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Originally Posted by Rahnza
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Vanguard was the best worst game ever.
Japan was pretty right-on though. How many Vanguard launch players were ex-EQers? I'm assuming a vast majority. Ex EQ players are hardcore MMOers by definition. Yet, Vanguard failed to deliver to the hardcore. It's not impossible to make another EQ-esque game (although no one has succeeded yet), but Vanguard got the closest (and was still miles from the mark). A lot of things were in place, but the most important thing (content/balance) was completely missing. It's like creating the greatest engineering school in the world, but not offering an engineering degree after you complete your schooling. The journey (leveling/grinding/questing) was fucking spot on and gorgeously designed, but after awhile you realized it was pointless. The game was one beautiful facade.
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Lol pretty much all true. We used to call it Vanguard: Saga of North Korea (cuz it was all a facade)
I remember exploring maybe a DOZEN islands with my guild (high lvl areas) and only ONE of the was itemized. Each island had a large temple on hit, and inside there were some AMAZING boss fights - none of which dropped any items lol.
Sure the exploration was fun though...really felt like old-school EQ.