People didn't find Vanguard too hard, it was just bullshit. I played until that patch that fixed all the broken Cleric abilities and added new Cleric abilities (and Clerics were already balanced around half their abilities being broken). So all of a sudden my room mate became the best tank, dps, and healer in the game. That was when I realized they had no idea what the fuck they were doing (I realized it before that I was just trying to deny it and enjoy the game).
But for the first few months, the classes were great, the world was amazing, and the quests and lore were by far the best of any MMO.
The game had big mix of totally awesome and totally shitty elements, nothing in between. Like, some dungeons were totally epic like that ancient castle ruins. While in other areas, there was literally the same mine dungeon copy and pasted 3 times next to a town.
But people miss that Vanguard had a lot of potential. I would have played that game for years if they spent more time on it. People say you can't get that "awe" back from your first MMO, but Vanguard was really close exploring the amazingly designed world and lore.
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