Again, has nothing to do with Brad. He's been out of the picture for a long time. It's not about the promise of greatness either, but what has actually been shown so far. Nobody is required to put money in beforehand either. Pantheon's design just looks better.
M&M planning to launch in a very limited state isn't a great sign to me. It's unlikely to attract many players outside of the EQ-emu crowd by releasing like that and, more importantly, it just doesn't look like a very interesting game. It's copying most of EQ's mechanics instead of bringing something better, and also not doing anything special with the world design from what I've seen.
I don't see how it could hold my interest as a player. The PvE is going to be quickly "solved", and they aren't putting any real effort into designing PvP, so then what is there to do? It literally just becomes another EQ-emu server, but with far less playable areas, and alternate graphics that don't have the same magic/nostalgia. Like they basically did a copy of Freeport + surrounding areas (if the commonlands were also a desert like Ro), but with one of the dungeons existing right outside the city gate. It feels artificial, isn't drawing me in.
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