Looking at more new zone work and discussing "grey boxing"

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  • Опубліковано 24 січ 2025

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  • @ClassNCool
    @ClassNCool 10 днів тому +8

    This episode was awesome and I'm super excited for 2025 and EA. I was playing Pantheon the other day and it hit me "if I'm having this much fun now, imagine how much fun I'll be having when M&M launches". You've got something truly special and the team feels like family. Everyone from Ali to Zukan and everyone in between. And I love that you emphasized prioritizing your team's needs when it comes to future monetization. Only wish I could start my sub sooner 😄
    The world is looking beautiful and I can't wait to start making M&M videos again... just need to get disciplined but the inspiration is there.
    Appreciate all you do, Shawn! Happy New Year

  • @Morraak
    @Morraak 10 днів тому +3

    A physical strategy guide for M&M would be so cool to have, sign me up for an artbook too! I feel that $15/month is pretty fair, it's essentially the price of a lunch at a fast food place. I would probably keep it throughout development, like as a Patreon as someone was saying, also because I just dont cancel my subscriptions that frequently lol.

  • @fanaticist
    @fanaticist 8 днів тому +1

    "are you going to be at GDC this year?"
    "no. maybe not ever."
    best response

  • @GreyMasker
    @GreyMasker 10 днів тому

    The more I see of this the more interested I am in playing it. I can't even imagine how much work building an MMO is, but I'm pulling for you guys to bring this over the finish line.

  • @Danleone77
    @Danleone77 10 днів тому +4

    Ooh, quicker upload this time. Vod lurking pays off. 😁

  • @PlumpHelmetPunk
    @PlumpHelmetPunk 10 днів тому

    As far as the sub price question for EA goes, I plan on paying for two accounts. One for me and one for my gf.
    I've been watching you work on this since you started. It's been a great journey and the amount of passion the entire team has poured into this project amazes me. I want you all to succeed and plan to help out as much as I can with subs / video content (when I can actually play and record stuff).
    We're all getting older and this type of game doesn't appeal to everyone. Eventually, who will be left to make this stuff and carry it on? Not even Pantheon has given me the same feeling that the M&M tests have.

  • @Rift1171
    @Rift1171 10 днів тому

    Can't wait to take a look at some forests! Spent a lot of time in the sand, I'm lookin forward to some trees!

  • @Madkingstoe
    @Madkingstoe 10 днів тому

    The bath house is great. I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys do with it. I'm also eager to see the temples finally getting an update - especially those statues.
    Do you guys expect to include abilities that are for flavor and fun, rather than having combat benefits? For example, in older MMORPG's (that shan't be named) there were abilities that could slow your fall, allow you to walk on water, breath under water, see far into the distance, transform into a animal that could move quicker, distract an enemy, etc. They make for great ways to add to the class fantasy, and allow more creative and entertaining gameplay.
    For example, if one of those summonings could carry your bags, or even carry you, like the invisible servant in D&D. Or perhaps ways to conjure a feast. It would be fun to create a small little desert tent with some pillows inside for your party to rest and recuperate in. Or let an archer put an apple on an enemy's head, just for the laughs.

    • @MonstersMemories
      @MonstersMemories  8 днів тому +1

      I sure hope so. Lot's of fun abilities referenced here. It'd be nice to get a lot of this sort of thing in.

  • @skloutown852
    @skloutown852 10 днів тому +2

    The interior noise is probably coming from compression in the lighting volumes bake. Since the game has a low poly count, I wonder if switching to applying those volumes to vertices instead of fragments might help. It could improve both the look and performance , kind of like WoW’s vertex lighting but using Unity Bake.

  • @dylunr3143
    @dylunr3143 10 днів тому

    If you want people to play for more than a couple months you should have, in my opinion, lots of neat little secrets to uncover interesting lore. Like maybe a hidden quest line that involves a hidden button or something in a dungeon that opens a new chamber!

  • @Morraak
    @Morraak 10 днів тому

    Ok, just came across the inn doors opening simultaneously and that was pretty creepy.

  • @EQOAnostalgia
    @EQOAnostalgia 10 днів тому

    Lol the swimming giant at night 💀🌊

  • @blyteplays9748
    @blyteplays9748 8 днів тому

    I'd imagine, "box price" 29.99, front loaded with 1 month subscription paid, then recurring 12$/mo sub, will get you a lot of folks playing and not bothering to unsub when they take intermittent breaks
    That's if they even take breaks, this game is a world I'm already getting romanced by in just play tests. It's definitely a world I can chill in with my buds.

  • @pelvist
    @pelvist 9 днів тому

    I cant wait for this game to be finished.

