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I'll say it again, Pantheon will be huge

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  • FeyshteyFeyshtey Member UncommonPosts: 137
    edited February 2017
    Gdemami said:
    Kyleran said:
    Give players a game with features they really want for which there few options and people will pay for it.
    That is the thing, Pantheon seems to be collecting all the things players do not want and left behind...

     I'm not familiar with the council of gamers that have declared what all gamers want. Could you point me to their website? Or to any of their objective polls that show all are in agreement with you? 

    -Feyshtey-

  • GdemamiGdemami Member EpicPosts: 12,342
    Feyshtey said:
     I'm not familiar with the council of gamers that have declared what all gamers want.
    It is called market.
  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    edited February 2017
    Feyshtey said:
    Gdemami said:
    Kyleran said:
    Give players a game with features they really want for which there few options and people will pay for it.
    That is the thing, Pantheon seems to be collecting all the things players do not want and left behind...

     I'm not familiar with the council of gamers that have declared what all gamers want. Could you point me to their website? Or to any of their objective polls that show all are in agreement with you? 
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    I think it's important to point out that a lot of what gets discussed here, has not been officially decided on as being implemented into the game. Things like death penalties are still somewhat up in the air it seems.

    That said, it's no secret it was a push by players that did away with things like corpse runs, regression, mob camping, open free for all dungeons etc... Most of that push took place pre-WOW. WOW simply took many of those steps farther. 

    I remember the hardcore push to rid SWG of corpse runs as an example, as well as the many complaints about fighting over mobs/bosses/ dungeons in early MMORPGs. Those were some of the main complaints about the genre back then, as well as bemoaning mob grinding and wanting it replaced with something of more substance (hence questing).... 

    Was everyone complaining about those things? Probably not... Yet it was enough to push for major changes in the design of these games going forward.

    For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson


  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,435
    edited February 2017
    Gdemami said:
    Kyleran said:
    Yet CCP/EVE manages to do so, weird isn't it?
    EVE released in 2003.
     - Irrelevant, MMORPG landscape is more of a wasteland today than back then.
    EVE needed years to get that number.
     -True. May take this title the same.
    EVE was top notch graphics, highly polished game when it launched.
    - Being it has limited graphics not surprising what they had was good.
    EVE had/has no competition.
     -How many other PVE centric, old school MMORPGs are currently in development besides this one?
    EVE, just like WOW, is an outlier case(yeah, I know you have issues with those and deduction in general) that managed to get steady sub growth over the years.
     -They are outliers true, doesn't mean this title can't be. BTW, once you start with the insults and LOLs I know you've run out of of valid points to make. (basically I "win") ;)

    Pantheon is no way near position EVE got when it launched.
     -Hard to say, the opportunity is there, not sure they can pull it off however.

    iirc, VR are aiming for 30-50k subs, which is somewhat realistic but imo still grossly optimistic. 
     -We agree on something! VR is a non starter in my book, gamers are basically lazy and don't want to be moving all about.

    Kyleran said:
    Give players a game with features they really want for which there few options and people will pay for it.
    That is the thing, Pantheon seems to be collecting all the things players do not want and left behind...
    So you say. I am currently playing online with 4000 others in an old school DAOC shard who are all there for its design.

    No, doesn't mean this game will get 150K, but you never know.

    You know what is really strange? You are one of the only posters who can make me take an optimistic position on a game I'll likely never play. :p

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  • postlarvalpostlarval Member EpicPosts: 2,003
    edited February 2017
    "I'll say it again, Pantheon will be huge..."

    ...said at least one person on MMORPG.com about every single game listed on the site.  

    ______________________________________________________________________
    ~~ postlarval ~~

  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,041
    "I'll say it again, Pantheon will be huge..."

    ...said at least one person on MMORPG.com about every single game listed on the site.  

    Scarlet Blade likes to have a word with you...

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir
    'the only way he could nail it any better is if he used a cross.'

    Kyleran on yours sincerely 


    'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'

    Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...



    'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless. 

    It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.

    It is just huge resource waste....'

    Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer

  • LoudWisperLoudWisper Member UncommonPosts: 76
    Distopia said:
    Feyshtey said:
    Gdemami said:
    Kyleran said:
    Give players a game with features they really want for which there few options and people will pay for it.
    That is the thing, Pantheon seems to be collecting all the things players do not want and left behind...

