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Pantheon February Producer's Letter Outlines Upcoming Features - MMORPG.com
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Pantheon February Producer's Letter Outlines Upcoming Features - MMORPG.com
Pantheon has issued a new Producer's Letter for February, outlining what's next for the game.
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The info given makes it seem like the game is still 2+ years out though.
it not only appears to be 2 years away,it SHOULD be at the least 2 years away.Considering the time spent so far,i am seeing more like 3 years away.
However,what has every single dev done over the last 5 or so years?Ealy access,severely unfinished games.I suspect this teams goal is the exact same goal,get to EA stage and release it to the public.
What else has been very notable among all marketing vids,the devs want to make sure we are reminded "this is early gray box work".
I am just not seeing anything that says "HYPE",all i am seeing is Indie.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
He actually thinks a point spending system is EXCITING? It is a FAKE dumb system for people that have no clue that it is doing NOTHING for the game.
To simplify how dumb the system is,we used to call it a min max system,a design that is only good to screw up.
Point systems are also a LAZY way to design classes.So they use LESS abilities spells and try and fool people into thinking they are better off with less and adding points.This is seriously a no brainer,you rather have Fire dmg +1...2...3...4..5...6...7 or you rather get NEW spells and abilities?
Spending CURRENCY to upgrade,again turns me right off,did this guy get lost in the 90's?Upgrading SHOULD be immersion and realistic not some currency spending system.This is like going into the real world and saying....ok you pay me 50 bucks and all of a sudden your an upgraded version of yourself.
Players SHOULD have SKILLS and upgrade skills through USE.
I do not think these guys have a clue how to make a plausible "make sense" type mmorpg.All they are going to do is jam in some systems to say "we have systems" jam in some "reasons" for currency ,even if they don't make any sense.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Just because a lot of other MMOs copied WoWs classic talent trees doesn't make them good, it just makes the other MMOs unimaginative.
You spent a bunch of points on crap talents, like +1% more damage for one ability to get to the talents you actually wanted, which were the new abilities.
But maybe they will copy EQs Alternative Advancement instead, where you have a 1000 talent points to spend across 100 talent trees so your choices are 10 times more meaningless.
Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.
Thanks for your concern.
Loved EQ Classic and hates that carebears had it changed.
What on earth are you babeling about. I ser no fault in the system. Can you try to be a bit optimistic? God what a negative person you are.
Atleast these Guys are honest on their progression.
mmorpg junkie since 1999
EQ1, EQ2, SWG, SWTOR, GW, GW2 CoH, CoV, FFXI, WoW, CO, War,TSW and a slew of free trials and beta tests
Due to so many things being subject to change I'm not taking their words on features as gospel but its the one crowdfunded mmorpg where I without a doubt know how early level gameplay will be like.
I have always spoken about rosecolored glasses when its about nostalgia but I actually enjoyed playing wow classic for a few months because I got to play with lots of friendly people. Getting in a good community will be as important as the game being good for this one.
Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.