level from 45-60 or wait pantheon release
 

Which will come first?

you could probably level about 5 characters to 60 before pantheon even makes it into beta

Pantheon has at least 2 more years before it releases. I'm assuming you could do 45-60 before then, so that's your answer from me.

One recent dev stream outlined their excitement to move soon from pre-Alpha to Alpha in the near future.

Personally, I would rather them take their time and release a complete MMO than a half finished product. Seems like they are progressing along fine though.

i am also excited to play pantheon once it comes out in 2049.

I like how people still think Pantheon will be out in any sort of time frame where the people following it will still care. I quit following MMOs in development a long long time ago because my hopes have been shattered so many times.

^This.
I think the Pantheon devs had some kind of trouble in 2015 which caused them to restart at least some of the early Dev work. Getting out of Alpha in 2019 would be a huge milestone for them, so you have plenty of time. The good news is that they won’t be launching when WoW classic does, so at least there’s that.

If Pantheon makes it to market I will delete my p99 account. Not because I want to play an eq clone. Oh no, I certainly don't. And neither does the gaming market. It'll never be released.

I like pantheons core rules and gameplay but im finding it looks visually the same as everquest in 99 huehue :p