Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

...is just about to begin.  I'm going to post a small bit after every session and provide yet another viewpoint on this semi-controversial title.

If anyone cares, I started gaming with EQOA, moved to the good old SWG, then onto WoW and EQ2 when they launched.  Left EQ2 early due to unfinished content (my entire crafting prof recipe book was empty for over at least 2 months, couldn't make anything.. I think I was a provisioner, can't remember now) and stayed with WoW.  Played CoH upon release, but that was insanely easy with the character I built, and I found myself attending as many Paragon-Radio hosted parties as I did actually levelling..so I left that.  I was still playing WoW, went back to SWG for a bit, but it was done for me, played EVE for 4 months or so but got tired of the extensive training lengths... and DDO at release, I actually really like the essence of the game, just couldn't deal with the lack of open world exploration (and Im a realms fan, nay to eberron for me).  I did go back to EQ2 for a while when it was all fixed, and built up a nice Warden, but the amount of people running away from me to zoning points drove me nuts so I left that too.   I beta tested AA, TR, LOTRO and a few others.  About a month ago I started playing LOTRO again, I still love that game, although I did take a huge break.   And still playing WoW.  I just really like being able to PvP when I want, my schedule is tight these days and sometimes I only have a few minutes to play...

Anyway, now I'm going to try VSoH, finally.  I'm excited about this game, especially coming in after so many bug fixes.  But I am going in with open eyes, and I'll stop by here to tell you how I honestly feel, and at the end if I buy or not.

That's all, bbs.

If you're expecting PVP then I wouldn't hope for much because they arn't focusing on it and the classes are sooo unbalanced to the point that some classes wont even do damage to others. The problem also on PVP servers is it's very hard to find anyone and i played for a week or so and only ever saw about 4 or 5 people and that may sound crazy but it's true the population is sooo low and the cities are even more dead than EQ2.

Vanguard has alot of potential but it looks to me from the patches that SOE are just dumbing down the game instead of taking advantage of that giant world they woulda done alot with.

Update:  I started playing - and my PC started beeping at me.  Must be time to get the dust out.

More to come, I hope=)

Originally posted by slannmage

If you're expecting PVP then I wouldn't hope for much because they arn't focusing on it and the classes are sooo unbalanced to the point that some classes wont even do damage to others. The problem also on PVP servers is it's very hard to find anyone and i played for a week or so and only ever saw about 4 or 5 people and that may sound crazy but it's true the population is sooo low and the cities are even more dead than EQ2.

Vanguard has alot of potential but it looks to me from the patches that SOE are just dumbing down the game instead of taking advantage of that giant world they woulda done alot with.

That's too bad, it looks interesting, wish I could have gotten into it a bit more.  I'll try again soon, just looking for some LOTRO action.

I hope your VG experience is a good one! I would at least lvl to the mid lvls, cas' that's where the fun really begins. I also, play on the pvp server, so don't be discouraged, it's not as bad as people make it out to be. But if you really want a high popualtion around, play on Seradon.

Good luck!

Originally posted by elf8bliss

I hope your VG experience is a good one! I would at least lvl to the mid lvls, cas' that's where the fun really begins. I also, play on the pvp server, so don't be discouraged, it's not as bad as people make it out to be. But if you really want a high popualtion around, play on Seradon.

Good luck!

IF you have to be mid level before you have fun then that's a serious flaw lol.