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LMAO! Vanguard is not dead.
Teala
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I love reading the post from people that claim this game is dead. It isn't dead - not yet. It is actually improving. Yes. It is improving. This coming from someone that gave this game a 3 out of 10 in my review. LOL! My 6 month review will be due soon and I'll be once again telling it like it is to those of you who wish to read it. I was brutally honest in my first Vanguard review and I can promise you I'll be just as honest this go around.
To those of you that keep BS'n on this forum about how bad Vanguard is and preaching gloom and doom can keep right on doing what you're doing. Anyone that comes on here and reads your BS post and believes it is a real shame. Despite Vanguards rocky last few months I can attest that it is improving and it has gotten better. As I have said time and time again, Vanguard was released 1 year(not 3 months and not 6 months) to early and slowly but surely it is getting better. In 6 to 7 more months this game is going to be one of the best there is. I remember people saying SWG was going to crash and burn when it first launched and I was there saying just the oposite and it did remain a good game until the NGE killed it. SWG turned into a great game pre-NGE. To bad SOE mucked it up!
Well I am here to tell you that I predict that Vanguard will be here a year from now and it will be way, way better than it was at launch. Will it die? LMAO! No. In fact I am here to say that I think it will have 200k to 300k subscribers by June of next year. No those are not WoW's numbers but they are respectable and in 2 years time Vangaurd will no doubt be pushing 500k.
Yes...500k!
You heard it here first from one of Vanguards most harshest critics. 
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500k subscribers in 2 years? If i've learnt anything then it's the fact that as a mmorpg ages it loses subscribers and not gains! Also if a mmorpg is released as complete crap then it never recovers :P People don't give a game a second chance, sure a few do but not 500k worth lol.
Theres only 2 mmorpgs i've known that have broken the trend and thats WOW, which is Blizzard and Warcraft so people will lvoe it for the name and EVE which doesn't have any competition so it'll grow.
For some Odd reason you forgot to factor in the Biggest three words of all into your Equation.
Age Of Conan....................
Save us some time and just tell us now that you are going to rate it better than before.
Well written and expressed!
I was also one of Vanguard's harshest critic. The game is, as you said, "improving." I just hope they can sustain if not accelerate this momentum to improve and enhance the game.
I agree it was released about 8 months too early, but based on the remarkable progress that has been made and ongoing, I am not so sure.
I look forward to your honest review.
If you give it anything higher than a 4, I'll never take you seriously again (not that I did before). As it does probably deserve 1 point for the fixing. Still, 4 of 10... ain't looking good, can't be liking this thing.
It is moving foward, but not fast enough. Hopefully they'll pick up some speed now when the whole SOE thing is over with (however that went, I have no idea). This is the time to impress, they need to understand that.
Pepsi is very bad for you - all that corn syrup and sugar (shudders).
Flaming and trolling is also very bad for you - all that ... (you get the point).
4 words "We Do Not Care"
The gaming industry is about, say it with me, **FIRST** IMPRESSION.
Do you understand this now? It's not about second, 6month, 1year, or any other impression. It's about first impression.
Would you go to a new job interview dressed like a bum? No.
Would you make a pos trashy unstable excuse for a game release? No.
First impression folks...
It doesn't matter if the game improves in a year or 6months. No one cares anymore. They've had their go at it and that is that. No review. No improvement. Will save this game. No crap it's gonna get better with time. Why wouldn't it? That's not the issue people are arguing. This issue is the game sucked and the majority turned it away.
EQ2 sucked ass at release. Turned out AWESOME. How many people play it? 100k tops.
Auto Assault sucked ass at release. Turned out funner. How many people play it? 60k tops.
The list goes on... It just doesn't matter. When someone says "time fixes all mistakes" they are lieing to you. You live with those mistakes -FOREVER- in the gaming industry. Brad screwed up EQ1 release. SOE took over and fixed it from garbage. Brad screwed up VG release. SOE is taking over to fix it from garbage. You see a pattern yet? He's a freaken shitty game developer. Him and his vision can shove it. His first impression got me last time, but I stuck with EQ1. Now that we've all seen how well a quality title can be and what a release should look like. Nothing else compares. Halfassed is NOT ACCEPTABLE. I don't want to hear excuses either.
