Hey Folks,
Here is an interview Brad did with HAO Gamers that we wanted to share, hope you all enjoy it! :)
http://haogamers.com/blog/2016/07/11/taking-the-high-road-pantheon/
Good interview. Didn't know you still weren't fully funded... I might have to upgrade my pledge. ;)
Excellent interview.
Also read http://haogamers.com/blog/2016/04/19/the-lesson-behind-the-fall-of-everquest-next/
Is anything ever fully funded?
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zewtastic said:Excellent interview.
Also read http://haogamers.com/blog/2016/04/19/the-lesson-behind-the-fall-of-everquest-next/
Is anything ever fully funded?
They have some good articles over at HAO Gamers :)
Nimryl said:Good interview. Didn't know you still weren't fully funded... I might have to upgrade my pledge. ;)
Yeah that's news to me as well actually. I'm convinced I remember a quote from Kilsin a few months back saying something along the lines of "if all pledges stopped right now, we'd be able to finish the game" but I can't find it now of course.
Have things changed, have budgets slipped, or was the original quote just not as concrete as I remember it to be? Would appreciate clarification @Kilsin :)
Caesium said:Nimryl said:Good interview. Didn't know you still weren't fully funded... I might have to upgrade my pledge. ;)
Yeah that's news to me as well actually. I'm convinced I remember a quote from Kilsin a few months back saying something along the lines of "if all pledges stopped right now, we'd be able to finish the game" but I can't find it now of course.
Have things changed, have budgets slipped, or was the original quote just not as concrete as I remember it to be? Would appreciate clarification @Kilsin :)
No, nothing like that was said by me, we have said previously that we will continue to make this game even without funding, it will just take longer but the subscriptions and pledge purchases help us a lot.
He had me at the Tolkien quote :) I want to upgrade my pledge as well but I am waiting to see how raids are being done. I am a raider at heart and I need a competitive raiding endgame but if that is done well I will be updating my pledge to help with the funding as well!
It is also neat to learn how far things like Unity have taken the MMORPG genre making it "easier" to get started. (I use that term very lightly...)
Very nice read on both articles.
Thanks to Brad for taking the time to do the interview!
Regarding EQN, I was pretty psyched when I first heard about it. I signed up for the explorer's package for myself and my wife when they introduced EQN Landmark (which later dropped the EQN from the name). Once they introduced combat, I became very disappointed. It seemed like things went in a direction that I didn't understand. This article's quote from Dave made a lot of sense.
EQN / Landmark is just another unwise investment I made that left me with a bad feeling towards buying into a game before it was complete. I had been torn between signing up for one of the pledge packages because of it and other games that have failed. I'd visit the Pantheon site almost daily and look over the packages but was held back from pledging.
Last night I made the decision to sign up for the Knights Pledge.
Everything I've read and seen about Pantheon indicates that it will be the next great MMO. I hold back my support for this game because of the failures of other games.
Now I struggle with whether or not I should upgrade my pledge or buy my wife a pledge as well... or both.
Arkoll said:Very nice read on both articles.
Thanks to Brad for taking the time to do the interview!
Regarding EQN, I was pretty psyched when I first heard about it. I signed up for the explorer's package for myself and my wife when they introduced EQN Landmark (which later dropped the EQN from the name). Once they introduced combat, I became very disappointed. It seemed like things went in a direction that I didn't understand. This article's quote from Dave made a lot of sense.
EQN / Landmark is just another unwise investment I made that left me with a bad feeling towards buying into a game before it was complete. I had been torn between signing up for one of the pledge packages because of it and other games that have failed. I'd visit the Pantheon site almost daily and look over the packages but was held back from pledging.
Last night I made the decision to sign up for the Knights Pledge.
Everything I've read and seen about Pantheon indicates that it will be the next great MMO. I hold back my support for this game because of the failures of other games.
Now I struggle with whether or not I should upgrade my pledge or buy my wife a pledge as well... or both.
Nice, welcome, Arkoll :)
