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2 months later,and Vanguard magically can run on my PC
Cinidil
Member Posts: 63
And damn am I glad. I'm absolutely loving it. I don't know what they did performance wise, but all of a sudden, my horribly average computer can run the game on balance with no changes. Finally I can play a game that I KNEW that I would enjoy if only it would run. Good thing I decided to check back.
Anyhoo, is anyone on....Flamehammer, I believe its called? I have a few server specific questions I kinda want hammered out, but mostly I want to start making friends. It sounds cheesy I know, but the game is going to be much easier for me if I have a good social base.
Reor, level 8 (Desert human? I start near Khal) Monk.
P.S. And haters, stay out of the thread please. I enjoy the game immensely, and I wish to discuss it with other who do as well. Thanks.
Anyhoo, is anyone on....Flamehammer, I believe its called? I have a few server specific questions I kinda want hammered out, but mostly I want to start making friends. It sounds cheesy I know, but the game is going to be much easier for me if I have a good social base.
Reor, level 8 (Desert human? I start near Khal) Monk.
P.S. And haters, stay out of the thread please. I enjoy the game immensely, and I wish to discuss it with other who do as well. Thanks.
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Good luck with that - you might getter better responses at one of the dedicated van-sites.
Aye, the game has been going great for me as well.
As long as the devs are on the job, it's all good for me. I've been having fun, which is the main thing of course!
"And haters stay out"...
WoW, they really have haters of this utterly fantastic epic of a game? Who would of thunk it? Nahhh! Not Vanguard.
Good to hear your back and enjoying it
! Im on a differnet server myself but good luck making your way through the world. I think youll find as you progress through your chosen spheres that performance isnt the only thing thats been improved since launch, slowly but surely VG is approaching what is known as a 'game' 
.
My advice is get over to Tanvu , or whatever, asap.
A lot more people hang out on Konji island. Lucky for you, you are over in Khal. Just ask one of the guards where the Ships are.
I am extremely happy with Vanguard myself, BUT...
1. Even if I have Geforce 8800 GTS 320 MB, the FPS would slowly drops my FPS and then I will have to flush the engine cache to refresh my FPS. It's annoying, and the memory leak needs to be fix!
2. The spell animation is moderate improvement, that's for sure.
3. The storyline in this game is LACKING! it needs to be revised accordingly.
sigh..
peace out
Thats the 3rd build currently added in test server since last wednesday. The other 2 where mainly content and quests, this one also talks about increase performance for lower end machines.
Vanguard Build 1809 Patch Notes 4/16/2007 – TEST SERVER
ADVENTURING NOTES
- Bard – Emboldening Embellishment now scales from 10 to 18, depending on your level.
- Druid – increased damage on Starfall and Earthquake.
- Druid – Added a 2 minute refresh to Taproot
- Druid – Drastically increased the HP of the phenomena Colossus
- Druid – All berry spells now summon the berries in your targets bag.
- Druid – Increased the effectiveness of Roseberries
- Monk – Deadly Adder Hand’s duration now scales to 32 seconds at the final version.
- Monk – Eagle Claw’s duration now scales to 24 seconds at the final version.
- Monk – Eagle Claw now causes the Armor Chink weakness.
- Monk – Wave Hand in Cloud has been given new versions at level 38 and 50.
- Monk – Lowered the Jin cost of Wave Hand in Cloud to 6 and the refresh to 20 minutes.
- Monk – The self buff portion of Withering Palm now lasts for 60 seconds.
- Monk – Increased the damage of Withering Palm
- Monk – The effects of North Wind Breaks the Trunk will now display damage numbers both above the head of the target and in combat text (to see open chat options for your combat tab and turn the Others’ Damage Success filter on)
- Monk – Increased the damage of the effect of North Wind Breaks the Trunk.
- Monk – The self buff portion of Steal the Wind now lasts for 5 minutes.
