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Vanguard: Why Play It?
Torgin
Member Posts: 82
OK, I have almost no idea what Vanguard is, so... why should I care about it? What does it offer, and why should I be impressed? This is the chance for all of you fans of the game to let us ignorant folk know about the game. 
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http://www.vanguardsoh.com/faq.php
The main thing for me is that this will be released atleast a year after EQ2 and WoW. So the devs will have the time to see what those games did right and wrong, and make Vanguard into a 'better' game.
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Played: AC1, DAoC, E&B, SWG
Tested: AC1, AC2, DAoC, Eve, Planetside, Rubies, Lineage 2, MU Online
Reading the FAQ is always a good idea. Its good to look at who is developing this game as well, the dev team and their accomplishments can be found here:
http://www.sigilgames.com/cat_our_team.php
You'll notice some great names. Brad McQuiad (Sigil's President) is the co-creator of Everquest and started the beginning development on EQ2, SWG, PS, and EQOA as Sony's Creative Head before leaving the company in October 2001. Keith Parkinson worked on EQ and also has done tons of cover art for the likes of Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms. And it just keeps going and going. Look at the bios, look at the experience.
Another thing is that despite all this experience these people are very down to earth, even occasionally stopping and chatting in IRC at random with fans about MMORPG theory and what not.
As far as game wise. It's going to be old school with what worked and evolutionary to fix the problems. Vanguard is using the Unreal Engine, modified, and so far all the art looks great. It's just post-alpha and it looks comparable to EQ2 (with better models!). And any picture or video you find is from before E3, so things have already changed. Unlike EQ2 its going seamless and visibility is already at 5kms. It has a Z-axis and will include flying and underwater creatures. One continent (we know of vagully about three at the moment) called Thestra has as much content as of a month and a half ago as EQAO at launch.
Another important thing, no instancing and travel is going to matter (expect your first horse at level 5). This doesn't mean camping, expect lots of dungeon crawls and face paced combat. It's using XNA technology so that you can co-op any microsoft hard ware. It will be using microsoft live style voice chat and there are rumors of a next gen xbox controller with a mini keyboard attached. The devs have also talked about this advanced encounter system that is very next gen, so mob AI will react differently to you each time. Say you kill a certain goblin and loot a cape. You may find that if you wear that cape a certain goblin den won't attack you and their chief will give you a quest you wouldn't have got otherwise.
Well that's my blurb...check out the FAQ, go to the offical site, and click on the community to see various fansites and the interviews they have gotten. Drop by the offical board if you have some specific questions. Unlike other game boards they are very mature.
Regionality. Travel is supposedly slowed down and an adventure in itself. This allows things like a regional economy, where different cities will sell different goods. Thestran humans will be different than Qalian humans. There is such a thing as a distant land in Vanguard. Exploration is supposedly meaningful.
Improved AI. Fighting a level X troglodyte might be different one time than the next, because the AI doesn't act the same way each time. Mobs will supposedly exploit players' weaknesses and react to player tactics. For example, if you attack their cleric, they might attack yours.
There's two reasons. The official forums's nicer than any other forum I've seen, but the game won't be out for another year. So the forum's a good place to hang out until EQ2 or WoW comes out.
This game is developed by tje right people for the right game.
Dont you think so?
just look their profiles!!
The Dev's consist of the founding fathers of EQ and they have an all star team to boot. Massive funding with Microsoft and there XNA platform as well. This game will define 3rd generation MMO's and I am very confident these people are capable of pulling it off. The Vanguard forums are the best around to boot and the Dev team is heavily involved with their community. Go to the site and check it out for yourself no one here needs to try and convince you or anyone else for that matter and I don't understand why these post's continue to pop up. A little effort on your part in research can go a long way for yourself alone.
It's a simple world for complicated people!
Sonicbrew
He conquers who endures.
Persius
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~ Italian proverb
Nice to see some of you guys jumped over from the official Vanguard forums. Welcome.
Tarthus@mmorpg.com
AIM: Tarthus Darkmist
I predict with almost complete certainty that, at release, it will fail miserably. I also predict that this release will happen in Q1 2007. That's 3.. yes three long years from now. Still interested? The class system will be completely messed up and people will be screaming for server merges within MONTHS after release. Why? Because the CEO of Sigil is porking his secretary or some nonsense. I can't be totally sure on that last detail though.
The death penalty will be horribly high and the game's performance will suck even on a Cray with 14 top-O'-the-line video cards (which will cost $500 each).
I also predict that the Red Sox will win the World Series (this year, actually) against the Yankees and Hillary Clinton together with a guy who's middle name is Hussein will actually have a shot at the white house.
Also, buy some stock in Apple. I've got a feeling this stupid iPod thing might actually sell (just a little).
Life of an MMORPG "addict"
For 7 years, proving that if you quote "fuck" you won't get banned.
I predict with almost complete certainty that, at release, it will fail miserably. I also predict that this release will happen in Q1 2007. That's 3.. yes three long years from now. Still interested? The class system will be completely messed up and people will be screaming for server merges within MONTHS after release. Why? Because the CEO of Sigil is porking his secretary or some nonsense. I can't be totally sure on that last detail though.
The death penalty will be horribly high and the game's performance will suck even on a Cray with 14 top-O'-the-line video cards (which will cost $500 each).
I also predict that the Red Sox will win the World Series (this year, actually) against the Yankees and Hillary Clinton together with a guy who's middle name is Hussein will actually have a shot at the white house.
Also, buy some stock in Apple. I've got a feeling this stupid iPod thing might actually sell (just a little).
07-31-04??? why respond with these wierd predictions, or did you think no one would notice that your prediction was made today as your post date is 05/18/07 oh thats today isn't it, nice prediction after the facts LOLI'm a big ol' fluffy carewolf. Be afraid. Be very afraid.