Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

I've heard about the bugs, the low population, etc. I used to play when it came out and I am considering a return. So, is it worth playing at all? Is the population that low? If it's worth playing explain why..and if it's not, explain why it's not..

pop is very low..around 30-40k only...and you will be on your own for most of the time at the lower levels.

but the game itsef is not that bad, there are a few glitshes here and there...but they are not too bad....wont ruin the gaming experiance.

I think the 30-40k estimate is being very, very generous.  My best guess(and thats all anyone can do) is closer to 10-25k.  Performance still isnt where it should be, but its getting better. Id syggest waiting until after the "hitching fix" goes in and the newbie experience is redone.

The population may be low but you wont find grouping hard (other then the usual grouping problems that you have in any games). Its true that you will be soloing for the lower levels up untill about level 12ish id say.

As for the glitches they are few and far between then on release but it still has a few, nothing a 30second relog or a patition wont fix, usually get a response from a GM in 12hours max...max.

hopes this helps

I came back to VG 4 days ago, rolled up a new warrior and every quest I've ran from lvl 1-16 I've had camp competition (like 2-8 other ppl camping for same quests) every step of the way.  Either the player base is increasing or alot of the bored 50's are running new alts (and not twinking them at all and I I highly doubt they've all decided to start fresh without twinkage)

low population? only 4 servers as they have done server mergers recently, anyway got it on the way and looking forward to playing, hopefully tomorrow 

Want my honest opinion.  No...they still have lots to do and they keep re-writing it instead of fixing what needs fixed - like persistent bugs that have been there since day one and broken quest.   Plus they need to finish filling out the world....underwater environments and revamp or add things to Kojan.  So no...give it another year - maybe.

Originally posted by Slash83

I've heard about the bugs, the low population, etc. I used to play when it came out and I am considering a return. So, is it worth playing at all? Is the population that low? If it's worth playing explain why..and if it's not, explain why it's not..

Why did you stop playing it?

The best change during these last year in my opinion is the riftways,rentable flying mounts. And most noteworthy the change on not making chains disappear until the timer runs out even if you use something else after they have triggered.
The worst change would be equipment expertise, which imo is not something I cared about that much.

But as I never felled through the world, never experienced any of these really "gamebraking" bugs I can't tell.
I don't log in and find myself beneath or inside objects in the world anymore. I also can't use torches to see where chunklines are anymore. And I have about same performance in Vista as in XP, which is on the low side 20 to 25 fps and on the high 40-50fps windowed mode.
Running on 1950 512MB, AMD AM2 5200, 3GB.

Kahl runs like this, and this is after the caching is done. The initial hitching is there but it disappears, as shown in the footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KuHNvUafLw

NO absolute NO this gama has a nice grafic but you can´t move without see a bug, there are bugs many bugs in everywhere almost imposible to play. And you´ll need a computer that will be realese in 2030 to play it.

I will give you an honest opinion on it m8,It could be a great game,it really could but the bugs are still there,the zoning is still there,alot of the time you feel you are all alone,It is the feeling alone that bothered me so much,I dont pay to play just to spend maybe(yes this is true)maybe 8 hours and not see 1 single player,Yes you may see a flurry of chat from time to time on general but thats not what you pay for.

My advice I would leave it alone for now,maybe just maybe if they can turn it around re-release with all the buttons,then try it again,trying it now will just lead to dissapointment.