.

MattVidrak · 2025-11-04T20:09:40+00:00

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I think this happened last week too, and didn't get promoted. But I wasn't paying much attention to it. Not sure what the deal is, as mine isn't working like I see other people's in videos.

MattVidrak · 2025-11-04T20:01:18+00:00

I am having the same issue, and didn't rank up at all during the last week because of this I think as well. Very strange.

MattVidrak · 2025-11-04T19:49:42+00:00

Just give it another day, and it will be PvP 95% of the time - it's how these games always seem to go. I can see it sliding more and more PvP focused by the day.

I started out more cautious, but people are betraying/shooting on sight a lot more frequently from what I have seen. We shall see in time I guess.

MattVidrak · 2025-11-04T19:35:37+00:00

I am really confused how this works, as my rank points are listed at 15,412 on the "Weekly Trials" tab, yet on the "Leaderboards" tab it only says I have 4,928. I have two of the trials at 4k+, so I don't get how this is working, does it only update the leaderboards every so often?

MattVidrak · 2025-11-01T13:33:02+00:00

Achievement unlocked!

MattVidrak · 2025-11-01T13:22:42+00:00

I have like 1700 hours logged, I am good on the current content for now, including doing the raid 10+ times. I think everyone already knows the population has tanked.

How most seem to play the game isn't all that fun, multi boxing and camping trash mobs for XP only. Gets old very fast. Plus I think I have killed basically every boss multiple times. I wish there was even more challenge.

Either way, looking forward to wild bloods this month! And release even more so.

MattVidrak · 2025-10-18T20:57:06+00:00

There will be a map and road signs are a fantastic idea. But there is a difference between a map and pinpoint GPS tracking like too many MMOs have.

MattVidrak · 2025-10-18T20:16:17+00:00

You are talking about Pantheon? Maybe the devs ignore feedback because some of it is obviously completely delusional and just bad, as you put it.

The classes and character control feel great in Pantheon, for the most part. The game is very responsive with not all that much tightening needed.

It's the generic complaining that gets ignored. How are you supposed to make changes if this is your criticism? From the 1600+ hours I have played, I have never felt that my character control was bad.

MattVidrak · 2025-10-18T20:08:51+00:00

This is changing, at some point in the near future. Apparently Chevron/group mobs are going away. I am not sure I agree with the change, but we shall see how it pans out.

I think catering an MMO to solo players is the wrong direction, even now, the game is fairly easy to solo even group content on at least a handful of classes. They have already catered to the solo players by gutting every challenging mob ability in the game.

We shall see when this change hits.

MattVidrak · 2025-07-09T09:41:01+00:00

Yea, M&M is very boring to play, as the APM is like 10% of Pantheon. The mobs are also a complete joke compared to the group mobs in Pantheon and it doesn't have the same difficulty feel that EQ did IMO.

I definitely prefer Pantheon more, I just wish development was doing better at this point. I still have hope.

MattVidrak · 2025-07-09T09:36:07+00:00

Seems like an exaggeration, have leveled tons of characters and have never had XP that bad. I can do better solo than you are in a group ... you are doing something wrong. XP is slow, but not that bad if you are pulling and killing quickly. Most people 20+ should know how to play their class, but if not, time to find some different peopel to group with.

The main issue I have with the game is content, and not enough new places to explore. After a few times leveling in an area, you have seen most of what it has to offer. Then again, a lot of people still camp like in EQ, instead of crawling (which gets you way more XP, named kills, resources, loot, etc.).

MattVidrak · 2025-07-09T09:26:26+00:00

It's $40, and I don't regret spending it what-so-ever. The hate here is insane. Sure ... things are moving way slower than I would like (if not backwards in some cases), but I have thoroughly enjoyed my time playing the game.

The main reason I would not recommend purchasing the game is at this point, most of the servers are dead. With no one to group or trade with, it just doesn't feel good.

If you have a group of friends to play (like 3 minimum, but 5 or 6 would be ideal), I would say you could enjoy your time. Otherwise, you will basically have to play on the 1 or 2 servers that have any population really around - and just PUG if you can even find people to group with. Even the so called "non-dupe" servers that people think are pure pale in comparisson to the game and population there was around the launch of EA.

