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Anofalye
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Joined: 11/19/03
The enemy is so dumb! They believe that WE are the enemy! - A famous orc commander. |
11/03/06 10:23:22 AM#41
Layered clothing and armor is entirely possible. I can't talk for LotR or Conan, but SWG, SoR and Matrix don't compete with CoH, they are LEAGUES behind as far as character customisation goes. In CoH, your toon can be under 4' or over 8', can be anorexic, athletic or muscular, you can have limbs that aren't naturals, tails, and so on, I am merely starting...and the cloak is nice, unlike in these games which either lack cloaks or are plain and not affected by the wind.
I have to see 1 MMO that is even remotedly close to CoH as far as customisation goes. However, I understand that in an item centric game, it is hard. - "If I understand you well, you are telling me until next time. " - René Levesque about the denial NO on the poll to his dream, project and goal. (Free translation) |
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11/03/06 4:50:40 PM#42
Concerned about having to get a new computer.... Check out refubished systems....Dell usually has some pretty nice refurbished systems that are decently priced. I'm sure other companys also sell refurbished systems. |
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milamber12
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Joined: 4/09/05
the greatest glory in life is not in never falling but in rising everytime you fall. |
11/04/06 9:56:21 PM#43
great review sounds like most mmo's that i have played. What i would like to see is there going to be HARDCORE PvP in this game. PLz Plz say there is.
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11/05/06 9:51:49 PM#44
Someone asked aboutt pvp earlier and all that I can say i know is that seperate servers wil have pvp rulesets, but sometime after the game is out.There will be some sort of consentual thing on the pve servers, but i am not going to get into it as i am not sure how it will end up by time release gets here, suffice to say it WILL NOT give those looking for hardcore Pvp what they are looking for as there is no ganking or interaction with the pve world in any way, that what the special ruleset servers will be for and from what little i have heard of them, they will be very nicely set up.
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11/05/06 11:54:11 PM#45
On a AMD Semptron 3100+ (1.81ghz) with 1gig of ram and a Geforce 7300 GS on high setting the game runs at an average of 25 fps in town and around 30 fps out of town. Settings tweaked of course. So anyone worried about not being able to run the game. If you have a pixel shader 2.0 card and atleast 1gig of ram you should be good to go. Though 2gig is highly recommened for improved preformance. Also a good start to a review there. I'm glad to see you didnt try and cover features you didnt have time to play through first or learn about. |
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11/09/06 9:51:00 AM#46
Great preview. This is one I'm watching with a very hopeful eye. Thank you for sharing your impressions. It's nice to hear that you were able to see some unique value in this MMO - that's the only thing that can get me to try out a new one these days. Thanks!
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11/09/06 4:27:06 PM#47
I thought I had a nice computer....now I need to save up again for all the new nifty games coming out.
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Endemondia
 Apprentice Member
Joined: 3/29/05
In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king - LAST OF THE MOHICANz |
11/10/06 7:14:53 AM#48
Respect to the devs of Vanguard for introducing many new ideas to the mmo arena. Diplomacy is a nice USP! However as previously mentioned in this thread why another fantasy class based game? Don't we have enough already??? just fell asleep at my pc thinking about it...yawn! |
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11/10/06 9:15:53 AM#49
From what Brad McQuaid has said over the last few days, it looks like they are adding to the character customization tools even more. It sounds like this is one of those final "polish" type of thing that they are going to be doing right up until launch.
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11/10/06 11:41:08 AM#50
Looking forward to try this game out. Giveustrial.com
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11/10/06 5:19:12 PM#51
Why another fantasy based game? 1) Sci Fi has too much tech which becomes complicated and dificult to program from teleporters to jet packs to flying machines to space combat to tanks to hovercraft to replicators to laser blasters high tech security systems etc etc etc. 2) Sci Fi games don't have near the following that fantasy genre games do. Eve Online already pretty much is dominating right now...no one else has come close to putting at a decent Sci Fi MMORPG. 3) Sci Fi has laser blasters...so essentialy the game becomes another Halo where you just blast things and strategy and role play goes out the window. Kind of like the difference between Warhammer and Warhammer 40K 4) Western MMO would have too limited a following...and pretty much be Sci Fi...except with far less buttons and whistles. 5) What other genre is there? Whatever it is...would be a limited niche..therefore limited market. With a limited market and having to go up already established MMO giants like WOW it becomes hard to have a profitable product....in the end it boils down to the financiers saying "Will we make gobs of money off of this?" Sadly but true...a World of Starcraft would probably be the most profitable and successful Sci Fi MMO but blizzard has already said they will not do that. Ofcourse...all of this is completely unfounded personal opinion....who can truly say... |
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11/17/06 7:40:52 PM#52
I personally hope that they are lying if they really did indeed say that they will not ever make a starcraft mmorpg.. Other than that I cant wait for Vanguard!! I hope it is as good as I think it will be=)
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Endemondia
Apprentice Member
Joined: 3/29/05
In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king - LAST OF THE MOHICANz |
11/22/06 7:57:09 AM#53
I was really trying to say why another CLASS based fantasy game? Some of your points on sci-fi indicate why fantasy is the predominant genre for mmo. However how many skills based fantasy games out there? Ryzom is the only one I know of! It all goes back to Gygax's D&D which like WoW now is the template for core game design. Of course there were many skills based rpg and so really there should be more skills based mmorpg. A lot of people also specualte that fantasy is the most popular genre because people wish to escape from the modern world and hi-tec society. Returning to a fantasy genre is more escapist, appeals to the human psche (which is still adapting to the post-industrial world), and uses the fairy tale elelement to appeal to the child in all of us. Not my personal opinion but one argued clevery in a British National paper. |
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11/24/06 5:37:28 PM#54
Good job on the preview. I am really excited about Vanguard. It seems like it will combine alot of aspects from other games like WoW and SWG into one fantastic game.
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11/25/06 4:14:59 AM#55
How about you not speak for Sigil friend? It's that Psudo Hardcore mentality that's almost ruined the boards over there. Brad and company ARE already entertaining the thought of alternate rule servers so why not raid free ones. BTW I was in a Elemental/Time lvl EQ1 guild so I know the score. Months upon months of raiding to garner 5-6 items isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Zarraa Voltayre Zero Sum/Ancient Legacy/Silver Phoenix/Damage Inc. EQ1 EQII DAOC AC2 COH COV GW WOW EVE MxO L2 Dutchess Zarraa Voltayre |
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11/25/06 6:53:12 AM#56
Agreed, not much else to say. It was an all-in-all preview, and i'm sure many people are now just dying to play Vanguard (me included |
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12/05/06 12:31:19 PM#57
After playing the game for several hours..this preview seems pretty empty.Mayby for 30 minutes play. But for a professional reviewer....frankly seems like a lot of fuzz.As a professional reviewer,expectations for what will be contained and what will not ,should have been stated right up front.
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