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Originally posted by oubers

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Originally posted by Superduper69

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Originally posted by Ingvar
http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=515291

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This is the best news i have  heard in a long time regarding MMOS. i always thought Vanguard would get lot more players if it goes F2P. SOE you are awesome.

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b4 you call SOE awesome....wait untill the shops open up.
 

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I'm surprised they've not tried to start charging on a per-key press basis.

Yes, APW is amazing.

BUT !

They really should change the dungeon. You should have to get a full set of APW armor before you can continue to level above 50. And when you enter it as level above 50, you should be automatically be mentored down to 50. Then APW still would be a challenge, and still be interesting.

Right now, APW is a joke compared to the status it had before the levelraise. Its just trivial. Some mobs can now be killed with a group of level 55, instead of a raidforce.

Originally posted by ace80k

[...] For it's time, this game had many revolutionary ideas. [...]

Which, as the game was not a success and nobody copies its concept, are still just as revolutionary as back then.

I wish they hadn't waited this long to do it.  I will return and play again.  I stopped playing and lost my house I had built but that's ok.  Hopefully more people will play, I always had trouble as my time zone didn't see many other people playing when I was on so I ended up quitting.

I will give it another go, seriously still my favourite game.

I am considering starting my account back up just because of how great this game is. Does anyone know how groups are forming now days? That's the one problem I had, was getting someone to group with to do harder quests.

I don't mind it going FTP but i think they should leave Telon as the veteran server,everything stays the same other than updates and new content,no major cashshop.

This would be the reward for their so called 'beloved' vanguard players who have stuck with the game since release.

Originally posted by stealthbr

Interesting news. Telon, even back in 07, felt empty. Wonder how the experience will fare with a greater number of players online.

That was only because the gameworld is huge. With the LFG tools though its not much of an issue anymore. If players are there and interested, you will find them quickly.

Originally posted by Adamantine

Originally posted by stealthbr

Interesting news. Telon, even back in 07, felt empty. Wonder how the experience will fare with a greater number of players online.

That was only because the gameworld is huge. With the LFG tools though its not much of an issue anymore. If players are there and interested, you will find them quickly.

even after the initial bugfest on release and it was up and running i never had a problem finding groups anywhere in the game.i do hope they dont make the f2p  to painful for players or that will drive them away again.that saying they have to come back first lol

Why does Europe get all the f2p conversions first?

It will bring me back, if for not other reason than its the only place to play a goblin how a goblin should be look dammit!!

Originally posted by Wolfenpride

Why does Europe get all the f2p conversions first?

DDO and Vindictus are 2 I can remember right now for which that isnt true.

Regardless I do agree and wish that these kind of things could be released and available worldwide right away, unfortunately its a sort of complicated matter for several factors I'm too lazy to get into.

Heard good things about this game but never got to trying it, maybe I will now.

I will definitly be playing! I have always enjoyed the game but couldnt deal with the lack of players. This should fix that!

Originally posted by Starpower

Vanguard is going F2P period. Not just in Europe.

All SoE games are going F2P.  Smedly and other producers have said this since their EQ2 F2P experiment.  If that experiment ended up successfully they planned on having all their games, present and future be F2P.  That is the game model they think will be the way of the future.

Originally posted by Torvaldr

Originally posted by Starpower

Vanguard is going F2P period. Not just in Europe.

All SoE games are going F2P.  Smedly and other producers have said this since their EQ2 F2P experiment.  If that experiment ended up successfully they planned on having all their games, present and future be F2P.  That is the game model they think will be the way of the future.

Smedley....the guy who is apparently impossible to fire. 

I am glad for Vanguard, it needs it, but think that is not the choice that makes me excited for EQ Next.

Originally posted by Naral

Originally posted by Torvaldr

Originally posted by Starpower

Vanguard is going F2P period. Not just in Europe.

All SoE games are going F2P.  Smedly and other producers have said this since their EQ2 F2P experiment.  If that experiment ended up successfully they planned on having all their games, present and future be F2P.  That is the game model they think will be the way of the future.

Smedley....the guy who is apparently impossible to fire. 

I am glad for Vanguard, it needs it, but think that is not the choice that makes me excited for EQ Next.

I'm not a huge fan of their pricing.  I like that you get the full game for the sub price, but still have a cash shop and need to xpacs.  There is a little double dipping going on there.

Still, good for the Vanguard fans.  I hope they get a few more players in their game.