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This, although I think there can be other contributing factors as well. I remember during EQ 1 pre-beta I was chatting with Raph Koster. We were debating PvP, of course, and he kept insisting that there had to be PvP in an MMO because there was no way to make enough PvE content to keep...

I think I agree with you -- porting out and calling it a night works for me. Awesome thread... it twisted and turned a bit, but mostly stayed on track. Great feedback too, thanks. The distinctions between LFG tools and just flagging yourself LFG in chat and shouting you're looking for a...

That seems to be the consensus -- don't do a dungeon finding system.... Unless we do it JUST for the first few tutorial levels. Helping new players find friends right away would probably be good, but as soon as they reach the level where the tutorial and hand holding ends, bye bye dungeon...

Perhaps we integrate extremely-pro-grouping mechanics like teleporting in the initial tutorial levels only?

Guys, thanks for all of the answers -- I will be reading through them in detail tonight. You guys are awesome!

We want traps. Since we have a good physics engine, we think we can bring back traps and actually have them realistically do (bad) things to you.

Hey guys, there's a design idea and issue that we're debating, and we'd really like your feedback. Ok, so Pantheon is about a huge, interesting open world to explore. We don't want people teleporting all over the place, missing out on content and the grandeur of Terminus. So far we've...

Beta in 2 years. Alpha access sooner than that. Perhaps we're not getting the word out about that?

Being able to name a fallen hero, whose essences can be found, allowing you customize your class to some degree by learning new and exotic spells & abilities?

Indeed! Much more is planned. The exclusive capes were easy to implement so we did that first. Definitely more coming!

Actually it will be part of the game. I am a big opponent of doing work just for a demo. Sure, you have to do demos, but don't make it throw-away work if at all possible.

Yes, but the spawn locations would likely vary. And I should say there will be some long spawns. Some people do enjoy camping. I just want those with less time to feel like they are advancing every day too.

Oh yeah, we'll be chatting voice.

Thank you and a big thanks to all of you on this site who helped us out and offered fantastic advise. Much appreciated!

If we were able to pull a Star Citizen and get all of the money needed from crowdsourcing, we would. It's my first choice. Reaching out to a publisher or investor is a 2nd choice, a plan b. Not that I dislike them, but I'd prefer to keep the corporate structure as it is.

We have indeed talked about what we will be doing post-Kickstarter, in various interviews, and on the FAQ: Doesn't it take more than $800k to make an MMO? Yes it does. Our intent for this Kickstarter is first to prove that there's enough of a demand for a group focused game that believes...

He didn't tell me much, and that which he did tell me I'm not at liberty to talk about. But at this point nothing from Vanguard is obtainable.

We have them lined up and they will join once we have funding. This includes plenty of programmers.

Something like that, yes. We're using Climate in a very broad way. It's not just hot and cold. Poison, confusion, different physics, water, silence,.. etc. Also how big the Climate region is can vary. The lava shard in the concept art in the article may be a large region, but then in the...

You'll keep your situational gear on you and you can definite Outfits, so you can quickly change from one to another. The ranger in your post would only be at a disadvantage if he didn't own any frost gear at all. If he has it, he just switches to the Outfit. This is NOT about running back to...

Good summary and I'll be talking a lot more about situational gear and climate now that the article is up.

We're already using some great MMO code and not the Unity network code.

Update: did a lot of interviews today for various sites (this is one of our focus points this week and an important one). Also visited a lot of other sites, fb pages, etc. Anyway, just wanted to let you guys know I'm still around but I can't always follow and keep up with this site, at least...

Yes, the starting continent.

Here's an exclusive: there will be a cloth map. More details to come. (As of fan of the early Ultima maps, I don't ever want to make a game without one!)

Hoping for PC Gamer article tomorrow -- they're running late and have a lot of stories to get up.

Not going dark at all -- just all over the place, that's all

We are told today or tomorrow at the latest.

Most likely a new zone will pop up and be available. We could also change an exiting zone, but I think that will be the exception, not the rule.

True.

Will think on it. Maybe it's on a zone-by-zone basis. btw, Vu just emailed me the zones he did in EQ 1 & 2 so i thought I'd share them: EQ original: Kerra Isle, Rivervale, Grobb, Kaladim, Unrest and Felwithe Kunark: Sebilis, Chardok, Charasis( Howling Stones) and City of Mist Velious...

btw, thanks for the comment on the KS site getting better -- I agree it's not perfect though, and we remain working on it. I will say a lot of the suggestions here have been super helpful and let directly to a lot of the edits/updates.

Working on it.

fixed

More realistic, but we're not going to go nuts like with Vanguard and try to have the latest, greatest DX12+ uber-shaders, lighting, etc. because we want an average game machine to be able to play just fine at launch.

Total darkness in dungeons, for sure. Not really a fan of super dark outdoors... people start to hate when it's night and wish it was morning again.

It's not a slippery slope with us. I hate a lot of instancing, I don't care for games that have a lot of instancing. I've rarely seen it done right, but when it is done right (sparingly) it can be a really cool way to tell a story. I'm talking 90/10 here, or maybe even 95/5.

fixing.

Please elaborate.

Lots of changes and edits. Hopefully better and clearer now. Making third q&a video viewable right now. PC Gamer and new press release in the morning. That's all I can say right now from the shadows of the night.