Pantheon Rise of the Fallen | Astray the Ranger | Episode 1

[@RekitRogue]

3 hours of me playing Pantheon and talking about nothing. See you out there nerds!

[@CheopisIV]

Love it! I'm one of the weirdos who also loves the CRs and XP loss. Ollllld Schoooool. It's the one thing that absolutely kills new MMOs and modern EQ for me. Nothing matters in those games...

[@RekitRogue]

@@CheopisIV Death in an OG game will teach you to FAFO 😂

[@Tenroh92]

While I like your ideas regarding a map I also really like to not have a map at all too. I absolutely disliked it at first but now that I've played quite a decent amount I realized that not having a map makes exploring a lot more fun to me. You pay waaay more attention to your surroundings and explore way more than you would if you had a map. Also you learn a lot more about the game world over time like where you can find certain mobs, dungeons or NPCs. Considering that we can climb and swim you can even find some decent shortcuts this way. A world just loses a lot of it's magic if you mindlessly run straight from point A to point B while looking at a map for half of your journey. It definitely has it's downsides but also a fair amount of benefits and given that this game isn't your typical "rush to endgame and quit a week later" I don't mind to lose some time here and there due to not having a map. Anyways, great video!

[@RekitRogue]

@@Tenroh92 I love it! Mastering the wild, seeking fun and exploring new places. A map does remove some of that enjoyment and can create the A to B scenario. I wish there was a way to appease both a lore friendly and engaging map system, but also leave room for the thrill of the unknown. Like if a Cartography system only existed for dungeons or something, I'm not sure, I'm just tossing darts in the dark I suppose 😂 Also, thank you.

[@Khain232]

Dude, love your series'. Always good shit and a great laugh. Thank you for these.

[@RekitRogue]

@@Khain232 I am humbled by your kindness brother. Thank you. 🍻

[@jaimerivera2382]

I can confirm that it's not about nostalgia. I never played EQ or Runescape or anything like them. My first "real" MMO was World of Warcraft. What I loved about it was the journey - going out into this big, unknown world, gaining levels, doing quests, slowly gearing up over time, spending hours in the same dungeon. There's a quote out there that, given enough time and a large enough player base, players will optimize the fun out of the game. And that's what we see with so many MMOs and games out there nowadays. It's kind of rough, if you stop and think about it, though. Game designers want a large player base, as player base = money. But, by making these games so approachable, and making the player base significantly larger, removing whatever friction that exists in the game causes players who *liked* that friction to get turned off. It's an interesting juxtaposition. Thanks to these videos, I'm semi-considering picking this up. What worries me personally is just that I already have another MMO I've devoted a significant amount of time to that I want to devote a significant amount of additional time to. But this is also scratching that journey itch that a lot of other MMO's don't have.

[@RekitRogue]

@@jaimerivera2382 A very interesting topic and insight! Thank you for sharing this. 🙏 I absolutely agree, players over a time period seem to chase the "meta-play" over the "fun-play" and as you said optimize out the fun. With difficulty comes the ability to fail and failing offers the options to give up or learn. Many will quit and few will learn. With quiting comes abandonment, and the devs can't have that so they loosen the reigns of failure and their game becomes too easy. Turning a proving ground into a Barbie party. Very cool topic of discussion. Thank you. 🍻

[@Musically-aMused]

"Ayelis, it was a handful of feet.." That is gold lol. hand full of feet hahah

[@Dranksinatrax]

I’ve never even played an MMO before but your videos are too dope & convinced me to buy Pantheon

[@RekitRogue]

@@Dranksinatrax Thank you friend for your kind words and I hope your adventures are badass! 🍻 Also welcome to the toxic wheelhouse that is the MMO genre!! 😂

[@xjackson2910]

This is a game i alqays thought about playijg but never could figure out if it was worth it or not. Happy to watch an entertaining channel to find out.

[@RekitRogue]

@@xjackson2910 Thank you brother! 🍻

[@SigilGM]

Big-daddy wiggle waggle Ogre physics! I'M IN! I've been watching off and on today and just got to that part. LOL

[@RekitRogue]

@@SigilGM 🤣 I knew you'd be all for the jiggly big-guy!

[@blackfox10581]

One thing to note, tracking, if you leave it wide open and unfiltered, will cause lag if you leave the page open because of how huge the range is.

[@RekitRogue]

@@blackfox10581 Indeed!! Feels like I can track the whole damn zone 😂

[@Hassler247]

Haha I love it! Looking forward to more episodes

[@RekitRogue]

@@Hassler247 Episode 2 coming soon brother. Thank you. 🍻

[@bernatzmark]

Okay.... your offhand comments while grinding are AMAZING!! I've been taking breaks from watching to this video because I'm laughing too much! I loved that you dropped all items on your to-do list when you found the Tyranical Checken Menace and made a bee line for it! And you were right.... he shoulda dropped something epic..... a Shiv or a blackjack maybe.... I mean don't all menaces carry blackjacks and shivs???

[@RekitRogue]

@@bernatzmark RIGHT!? Where TF is my reward for saving the town!! Lol. Also thank you for your kind words friend. 🙏

[@bernatzmark]

Love listening to your mental download.... FYI once your inventory was full I noticed you didn't skin because the corpses had loot you couldn't take... If you hold the CTL button it'll allow you to skin w/out looting. Keep up the Pantheon content! Cheers!