     I'm not familiar with the council of gamers that have declared what all gamers want. Could you point me to their website? Or to any of their objective polls that show all are in agreement with you? 
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    his^  mine>
     
    I think it's important to point out that a lot of what gets discussed here, has not been officially decided on as being implemented into the game. Things like death penalties are still somewhat up in the air it seems.

    That said, it's no secret it was a push by players that did away with things like corpse runs, regression, mob camping, open free for all dungeons etc... Most of that push took place pre-WOW. WOW simply took many of those steps farther. 

    I remember the hardcore push to rid SWG of corpse runs as an example, as well as the many complaints about fighting over mobs/bosses/ dungeons in early MMORPGs. Those were some of the main complaints about the genre back then, as well as bemoaning mob grinding and wanting it replaced with something of more substance (hence questing).... 

    Was everyone complaining about those things? Probably not... Yet it was enough to push for major changes in the design of these games going forward.
    its all nostalgia goggles now 
  • CrazKanukCrazKanuk Member EpicPosts: 6,130
    lahnmir said:
    "I'll say it again, Pantheon will be huge..."

    ...said at least one person on MMORPG.com about every single game listed on the site.  

    Scarlet Blade likes to have a word with you...

    /Cheers,
    Lahnmir

    Ummmmm, it was huge. Well it has physics for huge things anyway. I was as surprised as anyone when that failed. 

    Crazkanuk

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    Durnzig - 90 Paladin - Emerald
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    Brindell - 90 Warrior - Emerald Dream - US
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  • LokeroLokero Member RarePosts: 1,514
    Kyleran said:
    Gdemami said:

    iirc, VR are aiming for 30-50k subs, which is somewhat realistic but imo still grossly optimistic. 
     -We agree on something! VR is a non starter in my book, gamers are basically lazy and don't want to be moving all about.


    Oh, Kyleran, you silly cat... :lol:
  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,435
    Lokero said:
    Kyleran said:
    Gdemami said:

    iirc, VR are aiming for 30-50k subs, which is somewhat realistic but imo still grossly optimistic. 
     -We agree on something! VR is a non starter in my book, gamers are basically lazy and don't want to be moving all about.


    Oh, Kyleran, you silly cat... :lol:
    Well I am definitely lazy....perhaps i should have been more specific.  ;)

    "True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde 

    "I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant

    Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm

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    Don't just play games, inhabit virtual worlds™

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  • NanfoodleNanfoodle Member LegendaryPosts: 10,610
    Distopia said:
    Xodic said:
    Niche doesn't mean small...
    And yes, I would rather it be focused on a certain type of player rather than trying to shoehorn every possible player into the same game. 
    A "certain" type of player sounds rather showhorned to me. I'd argue it's probably harder to gain a good solid longterm base if you're just attractive to a certain type of player. This is the central issue with many MMOs today, they're hyper-focused on story or achievement based game-play, there's no care given to other aspects of the game. The same issue permeates the indie scene in their PVP focused titles, that just devolve into wolves hunting wolves. Older MMO's weren't so solitary in their focus, there was more often than not, a more diverse playing field. 
       It dose not need be huge to succeed. Having a game be it small or large, focusing on great game play and reply value. That alone will break the current market model. Most developers have become so lost on making every MMO for every gamer, they lost sight of what kept MMO fans gaming. 

    I see Pantheon more like a small snowball. If pushed down the right hill side, could end up like EQ1. A large enough supporters to make this a long term profitable project, over what we have been getting as MMO fans, large box sales. Launching in waves globally to fast track sales. Ending up with a skeleton of gamers a few years later. Most MMOs seem to be shooting stars. 

    Developer need to start to learn to build MMOs from the ground up with attrition in mind. Stop making classes and content that need no other class to support them. If your not doing so, you're not really building an MMO for MMO fans. You are at that point making a game to consume and walk away from. 
  • DullahanDullahan Member EpicPosts: 4,536
    CrazKanuk said:
    Kyleran said:
    Gdemami said:
    I think it will do fine. Well enough for Brad and Co to consider it a success. It is a niche game within a niche genre so I would project 150,000 to 225,000 average subs at best. Which is a success according to Brad. They don't need WOW numbers. They are not working with a WOW budget. 
    Even for AAA mainstream titles subscription model is unsustainable. 150k subs for Pantheon is awfully delusional.
    Yet CCP/EVE manages to do so, weird isn't it?