- Necromancer - Abomination PVP damage has been reduced.
- Necromancer – Increased damage of level 50 grafts.
CRAFTING NOTES
- Corrected an issue with the Mara figurehead quest that was preventing some people from starting.
- Samkara of the Arcane Camarilla is no longer “Stuck!”
- A few small mid-level crafting quests have been added to New Targonor.
DIPLOMACY NOTES
- The flattery rebuttal “Knavish Demeanor” now costs 2 Flattery to play, removes 3 Flattery from your opponent, returns 2 Flattery to the player, and refreshes in 3 to 5 turns, making it a far more effective rebuttal for all those knaves out there. We know who you are. (NOTE: This note will have an image link attached to it when the notes go live)
- Fixed a bug whereby Martok diplomats could not receive a new tier 1 horse to undertake their tier 2 horse quest.
- Added a proviso to the Kojan tier 2 horse quest where you can have another copy of Ravela’s poem if you previously completed her sidequest and are doing the horsequest for a second time (or did it while the quest was broken and deleted her poem after you finished her sidequest.)
- Those who have been locked out of Bordinar’s Cleft writs should now be able to receive them from the Petitioners once again.
- A series of interlocking quests are now available on Qalia for all diplomats of 40 skill or higher. They begin in Khal with Mina Zeya, Hathor Zhi with Scion Aik’Tagi, Mekalia with Egata Reburleby, and Lomshir with Qarouk Telourshed. Complete all four of the questlines to assemble a full tier 1 suit with multiple presence types attached to it.
- The quests “Blind Woman’s Bluff” and “A Charming Deception” are available outside of Khal for diplomats of 40 skill or higher to earn new cards. They begin with Weaver Jekaqie, who lives in the lighthouse atop the cliffs outside of Khal.
- The quests “Can’t Get No Respect” and “Respect is Earned” are available in Tawar Galan for diplomats of 40 skill or higher to earn new cards. They begin with Warden Allegran.
- The following Diplomacy clothing has had its special ability disabled pending an exploit fix. An additional Presence value has been added to them until they are reverted back to their original values.
- Orange Entertainer’s Gown
- White Instigator’s Vest
- Orange Gown
- White Vest
- Orange Socialite's Gown
- White Troublemaker’s Vest
- Orange Communicator's Breeches
- Orange Gossiper's Skirt
- Orange Speaker's Breeches
- Orange Skirt
- Orange Speaker's Breeches
- Orange Speaker's Skirt
WORLD POPULATION NOTES
- Abammisi Lake, Tehatamani Empire and Tehatamani Harbor – Many 2 dot mobs in these locations have new abilities.
- Abammisi Lake, Tehatamani Empire and Tehatamani Harbor – Quest itemsshould now display a loot confirmation box if the entire group can loot the quest item.
- Afrit - Handler Aerco in Afrit is looking for trustworthy adventurers to run an errand to Nusibe Necropolis. But he will not give this important task to anyone who does not have enough faction. Rumor has it there are weapons involved.
- Afrit – Flarewings around Afrit and in Sands of Sorrow will no longer flee when low on health.
- Cragwind Ridge - The drop rate of Mistral Slivers in Cragwind Ridge has been increased significantly.
- Cragwind Ridge - Named Cyclops in Cragwind Ridge will now always drop at least 2 Mistral Slivers.
- Gorgalog Swamp - Treants of the Flordiel are now harvestable through Lumberjacking.
- Gorgalog Swamp - Gorgaloks are now harvestable through skinning.
- Gorgalog Swamp - Ichtakhta are now harvestable through Quarrying.
- Gorgalog Swamp - The Flordiel Emissary, Esurin, is now indifferent to all players.
- Gorgalog Swamp - The Flordiel Emissary, Esurin, now offers all quests to players regardless of their faction level.
- Gorgalog Swamp - The Flordiel Emissary, Esurin, will now replace the Flordiel Guidance Ring if it is destroyed.
