Zippy's post pretty much captures most of it. As far as how hardcore,
Brad himself has stated that the game roughly is 60% core (group), 20%
hardcore( raids) and 20% casual (solo/small groups)
Another thing I'd like to add that's innovative in Vang…
While I can't judge how much SOE messed up EQ1, if that's the reason for turning your back on Vanguard it would not be a good one. Seem a lot of the reputation SOE has comes from how they developed MMORPGs and the in-game CS. The agreement between S…