    FFXIV, SWTOR, L1, heck maybe even AA or BDO likely have that many subs or patrons.

    Give players a game with features they really want for which there few options and people will pay for it.

    $15 a month just isn't that much money.

    To be fair, though, you're quoting AAA titles and EVE, who was once the second most subbed game is now seeing subscriptions fall off to 2012 levels. I agree with both @Gdemami and @blueturtle13 though. I agree that 150k subs is delusional, but I agree with BlueTurtle that 150k is probably the absolute, best-case scenario cap for a niche market. So it really comes down to this, "Will Pantheon be the greatest game of all time?" That's how Pantheon gets to 150k subs. The problem is the North American market. Nobody wants to pay for shit! Has there even been an MMO that's lasted 1 year on the subscription-only model in the last 5 years? Shit, SWTOR didn't even make it a year, did it? 

    This game won't fly in the massive Asia-Pacific market, because it's being designed specifically for the North American market, so it should be interesting to see if America will step up and make MMOs great again in 2017!
    Nobody wants to pay for shit, you're absolutely right. When someone releases an MMO that's not, a willingness to pay will not be an issue.


  • Mylan12Mylan12 Member UncommonPosts: 288
    I saw the same complaining when Vanguard was being developed. To be successful it need this feature or that or it couldn't do something this way and so on. I beta tested that game from late alpha to release and it seem to me that they listen too much to the masses. To me at least the game was more fun early in beta than it was later on. They seem to keep trying to add things to please the masses (that probably were never going to play the game anyway) and the result was a less fun and unfinished game. 
     I am glad that the official forum is behind a pay window and I hope VR sticks to the vision they have for the game and release polished game for the players that the game is designed for.

     As far as for SWTOR not making a year in the subscription model. I doubt any single player MMORPG will ever be successful as other than a FTP model. And people playing single player MMORPG will do as I did, go play them when they have new content and leave when you have finished.
    Not many group based PVE MMORPG around so I think Pantheon will have a decent market.
  • JacobinJacobin Member RarePosts: 1,009
    edited February 2017
    The kickstarter occurred right when Kickstarter was really popular and still only attracted around 3100 backers.

    Even if the game sold 10 TIMES that amount, the ceiling is 30k most of whom will leave after the free month.

    A PVE based mmorpg with no budget can't work and the vast majority of people are not interested in a slow grind and sitting in town spamming LF tank for 5 hours.

    The lead also has a terrible reputation and track record and already stole money from the project.

    Only a few diehards actually care about this game and all you are doing is sponsoring Brads lifestyle. The rest of us are here just to watch it crash and burn just like the kickstarter so we can finally see this dilapidated game design that was rejected a decade ago die.

    Just play FF14 if you want an ultra traditional mmo. There is no way Pantheon can get to even 1% of what that game offers with its present budget,
  • AmsaiAmsai Member UncommonPosts: 299
    Jacobin said:
    The kickstarter occurred right when Kickstarter was really popular and still only attracted around 3100 backers.

    Even if the game sold 10 TIMES that amount, the ceiling is 30k most of whom will leave after the free month.

    A PVE based mmorpg with no budget can't work and the vast majority of people are not interested in a slow grind and sitting in town spamming LF tank for 5 hours.

    The lead also has a terrible reputation and track record and already stole money from the project.

    Only a few diehards actually care about this game and all you are doing is sponsoring Brads lifestyle. The rest of us are here just to watch it crash and burn just like the kickstarter so we can finally see this dilapidated game design that was rejected a decade ago die.

    Just play FF14 if you want an ultra traditional mmo. There is no way Pantheon can get to even 1% of what that game offers with its present budget,

    What are you even talking about? This game just keeps picking up more steam. And each day they prove that they can do it. That's why the negativity about this game has decreased so dramatically. And hey this game might not be to your liking, but I think you are being a bit dramatic in your ................speculation.


    FFXIV is nothing like what this game will be so I really don't understand your angle. I mean it is a pretty game, but its about as deep as the kiddie pool. Rundgeons and dance-dance revolution encounters with ultra gamified mechanics. That isn't a world of adventure, its a series of game matches.


