Rachael said:Nice info and art, sounds very interesting, I may have to give it a try.
I'm a little confused as to why it wasn't released here on the official forums for contributors first though.
We sometimes use Class and Lore releases, among other things, to gain more reach and do exclusive deals with gaming media to help us grow the community and spread the word about Pantheon, while it is very important that we do this we also try to minimise the "reveal" gap so if the games media gets something to release early, we try to release it to the supporters shortly after but sometimes it will be unavoidable that we use promotional marketing to help grow the games audience and have to release it early via media rather than on our own official channels, I sincerely hope you folks understand as this is something that is extremely important for business if we want to move forward with the success of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen.
In saying that, though, there will always be more content that our community has exclusively over everyone else, it is just not 100% of the time.
I'll admit it seemed a little odd to do a release one day early on a different site. But, it was only one day and no major game info was given away that should be on the forums first.
Kil, your posting of the reason behind it is appreciated as always :)
edit: Also the fact that it was only the shaman reveal (which honestly the class reveals don't give tons of info since they can't yet) and not the whole news letter it makes it even more acceptable imo.
tanwedar said:I'll admit it seemed a little odd to do a release one day early on a different site. But, it was only one day and no major game info was given away that should be on the forums first.
Kil, your posting of the reason behind it is appreciated as always :)
edit: Also the fact that it was only the shaman reveal (which honestly the class reveals don't give tons of info since they can't yet) and not the whole news letter it makes it even more acceptable imo.
Spoilsport, and I had the pitch and oil to burn kilsin alive all heated up and ready.
Kilsin said:We sometimes use Class and Lore releases, among other things, to gain more reach and do exclusive deals with gaming media to help us grow the community and spread the word about Pantheon, while it is very important that we do this we also try to minimise the "reveal" gap so if the games media gets something to release early, we try to release it to the supporters shortly after but sometimes it will be unavoidable that we use promotional marketing to help grow the games audience and have to release it early via media rather than on our own official channels, I sincerely hope you folks understand as this is something that is extremely important for business if we want to move forward with the success of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen.
In saying that, though, there will always be more content that our community has exclusively over everyone else, it is just not 100% of the time.
Thanks for the clarification Kilsin, appreciated as always :) Makes sense when you look at it that way, if it can bring more people to pantheon I'm happy :D
Just to clarify, it didn't bug me, I just thought it was a mistake, like info they were given and released earlier than they were supposed to or something :P
Zandil said:Spoilsport, and I had the pitch and oil to burn kilsin alive all heated up and ready.
My apologies, I'll be slower next time ;)
Kilsin said:Rachael said:Nice info and art, sounds very interesting, I may have to give it a try.
I'm a little confused as to why it wasn't released here on the official forums for contributors first though.
We sometimes use Class and Lore releases, among other things, to gain more reach and do exclusive deals with gaming media to help us grow the community and spread the word about Pantheon, while it is very important that we do this we also try to minimise the "reveal" gap so if the games media gets something to release early, we try to release it to the supporters shortly after but sometimes it will be unavoidable that we use promotional marketing to help grow the games audience and have to release it early via media rather than on our own official channels, I sincerely hope you folks understand as this is something that is extremely important for business if we want to move forward with the success of Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen.
In saying that, though, there will always be more content that our community has exclusively over everyone else, it is just not 100% of the time.
Thank you Kilsin for this. Completely understandable...make that money!
Pumped about that Iconic Ability (Baleful Lethargy) as debuffs are what made Shamans so valuable in EQ. I would like to know more about their "pacts with a totem". I have a sour taste from WoW's totem system. I'm not against totems from a shaman flavor standpoint but I hope they have something new to offer that isn't as cumbersome.
