Vanguard SOH

[Weekapaug]

I'm in need of a break from EQ and, after a few days of debating what to play, I've decided to give Vanguard another go. Downloading and installing it now.

Planning to try out a Disciple and Dread Knight on the island and pick one to solo the rest of the way, but if anyone is interested in getting a group effort going there are a lot of other classes I would consider playing.

I've played off and on since beta and never really seem to make it past around 20 or so because something always comes up with RL or another game and I always figure VG will keep. Kind of want to see the upper end at some point. Maybe this will be it. Despite it's bad rap from its horrid release, VG is a vast and beautiful game with a small but dedicated player base. It can be buggy at times, but if you love MMOs, you should check it out at least once, even if it's not now with me. It was developed by Brad McQuade, who was the original designer of EQ and is, arguably, the "real" EQ2. Many have said that it is their favorite game for dungeon crawling.

The game is currently entirely free to play with none of the class restrictions from before. Not sure about gear. If you pay, you get an exp bonus, a %bonus to dropped cash and, I think I saw something about them working on a rare dropped item %bonus but that's not in yet.

If anyone is interested in getting some kind of effort going, just let me know.

[Weekapaug]

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

Are you sure you didn't end up quitting just because the game is morbidly bad? Clunky mechanics, grind grind grind, bland designs, etc. I will admit I haven't checked up on it since it went free to play though.

I've heard it's still pretty buggy, but no everytime I've played I've had fun. Just always seem to have something more pressing come up is all, RL, GF wanting to play another game, friend started playing EQ again so I went to play with him....That kind of thing.

No offense, bugs and all, I would play VG in a heartbeat before WoW. Been reading sites and mulling over what to play for a few days now and WoW was never even a consideration. I have a friend playing RIFT right now and I only lasted 10 mins in that yesterday because it's too much like WoW.

Speaking of which, anybody know anything about Darkfall? Maybe I'll post a new thread about that.

[Weekapaug]

The great irony, of course, is that the day I finally decide to go play there the servers are down for maintainence.