I just downloaded and installed the trial version of the client and I love this game. Believe it or not I've never played this game until now. I made my character but for some reason all the servers lagg terribly for me.

every other game runs with no internet lagg on my computer and I've checked my connection. The trial only has 1 expansion onto it "Shrouded Isles" (Wich I persume is pretty old)

Would I experiance better performance if I bought all the expansions with the updated client? I persume I'm trialing the game on "old" servers? and the new expansions have newer servers which run better?

cheers

rofl severity3 i love your sig

/ranton

I won't be going back to AoC for my own reasons because I didn't find the game enjoyable and lack of content and terrible crafting system, I can understand how people feel about the Funcom's False Advertisment.

But honestly people. I mean how many times do you have to go over the same subject about directx10 and how it should of been implemented in the game in the first place? We all already know that. And none of us play the game anymore and I myself have moved onto other games.

The whole false advertizment thing dosn't even bother me anymore and frankly I'm so sick of hearing people post all this whining bs on the forums saying how the game is going to fail and flame at the people who still play the game and actually still enjoy playing it.

I don't play AoC, I don't like the game myself, but please for the life of me. Please stop whining, and move on. No ones going to refund our money and funcom is not going to care one way or the other.

I'm so sick of hearing about AoC and this stupid thing about DX10

At least funcom knows about its mistakes and are trying to do somthing about it. Most companys like SOE dont even give 2 shits about their customers and will never admit their faults.

/rantoff

Originally posted by Channce

Who else besides me is calling in sick on Tueday?  Im in California, so the servers should open fairly early for me.

Your lucky. I'm a welder by trade and if I miss any days off. I'll get fired. So I guess I won't be able to play when you guys will be :(

From were I was reading about the CE keys was that some were getting mixed up with the SE keys and some CE customers got the shit end of the stick.

-_-

Originally posted by Raserei

When does SE start?

16th

Name: Trash

Female Zealot

Open RvR

Originally posted by Airwren

Originally posted by socrates656

Hi there guys :)

Just wanted to let you know the version off of http://www.direct2drive.com is the SE version (Standard Edition) and not the CE version (Collectors Edition)

You will have to wait until Tuesday, September, 16 in order to get into the game headstart.

I don't know what time it will start on the 16th, but they said it would be sometime in the morning. So I doubt it will be at 12:01am and most likely be at 7am.

The reason why I say this is, because the lasttime they said that with open beta it ended up being at 7am. So I'm assuming they are going by the same guidelines again because thier work schedule seems to start 6 - 7am in the morning. I could be wrong though

Cheers,

-Socrates

 

The SE early start begins at 7:00 a.m. Central Standard Time.  That is unless there are delays.  Otherwise, everyone go and get a decent night sleep and get ready to roll.  Also, if you pre-ordered from D2D and played in beta then you will download a small patch tomorrow that will update you to retail.  If you've tried logging into your beta client it won't authorize your log in.  Tomorrow, if you put your codes into your Warhammer account then when you log in your log in will authorize, you'll download the patch and voila' you're in the game.  D2D kicks ass btw as I have never had problems pre-ordering games from them.  When the AoC madness went on with their head start I went to D2D, pre-ordered the game the weekend before the release, got my codes and laughed all the way through the early release (until I realized the game sucked donkey balls) ---> 

lol no worrys I did the same exact thing. AoC did suck the donkey nutt
 

Hi there guys :)

Just wanted to let you know the version off of http://www.direct2drive.com is the SE version (Standard Edition) and not the CE version (Collectors Edition)

You will have to wait until Tuesday, September, 16 in order to get into the game headstart.

I don't know what time it will start on the 16th, but they said it would be sometime in the morning. So I doubt it will be at 12:01am and most likely be at 7am.

The reason why I say this is, because the lasttime they said that with open beta it ended up being at 7am. So I'm assuming they are going by the same guidelines again because thier work schedule seems to start 6 - 7am in the morning. I could be wrong though

Cheers,

-Socrates

Originally posted by Shibley911

ok thanks a lot, i had a feeling it was like that. Now is it a mmo, or can u still only have like a party of 8 like diablo?

avoid this game like the plague. Your wasting your time.

Correction..

Flagship dosnt know how to make games.

