It has been confirmed that there will be a map, just no gps or minimap.

I tried it, and man I just couldn’t get past the horrible UI and overall bleak and unpolished gameplay. I had high hopes and wanted to like it. Just because they want to have a more hardcore game doesn’t mean it needs to be so dated and empty.

It’s terrible, reminds me of everything I hated in FFXI. You will never feel strong, you will never solo anything

You definitely need more bags

Will they keep working on this though? Or will it end up being an abandoned MMORPG like so many others in development hell? I’ve thought about buying into this,never played EQ and I’m curious how the PvP is.

Love Quarm it has raids instanced so none of the open world drama p99 did really,which means that small/casual guilds get to raid.

I wouldn't say its a bad game, it just a game that should not be played until launch especially since it requires so much time investment in your character. class buffs/nerfs, profession changes, xp changes, resource generation, etc etc could change your whole experience dramatically! it really just needs some QoL and it has some conflicting design elements that don't scream "successor to EQ" to me, more like EQ with a different coat of paint and there is one major design flaw that does not instill confidence in me that they can actually deliver their vision and or produce the launch version in a reasonable time. right now this is a ashes of creation situation who knows how long it will be in alpha. reason being - since Successor to EQ to me means EQ with some modern QOL while still maintaining that core gameplay loop, i.e mob camping, heavy emphasis on community etc etc. i wouldn't recommend it to anyone on the fence since they decided to not have an in-game map which is incredibly tone death and they are completely out of touch with modern gamers and their core audience. when you have multiple threads on /r, official forums asking for in game map, map addons, or where can they go to find a map, video guides on youtube showing how to get to places, hell you even got people in game linking a 3rd party website for a virtual map. you KNOW you have a major core design problem and are out of touch with reality. even THE #1 most popular add on for EQ are MAP PACKS! so not even OG EQ players like the "map" system EQ had lol. right now a huge portion of their success is based solely on Nostalgia. Their Core Audience are grown adults 30+ who grew up on EQ, Ultima, etc and have been itching for that old experience but they will soon dip out since, they are 30+ they don't have the time they used to have as a teenager to grind out 12+ hours a day for 5% xp(higher levels ofc and im being hyperbolic but u get the point) and as the grind and annoyances continue, how many of these people are going to change their mind and go actually nvm, i can't do this anymore. or yep i got my fix, that was fun. ima wait till launch LOL. Also they don't even have the race identies fully fleshed out yet, no racial passives, and there are only two starting zones where each race is suppose to have their own zone. and right now its a massive p.i.a if you don't start in thronefast since wild's end doesn't even seem finished, still WIP. so right now racial identity is not a thing and that is a big part of the game given the heavy emphasis they placed on the world lore and their planned starting cities knowing that depending on your race and how fleshed out the zone is you might even see other races, or you might only see X races who are natually near your starting zone and won't see others for a very long time. which is another contradiction. you know in the original EQ- you could NOT understand other races in chat unless you learned their language via tomes which made cross race parties incredibly difficult. They decided to add some QOL and let other races talk to each other and even team up with each other since iirc some races could not team up - or maybe that just applied to towns. anyways. so they add that QOL in- but not only did they keep EQ map system but made it worse by just removing all maps . HUH?? at least in EQ they gave you maps of the starting zones. also to wrap up. I would also wait till launch to play since they might buff the xp rates and or do some class balances. Right now imagine spending 300+ hours maiming a class to have it nerfed to the ground or changed in a way that you don't like. you could make an argument that they put these xp rates so low on purpose to extend playtime and when it launches they will go and "tweak" things to ease new players into it so all these OG alpha players just all that extra time for nothing.

Ive been enjoying the game quite abit. The pace has been decent last year in terms of development. Hopefully they can earn enough now to hire more people to the team. There are a couple new ones from 2 weeks earlier.

Do you think this game is going to last, or will it die out in a year or two? Genuine question.

I love it, but they need to use the money to hire more people to speed up the process and give me confidence they will continue with it.

I just found Quarm after rolling a barb shaman on p1999 a few weeks ago. After seeing a few vids like yours, I decided to move over to Quarm with another barb shaman 😂. Thanks for putting this out there!

i feel like the abilites and combat is super responsive. not even just coping. maybe its your settings or something? Mine feel just like wow spell casts. and without the pushback when being attacked is nice

lol... not understanding the hotbar or why are they limited....

its bad and good

combat looks so slow they sould just make it turnbased hmm turnbased mmorpg (4 the solo part only ofc) there's an idea

I am really interested in joining up with this game. My only real concern is, i don 't like crafting in MMOs at all. I really enjoy gathering, as you described it in the video, where I can collect items and sell raw materials/ingredients to other players. Would this be a viable way to make money and fund myself throughout a fresh playthrough of the game? Thanks for such a detailed review of the game so far

Why do we need a half-baked version of EverQuest when we still have the real EverQuest. I never stopped playing EverQuest, it would take a BETTER version of EverQuest to get me to leave. This is not it.