- Gorgalog Swamp - All Mnalus now have a chance to drop "Undamaged Fungal Fiber".
- Gorgalog Swamp - Increased the drop rate of Gorgalok Tribal Necklaces, Gorgalok Totems, Lesser Flordiel Symbols, Flordiel Symbols, Ichtakhta Eyes, and Ichtakhta Antennae.
- Lucent Outpost - Experience and coin rewards for many quests from the Lucent Outpost have been adjusted
- Pantheon of the Ancients - The heavy-fighter Cloak of the Pantheon's ability, Guardian of Moraj, now properly nullifies 50% of all damage taken for 15 seconds upon use for the wearer's group. As always, all Cloaks of the Pantheon are only usable within the Immortal Sanctum.
- Shoreline Ruins - Stormwynd Zombies will now drop intact essences.
- Shoreline Ruins - The inhabitants of Stormwynd Keep and Stormwynd Beacon now respawn more quickly.
- Temple of Dailuk – The hyenas have had their population density decreased.
- Temple of Dailuk – The Seared Bones are now flagged as KOS.
- Xennumet - The drop rate of Xennu shards has been increased (This took effect last patch, but was not mentioned)
- Xennumet – The weapons from the Xenn technology quest lines have had their rarities increased to heroic.
- Xennumet – The main Xennumet quest line is now active.
- Xennumet - The actual Xennumet dungeon can now be accessed but requires completion of the main quest line first.
- Xennumet - New Xenn tech quests have been added, including upgrades to Xeno dar greaves and breastplate, as well as new items altogether.
Items
- Gift of the Prince's proc effect, Infuriate, has been modified. It continues to increase melee damage caused by 20%, but now also decreases the time between auto-attacks by 20% as well as adding an amount of hate to your offensive target on behalf of your defensive target. The hate adding portion of the effect will not fire if you are your own defensive target. The proc rate and duration of the effect has been reduced.
- The drop rate of intact essences has been increased for all types.
CODING NOTES
- Some significant enhancements to graphics performance on the High and Highest Performance settings should be seen.
~The Vanguard Team
Cin, glad youre having a positive second experience. Much like yourself I followed the game before it came out, read most of the available info. and knew I would enjoy it. That proved true when I was invited to beta3 back in August and I have been enjoying the game ever since.
Anyway, there is a guild forum below this one if youre looking for a guild. There are also dedicated server forums...havent got the link right now but you can get them from the Silky Venom fansite.
If you prefer to stay independant for a while and just make friends then Id try using the in game systems. "O" will bring up your community sheet and you can search for players and see if anyone is flagged as LFG. You can also do a /who which brings up a list of players in your area..try sending someone on this list a /tell. If you go into the starter town, or any town really, be sure to pop into the crafting hall. People love to chat while they are crafting.
Good luck and hope you continue to have fun.
Just because you cant afford a computer that will run vanguard, dont take it out on other people ,you might want to take your own advice so you can play other games coming out cause if you cant run vanguard your not going to be playing them on anything but the lowest settings
Its going to be so funny when all you whiners are sitting in the same boat trying to play AOC or Warhammer or i guess you guys can settle for playing LoTR on meduim settings if you can stomach small linear boring games with no replay value what so ever
I am very happy for you ...because you have found a game to enjoy playing AND because that game happens to be my favorite game too !
If you ever find yourself on the Thunderaxe server....or can't get settled on your server...look our guild up. The Legendary Heroes. You can find a list of our member and other stuff at the Vanguard website or feel free to visit our forums... www.lhguild.com/forums.
Wherever you end up...remember to have fun. If you join a guild and it sucks...find one that doesn't suck..or sucks less than the rest and your game will be much better for it. When / if you can ...but some cheap ram off ebay ...I put in 3gb and it made a huge difference on how my game performed. I too have a low end machine...and lots of ram smoothed alot of things out. I bought my pc3200, 400 DDR2 ram for $60 a gig off ebay and it works fine.