Waaawaaaa. We ran out of money! You had 30mil you dumbass. You couldn't develop a quality game with that? My god someone shoot him for stupidity. It's his fault for the game being revamped, what.. 4 times? Then MS dumps him, because he could never keep up with schedule and he whined about it being a windows exclusive game. LOTRO is windows excluse. It turned out awesome.
There is no one to blame other then sigil for their poor performance. To the programmers just doing their job. I do NOT blame you. I blame your superiors and your leader for driving the project into the ground.
So I say again. Vanguard is dead. It will never pick up past 150k MAYBE 200k TOPS. They need what 250k for a year to break EVEN was it? Not gonna happen. Also 200k is not near enough for the size of the game. Well.. half the game is empty housing districts so maybe it is LMAO.
Am I being harsh? Yes. I am being harsh, because companies like sigil think it's ok to release this garbage. Then they appologize to us as if it's ok. It doesn't work that way. I gave 'em 2 months and it continued to dissapoint.
I will remind you again: First impression is EVERYTHING! Not 6 month impression or 1 year impression. Almost everyones moved on by then.
BUT - your response and (very) lengthy post indicates YOU DO CARE!
Shayde - SWG (dead)
Proud member of the Cabal.
It sounds great, so great in fact, I pitty those who canceled
I don't like it when you say things. - A Vanguard fan who does too.
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Save us some time and just tell us now that you are going to rate it better than before.
If I do give it a better rating it is because it deserves it. I can't go much lower than I all ready ahve it at now can I. It can only go up - unless of course Brad and comapny totally blow it in the next two months and turn the game into a big POS. Not that that can't happen, but if it does well then I guess I'll say forget it folks and score it so. If it isn't a big pile of doodoo...then I'll say as much as well.
As for War and AoC. I have a sneaky feeling those will be niche' games. I could be wrong here, but I don't think I am.
We'll see.
You're welcome!
We'll see.
OK 5000.. but that's the most I'll bet.Shayde - SWG (dead)
Proud member of the Cabal.
It sounds great, so great in fact, I pitty those who canceled
I don't like it when you say things. - A Vanguard fan who does too.
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And then have all the remaining Vanguard people watch this video with hopes that they'll get the point.........ROFLMAO.
You missed the boat there... As in we no not care about your review. It'll do no good or bad. More then likely it'll be ignored or flamed.
Anyway sense you seem to think I care. I don't. I'm entitled to say whatever I want as you are to do the same. There's my review on the game.
Here's another review. VG sucks. Nuff said. Don't even need info to support it, because we all know it except a select few such as your self. Just visit any fansite. 90% of the forums filled with dissapointment.
We'll see.
OK 5000.. but that's the most I'll bet.LOL! Shayde - you're awesome. One of the best posters on these forums and you always make me laugh.
I believe there are 500,000 (at least) people out there that want a vast world to explore, a more complex and sophisticated game without the ease of the current MMORPGs on the market.
Vanguard was "setback" (knocked down, really) as a result of its (1) early release and (2) many and varied bugs. However, many people have looked at Vanguard knocked down (I was one) and said, "it is dead!" No! In reality, Vanguard is alive and well and quickly getting back on its feet. It is in recovery from a horrid release, and they are improving and enhancing the game. You do not have to take my word for it, but if it were not so I would be preaching how bad the game is currently. Instead, the progress has been very encouraging and they keep on making progress.
if you really like the game, you wouldnt even have time to write reviews in any forums...and you're telling us that it'll reach 500k subscribers in a year or so, but thats what YOU'RE hoping it'll get that far thats why you needed to write reviews to get people into the game...i honestly dont like it anymore, it's so damn boring once you reach the mid 20's to 30's, hell i have a much funner time crafting than adventuring but then again the crafting system jsut got screwed...