[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by Kergan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Beta was a fucking joke - "from scratch" redesigns of entire classes, revamps of huge parts of the game over and over...that game would have never left the beta phase. Microsoft came in and pushed a broken product out the door.

Such a shame too, Vanguard had such incredible potential and may well have been the best game ever created within the genre if there had been focused and talented management within Sigil.

I never would have played pre-revamp Vanguard. I remember looking at Beta phase 2,3 and promising not to play. Was disgusted.

That's what makes VG an even more incredible story. The class design and game design came together within a few months of revamping at the end of beta phase 4, and miraculously it worked. I agree it was a bad move for people who were expecting something different, or who wanted the old VG.

Too bad the hardware requirement was so high and people didn't want to tolerate any crashes. Tanking those out was worth it. You had to play the first 8-10 months of launch to get the real PvP experience, after that it was dead in the water.