Captain Obvious: Vanguard is tanking

It's a shame they had to rush this out before it was ready. Oh well, another one soon to bite the dust from the sound of it.

Yeah, I loved vanguard, I was probably the biggest fanboy on this site.

They effed it up hard.

Even on my computer, less than a year old, top of the line, it glitched all over the place. Bad frame rates. Performance sucks.

fellowships? Caravans? BAH! that's content that isn't even in the goddamn game yet. Get used to the vast, openness of the game, half of it isn't even filled.

Lvl 50s are quitting in droves, because they grind up to max (mostly on mobs made for lvl 40s) and Raid content and lvl 50 content really isn't even there.

Same goes for Diplomacy and tradeskilling high end content is n't even there, and low end content really doesn't work.

So they try to jenk you into paying for another month, by offering "Double XP weekends" the weekend after billing.

Basically, you're paying to play a beta.
Not happening.

The classes are great, unique, some of the most fun I've had in an MMO. Expirience grinding is something I've grown to love, I miss hard MMOs.

But seriously. When the biggest fear in the game is not "Hmm are there mobs that will kill me between here and there?" but is instead "hmm, I wonder if my quest/mob/items/party is broken" or even worse, "I wonder if I'll fall through the earth between here and there!" Major issues.

Hell, I knew it was over for me when I died from diplomacy.
That's right. I got killed with patient words during a parley.

Link below to it, quite funny.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a166/r4diopir4te/Parleydtodeath.jpg

Niero, I'd use that as the picture for anything vanguard. it doesn't get any better than that.

But really. I've got hopes still for the game. I'll be back in 6mo to see how it's doing. It can only go up, and really, the game has ALOT of potential. Alot.

"Basically, you're paying to play a beta."

Loose cannon! I know what you mean, though. I have three good friends that want to love it but still play Warcraft as their main game.

ouch... this reminds me of Kung Pow...

/Niero looks at Sigil hands...
"Does it hurt Sigil?"... "no"
/Niero poors lemon, salt, gasoline and lights it up.
"Does it hurt now?" "um.... uh... im burning im burning!!"

/Niero: "Rub it all on my hair" :)

howdy! ( Lifebane here, I am too lazy to go find my login so I mooched Jonathan's ) Think the info from Sigil speaks for itself, what more an I add other then it does often times seem like a beta, but that fits the general opinion of the game thus far.

oh yes Mr Niero sir, you stated "Vanguard was also by far more ambitious than EQ2 with its real estate and fellowship concepts" The fellowship concept was in during beta then pulled out for "modifications". It has yet to be reimplemented.

laterz!

Lifebane
vgnecro.com

Well goodluck for your game. My MMO is the Matrix Online, something which the casual gamer will laugh his ass at me, but well, there's no single other RPGs with a dynamic official story progressing daily. I'm a mature roleplayer and I'm sure that like the Vanguard players, the good things in my game greatly overshadow the bad ones. Sad thing however that this short after launch management is already in panic mode.

No problem Artadius, I enjoy a good debate ^_^

I played WoW for about a year though, and while WoW is great fun (A good chunk of its 8.5 million players will gladly support this assumption) its purpose and intent are to please the masses, and it does so greatly! Now, like with Milhouse and plenty others, the video game industry is faced with an aging (not so old but getting there undeniably :p) population of gamers, aka veteran gamers. Vanguard, in its own fashion, is definitely aimed at vets, and more precisely, those coming from EQ and EQ2.

hmmm... to what James said... he has a point,

like DBZ looks like ripped from other MMO's to be put together, but the name will make it a success... same with Lotro.

but that doesnt mean Vanguard hasnt met to the expectations, just means they need some... Life... Bane... lol.

considering new MMO's that are going to go beyond is Aion, and im waiting for may 12 to see what SE has to announce...

i know a couple people playing Vanguard. It doesn't look very impressive, even at the level cap. Hell, neither does LotRO. WoW didn't look special in the first launch months either; mebbe we'll see how these games can perform after some major content pathces and whatnot.