Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Hi all. Extremely happy with my decision to return to Vanguard. The game now runs great on very high graphics settings and as all of you know, many fixes to the game have been made. Hopefully soon enough the game will become even greater and we get more content, fixes, updates, the lot. Anyway I just made a new charatcer on the Halgar server and would really like to join a friendly, active and helpful clan. Please let me know if you are looking for  a new in-game friend and adventurer, and if any clans would have me, I would love to join. Thanks for reading. :)    Oh, and the name is 'Issyl'.

I also just left AOC and returned to my Station Pass and Vanguard, i will wait and see how Warhammer turns out but im sadly very disappointed in all the recent releases. They can say what they want but Sony has done a good job finishing up Vanguard.

wat i dont get is the people that keeps bashing age of conan always promotes vanguard in their posts.

i didnt get age of conan because everyone says it sucks. but from wat i can tell vanguard is the same thing.

Thats your opinion, fair enough, but I have never bashed age of conan, I just didn't choose to renew my subscription for it. Thanks for the reply though.

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Originally posted by Chainspell
wat i dont get is the people that keeps bashing age of conan always promotes vanguard in their posts.
i didnt get age of conan because everyone says it sucks. but from wat i can tell vanguard is the same thing.

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I never bashed Aoc, i think it has something to be desired IMO, Instancing for one, way to much. What i didnt get is how the hype for the game was in the clouds yet lots are leaving now.

For me Vanguard is a much better game, all in all so far i like it very much. Just wish it would implement a pvp system like this - Ultimate pvp system

Then it would be the most kick ass game out there.

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I didnt get the hype for AoC either. AoC is now exactly what I thought it to be. In fact, compared to what I expected, it had a really nice and smooth launch. Still people complain about it now.

But why would anyone be impressed by AoC in the first place anyway ? Where does this hype come from ? Nothing of what I hear about AoC now came by surprise !

What this game will be was described on Wikipedia and in gamer resources long ago. More than a year ago, when Vanguard released, I was asked if I would ever play AoC and my answer was already a definite "no, never, thats not even a roleplaying game" back then.

So where does this hype come from ? Do people not inform themselves about the games that get hyped ?

Mind, I *love* the original Conan stories. I would also love a game about the Conan world where I would get an experience that would make me feel to be in said world. I would love to have the huge world described in Conan come to live. I would love to have real PvP battles between armies, being able to conquer lands, etc. But AoC is anything but that. AoC hasnt been created by roleplayers, and it hasnt been created for roleplayers. The simple fact alone that one can only play 3 races already tells me all too much about the spirit of the game. THREE RACES ??? You got to be KIDDING, man ! Theres like a douzen races described in the original stories. Theres white races and black and yellow ones.

And the awful AoC advertisement (most brutal game ever etc) is simply horrible and has nothing to do with the beauty and excellent storytelling of the original stories of Robert E. Howard.

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Originally posted by Adamantine
I didnt get the hype for AoC either. AoC is now exactly what I thought it to be. In fact, compared to what I expected, it had a really nice and smooth launch. Still people complain about it now.
But why would anyone be impressed by AoC in the first place anyway ? Where does this hype come from ? Nothing of what I hear about AoC now came by surprise !
What this game will be was described on Wikipedia and in gamer resources long ago. More than a year ago, when Vanguard released, I was asked if I would ever play AoC and my answer was already a definite "no, never, thats not even a roleplaying game" back then.
So where does this hype come from ? Do people not inform themselves about the games that get hyped ?
Mind, I *love* the original Conan stories. I would also love a game about the Conan world where I would get an experience that would make me feel to be in said world. I would love to have the huge world described in Conan come to live. I would love to have real PvP battles between armies, being able to conquer lands, etc. But AoC is anything but that. AoC hasnt been created by roleplayers, and it hasnt been created for roleplayers. The simple fact alone that one can only play 3 races already tells me all too much about the spirit of the game. THREE RACES ??? You got to be KIDDING, man ! Theres like a douzen races described in the original stories. Theres white races and black and yellow ones.
And the awful AoC advertisement (most brutal game ever etc) is simply horrible and has nothing to do with the beauty and excellent storytelling of the original stories of Robert E. Howard.

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Agreed, well said.

Might aswell post in this thread, hope you don't mind

I just recently ( 2 days ago ) bought Vanguard and very happy about it, I too play on Halgar and are in search of a good guild. I'm a 12 ranger, but since leveling isn't that hard I'll prolly hit 20 or so today. EU Timezone :). Name is Hegav. Also looking for other MMORPGS forum members to group and have fun with, feel free to pst me ingame

Originally posted by Chainspell

wat i dont get is the people that keeps bashing age of conan always promotes vanguard in their posts.

i didnt get age of conan because everyone says it sucks. but from wat i can tell vanguard is the same thing.

Vanguard really has very little in common with AoC.

Vanguard is a huge, seamless world (no zones, no instances).  If you can see a distant mountain, you can reach the top of it (may need a flying mount though).  AoC is heavily instanced.

Vanguard is primarily a PvE game at this time.  PvP will get attention once PvE is balanced.  AoC is primarily PvP.

The Vanguard community, on the whole, is more mature,  Many have been playing MMOs since Ultima Online or Everquest.  The AoC community is, well, let's just say they tend to be younger.

Many people left Vanguard to try AoC - especially those on the PvP server, but most of them have returned and brought other AoC refugees with them.

AoC may be a great game someday, but its launch was worse than Vanguards, and the improved Vanguard is now benefiting from this.

Originally posted by SlydeRule

Originally posted by Chainspell

wat i dont get is the people that keeps bashing age of conan always promotes vanguard in their posts.

i didnt get age of conan because everyone says it sucks. but from wat i can tell vanguard is the same thing.

Vanguard really has very little in common with AoC.

Vanguard is a huge, seamless world (no zones, no instances).  If you can see a