if you registered your key you don't need it again.  You just go to the web site log onto your account and activate it.  Or for the next month it is already active you can log on and verify it.  You just need to reinstall the game and patch.   If you dont' have the cd or the software you can use the station pass manager client to download and install the entire thing.  I'm not sure where to get the station pass manager I always have to poke around on the web site for awhile to find it....  but it is there somewhere

Originally posted by ProfRed

Me too man...  I was thinking last night about how awesome it was to have shootouts in Tatooine, and getting a series of harvesters up outside of the city in the wild.  I remember building my first building, and raising money while increasing whatever skills I wanted.  Exploring the different Worlds, and always returning to check on my harvesters.  Hanging out in Cantina's while people danced and played music...  Ah man that was some insane fun. 

Oh! Cut it out, Prof!  You are killing me with the nostalgia.  But you, Elsa, and Miagisan are talking directly to my heart. 
 

I think Teala's problem is her "warrior spirit".  It sounds like the combat style in AoC really connects her with it.

Originally posted by Teala

I lasted all of 30 minutes...maybe.   LOL!   I couldn't do it.   AoC's combat has totally ruined my gaming experience!   Vanguards combat is so slow...and it is so...predictable...I was like - NO!!!!   I remember it being faster...more exciting...I could have swore it was more exciting.    No...it is the fact that I have gotten use to AoC's combat system.  

I was looking for a healing potion, and my snares...and then hitting my combos!   When I was attacked in game(Vanguard just a few minutes ago) by two MoB's I was like OK..."piece of cake."   Snare one...back up....take the one out then go back to the snared one.  Wait...where is my snare!  LOL!   I was like OK...calm down just melee them.    Hit my first attack and she pulls two swords..  Wait where is her shield!  LOL!  This was not going good.

I was sitting there mushing keys having her fight two MoB's and she is only doing damge to one.  I was like.  OMG...she should be doing damge to both!   She is going to die.  :(   Luckily I remembered my ranger has her own heals.  So she managed to survive...but barely.   I was like.  Can't do this.   I want my AoC combat back!  Why can't we have the smooth animations and have my ranger from AoC in Vangaurd.  She kicks butt!   LOL!

Oh well...some day when Funcom gets AoC fixed I'll play again.   As for Vanguard...I will be removing it from my HD.   I cannot ever go back.   AoC ruined it for me.   Thanks the frak alot Funcom!

Fix AoC so I have something to play!  Do it fast!

I'll be a sad gamer girl if Funcom doesn't pull their proverbial heads from their nether regions and make AoC a fun game to play instead of making it a second job and having to deal with all the BS and broken stuff because I miss AoC's combat. ::sigh:: I hope BF2 can keep me happy for a while. Please...please....please Funcom - fix your game.
 

I can wholeheartedly agree with you on Vanguard Teala. 

I am still subscribed to AoC atm, but if I hadnt bought and registered a 60 day timecard along with the game, I would probably be giving it a couple of months to settle down a bit. 

I was considering resubscribing to Vanguard to play alongside AoC for the 'wide-open' feel and because it was getting rave reviews from returnees on this site.  I even posted in the Vanguard section asking some questions about the state of the game now, I was quite happy with the responses I recieved, the game seemed to have turned the corner.  So I was delighted yesterday when I recieved notification of the Free Veteran Trial for Vanguard SOH.

I reinstalled the game from the original discs and went through a lengthy 3 hours of patching.  I fired the game up and decided to start over on Halgar as there is a guild of peeps from this very site playing there.  I rolled-up a Thestran Human Ranger and was a little disappointed by the lack of customisation available now, but I thought, oh what the hell and entered the world of Telon for my 3rd and last time.

The first thing I noticed the graphics didnt seem as good as they were before (yes, I did all the relevant tweaks and adjustments for my system), now maybe this is because I have been spoiled by AoC, but really the world just looked washed-out and lifeless. 

Animations are still absolutely woeful in this game too, jumping is a personal favourite of mine, just what the hell is THAT!?  As for combat animations, dont even get me started.  I soldiered on though thinking about the wide open world and all the options available to me ingame.  After about 1 hour, I thought to myself - I'm not really enjoying this - so I logged out and decided to try out one of my old characters on Seradon.  I entered the game as my level 38 Dark Elf Necromancer and wandered out into the world to play around a bit.  Again, but after less than an hour this time I got to feeling all meh about what I was doing and logged off. 

On to performance.  Yes, performance has improved since my last visit to Telon (my second stint ingame in September '07, I also Beta tested and played the first 3 months of launch).  Has it improved as much as some people on this site are trying to make out - Hell no!  Hitching is still an issue, I still needed to do The Vanguard Spin (tm) when entering the game or a new area.  My abomination was still bugged for crossing chunks and several graphical issues were still to be found, flickering, whiteout and suchlike.

Needless to say Vanguard has again been removed from my HD, after all this time the game is still not up to scratch.  If people can complain about the unfinished state of AoC, then they are going to have a hard time in Vanguard if they decide to try it out.  If AoC is paying to play Beta, then after 18 months of being a live game so is Vanguard.

I was like....reading your post and it hurt my brain..LOL!

So i'm renewing my VG sub tonight as well and redownloading planning on giving it another shot.  Largely due to the fact that I will only have my laptop for the rest of the Summer and it can't run AoC in an acceptable manner.  If it runs VG decently i'll stick around while i'm away and maybe check out AoC or a game from my sig if one enter beta or Ryzom comes back in the Summer.

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I like the Carrot on the stick with the Pack Camel... good stuff SOE! You know how to bait us!

The problem with VG is that there are people that want pretty animations, pretty models but they don't even check the gameplay because of it.

VG gameplay rocks, its the best out there, the models...not so much but that will be fixed soon(TM)

I think subcribers# will go up when the new models are released.

This has to be the most non-combative thread in a good while. Particularly since folks are discussing competing titles, subscriptions and whatnot.

As for VG, I went to scope it out since I scored it @ launch and the old lady has the station pass :(  So, I figured, what the hell.

It's too early to come to an honest conclusion and offer a valid opinion. The few things I noticed immediately was performance with the highest settings being smooth and the amount of other new players that have migrated over from whichever game has recently turned them off.

Wow VG has impressed the hell out of me...  Runs great on my laptop too so it looks like i'll be playing it for a few months or more.

Originally posted by miagisan

i recently tried vanguard...and frankly i miss the old style combat. AoC felt so consol-ish to me. The only thing i hope for is better combat animations and character movement in GU6..and I could be a very happy camper....the depth and complexity between aoc and vg is astounding. I miss the complex mmos more than the fast combat.

 

Between eve and vg i think i found a happy combo right now :)

You actually enjoy Vanguard?  WOW...  All I can say is WOW...  I didn't think that was possible.  If you enjoy Vanguard then AoC is clearly too fast for you.  Have fun.

I like vanguard also :P

It still has room for improvement for sure but it nowhere near the train wreck that AoC currently is in my opinion....

Originally posted by fingis

I bought VG back in the day off of Sony's website as a download.  I've lost the key.  Any way to get the key back?

When you buy a game through digital download you never get a key.  It just gets automatically added to your account.  In fact, you probably have an active subscription right now because of the free month.