Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Originally posted by Xasapis

Well, the OP made a valid question.

A valid and most probable answer is never. Which brings us to the next question.

Does it matter?

No, unless they decide to shut down the servers. Which brings us to a more interesting question.

What will it take to recover from the bad launch? (I won't debate if that is possible or not at this point)

The first thing they need in order to recover is a (non buddy-key) free trial.

After that, the devs need to up the work rate, the game needs to catch up to what people would expect from a year-old game (content-wise).

Can they recover? My money would be on no, but I'd like to be proven wrong.

Here is your answar:

75 % never................ .

To little to late. Almost got tempted to give it another go buy think I will wait for something else. Shame, if the game would have been in the same state it's now when it launched it would probably been a hit.

Originally posted by Kvaser

Shame, if the game would have been in the same state it's now when it launched it would probably been a hit.

Exact...Which proves many players are not looking for a GOOD game, but a HYPED game with good forum comments....

...interesting thought it is...

VG is no better or no worse than almost 90% of the MMOs out there,

Yes there is room for improvement, yes it would benefit from a free trail, yes it could do with quicker updates, more content etc,

But it also has a lot going for it, best graphics in any MMO and interesting & unique classes, decent crafting, diplomacy, it is a lot more future proof than a lot of the MMOs out at the moment.

I am sure there will be a free trail soon and hopefully this will bring the subs up.

Even when AOE and WAR come out VG will still be able to hold its own as i beleive it  is more of a tradtional MMO.

Originally posted by VultureSkull

VG is no better or no worse than almost 90% of the MMOs out there, 

Gameplay-wise, it's pretty good.  Maybe better than a lot of what's out there.

Graphics-wise, it's as good as most other MMOs.  It is not the best IMO.  LOTRO beats it hands down for beautiful graphics.  (I was also annoyed by the lack of good variety of armor in the game.  There isn't much variety unless you count different colors on the same basic armor pieces.  Of course, that's not unusual in many MMOs). 

Originally posted by Deathstrike2

 

Originally posted by VultureSkull

VG is no better or no worse than almost 90% of the MMOs out there, 

Depends on what you're talking about.  Performance-wise, it is worse.  Much worse. 

 

Gameplay-wise, it's pretty good.  Maybe better than a lot of what's out there.

Graphics-wise, it's as good as most other MMOs.  It is not the best IMO.  LOTRO beats it hands down for beautiful graphics.  (I was also annoyed by the lack of good variety of armor in the game.  There isn't much variety unless you count different colors on the same basic armor pieces.  Of course, that's not unusual in many MMOs). 

  ??   STEP AWAY FROM THE PIPE!!!!

Originally posted by rascalcmos

 

Originally posted by Kvaser

Shame, if the game would have been in the same state it's now when it launched it would probably been a hit.

 

Exact...Which proves many players are not looking for a GOOD game, but a HYPED game with good forum comments....

...interesting thought it is...

 

 

I dont think so.  Most people who bought it were looking for a game that did more than what was already out there.  Vangaurd isnt that game, but the promises were huge. 

Sure it might have held more subscribers for a bit longer but I dont think the population would have been significantly larger.  Maybe if it had shipped like this and they had kept a sizable dev team to add in the innovations they were talking about over the next year.

Originally posted by Deathstrike2

 

Originally posted by VultureSkull

VG is no better or no worse than almost 90% of the MMOs out there, 

Depends on what you're talking about.  Performance-wise, it is worse.  Much worse. 

 

Gameplay-wise, it's pretty good.  Maybe better than a lot of what's out there.

Graphics-wise, it's as good as most other MMOs.  It is not the best IMO.  LOTRO beats it hands down for beautiful graphics.  (I was also annoyed by the lack of good variety of armor in the game.  There isn't much variety unless you count different colors on the same basic armor pieces.  Of course, that's not unusual in many MMOs). 

Performance wise it is fine, may i ask when was the last time you played VG?

Cos your ideas seems pretty old.