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2022-Oct-27October 2022 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Newsletters

Pantheon: Pre-Alpha Impressions [testers, community]
...by and asked us how the difficulty was. I had said...

2022-Sep-29September 2022 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Newsletters

Producer's Letter [pre-alpha test, character model asset, animation and rigging development, team growth, vinl networking, weather, day/night cycle, climates, swimming, perception storyline, npc abilities, warrior implementation, world building, alpha 1]
...Adjusted class kits and difficulty tuning ahead of October...
Pantheon: One Year Later [development, implementation, hdrp, terrain, seamless, weather, assets, vinl networking, weapons, techniques, readiness endurance health and mana resources, class passive abilities, combat, user interface, sprint, crafting and gathering, mining nodes, banks, death, deleveling, experience, zones and world building, npcs, buffs, pacing, armor and weapons, attributes, regeneration, climates, climbing, skills, progression, casters, healing, soloing, difficulty, itemization, gear, visible loot, vendors, patch notes]
...us to better balance the difficulty curves between levels,...

2022-Aug-26Investment, Development, and Marketing - With Chris Rowan and Ben Dean

Section: Library

Category: Developer Roundtables

Publisher deals declined over revenue model and difficulty

2022-Aug-18August 2022 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Newsletters

Last Month in Review
...including downtime and difficulty, as well as the feel of...

2022-May-27Combat and Adventuring

Section: Library

Category: Developer Roundtables

Puzzle difficulty in perception storylines

2022-Feb-17February 2022 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Newsletters

The Ghaldassii Ruins [lore]
...monument to this difficulty at its base, where a...

2021-Dec-17The Art of Combat

Section: Library

Category: Developer Roundtables

Raid vs. group difficulty

2021-Nov-18November 2021 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Newsletters

Producer's Letter [hdrp, high, definition, render, pipeline, network stack implementation, combat, abilities, spell, spells, abilities, attributes, itemization, gear progression, class identity, level progression, difficulty, alpha 1]
...up their arsenal. Difficulty Adjustments Part of our...

2021-Aug-19August 2021 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Newsletters

Last Month in Review [alpha 1, timelines, dynamic events, dispositions, traits, design]
... • Chris detailed the difficulty of hitting development...

2021-Apr-2Behind the Design - Balance and Progression

Section: Library

Category: Video News

Balancing player DPS and NPC difficulty

2019-Mar-20March 2019 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Web-Archived Newsletters

Behind the Design: Dispositions
...does that mean exactly? Difficulty can be measured in many...

2018-Dec-12December 2018 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Web-Archived Newsletters

Rogues Gallery: Spriggan [lore]
...that may hold unforeseen difficulty or unplanned benefit.) ...

2018-Apr-11April 2018 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Web-Archived Newsletters

Black Rose Keep [lore, zone design, dungeon]
...much higher in level and difficulty but you didn't hear that...

2018-Mar-14March 2018 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Web-Archived Newsletters

Halnir Cave [lore, zone design, dungeon, camping, npcs]
...abilities, goals and difficulty range. That's super...

2017-Nov-2Community, Content, and Alternative Rulesets - [target audience, design, player population, zones, world size, travel, instancing, testing, seamless]

Section: Aradune

Category: Blogs

Matching text: ... they're fun, tweak mob difficulty, adjust how long it ...

2017-Apr-12April 2017 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Web-Archived Newsletters

Crafting & Harvesting [gathering, ingredients, skills, professions, items]
...by perceived difficulty of a zone or the content...

2017-Feb-15February 2017 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Web-Archived Newsletters

Community Spotlight
...the boundaries of difficulty in what it does and...

2016-Aug-17I am Brad “Aradune” McQuaid, CCO for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen. AMA! - [endgame, raids, instances, pledges, target audience, design, immersion, the pantheon difference, economy, pvp, world encounter events, deities, race and class identity, client, datamining, how, info, sent, server, level progression from grinding vs. quests, perception, ruleset servers, dark myr concept art, female character models, ranger pets, exploration, npc dialogue, bard, alpha 1/beta timeline, combat pacing, guilds, multiboxing, social matchmaking, npc ai, dispositions, npc spawns, faction, npc chase range, looting, cosmetics, difficulty, crowdfunding, hidden content, gm events, balance, camera view, server population, limited ability sets, brad mcquaid, development, ability acquisition, class specialization, vanguard, crafted gear, limited playtime, world size, race class combinations, diplomacy, free trial, pre-alpha, zerging, making, content, trivial, swarming, player, players, boss fights, harvesting, gathering, epic quests, revenue model, underwater content, boats, communication, character creation, open world, gender locked classes, progeny, achievements, class roles, death penalty, warrior weapons, animations, user interface customization, color blind options, voice chat, leashing]

Section: Library

Category: Developer Interviews

2016-Aug-10August 2016 Newsletter

Section: Library

Category: Web-Archived Newsletters

Editorial: Community Matters
...with the grit and difficulty of the genre. New...

2014-Feb-10Pantheon Interview - The Everquest Era Niche - [matchmaking, group, finding, tool, tools, target audience, classes, group roles, crowd control, auctions, iconic items, healers, exploration, corpse runs]

Section: Kickstarter

Category: Text Interviews

Matching text: ... want that old school difficulty in their MMO. However, ...

2014-Jan-29How the creator of EverQuest plans to bring MMOs into a new era - [target audience, limited playtime, difficulty, lore]

Section: Kickstarter

Category: Text Interviews

Matching text: ... describe Pantheon's difficulty as 'masocore,' as Dark ...