  • @bretbaker2603
    @bretbaker2603 9 днів тому

    If im playing, im paying. If im playing and take a break that I expect to only be 1-2 months, i would out of laziness keep paying that way I could pick it up at a moments notice if the desire arose or if new content dropped

  • @drdroop2163
    @drdroop2163 10 днів тому

    On the idea of early access with subscription: Money is tight, I would love to support the game but at the end of the day if I pay 15 dollars a month I need to ensure that I am using that 15 dollars a month. Ideally, there is enough content to actually play. Alts, maybe some events here and there, etc. would be nice but I am not sure what kind of a priority that'd be for the team as those things take time.
    I am sure a lot of people would be happy to pay but as someone who has a family to provide for on a tight budget I am just not sure I could swing it if there wasn't enough content to actually play. I say this as someone who would put in maybe 10-15hrs a week, tops. To play this I have to cancel another sub. I gotta find that 15 dollars somewhere.

    • @drdroop2163
      @drdroop2163 10 днів тому

      To add to this, given the alternatives (paying large amounts for EA, doing a crowd funding campaign, etc.) I much prefer to pay monthly for the game in EA as opposed to just donating money for a chance to play first in 5 years (Pantheon).

    • @Rift1171
      @Rift1171 10 днів тому

      @@drdroop2163 Yeah, the donation tiers and early access fee's for Pantheon are sort of off-putting to me. Realistically speaking, a monthly subscription is the best thing for an MMO (if they have the sub count to make it work). That 15 a month goes towards server maintenance and future development. Game's take money to make and it needs to come from somewhere. If a game is free to play, it generally means the game must make money off of an in-game shop or some sort of cosmetic store. However, too many games have become riddled with microtransactions and greedy, predatory monetization. My only concern for the monthly fee is whether or not it is enough. I wouldn't mind paying a box price for the base game, as well as a box price for significant expansions, but I would never stand by the implementation of an in-game store (fortunately, neither are the devs)

  • @RIPSOE404
    @RIPSOE404 10 днів тому

    I think EQ2 was genius in a lot of ways and tried fixing problems that people still moan about today. Like only having two cities, but they are mega cities and each race has their own area..... Now it would be expanded on to make it feel more epic, but it was trying to fix the issue of all the cities sitting empty but only two anyways. Having the choices of class being done as you play, rather than a decision made up front was another attempt at fixing that old issue for new players too. Lots of cool things like that which EQ2 did which get crapped on now purely because the rest of the game sucked lol. Beyond level 13 the game just felt barren as if all the content for those starter levels was done and there was no time for much else. I also loved the whole zoning system and when it was in Beta with only one servers I thought SOE cracked it.... There would only be one server and you just clone zones over and over. Then the game launched and suddenly there was 400 servers and they were all empty as a result :/ Wtf? You had this perfect system in place and crapped on it.
    There is a change I'd make to every MMO though and that's having three sides to play as rather than two, it's just way more dynamic and I'm surprise it isn't done more as I only remember DAOC, WAR and Planetside.... SWG also kind of had it cause you could choose not to pick a side.

  • @thewarky
    @thewarky 10 днів тому

    regarding the Q you ask about payment I will do a year payment just for support

  • @demris15
    @demris15 10 днів тому

    Should give people a way to pay 40 upfront and give option to pay x/month additional if desired. I know I’d do something as a thank you

  • @dragons10000
    @dragons10000 10 днів тому

    Can we see some combat on the next stream please?

    • @demris15
      @demris15 10 днів тому

      They do those kinds of streams from time to time if I remember but it’s usually not every one

    • @EQOAnostalgia
      @EQOAnostalgia 10 днів тому

      There's a bunch of us posting vids in groups and solo.

    • @dragons10000
      @dragons10000 10 днів тому

      @@EQOAnostalgia where is that?

    • @MonstersMemories
      @MonstersMemories  8 днів тому

      Look through out vods and you'll find some. Look for grouping or similar in the title. Also this week's vods will both be combat focused.

  • @DireMerillo
    @DireMerillo 10 днів тому +1

    Hope it will not be a PvP game, only PvE like in EQ. If you will have them, then have dedicated servers for that which is PvP only servers.

    • @EQOAnostalgia
      @EQOAnostalgia 10 днів тому +2

      You don't have to worry about that. PvE servers will be separate from PvP servers.

  • @mylofone1
    @mylofone1 7 днів тому

    I didn't know you lost a finger. Any further concerns or some random accident?

    • @MonstersMemories
      @MonstersMemories  7 днів тому +1

      It was just the easiest fix for a torn tendon. Thanks for checking though!

  • @AndvarYT
    @AndvarYT 8 днів тому

    I normally unsub from WoW when I stop playing. But with MnM I'd probably only unsub if I saw myself quitting indefinitely or for a very extended amount of time. For instance, I wouldn't mind paying for a month's sub even if I don't play much (or at all) during that billing period. But if the game dramatically changes direction, adds NFTs, cosmetic microtransactions, srs bizniz internetz dramaz, etc. I'm out.

  • @Jonwb2005
    @Jonwb2005 10 днів тому

    M&M is better hands down. I'll be playing pantheon till M&M drops however