[@RekitRogue]

@@bernatzmark Oh shit!! Operation Ctrl Skin is a go!! Also thank you for the kind words and encouragement friend. 🍻

[@mycanthrope1825]

Ranger is pretty fun - fun fact I didn’t know to make ranger bows ( I took leather working and woodworking or however they are laid out) you need copper ingots - this was a fun thing to find out lol

[@mycanthrope1825]

Also that guard in the newb area is a KSing jerk the range on him is obscene , commenting as I watch at times lol

[@RekitRogue]

@@mycanthrope1825 That guard was pissing me off! 🤣😂

[@RekitRogue]

@@mycanthrope1825 Yeah I just bought one from another player, 1sp per bar. I'm not sure the "going rate" on copper, BUTT I needed one 😂

[@mycanthrope1825]

@@RekitRogue that guard is the only reason I almost rage quit so far - 3 skellies in a row had weapons and I was like “yeeeah!” Only to have guard killjoy sprint from narnia and chain kill them

[@mycanthrope1825]

@@RekitRogue I’ll have to beguile with the saga of me and copper ingots..misinformation led to a ton of frustrations it was an ordeal lol

[@SigilGM]

LOL that chat bug! I had everything saying "eat ur veggies" to me the other day and was like...what? get off me!

[@RekitRogue]

@@SigilGM 🤣😂

[@hiwalker1718]

Omg awesome, never laughed so. 😂 great content and even better advice. Have a great day.

[@RekitRogue]

@@hiwalker1718 Thank you friend, you also have an amazing day. 🍻

[@SigilGM]

As we all know at this point, I'm really decisive on picking a character. I've done this beginning stuff 11 times now (some redo after switching servers) and yet I am still entertained. :)

[@RekitRogue]

@@SigilGM Dredge is the man!

[@SigilGM]

@@RekitRogue Definitely, really enjoyed that grouping last night and geting to flex into healing. Very cool!

[@RekitRogue]

@SigilGM I'm smelling a dynamic Trio!! Tev the angry cleric, Dredge the gentle giant and Astray... The dipshit. 😂 🍻

[@culper89]

I totally agree about the map. There is no reason, whatsoever, to not have one. I don’t care if it shows where you are. It’s not hard to read a map.

[@SigilGM]

I really really like the idea of making it a skill in-game and then having interesting versions of the map floating around.

[@Deathrydar]

As long as they do not add your characters location to the map, there is no downside.

[@Hassler247]

Pretty sure they will eventually have static maps available as you enter new areas down the line

[@masonking2253]

I enjoy your EQ content brother. Im an oldschool Vallon Zek EQ player and recently picked this up to try.

[@RekitRogue]

Badass man! I hope to see you out there. Also Thank you! 🍻

[@CatDadDave]

Heya brochacho old school VZ player here. I am so excited for when the PvP Test servers drop 🙂

[@tordb]

I HATE how you can't see anything at night. It seriously sucks.

[@RekitRogue]

@@tordb I need a lantern or a magic necklace, or the light of a gawdaymn tinkerbell companion!! I can't see shit in this glade! 😂

[@Deathrydar]

I do not believe there is anywhere you can go to not be hit by your target once engaged. I tested yesterday by aggroing a MoB and then climbing up a large mountain. I stayed in combat when I reached the top, and after about 5 seconds, the mob teleported to my location on the mountain. Maybe he climbed....who knows.

[@RekitRogue]

@@Deathrydar Yeeeeeah... I figured it was some Bullshit like that. Oh well, fight or run it is. 😂 🍻

[@Deathrydar]

@@RekitRogue It would be beyond kick-ass if you could strategically place yourself in a location where you couldn't be hit But..... Asshats would exploit it. This is why we can't have nice things....

[@RekitRogue]

@Deathrydar The asshats be out there brother. Instead I think I'll just hire an ingame bodyguard to block the enemies for me. 😂

[@michealjones3297]

Good josb Ash trey

[@RekitRogue]

@@michealjones3297 shhhank yuuu

[@Odexian]

Watchguard Hyan is a helicopter guard. So afraid you might stub a toe. 😅

[@RekitRogue]

@@Odexian Dude thinks he's the main character. 😂

[@Odexian]

I am the octopus 🐙

[@RekitRogue]

@Odexian 🤣😂

[@dubecheck]

Alrighty, about to start this Bastard up, Wish me luck.

[@RekitRogue]

@@dubecheck Good luck brother!! 🍻

[@dubecheck]

@@RekitRogue Oh man I stayed up Way to late playing this game.

[@RekitRogue]

@dubecheck How was the adventure brother?

[@dubecheck]

@@RekitRogue It was good, little touch and go there a few times But I was able to craft a few pieces of gear and get a few quests done.

[@RekitRogue]

@dubecheck Fantastic, progress is slow in Pantheon, but I am really enjoying the slow burn, I spent about an hour last night just climbing shit 😂

[@nikolasweischner3560]

I'm not a fan of the corpse retrieval still, but the game does look like slow n steady fun.

[@RekitRogue]

@@nikolasweischner3560 Very slow burn enjoyment. Corpse runs suck indeed. But I have been initiated by classic EQ, so I just try to roll with the punches. 😂

[@nicholashedberg3133]

Thought your name was Ashtray at first

[@RekitRogue]

@@nicholashedberg3133 😂 🙏

[@MadHatter-jm3cu]

Call me weird but a game could literally have atari graphics but as long as the gameplay grabbed me and I was having fun I could care less about graphics. I must be a weird nerd.

[@RekitRogue]

@@MadHatter-jm3cu Nope, you and me. We friends now, because I am all for style over graphics, immersion via lore and world building and content over visuals. 🍻 Or maybe we are both weird nerds. 😂