This is HUGE news , Vanguard not only has good quests, challenging and great combat, great crafting, wide open world, and it has one thing no other mmo has and that is Diplomacy. This will bring back large amounts of people and that has always been Vanguards problem,  not many people cause of the technical problems it had when it started. I dont know what took Sony so long to see that this is a potential money maker on the F2P market and it will make alot of people very happy

Brilliant!. VG is a great game and needs the population. This will make VG viable and give me another  great game to jump into. Good on you SOE. You finally did something right ;)

Good news: It's F2P, bad news: It's using the same stupid Concept of Microtransaction like Everquest 2, you won't get far without paying a cent.

It was just a question of time, all SOEs games are going F2P.

Unlike EQ2 this was the right decision, hopefully will it mke more people try out VG since it is a pretty good game.

EQ2 already had enough subs to do fine and they implemented the cashshop so badly that it instead turned me and my friends off the game.

Best MMO news I've heard in a long time.  This will bring in players and revenue so they can afford a development team and active development again.  Will hit this up when it goes f2p.

So much for Tera,, This news gave me goosebumps :)

There is a reason why no one plays this game... 

So many people talk about how good it is, but they don't play it O.o

Honestly, I think it might have good IDEAS but the actual game itself just isn't good.  RIFT is a great example of a brand new IP that had NO following and nothing to bring players in other than the game itself.  And look at RIFT still going strong with a solid player base.

Vanguard had a lot more pull and possible fan base than many of the no-name MMO's being released and it fell flat on its face.  Sadly, no matter how good people SAY vanguard is.  The fact that no one actually plays the game shows how things really are.

Hell, SWTOR had Bioware and Starwars behind it, just about everything you should need to be a strong game with massive player base and while it isn't dead, no one would say the game is doing well when compared to RIFT or WoW...

Originally posted by darkedone02

Good news: It's F2P, bad news: It's using the same stupid Concept of Microtransaction like Everquest 2, you won't get far without paying a cent.

Maybe if it'll just get some people through the door they might consider subscribing.  I'd love to see it thrive, but you rarely get a second chance in gaming and this genre specifically.

Vanguard is a big game with a lot to offer.  Sadly, without having people to do that stuff with, you will never see it.  I really hope this changes that.

The diplomacy system was really interesting to me.  MMOs need more systems like this that aren't related to what is expected of the genre (dungeons, raids, PvP, crafting, etc.).

Originally posted by Marchosias31

This is big news actually, wow......

 

I always liked this game. Worth checking out......The only thing?

 

Pvp??

 

None...................and no, dueling isnt pvp....

 

If it did have pvp, this game would of been epic...........

 

The game did have good pvp but when SOE took over the development of the game they got rid of the RP-PvP servers and made them all open PvP ones. I went to a normal RP-PvE server as the open pvp ones you was attacked by anyone and everyone.

Good news about it going f2p love this game and its crafting system was one of the best out there.

Yes! Great news <3!

Finally some f2p worthy of trying. 

Originally posted by Painlezz

There is a reason why no one plays this game... 

 

So many people talk about how good it is, but they don't play it O.o

 

Honestly, I think it might have good IDEAS but the actual game itself just isn't good.  RIFT is a great example of a brand new IP that had NO following and nothing to bring players in other than the game itself.  And look at RIFT still going strong with a solid player base.

Vanguard had a lot more pull and possible fan base than many of the no-name MMO's being released and it fell flat on its face.  Sadly, no matter how good people SAY vanguard is.  The fact that no one actually plays the game shows how things really are.

Hell, SWTOR had Bioware and Starwars behind it, just about everything you should need to be a strong game with massive player base and while it isn't dead, no one would say the game is doing well when compared to RIFT or WoW...

the majority of people who do not play it that have played it before is because of the lack of support sony gave this game..this has nothing to do with how good or bad a game is..when you see no patches or development of the game there is only one way it will go..downhill.

what i will say is that it took sony a hell of a long time to make this f2p,which in my view was stupid.time will tell if peeps will play this.but if you are sick to death of the easy,peasy games then try this.and btw this is a fantastic game imo and a lot of others.just never been given the chance to shine because of lack of updates.

May try Vanguard, but...

though I loved the Freeport server and how SOE managed EQ2 Extended, they really got greedy when they fully switched to ftp on all servers with the AoD expansion.

EQ1's ftp roll out is a nightmare, as ftp you can't even 'unlock' gear to proceed to end game, you are actually forced to sub if you want to play at that level. ('Free to Play...Your Way', that's the title of that release, seriously, lol). I have never seen a more restrictive ftp game in 5 years.

So I have serious reservations on what they are going to do with Vanguard, but I'll keep an eye out. No chance I'll be there first day though, no matter what is said officially, because on this last EQ1 roll out, everything they said officially, they lied about, lol.

I will give a try. i used to play a lv 45 priest.

i stopped long ago mainly because i disliked their game engine with horrible clipping and fps fall in big city or even when opening a door...

Originally posted by Marchosias31

This is big news actually, wow......

 

I always liked this game. Worth checking out......The only thing?

 

Pvp??

 

None...................and no, dueling isnt pvp....

 

If it did have pvp, this game would of been epic...........

You do not need pvp in a game.  Just look at the marketplace, the pve games all have far larger audiences.  Even Wow's pvp servers are all low population servers these days.  Yeah, if you are a pvp enjoyer, then this game is not for you, but then you are just a small minority in the larger scheme of things.

I think this is a great move by SOE.  I think Vanguard will become popular again.  I know I will play it.

if they address the terribad animations in one of these content updates, i'm in :)

I'm glad this is happening. I would have continued to play this game, but I had moral issues with paying a monthly sub for a game where all Sony really did was keep the power on. I hope this breaths some new life into the game.

Awesome news.  My favorite game on the market right now.  Pops are not as bad as some people think because everyone plays on one server.  I'll keep paying for this game if that's an option and hopefuly more people do as well.