Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen Interview - Talking Seasons, 24/7 Extraction Mode, and More | MMORPG.co

System · March 18

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen Interview - Talking Seasons, 24/7 Extraction Mode, and More | MMORPG.com

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is in the throes of its first season, and we wanted to find out more about the team and the decisions that led to this point. Check out our full interview with Visionary Realms on the upcoming MMO.

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olepi · March 18

"McQuaid’s previous project, 2007’s Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, which didn’t pan out as well as anyone hoped"

I had a blast in Vanguard. As usual, I waited a year or more after it released before I tried it. I had a top end machine with an SSD and put Vanguard on that. I had almost no lag issues, the game played very well.

I loved the classes and the crafting. Diplomacy was cool. If they could release that again, I'd play in a heartbeat.

gabrielmosspdx · March 18

I waited so long for Vanguard; I hung out on forums making up characters with my tentative guildmates, dissected every bit of media coverage in anticipation of its release, and I even participated in a handful of betas… only to be so thoroughly let down by the state it was in at launch!

Slapshot1188 · March 18

olepi said:

"McQuaid’s previous project, 2007’s Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, which didn’t pan out as well as anyone hoped"

I had a blast in Vanguard. As usual, I waited a year or more after it released before I tried it. I had a top end machine with an SSD and put Vanguard on that. I had almost no lag issues, the game played very well.

I loved the classes and the crafting. Diplomacy was cool. If they could release that again, I'd play in a heartbeat.

Yeah, if Vanguard could have had an extra year of development I think it would have had a chance to succeed.

Markn · March 18

If MS didn't bail Vanguard might of been finished and been a decent game.

Slapshot1188 · March 18

Caeles said:

Think Brad McQuaid's widow needs to shut this game down, they aren't adhering to his dream

I do not think that's something she's in any way involved in. But then again, who knows at this point.

Mensur · March 18

I wish them the best of luck. However I have lost all hope.

Tollmartt · March 18

I have been playing for about 3 months and I'm having so much fun. grouping is great and shows off the skills and working together brings out the strategy you need to defeat some of the mobs. I was worried when they changed the graphics as to me it looked to cartoony but its now looking great and its not even finished. I look forward to playing this amazing game each day. Looking forward to what the future will brings

bng28 · March 19

Tollmartt said:

I have been playing for about 3 months and I'm having so much fun. grouping is great and shows off the skills and working together brings out the strategy you need to defeat some of the mobs. I was worried when they changed the graphics as to me it looked to cartoony but its now looking great and its not even finished. I look forward to playing this amazing game each day. Looking forward to what the future will brings

Paid actor comment.

zanfire · March 19

Tollmartt said:

I have been playing for about 3 months and I'm having so much fun. grouping is great and shows off the skills and working together brings out the strategy you need to defeat some of the mobs. I was worried when they changed the graphics as to me it looked to cartoony but its now looking great and its not even finished. I look forward to playing this amazing game each day. Looking forward to what the future will brings

The only weirdly over the top positive comment that's new and posted 1 time. Either some troll or the devs doing an awful job at trying to make their post look legit.

Anyways, this was one of the few mmos I was looking forward to for years and it seems like they just completely lost focus. I can hardly tell if at this point the game will be basically a scam or just a total let down. It really is just a shame.

Tiller · March 19

Tollmartt said:

I have been playing for about 3 months and I'm having so much fun. grouping is great and shows off the skills and working together brings out the strategy you need to defeat some of the mobs. I was worried when they changed the graphics as to me it looked to cartoony but its now looking great and its not even finished. I look forward to playing this amazing game each day. Looking forward to what the future will brings

Is Tollmart like a cheap paid actor store?

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Kumapon · March 19

Slapshot1188 said:

Caeles said:

Think Brad McQuaid's widow needs to shut this game down, they aren't adhering to his dream

I do not think that's something she's in any way involved in. But then again, who knows at this point.

I got sad news for you all. Brad's wife died of Cancer, 6 months after he died.

Kothoses · March 19

Every time I hear these people talk about their game, it is always money money money.

Making a game seems secondary to them, and that is a big part of why this project lost its way when it lost its figurehead. I am sure there are some very talented people working very hard on it, but they are so fixated on the commercial elements and chasing the latest fads that they lost sight of the fact they were supposed to be making a game for an audience that doesnt want the newest fads.

I like many others were cautious and over time got into the idea of what was originally sold as the vision for this game.

What its become is none of those things.

Season passes, PvPvE based gameplay, Low Poly Forknife / WoW / Runescape graphics.

The more it drifts away from what it was meant to be the less invested the people who got onboard originally will be, and the more it just becomes another mediocre entry into an overpopulated pool that wont attract new people to replace the disenfranchised.

budzi · March 19

The Embers Adrift Killer.

Game already has eveything Embers Adrift got and more.

I have been playing for 4 days about 8 hours a day.

Lovin the gameplay, the combat, questing, the crafting, the grouping, the harvesting/mining/woodcutting, the music, the ambiance and this new art is not so bad tbh. A

There is already tons fo quest, some easy and some hard. Some quests need a group for a small bandit camp.

Time fly when you play and I finally got a game that can make me forget about this ugly real world.

