looking for any vanguard players (current)

dumper49

Hi guys 

Merry Christmas!! well X-mas is allmost here and my new comp is allmost ready so i was wondering how is vanguard doing?? is it running good now? cuz i really want to buy it and start playing!!!or is there going to be a new release like i read a few months ago?? Really appreciate your feed back  Thanks

poythres

I quit Vanguard about 2 weeks after release because of the various major bugs, and the low server population. I started playing again about a month ago, and it has improved a lot in my opinion.

Both of the issues I mentioned above have been addressed to some extent. There's still some bugs, but for most people, nothing game breaking. There are a few unlucky souls who still get a crash-to-desktop on a fairly regular basis, but they are in the minority.

The servers were merged a few months back, so the population is much higher on the remaining servers. I hear the PvP server is still relatively dead due to hacking, but the PvE servers Seradon and Xeth are both in good shape population-wise. They usually run at about "Medium" capacity during North American primetime.

I'm enjoying it a lot more. After release, I only got to lv 14 and then quit. I'm now lv 32 and still going strong, have joined a guild, and am looking forward to the release of the first raid zone in the next month or so. I'm not a huge fan of raids, but it'll be interesting to finally see how the end-game content is going to shape up, and it may draw more players back to the game.

The game is not going to be re-released, so I wouldn't wait for that. At most, there will be a big ad campaign promoting the game and bringing in a lot of new players. There won't be a new server, or a character wipe, or anything else that would make it better to wait to play till then.

If you have ever played Everquest 1 and enjoyed it, you will probably enjoy Vanguard. It is very similar, although more solo-friendly. However, grouping does usually result in much better exp than soloing, so a lot of people will group. Also, quests give very nice rewards and often require a group to complete them. I have done very little soloing since about level 18. All the content prior to that is mostly easily soloed, so there aren't a lot of groups to be found. I admit, sometimes it takes me a while to find a group, and during that time I solo... but I usually manage to get or start a group.

I'd recommend to try it out. It's a lot better than it was at release, and a lot of returning players who dropped it like a hot potato a year ago are finding it a much improved game.

 

 

dumper49

Sweet thnaks a ton poy!! In my opinion once VG gets its poop together the game will rock!! it has every option anyone can ask for that has ever played mmorpgs.  coojos VG  coo jos!! :P cant wait to see you guys in vg