Levels 1 - 10 need to be improved...

I only got to level 12 so i don't know the higher levels of the game but 1 - 10 are the most important at attracting customers and specially on this game seeing as they're slower. I logged in and thought ok the character creation was abit weird and fpund it strange how you pick your server after your name/race and class. I felt the character creation also looked ugly and lacked alot of real customization because theres only 4 hairstyles and if you go too far left or right you look ugly. I also felt that female characters were reall ugly and all their bums look very saggy.

After that i logged in and it started off with me not being impressed by the animations and the characters are in one pose the whole time, other mmorpgs like EQ2 i had  facial expressions. I felt that the spell effects too were lacking and there wasn't enough for the first 10 levels to make me like any class.

Also alot of the starting areas are really poor..



Good ones were:



Khal

Lomshir

Mekalia

Martok

Tursh

The rest i wasn't much of a fan of.



I also Felt that the game didn't show me anything about flying mounts or housing or player boats, which are the kool features. I wish the game was like EQ2 where it showed you some kool features in quests as a noob. I would have much prefered it aswel if it slowly went through everything with me aswel, it was like too much at once. I recon it should teach you diplomacy and crafting at the start in kool quests but not letting you find them on your own and thinking wtf?



Anyways i'm not asking for my hand to be held but just to be introduced into the world alot better.

Edit: + If you like PVP then you'll be disappointed in this game, i know i wasn't high enough level to get into it but i've tired it. I found PVP to be unbalanced and it looked horrible, i also read the FaQ and they arnt focusing on it. I think this is a shame because i'd love kool places to capture for PVP and more of a focus on it.

Edit2: YEs i also forgot about the map, which i found weird i couldn't view the whole world and it seemed to be very poor. I would also like features to make notes on it seeing as theres hardly anything on it.

Pro's:

• Massive world
  
  Lots of promise in the future
  
  Player housing
  
  Crafting
  
  Diplomacy
  
  
  
  

Basically it has alot of room to expand and has everything there but atm it's not well done or pplished and will put off new players.



Cons:

• Generic art
  
  Feel of WTF and being overwhelmed at the start
  
  Animations
  
  Spell effects
  
  Character creation needs to be improved
  
  Tutorials are pretty bad
  
  Doesn't show you the kool features at the start to keep you playing
  
  PVP just isn't good enough
  
  
  
  

In the end after my first 12 levels i will not be playing the game, i'm not saying its a bad game. Vanguard needs to be much improved and needs polish for me to have fun. I'd also like the main focus to be on Animations and spell effects to make combat and classes fun.



In the end I'll be sticking with WOW PVP which i find is much better balanced and polished, also the game has much more of a focus on it. I'll keep my eye on Vanguard's patch notes in the future to see if it gets better also trying out WAR when thats released.

6/10, it's all there but it needs to be polished.