I was expecting much less and I am very surprised on what they did. This game is quality.

I am 42 and I started gaming at 14-15 with EQ, AoC, DaoC, Final online, etc.

2004-2005 were the last good mmo's imo with EQ2 and WoW which are not what they used to be at all anymore. Pantheon might be the next one after 20 years.

Neoyoshi · March 19

Woezers, there are some weird posts in this article, haha. xD

cheyane · March 19

Kumapon said:

Slapshot1188 said:

Caeles said:

Think Brad McQuaid's widow needs to shut this game down, they aren't adhering to his dream

I do not think that's something she's in any way involved in. But then again, who knows at this point.

I got sad news for you all. Brad's wife died of Cancer, 6 months after he died.

I recall watching an interview with one of the Everquest guys and he talked about the fact that they left a daughter behind. Quite sad really.

I recall too that guy really disliked Dave Georgeson. From what he recounted the guy sounds like a dick. I think he's with Playable Worlds now. All these assholes always land on their feet.

budzi · March 19

zanfire said:

Tollmartt said:

I have been playing for about 3 months and I'm having so much fun. grouping is great and shows off the skills and working together brings out the strategy you need to defeat some of the mobs. I was worried when they changed the graphics as to me it looked to cartoony but its now looking great and its not even finished. I look forward to playing this amazing game each day. Looking forward to what the future will brings

The only weirdly over the top positive comment that's new and posted 1 time. Either some troll or the devs doing an awful job at trying to make their post look legit.

Anyways, this was one of the few mmos I was looking forward to for years and it seems like they just completely lost focus. I can hardly tell if at this point the game will be basically a scam or just a total let down. It really is just a shame.

Give it a try and youll def. find that even in pre alpha state, it cant be a scam. I bought my pledge like 9 years ago but agreed if i'd heard about this game 2-3 yearsago I would have not then. youll be suprised. I did expect much less. Nothing feels like Alpha really. More like a Beta.

budzi · March 19

olepi said:

"McQuaid’s previous project, 2007’s Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, which didn’t pan out as well as anyone hoped"

I had a blast in Vanguard. As usual, I waited a year or more after it released before I tried it. I had a top end machine with an SSD and put Vanguard on that. I had almost no lag issues, the game played very well.

I loved the classes and the crafting. Diplomacy was cool. If they could release that again, I'd play in a heartbeat.

Pantheon does feel like Vanguard a lot for the few hours I played it and I can remeber.

Samhael · March 20

Tollmartt said:

I have been playing for about 3 months and I'm having so much fun. grouping is great and shows off the skills and working together brings out the strategy you need to defeat some of the mobs. I was worried when they changed the graphics as to me it looked to cartoony but its now looking great and its not even finished. I look forward to playing this amazing game each day. Looking forward to what the future will brings

Then we are playing an entirely different game... which I uninstalled yesterday. It really feels like it needs 2-3 more years in development before release. One race and even though I chose a melee character, I repeatedly died to a simple grass snake just outside the tomb (or whatever) I spawned in. The combat was in no way engaging... a single power (with a 5 second cooldown) and then waiting for auto-attack to hit the snake every so often.

Kyleran · March 20

According to the r/Pantheon sub reddit moderator the visual NDA has been removed.

Kumapon · March 21

Non - Stop exciting gameplay !!!

Sovrath · March 21

Kumapon said:

Non - Stop exciting gameplay !!!

um, that's pretty much what it should be. By all accounts this game is to emulate Everquest but a bit more modern.

This also matches their earlier game play videos except for the new atrociousartdesignthatmakesmewanttocryandraisemyfisttotheheavensandscream"why?!?!?"

cheyane · March 21

Kumapon said:

Non - Stop exciting gameplay !!!

This is almost exactly like how we used to play Everquest. It does not look so bad actually. The art looks okay. It is also very group orientated which isn't surprising at all. Hmm... food for thought.

Scot · March 21

gabrielmosspdx said:

I waited so long for Vanguard; I hung out on forums making up characters with my tentative guildmates, dissected every bit of media coverage in anticipation of its release, and I even participated in a handful of betas… only to be so thoroughly let down by the state it was in at launch!

Tollmartt said:

I have been playing for about 3 months and I'm having so much fun. grouping is great and shows off the skills and working together brings out the strategy you need to defeat some of the mobs. I was worried when they changed the graphics as to me it looked to cartoony but its now looking great and its not even finished. I look forward to playing this amazing game each day. Looking forward to what the future will brings

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waveslayer · March 21

I have watched a couple youtube vids and both of the guys liked the combat and I personally liked the way the game looked, so Pantheon is back on my watch list.

Kirzan · March 25

All of this information is great if you have thousands to drop on a dream.

If not (most people), it means nothing for at least 5 more years or something.

I never understood why these projects gate their testing and core design feedback by wealth. Rich people pay to win at games. It's like "do you believe in us enough to drop a paycheck on us?" ...No, of course not. Are you crazy? A full priced AAA game is already a lot. History has shown that this is business model for this project's scale is doomed to fail.

That or they clearly don't want people's help or feedback, they just want a couple of sugar (grand) daddies.

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