  • HrimnirHrimnir Member RarePosts: 2,415
    As I have said before, I think many will be eating their words when the game does well. No I don't mean 500k to 1 mil. subs, I mean maybe anywhere from 50 up to 150k. I think it is reasonable but hey we will see I guess.

    Nah, they'll just go and delete posts and do mental gymnastics and say things like "well, I said X, but what I "meant" was Y". Etc etc.

    "The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

    - Friedrich Nietzsche

  • Tiamat64Tiamat64 Member RarePosts: 1,545
    edited February 2017
    drivendawn said:
    As I have said before, I think many will be eating their words when the game does well. No I don't mean 500k to 1 mil. subs, I mean maybe anywhere from 50 up to 150k. I think it is reasonable but hey we will see I guess.
    I'm not sure if 50 to 150k is worth eating words for. 
  • ShaighShaigh Member EpicPosts: 2,142
    As I have said before, I think many will be eating their words when the game does well. No I don't mean 500k to 1 mil. subs, I mean maybe anywhere from 50 up to 150k. I think it is reasonable but hey we will see I guess.
    Good sales, poor initial retention. Lots of people will jump on the train because people buy mmorpg without even knowing what game they bought which starts endless complaints. Fans will talk about how much the game sold, detractors will say that the game failed because people left, no-one will care of reality unless it fits their narrative.

    I would be extremely surprised if they could keep 100k subscribers a year after the full release, that prediction goes for Camelot Unchained as well.
    Iselin: And the next person who says "but it's a business, they need to make money" can just go fuck yourself.
  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    edited February 2017
    Mylan12 said:
    I saw the same complaining when Vanguard was being developed. To be successful it need this feature or that or it couldn't do something this way and so on. I beta tested that game from late alpha to release and it seem to me that they listen too much to the masses. To me at least the game was more fun early in beta than it was later on. They seem to keep trying to add things to please the masses (that probably were never going to play the game anyway) and the result was a less fun and unfinished game. 
     I am glad that the official forum is behind a pay window and I hope VR sticks to the vision they have for the game and release polished game for the players that the game is designed for.

     As far as for SWTOR not making a year in the subscription model. I doubt any single player MMORPG will ever be successful as other than a FTP model. And people playing single player MMORPG will do as I did, go play them when they have new content and leave when you have finished.
    Not many group based PVE MMORPG around so I think Pantheon will have a decent market.
    It will certainly put many theories to task for sure, as game mechanics vs player tendency has been a long running debate here. As long as I can remember reading posts in these parts, that's been the main long running topic of debate.

     Considering the game is polished enough with a decent level of production value. It's success will largely depend on there being enough people who are driven by the mechanics to become social during their game-time. 

    I personally think it's people in general who have become more antisocial, due to tech opening up so many ways in the real world to avoid real communication. 

    For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson


  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    edited February 2017
    Hrimnir said:
    As I have said before, I think many will be eating their words when the game does well. No I don't mean 500k to 1 mil. subs, I mean maybe anywhere from 50 up to 150k. I think it is reasonable but hey we will see I guess.

    Nah, they'll just go and delete posts and do mental gymnastics and say things like "well, I said X, but what I "meant" was Y". Etc etc.
    Many? most seem to be expecting those numbers (50k-150K)... Only a couple people have said it will be less. I think you guys have to remember what the premise of this thread started out as. (Pantheon being HUGE).. That's what the "many" are really arguing against.

    I don't think it's a secret that this is going to be a niche title. It really boils down to whether 50-150k is to be considered a success. If that's the target that's fine. Personal subjective expectations aside, it's really what works for VR that matters.  

    For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson


  • SavageHorizonSavageHorizon Member EpicPosts: 3,466
    And 150k is just right imo. 




  • EvorasXEvorasX Member UncommonPosts: 6
    I suspect any independent developer would be happy with a core subscriber-base of 50-150k accounts. Remember, this is not F2P where you need high volume churn to generate ca$h via micro-transactions, but a monthly subscription model. This, then, becomes a question of content and longevity.

    Fun gameplay gets people hooked and both breadth of content and scale of social interaction determine longevity. If it can maintain these, it will outlast the more ephemeral titles that pop up today and are gone tomorrow ... not to mention the games which the jaded player base find lacking in challenge and swiftly grow bored of.