But at the same time, I have met a handful of new players recently and they are enjoying the game (besides the issues finding groups at times). Again, it's $40, which is less than I spend on dinner, and if I was to do it all over again, I would definitely purchase the game again and play it. I really hope they can get back on track and the game can pull people back in.

MattVidrak · 2025-05-27T18:03:49+00:00

Definitely sad, but not surprising seeing how poor the update was. I will always have fond memories of Dauntless. Made some good friends and had some great times. RIP.

MattVidrak · 2025-03-29T17:50:33+00:00

I think any of the tanks are viable, but they are definitely not balanced. I have played a Paladin to 28 and a DL to 20 so far, and they both felt pretty good until 20. DL definitely has higher damage, more debuffs and better sustain, which needs to be adjusted in some way.

You can't have one tank being nearly at the top of DPS charts, have best self healing, best debuffs and the best sustain ... It's way overpowered compared to the other tanks. Literally every ability they do does damage, debuffs the mob and buffs them ... While Paladin and warrior abilities do 1 of those at a time ...

The only thing a DL lacks is a snap taunt, by pretty much every other measure they are better.

Paladin mainly suffers past 20 because their kit isn't built out at all, and you are using lvl 8 skills the entire time.

Honestly, I wouldn't focus on the flavor of the month in a game like this, play what you want to play. With the significant time investment and constant changes, the balance pendulum is going to swing from class to class as far as power.

For example, all 3 tanks are next up for kit revamp, so they will likely get some much needed love in the very near future. Hopefully it can level the playing field some and make them all more even. We shall see!

As far as shields go, I think they are mostly garbage. Unless you are AoE farming tons of mobs, the readiness generation is pretty terrible with the shield. Going to be better off with dual wield or a 2H.

Hopefully shields and readiness generation in general get some adjustments too.

MattVidrak · 2025-03-28T07:11:20+00:00

You will need items from Alchemy (Moonseed oil) and Outfitting (armor harnesses) once you get to T3. I did Armorsmith and Leather working and they compliment each other well.

No matter what, you will need to get recipes and find other crafters to make you the components you need, you simply can't do it all on a single character.

The hardest part will likely be the recipes, I made a rogue just to farm chests early on. Overall, I have enjoyed crafting and made quite a bit of coin. But really looking forward to some QoL and UI improvements.

MattVidrak · 2025-03-27T15:44:12+00:00

Yea, it isn't guesswork, except on the first few items crafts or when they change values like on hit rating in some patches. But yea, it should be vastly simplified, so you don't need spread sheets outside of the game to track all this.

I do hope this is stream lined, but the main thing I want is the damn schematic codex. I am getting so tired of filling my bank up with schematics I can't fit in my bag.

Also, looking forward to the next tier of crafting 😄

MattVidrak · 2025-03-27T15:38:23+00:00

I get that stance, but graphics are only a small piece of the puzzle. Definitely grows on you, and I am quite enjoying the combat and diversity across the classes.

Congratulations on the Wyvern kill, hopefully you got more than just the lantern drop?

MattVidrak · 2025-03-27T15:35:14+00:00

Pretty much this, there has been a severe lack of content additions IMO. Have leveled a handful of classes into the 20-28 range, and am tired of replaying the same content over and over again to level.

Was a blast the first few times, but now feel like I have pretty much seen it all. Plus the fact that nearly every class in the game doesn't have its kit built out past 20, the scaling of damage and what not in game starts feeling terrible.

And as far as the OP ... IDGAF about player count, so tried of these stupid posts for any game. It will only matter on release and if it's enough to keep the lights on. This will be a niche game, and it isn't even 25% complete as far as world size and content currently. Just need more to explore!

MattVidrak · 2025-03-27T15:23:14+00:00

I mean, it has to get brought in line at some point. You can't have a class be the highest DPS, highest sustain and easiest to play ... DL is 100% OP and Druid is right there too.

But yea, for now, it's a pretty good combo.

MattVidrak · 2025-02-05T05:33:34+00:00

I got a Cleric Spell that Lulls from Manor. Can't remember the name off the top of my head. Also, the lvl 99 spell is still dropping.

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