Pantheon Rise of the Fallen Early Access in December Thoughts

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Pantheon Rise of the Fallen is moving into Early Access in December of this year : I want to talk about how I feel about this announcement and the details of it. As you probably know, I've been playing through the seasons in this upcoming MMO, and I was playing in pre-alpha prior to that : I've been enthusiastic about this upcoming MMORPG and I've stressed the importance of why I think Pantheon Rise of the Fallen is a big deal for anyone who enjoyed classic pre-World of Warcraft MMOs such as EverQuest or Final Fantasy XI or Dark Age of Camelot - the list goes on. I've championed this MMO through the thick and the thin and we've had plenty of thick controversies and plenty of thin times with little to no updates : I've been one of the few who has continued making content on Pantheon Rise of the Fallen and pushed for their vision and been a down-right good ole' chap about everything that's happened over the many years of development.
One might think I'd be absolutely ecstatic about Pantheon Rise of the Fallen entering a stage where more people around the world can jump in and experience what it has to offer and what makes it special : and the truth is : I am happy about that portion of it : I think for old school MMO fans, Pantheon is still one of the best options we have. Of course, I have to side-conversate that there are now more upcoming options such as the wonderful Monsters & Memories who have shown a much more professional indy approach to MMO development so far in my opinion, but, but, but Pantheon has been moving through these seasons with updates and new content with each season and I've played through them, sometimes with more excitement than others and I REALLY DO enjoy everything they've released so far and I can log into Pantheon and have a great time : My issues aren't at all with the content, or the world design, heck, it's not even the graphic style. My issue is a trust factor with promises made and promises broken over the years, it's something I think almost every Pantheon fan suffers with if you've been along the road long enough.
So, in December 2024 : Pantheon is supposed to release into Early Access : with 6 sprawling zones which include : Thronefast (which is already complete and playable), Avendyr's Pass (which is playable now), Halnir's Cave (Which just became playable recently), Silent Plains, Eastern Plains and Wild's End. With the pace of development so far and only three of those six available, it means that 3 whole zones will be completed in the next few months and available to test on a grand scale with a ton of new faces giving Pantheon a chance. It's a bit hard for me to swallow that and believe it : Their team size has shrunk and based on past releases and the pace of development, it feels overwhelmingly impossible.
But that's not all my friends, even though we can only play as one race now with still limited animations : the human race, for Early Access we are being promised : the Ogres, Elves, Dark Myr, Dwarves and Halflings : somehow rigged and animated at least on par with the humans? I think? In a few months time.. somehow.
But wait, that's still not all, we're also going to get classes, which we can level to around level 40, while at this time most of these classes tap out at level 20 : so I mean yes, this all sounds exciting and grab a time-machine and throw the Nathan Napalm in it and dial it back 4 years ago and I would have been preaching to the skies about how exciting and awesome this is and would have actually believed in it with 100% certainty and approval.
Take a raggidy Nathan you see before you today and I'm skeptical : Here's the deal : I hope it works out, I hope they can really pull this off, if they do, I'll be nerding out and pumping out videos and showing it off and I'll really celebrate it, because it would be a monumental occassion : A time that Pantheon released something to the public in a time-frame that is true and accurate.
The reality is : that I expect the zones won't be very fleshed out, be a little bare-bones, the classes will have some major issues and the races will not all actually be working or be running around in T-Poses around the world of Terminus. And listen, that's OKAY when your developing the game in a pre-alpha environment. Or even in a "Pre-Release Season" environment, but when Visionary Realms starts tossing out words like, "Early Access" and starts inviting people in who, no matter WHAT IS SAID, no matter the communication will treat this like a game that is finished but just hasn't fully launched : they will expect it to be an MMO that is fully functional, they will expect something that feels somewhat polished and fully playable to some certain extent at the very least : and then the dogs are unleashed on this project which has already taken more bites, scratches, rips and tears than a 10 cent lady of the night, it's just not going to be good for anybody.

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