Welcome to the game that sucks less than the rest !
Grats and just ignore any flamers.
<Mod edit>Seriously. Your signature picture looks like it was all polished up, like all Sony products.. But I'll give you credit - and the rest of you - we better watch out, the minority of fanboys will kill the majority of angry gamers who are sick of being screwed out of their money just so some executive can buy a more expensive tie.
I am very happy for you ...because you have found a game to enjoy playing AND because that game happens to be my favorite game too !
If you ever find yourself on the Thunderaxe server....or can't get settled on your server...look our guild up. The Legendary Heroes. You can find a list of our member and other stuff at the Vanguard website or feel free to visit our forums... www.lhguild.com/forums.
Wherever you end up...remember to have fun. If you join a guild and it sucks...find one that doesn't suck..or sucks less than the rest and your game will be much better for it. When / if you can ...but some cheap ram off ebay ...I put in 3gb and it made a huge difference on how my game performed. I too have a low end machine...and lots of ram smoothed alot of things out. I bought my pc3200, 400 DDR2 ram for $60 a gig off ebay and it works fine.
Welcome to the game that sucks less than the rest !
Grats and just ignore any flamers.
You are the biggest walking billboard I have EVER seen in any game. Seriously. Your signature picture looks like it was all polished up, like all Sony products.. But I'll give you credit - and the rest of you - we better watch out, the minority of fanboys will kill the majority of angry gamers who are sick of being screwed out of their money just so some executive can buy a more expensive tie.
Thats nobodys fault but your own so dont take it out on us, if you bought it and dont like it to bad guess you will have to find another hobby. Every game i ever bought needed patched so you go ahead have fun waiting for that perfect game to come along its not going to happen in your lifetime
Can that be the reason beside todays and former patches?
I'm so broke. I can't even pay attention.
"You have the right not to be killed"
Im not sure what your point is. Sigil didnt come here saying "hey guys, you can reactivate your subs now, we have performance licked no matter your set up."
The experience is one players, and for Cin, and others who have posted similar experiences, it is true. There is no "IF" about it.
How about you monitor the official boards for a week or so and see if the experience is isolated or widespread; or somewhere in between? You act like people are forcing you to take a leap of faith on hearsay alone, when you have the resources to determine the amount of risk involved in subscribing/re-subscribing.
Part of that risk will be determined by your machine, your finances and last, but not least, your level of tolerance when isolated problems occur. You and you alone are the only one able to calculate whether the risk is worth it.
Edit: Im sure you are aware that free trials are not industry standard this early into an MMO-world's life. With VGs rocky release, it is especially imperative Sigil dont blow any "second chance" they may get to market this game, by rushing out trials too.
Im not sure what your point is. Sigil didnt come here saying "hey guys, you can reactivate your subs now, we have performance licked no matter your set up."
The experience is one players, and for Cin, and others who have posted similar experiences, it is true. There is no "IF" about it.
How about you monitor the official boards for a week or so and see if the experience is isolated or widespread; or somewhere in between? You act like people are forcing you to take a leap of faith on hearsay alone, when you have the resources to determine the amount of risk involved in subscribing/re-subscribing.
Part of that risk will be determined by your machine, your finances and last, but not least, your level of tolerance when isolated problems occur. You and you alone are the only one able to calculate whether the risk is worth it.
Edit: Im sure you are aware that free trials are not industry standard this early into an MMO-world's life. With VGs rocky release, it is especially imperative Sigil dont blow any "second chance" they may get to market this game, by rushing out trials too.
1. The 'point' is... increased performance claims are hearsay. Without proof, it's meaningless babble; whether it comes from some player I don't know, or from the devs themselves. Do I think the OP is lieing? There's a lot of people that believe they've seen UFOs, Angels, etc., do I call them liars? not really. To demand proof is not equivalent to calling someone a liar... it's just operating at a different level...
