Few questions before purchase.

Okamichu

Before I play Vanguard, I would like to know a few things about it.



1.  If I am only going to play Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, do I have to buy a station access account, or can I just pay the 15 bucks a month for Vanguard only?



2.  Are characters deleted after account cancellation?



3.  Can you start up your account again if you have already canceled your account?



4.  I'm thinking of playing a shaman, is this smart?  Are they wanted in groups?



Sorry if these questions are noobish, or were answered before.  I think that covers the main things I wanted to know.

Chessack

Originally posted by Okamichu

Before I play Vanguard, I would like to know a few things about it.



1.  If I am only going to play Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, do I have to buy a station access account, or can I just pay the 15 bucks a month for Vanguard only?



You do not need Station Access. You can just pay for the Vanguard account (that's what I do, or will after my 1 month free is up).



2.  Are characters deleted after account cancellation?



I don't think so. Most MMOs keep your characters around forever, or at least for a long time in the hope you will return. Since Vanguard is new I don't see them doing a player purge any time soon.



3.  Can you start up your account again if you have already canceled your account?



Yes.



4.  I'm thinking of playing a shaman, is this smart?  Are they wanted in groups?



I have not played one but my impression is that all classes are viable. I am sure the l33t people have their opinions on which ones "do the best DPS" and so forth, but you don't need any of that to enjoy the game or get a group. (You would need it maybe, to join a picky high-end guild, but that's a whole other ball game.)

Okamichu

Thank you.   I hope to buy it soon, it sounds like a great game for my style of play.  (Aside from all the bugs I've heard of, but eh, bugs can be squashed.)

Coldmeat

I play a Shaman. They're pretty fun, and are viable solo, as well as being group friendly, since they're a healer class.

At 15, you get a quest to choose your spirit totem, which will somewhat define your playing style from that point on. The choices are Rakuur the Wolf, focuses on agility, quickness, etc. A melee dps build, if you will. Gives you a haste buff, wolf pet, snare, and wolf form which is a damn fine run speed boost. Turgurr(sp?) the Bear, which is more of a tanking spec, give bear form, str/con buff, bear pet, and some other stuff. The last is Hayatet, which is geared more toward nukes/heals, gets a Pheonix pet, no idea if they get a form or not. They get an int/energy regen buff.

Rayx0r

shaman are pretty damn awesome.  not enough folks play them, and it may be one of the best classes in the game past level 20

Coldmeat

They remind me a lot of Druids from WoW. And of course Shaman from EQ.

Enigma

I will say yes for everything but number four.

Shamans are great professions but you never know in the future because Sigil have been balancing everything the last 30 days (nerfing).

However, in terms of getting groups, no one class is easier to get groups.  If you ever played FFXI, getting a group in V:SOH is similiar to FFXI.  It takes a LONG TIME to set a group up and when you do get a group someone almost always leaves unexpectantly.  Many people I know on my server is just playing solo now for an exception of getting some guildmates together and getting a group quest done.

felore

shaman are neat, i like bloodmage too......but the toon i really really like is my disciple.....he will not die!