Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

Gask said:

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• Loading/zoning was so much faster than I anticipated. I put the patcher on my mechanical (storage) hard drive, and it downloaded files to the same location. Instead of moving the files, I decided to see how it ran. Very good honestly!
• There was no rubber banding, lagging, etc. Seemed solid, but I believe there was only 40-50 ish people on my server.
• Itemization seemed like they were moving in the right direction. Mobs would often have 2-3 items each, and several of them were tradeskill, quest, etc. My inventory filled up too fast with only 1 bag. I hope this is something they improve on. I started gathering leather and jute to make a bag, but I never managed to get it done. See next point.
• Tradeskill system seemed like it had some serious work behind it. There's tradeskill items everywhere.
• Magic system seemed pretty on par with what I'd expect from a spiritual successor to EQ. Cast times, duration, etc.
• There was persistence between logging out (I know this was a question earlier)
• There was a 'smart target' bound to Tab that worked pretty well! It seemed like it would prioritize mobs in your quest log, or field of view, etc. A small touch, but well received.
• The lighting system was pretty good. Still has room to grow, but it was immersive where it was dark.
• The graphics were not bad at all. A little cartoony, wow-ish - but I'll take it as long as it runs fluid.
• No tutorial or help of any sort. To be expected during an early preview, but something basic would be nice. Just 'hey, here's how your class works'.
• Options menu was very limited. I would have loved to mess with graphics settings a bit because I play across 3x4k monitors and getting framerate and fidelity just right is a balance at high resolutions. Honestly, I'm just happy it supported 11520 x 2160 & 5760 x 1080.
• Needs UI scaling ASAP, and the ability to move around ALL UI elements. I was able to move everything but the menu button and buffs.
• The zone seemed quite large. There was also no map. I'm ok with both of these.
• Character customization seemed like it had some depth. I didn't get to level up much, but there was a 'mastery' type system for individual abilities. It also seemed like classes had 2 primary paths, but I was able to cast spells from both. I'll have to research this a bit more.
• Climbing was dumb, clunky, and is probably wasted development. I hope I'm wrong about this in the future.
• Mobs were pretty tough and some were fast as hell. Got my ass handed to me a lot, even while trying to sprint away. Thumbs up.

krismunich said:

Large Zones and "There was also no map"

Seriously?

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gLobal said:

• Loading/zoning was so much faster than I anticipated. I put the patcher on my mechanical (storage) hard drive, and it downloaded files to the same location. Instead of moving the files, I decided to see how it ran. Very good honestly!

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Nirgon said:

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Daidraco said:

Every zone but dungeons and raids needs to have a map. Cities should be fully explored, and over world zones should have a fog of war like WoW's map discovery.

Amazon Games decided not to have a minimap with New World, so what did the player base do? They incorporated a pixel reader into an overlay and, ta-da, a fucking minimap that auto-updates, and has more features and functionality than the devs want it to have. But theyre the ones that let the cat out of the bag by being pricks about it. How long do these devs, and other indie devs, think it will take before THEY lose the battle to just a fucking pixel reader /yawn.

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Grizzlebeard said:

If the game ever releases I'll be happy for the folks that will be able to play it. I probably won't if I'm honest, I can't dedicate the hours I used to do with EQ and I'll never be happy half-assing it.

I can't help but think the team behind it are disorganised shills who have only managed this long on invester goodwill and if it does eventually launch I don't think that bodes well for just how the players are likely to be treated.

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