I play wow, everquest 2, and many more online rpgs.

and I gotta say wow...

this software is a plainly a big bag of network holes, bugs, errors, and just a plain horribly put together game all around. I've never seen such a badly coded game in my life. However, its got great graphics, and nice controls for your character making it nice and easy.. good luck in ever having the game run smooth/stable enough to even play it at those resolutions and enjoy what the game has to offer visually.

Everything in the game is instanced and the areas are all very small and bland. You see the same areas over and over again. (Kind of makes you feel like your playing Pac-Man except with demons)

As a diablo fan I am utterly disspointed by the quality of work that was put into this game. The game developers should of stayed at Blizzard because maybe they could teach them how to make a quality game without so many problems and errors. I don't think I've ever played a game with so many errors and bugs in my 14 years of playing games.

The company who released this game (Flag ship studios) should be ashamed to be even putting a subscriber price tag on it. I can name 50 other games right now that would blow this game right out of the water.

It definitly dosnt deserve a 8.1 user rating eather.

And please to you innocent game players out there. Avoid buying this game Like the plague. Don't buy this game. Don't do what I did. your wasting your time.

cheers

-$c

yeah i agree with you for the most part, but I dont get the industry made comment above about my post. As I am totally anti indutstry. Im just stating facts here.

But as for the bugs when it was released I can recall many games that were not polished enough for release? World of Warcraft when it first came out was littered with bugs and so was eq2 just because a game was released to early still dosnt mean its a bad game. And actually thats pretty common now a days too. So get used to it. If you can't handle games with bugs maybe you shouldnt be playing games all together. Because 90% of the games released now are not polished when they are put on the shelves. Especially when game companys have a set time and date that they have to release the game.. it's not the game companys fault that is the industrys fault.... thats a fact

as for the people who are wondering why its on this site. it does have a monthly subsciption plan if you want to get everything out of multiplayer. It even has raiding content in it. That is why it's on mmorpg.com

• Hardcore Mode
• Guild Creation and Management
• Larger Stash
• Themed Events and Quests
• Unique Event Items
• Special Event Pets
• New Levels to Explore
• New Monsters

• New Weapons
• New Skills and Spells
• New Character Classes
• Raid-Level Areas
• Seasonal / Themed Events and Items
• Additional Difficulty and Game Play Modes
• Additional PvP Modes and Rewards
• Achievement Rewards
• Advanced Guild Management Tools
• Web-based Rankings and Character Viewing

cheers

-$ocrates

Hi I'm 27. I have been playing online rpgs since i was 18. I'm usually extreamly picky when it comes to online rpgs. I don't like most of them because I find now these game companys dont put as much time or quality in their games anymore. The only ones i liked were Starwars galaxies (When it was good before SOE messed it up), EvE online, Everquest 2, and World of Warcraft.

I was preparing myself for another crappy game to try out....I downloaded the demo and was really really impressed by the game. ... so I Got the full version and I actually really enjoy playing this game alot. Been playing world of warcraft for so long i was kinda getting sick of it. So now i switch on Hellgate for fun.

This game has alot of diablo things in it. I love the character creation is has.. it isnt bland at all. I really like the fact of all the gear and loot you can get with all the differnt assortment of models for the armor and weapons. The musics good, i like the gameplay too.

It has bugs, but what game dosnt?

I give it a 8/10

I dont usually post I just thought I'de give my thoughts on the game since i was seeing so much negativity over the game which I think is alot better then most of the games that have been comming out in the last 3 years

Eq2 was made more for PVE but you can go to a PVP server as well which the pvp server actually has quit alot of people on it. I just reactivated my everquest 2 account and all I have to say the game has really improved and I think you will really enjoy it.

What class should u play? I don't know you have to make that up for your own. I don't think there is really a any best class in the game. They are all good in their owns ways. Just depends on your playstyle. If you like to help and heal people u choose a healing class.. if u like dps or tanking u choose a warrior or rogue.. .ect .ect

lol what a great video

I just bought everquest 2 the full expansion packs and everything for 39 bucks. What a great deal. Downloading it now from Direct2drive.com and got to play the little trail for it for a bit yesterday. All I have to say is wow this game has improved major big time. The game runs so smoothly now and the graphics are amazing. It looks even better then before when it first came out.

Screenshots just dont do the justice. This game is so much more better then so many other major online rpgs now a days. Not to mention npcs who talk back to you with voice overs. That great. Not like wow were your stuck there reading it all off from text.