2. I'm not gonna 'monitor' a forum, evaluate risk, blah blah. This is freaking ENTERTAINMENT... you are being ridiculous. 'calculate risk'?! you must be on crack. I work for a living.
3. Your 'edit' is the only part of this that sounds reasonable. I AGREE 100%. They should not release a trial and blow that too. The trial will be their 'river-card' so to speak... last chance to draw a hand. THEREFORE, the fact that they have not released a trial yet can mean only several things:
A) they don't have time to develop/package it, working really hard fixing bugs.
C) they are scared to release a trial because they think they will make more gross profit from the few that bite on a purchase as opposed to the many that could buy if they saw it perform.
AND all of these cases at least imply STAY AWAY from VG....
(I use caps for emphasis and i am not yelling or anything).
Im not sure what your point is. Sigil didnt come here saying "hey guys, you can reactivate your subs now, we have performance licked no matter your set up."
The experience is one players, and for Cin, and others who have posted similar experiences, it is true. There is no "IF" about it.
How about you monitor the official boards for a week or so and see if the experience is isolated or widespread; or somewhere in between? You act like people are forcing you to take a leap of faith on hearsay alone, when you have the resources to determine the amount of risk involved in subscribing/re-subscribing.
Part of that risk will be determined by your machine, your finances and last, but not least, your level of tolerance when isolated problems occur. You and you alone are the only one able to calculate whether the risk is worth it.
Edit: Im sure you are aware that free trials are not industry standard this early into an MMO-world's life. With VGs rocky release, it is especially imperative Sigil dont blow any "second chance" they may get to market this game, by rushing out trials too.
1. The 'point' is... increased performance claims are hearsay. Without proof, it's meaningless babble; whether it comes from some player I don't know, or from the devs themselves. Do I think the OP is lieing? There's a lot of people that believe they've seen UFOs, Angels, etc., do I call them liars? not really. To demand proof is not equivalent to calling someone a liar... it's just operating at a different level...
2. I'm not gonna 'monitor' a forum, evaluate risk, blah blah. This is freaking ENTERTAINMENT... you are being ridiculous. 'calculate risk'?! you must be on crack. I work for a living.
3. Your 'edit' is the only part of this that sounds reasonable. I AGREE 100%. They should not release a trial and blow that too. The trial will be their 'river-card' so to speak... last chance to draw a hand. THEREFORE, the fact that they have not released a trial yet can mean only several things:
A) they don't have time to develop/package it, working really hard fixing bugs.
C) they are scared to release a trial because they think they will make more gross profit from the few that bite on a purchase as opposed to the many that could buy if they saw it perform.
AND all of these cases at least imply STAY AWAY from VG....
(I use caps for emphasis and i am not yelling or anything).
If they w ould have said that they fixed the engine so it'd run on a cellphone. (Someone saw an UFO) Yeah you could have expected them to prove it.
If they would have said that they fixed away every single bug. (Someone saw an angel) You could have expecting a proof.
Ok it was an excessive exxageration made, but used in same way you used caps for emph.
But this is an update/patch and it worked well. But honest to that point that someone has to prove it so you could believe it.
I'm so broke. I can't even pay attention.
"You have the right not to be killed"
The memory leak has been worked on a lot. It's still in their Top 10 list to fix, but they've made great strides toward locking down the leak. Which in turn, is one of the factors behind improved gameplay performance.
Two other things. The new Nvidia drivers for my 8800 GTX have eliminated the lighting problems associated with Bloom, HDR and turning dymanic lighting to max. Maxing these settings out creates beautiful lighting effects. For example, dawn and dusk are easily distinguishable from one another.
Second, the games ability to recognize soundcards allows you to select your soundcard and use hardware settings instead of software. Improved sound for me and a little bump in FPS.
Overall, things are getting dialed in nicely.