    Perhaps 50-150k is right ... perhaps not,
    ... but with longevity this can, and likely will, grow steadily.
  • DullahanDullahan Member EpicPosts: 4,536
    edited February 2017
    Pantheon will pull 150k if they launch early, missing features, but playable. If they launch with what they're gunning for, adequate content, polished and complete, 150 will be surpassed before they even get into open beta.


  • CrazKanukCrazKanuk Member EpicPosts: 6,130
    Dullahan said:
    CrazKanuk said:
    Kyleran said:
    Gdemami said:
    I think it will do fine. Well enough for Brad and Co to consider it a success. It is a niche game within a niche genre so I would project 150,000 to 225,000 average subs at best. Which is a success according to Brad. They don't need WOW numbers. They are not working with a WOW budget. 
    Even for AAA mainstream titles subscription model is unsustainable. 150k subs for Pantheon is awfully delusional.
    Yet CCP/EVE manages to do so, weird isn't it?

    FFXIV, SWTOR, L1, heck maybe even AA or BDO likely have that many subs or patrons.

    Give players a game with features they really want for which there few options and people will pay for it.

    $15 a month just isn't that much money.

    To be fair, though, you're quoting AAA titles and EVE, who was once the second most subbed game is now seeing subscriptions fall off to 2012 levels. I agree with both @Gdemami and @blueturtle13 though. I agree that 150k subs is delusional, but I agree with BlueTurtle that 150k is probably the absolute, best-case scenario cap for a niche market. So it really comes down to this, "Will Pantheon be the greatest game of all time?" That's how Pantheon gets to 150k subs. The problem is the North American market. Nobody wants to pay for shit! Has there even been an MMO that's lasted 1 year on the subscription-only model in the last 5 years? Shit, SWTOR didn't even make it a year, did it? 

    This game won't fly in the massive Asia-Pacific market, because it's being designed specifically for the North American market, so it should be interesting to see if America will step up and make MMOs great again in 2017!
    Nobody wants to pay for shit, you're absolutely right. When someone releases an MMO that's not, a willingness to pay will not be an issue.

    Honestly, I think that the biggest think that Pantheon has going for it is a strong and loyal fan base (to the game and also to Brad). So I feel like there will be a group of people who are more than willing to pay for the game. However, what is the size of that group? What is the size you need in order to remain viable? If your group of fans is larger than the size you need to remain viable, then you're probably going to be just fine. That's not putting specific numbers on it, though, because I think people are setting up the game to fail here, quoting numbers from thin air based on nothing more than speculation. Realistically, you need to create a game that can survive on minimal numbers, especially when it's a niche game like this. Also, you're delusional if you think this is a mainstream game. It isn't! So, really, all people are doing when they say shit like "Pantheon will be huge!!!" is setting the game up to fail, which is sad. It doesn't NEED to be huge. In fact, people shouldn't WANT it to be huge because that's when it needs to dilute itself and cater to the masses. 

    Crazkanuk

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    Azarelos - 90 Hunter - Emerald
    Durnzig - 90 Paladin - Emerald
    Demonicron - 90 Death Knight - Emerald Dream - US
    Tankinpain - 90 Monk - Azjol-Nerub - US
    Brindell - 90 Warrior - Emerald Dream - US
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  • DullahanDullahan Member EpicPosts: 4,536
    DMKano said:
    EvorasX said:
    I suspect any independent developer would be happy with a core subscriber-base of 50-150k accounts. Remember, this is not F2P where you need high volume churn to generate ca$h via micro-transactions, but a monthly subscription model. This, then, becomes a question of content and longevity.

    Fun gameplay gets people hooked and both breadth of content and scale of social interaction determine longevity. If it can maintain these, it will outlast the more ephemeral titles that pop up today and are gone tomorrow ... not to mention the games which the jaded player base find lacking in challenge and swiftly grow bored of.

    Perhaps 50-150k is right ... perhaps not,
    ... but with longevity this can, and likely will, grow steadily.

    No MMORPG has demonstrated steady sustainable growth year after year.

    Even WoW which grew immensly hit the inevitable decline.

    So based on what model and data are you coming up with steady growth?
    Nobody said perpetual sustained growth. Both EQ and WoW had sustained growth for many years.


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