Just change the Keybinds to the keys you want them to be, instead of moving the skills to one bar just rebind the keys to the skills you want one 1-0 of quick access keys

Well said! Excellent video, enjoyed your commentary a lot

I will definitely buy it on release, just don't want to play it and have my character get deleted when 1.0 comes out.

I've been following this game for about 10 years. I purchased it and played for a couple hours. The lack of a map is hard for me to get past. I need a map to know where things are.

Alot of your gripes are things that will be ironed out as development goes on, things like the smooth responsiveness of abilities and whatnot is just something that takes time. Also a tip for your groups, if you have a groupmate that won't loot, the group leader can skip them by typing I believe /skiploot

Only reason I havent started this yet is because some friends an I started on EQ live again in sept so i dont wanna drop that just yet. At least the longer o wait the better it will be

I've made a few characters, can't seem to make it to level 2 before losing interest. Idk why it's just not grabbing my attention which totally sucks because I've waited years to play it.

paladin is the most fleshed out class in the game so far, they clearly have spent a lot of time on this class, and it is not bad. the other classes currently are not that great, some are a full copy/paste from EQ like the Ranger, the summoner is an absolute bore with a pet and only 2 same spells you spam over and over if you go past the first zone you are going to find tons of empty space and invisible walls everywhere, the game is maybe 25% finished and that it is a generous estimation my two cents: play a pally human or dwarf, stay in thronefast, do all the quests, craft your weapons and armor and wait for the patches to come and add more content game has 3 to 4 years of more development ahead, minimum and i doubt that the funds brought by early access will be enough to finance it

This game exceeded my expectations. I am an old school 1999-2004 EQ player, and this feels like home to me. This game likely will not do well with most people who started MMOs after WoW, but who knows. Can't wait to see what they add over the next 2 years.

I want this game to succeed but after some hours i became disillusioned by the "similarities" it has to EQ. Its not awful but its far too snappy in its current state. All the character models look the same and in my opinion the running animations are terrible. Makes me wonder what they've been working on for so many years.

I really hate the round-robin system, it's very clunky. When grouping we just leave it as free for all and make a call of what dropped, so people roll and the winner goes and loots it.

does this game have a global chat channel ?

I animations are holding this game back to getting people interested. People complain about the graphics but they are fine. Why the game feels stiff is the animations are not much better than they were 25 years ago in EQ.

A complete rip off of a game from 1999 with slightly better graphics and worse gameplay. Shite game, The people making these videos act like this game has some kind of new concept that wasn't done 25 years ago in EQ1

It’s definitely a grind. Quest exp is negligible. The Developers are pandering to old school blowhards and leaving a LOT of obvious quality of life features that are just stupid to leave out. Give us a god damn map. If you don’t want to use the map, you don’t have to.

You are incredibly good looking 😍

Thing is... this ain't 2001-2004 where you had only 3 MMO's to pick. I get it, the game isn't for everyone, but to what end? Isn't the point of any MMO is to attract more ppl hence more profit for the company? If you gonna catter only to certain audience then you're doomed to fail because you won't be able to generate profit, or rather not enough to sustain and meet the ends. I don't think this gonna work anymore. You already have EQ, and it was great when it did, but the MMO formula has been changed forever.

My biggest issue with Pantheon is the world feels stretched out which results in alot of running to and from hunting/gathering spots. Other than that I hope they keep the difficulty high so players have to get better and work as a team with much less margin of error. It definitely adds to the sense of accomplishment.

Hey! I'm in this video. I'm Calfaxix the Enchanter LOL

I’m 65 hours in and it’s an mmo that’s a breath of fresh air … the bones are super good and polish will come … they have nailed smooth fluid combat and that’s hard to come by in any mmo so few have it … I’ve found no delays in combat in 65 hours I’m impressed a lot so far… I was a pantheon detractor for about the last 3 years until I started playing Early Access Alpha on the 13th

I see no point in this game. We have EverQuest with endless content and then we have this

Been looking forward to this game for years now. May have to dive into the EA release to see how it is.

optimization will be the last thing to happen before full release

Let me help. It's horrible.

just do /skip when they aren't looting on their turn

lul.. amd...

The game is also Alpha stage of development so not optimized yet.

Game is trash.

The abilities are limited to force you to pick and choose what situationally you need, it is intentionally limiting

seems like a combination of some things from eq1 and 2

Great Vid man! Appreciate you playing EQ and uploading it so I can still view this game anytime I want. As someone that played Vanilla EQ and Vanilla WoW, my time in Everquest still holds all of my best experiences and memories in any MMO.

A bit afraid the game will be empty at higher levels. Like 20+. Unity isn't a great engine for mmorpg but it's doable. It has been fun for me as a necro but it need a lot of work.

I am really enjoying the crafting system alot the depth is quite surprising and is laid out well I really liked the fact I didn't feel going to a 3rd party site was needed all the info I needed was there and fairly easy to find. I can't wait to get into the group content. I went into this with my view very colored due to this games development process but I am happy to eat crow this game is quite good so far.