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Soo uhh, Vanguard
Jasconius
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Does this game have any future now that SOE has full control of it?
I stopped tracking it after I finally gave up trying to run it on my shoddy machine, but now that I have a new one I gave it a second thought...
Anyone still playing it?
I stopped tracking it after I finally gave up trying to run it on my shoddy machine, but now that I have a new one I gave it a second thought...
Anyone still playing it?
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I hear now that SOE is in control the game is being patched up like EQ2, making up for a bad/buggy start and becoming an enjoyable game. But I don't have first hand experience with it recently.
Was a good game, challenging but in a not-sadistic way with interesting class mechanics and the best crafting system I've seen in an mmo.
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Has the game gotten any better since SOE took over?
Anyway, with all the new MMOs coming along ( Age of Conan, Tabula Rasa, Sword of the New World) I don't think i'll ever get around to trying this unless it really has gotten better, and has a larger community.
(also i'm pretty new to posting here so, hi everyone)
The game is fun, and most if not all of the stability/crashing to desktop/lag/any other technical issues have been taken care of.
That said, the game does need a pretty good computer to run, or it plays like, and looks like ass.
If a bunch of people are interested in playing again, just send Fooms on the Flamehammer server an in-game mail and I can invite you to the guild.
any other questions shoot them my way.
Windows XP
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE
Not the best, but it works for now. I do need to start upgrading though.
I picked it up just after release, after having played in beta. Performance improved, but I was running an a Athlon64 3500+, X800 XL, and 2GB RAM at 1280x800 and lowish settings, and it still was a slideshow in any remotely populated area. Out in a field without much going on, I'd get 15-20 FPS. In a group? I had to turn particle effects off to not crash.
The game had some cool ideas and I really liked the classes, but it was just too buggy and unfinished. I decided to put Vanguard back on the shelf and wait a year or so. If it's still around and the devs are doing good things, I'll give it another shot. It certainly has some promise. But if it's not? I don't think I'll lose any sleep.
Yeah I figured my comp would have some serious problems with it.
I agree the game has potential, and maybe when I can actually afford a good enough computer to run it, i'll give it a try.
(I think I might give Sword of the New World a shot. I wonder why there is no thread for it? theres one for Granado Espada, but thats back during beta, I think there should be a brand new one for it
They added in a bunch of instant cast dot spells, some wicked dmg + debuff things, and added debuffs to a bunch of other old skills, and than gave us a ton of group debuff clearing abilities, turning the bard into a class that while may not do the top dmg, it buffs your group awesomely, debuffs the enemy, and clears any aliments off your own party.
Also the devs have added in monthly milestones, so they work towards a set of smaller goals every month and than release them, rather than just one large "in the works" over-reaching goals anymore.
From experience, Vanguard is unplayable with 1G of RAM. Unless you like 10-30 second system hangs with every chunk. At least that's how it used to be.
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It can look good though. I think it depends entirely on whom they had design the area; the Kurashasa starting area for example is abysmal (that's not snow, that's a blue reflection on the grassy ground). Other places? Very nice.
If you really think Sony was to blame for Vanguard's poor condition at release, Brad McQuaid has a sunny seaside resort in lovely Siberia he'd love to sell you.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
Less lofty goals on the developers side would have helped too but where is the fun in that.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
Everyone would of loved to see some games get that extra month or monhts or year of dev time but it's just not possible.
But on the bright side, the polish in the game is really nice atm.
As for server merges. not yet. but they should be in a week or 2 at most.
Supposedly there's going to be a significant relaunch this fall.
The sad fact is that the money ran out and the game was released too early.
I just hope there are still people around when that happens.
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