All Posts by Praxus

And the poo starts flying...

Vanguard is a great game, even with its bugs. In fact I think I'll login now.

"1) No instancing.  I looked forward to EQ2 like you wouldn't believe and thought instancing sounded pretty good.  But in the end, instancing went a long way in ruining EQ2 for me.  It took the immersive feeling right out of the game for me.  The last time I played EQ2 was 'clicking' on Blackburrow and seeing a choice of about 18 instances.  Pathetic."

Quoted for teh f'in win!

Not to mention that EXACT SAME zone being filled with different mobs and passed off as a totally seperate zone.
You come to a dungeon entrance..you get a choice of like 4 different iterations of the exact same zone...one meant for solo, one meant for groups, one tougher for groups, and one meant for raids.  Wow that is so immersive! 

I don't think the review was all that great. He gives 'black marks' for corpse runs. He obviously likes his games easy with little encouragement to play well. Plus he gives it a 'black marks' for forced grouping, which is BS - you can solo if you like.

Whats funny is that you mention WoW in a thread and all these WoW fans who don't like Vanguard come screamin out of the woodwork.

I don't get it, why hang out on the forums for a game you don't like and don't play? You quit or whatever but Vanguard still has a hold on ya I guess.

Originally posted by OrionStar
What's funny WoW has a myspace.com page.  This game is nothing but a peer pressure social club for highschool kids.

Yeah, lowest common denominator has never been a convincing argument for me.

Yeah I'm being a dick for posting that people should have backup gear.  I guess guys with 'proud wow player' in their sig can't grasp gameplay beyond the basics, so I won't stoop to calling names like you.

After a lame Achatans Lair group last night I'm inspired make this post - binding stones are available for a reason!
Always make sure you carry enough bound gear to be able to fight your way to your corpse. If you don't want to bind
your uber sword of doom or whatever so you can sell it when you upgrade; then for chrissakes carry another weapon
in your backpack that IS soulbound. 

In other words, even if you like to trade gear as I do, at least carry some bound spare gear so you can still fight.

Having your group wipe deep in a dungeon, then releasing to the altar and having most of the group say "what corpse run? I summoned my corpse because I can't get it naked" is Bullshit.

There's quite a few newbs in this game. I blame WoW :)

I haven't logged into LOTR since I bought Vanguard; and I beta'd both for a few months. LOTR remind me of WoW...easy, everything is soulbound....and the combat is uninspired.

Lol, any crafting is mind numbingly boring to me anyways. So I could give a shit about Vanguards crafting hehe..

As far as the adventuring 'grind'...just play the game and don't worry about XP. Its not a race to max level.
There's lots of content to enjoy, quests to do, groups to hook up with. Concentrate on that and the XP will come.

I played EQ2 for the first year and it pretty much sucked compared to Vanguard. Gameplay restrictions galore, heavy instancing, crappy loot drops, nonexistent community outside your guild, TLC, attunement.... yech.

Vanguard is a much more worthy successor to EQ imo.

Haha, bring it on

Lol @ all the whiners here.

Vanguard is the best game since EQ imo...the odd bug at launch is expected.

Originally posted by Nooblord

You're just waiting for AoC.

Originally posted by mxmissile

 

Originally posted by mehhem

Whats with the friggen bunny ears on Asian games?

/signed

 

 

Is this a joke? I've never had a problem seeing at night in Vanguard, or felt the need to adjust the gamma or anything.
Heck in beta, people used to complain that night was too bright.

Seriously, the WoW generation simply has no idea about anything different than WoW pablum. Yes night IS DARKER than day, deal with it. Jeez in EQ you actually couldn't see at night without a torch. In Vanguard you can see everything at night just fine. Maybe some people have monitor issues or something.

If you like TLC, attunement and other gameplay restrictions, EQ2 may be your thing.

I played for the first year. Everyone I knew quit within a few months. With all the instances and locked encounters
there's little sense of community. Not to mention raid mobs dropping wooden chests of crap. I especially loved the
dungeons where all the drops woudln't be usable until you were 10 levels higher.

Originally posted by damond5031
I would like to thank the OP for this thread as it has saved me from buying this broken game. To all you folks that come on here and bash folks for complaining about the fucked up game they bought, I implore you to stay  out of the forums and in game. If you  see nothing wrong with paying for a game that is full of bugs and runs like a model T with three tires than your a dumb ass..plain and simple.

Yeah, well said.

" I have finally gotten that creepy, scared feeling back when playing this game"

Exactly! I get emotional reactions playing I haven't felt since EQ. A lot of that is the death penalty I think.
Deaths with basically no penalty like WoW just make the game more frivolous. if I die in Vanguard I get pissed!
But I'm motivated to play well and take some care.

Plus when you get a nice drop in Vanguard it actually means something. Unlike WoW where so much loot drops it all has to be soulbound.

I love how 90% of the critics on this game are WoW fans with crappy machines. But of course its Vanguards fault the game
doesn't run well on their 2 ghz celeron with 512 meg ram.

Also I guess when you're used to getting things basically handed to you in wow, being led about by the newb friendly quests, soloing to 60, and getting slapped on the wrist for dying, playing a more hard core game can be a bit disconcerting.

For me Vanguard is definitely the best mmorpg since EQ. I'd actually say its better.