Not a hater of World of Warcraft but I must say this Everquest 2 has so much more now then what WoW dosnt offer.... this game has really impressed me now trying it a second time around since 2 years ago when i first played it.

one question though what is the highest populated server? I like to go were all the friendlys are at 

cheers

-socrates

Sounds like this game is alot better now. That alot of content added to the game

thanks alot for your replys it really means alot

Hope to see you all in-game

cheers

-socrates

PS: I think I'm gonna roll a Female Ogre Beserker, and name her Gozer The Gozerian

Originally posted by Elikal

It must happen. Only if we let it die, the lesson is learned.

I had my entries and breaks, but now, after server merge, I came back a third time. VG has it qualities, no doubt. But all in all its cumbersome, difficult, deadly and dull. I still spent about 60% of my time SEEKING things instead of having fun, I still die waaay too fast and often compared to medium difficulty games like EQ2 ( NO I DONT PLAY WOW!) and still its difficult to find a group (not because of lack of players, but those who are in only group with friends) asf. Really, VG has qualities, but altogether its so unbelievable cumbersome, EACH damn time I feel, hey lets resub and see how VG has evolved after some time I feel intolerable levels for frustration. When I was stuck in some damn curtain of doom today (aka bug) and died because of the uber fast repop I just decided this was my thrid and last try.

VG deserves to die. Its a lesson devs must learn, the painful way, as I learned in this thrice damned excuse for a game. ><

You may write athousand times I am stupid, whatever. I think I am as good or as bad as most players, and years of MMO experience have shown ME, what I am capable of, which is all I need to know. The unwelcoming nature of the game is just too much.

Hi there guys. I was thinking of comming back to everquest 2.

I played it last year and loved the game but didn't have enough time for it when my welding career started.

I Am curious about some things before I come back though as I have heard that the game has changed a little bit since it has first come out.

Firstly is the crafting still the same? How has it changed?

Whats the game like how is the player vs player content is it like wow with battlegrounds now or arena and such and do you get rewards for pvping?

What is the class system like now do you start off as a refugee still and can you build your class from there? or do you just start off as a single class and you play it throughout the entire game?

I'm asking these questions because I've heard the game has been simplified alot. Which kinda turns me off from comming back because the reason why I loved everquest 2 so much when it first was out was how complex the crafting was and how you could slowly build your class and slowly fall into it with alot of work and time spent.

Thank you for your time Gentlemen

cheers

Originally posted by Johnhost

EQ is like your first kiss. You'll never get that feeling back again
But with Vanguard, we're not stopping at first base.
Here's to hoping we all score.
-Brad McQuaid, CEO Sigil Games Online

 

I thought I might shed some light onto what Vanguard was, what it was supposed to be and where it is now.

Going on about a year or two ago I heard about Vanguard from the "Classic Server" thread on Everquest's official forums.  From the very first day I was inspired by the FAQ and direction this game was taking.  It was truly looking like the spiritual successor to EQ.

As most people know Microsoft was the first publisher.  I remember reading posts from the MS guy who visited Sigil often.  About six months prior to launch the whole project from the forums point of view was going well, Brad posted allot, the devs posted allot and there seemed to be this synergy.

Then the news came that MS was dropping the project.  Brad has posted as to what happened, but overall it had to do with the Vision™ being compromised.  According to Brad MS originally had some MMO managers but then moved them off the project and replaced them with people who had worked on Zoo Tycoon, obviously a very different game.  I guess Brad felt the relationship wasn't working, and MS felt the same.  So Brad needed to find other funding quickly.  He got some investors together and kept the IP. 

Sigil as a whole was apparently not run well as I believe Brad was not the type to work well under allot of pressure. Perhaps he had some personal problems, I don’t know. But it was reported he was out of the office allot. He himself admits that he couldn’t handle it, especially the layoffs when the SOE buyout happened.

That is when Brad talked to his ‘ol pal Smed and they reached an agreement to buy the Vanguard IP. Originally they were only going to publish it, but it soon became clear the game was far from ready and there was no more capital to finance it. So SOE bought the game and the decision was made to launch it.

LET ME BE VERY CLEAR…..

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes was UNFINISHED at its launch! The money simply ran dry! The reason VG has so many problems was because it’s not done being developed yet. Sigil released the game early because they had to make payroll. Brad, Smed, the devs and the players never wanted any of this to happen, but it did. SOE after buying the game could then continue the work of finishing it. 

Everyone has different ideas as to what makes an MMORPG good or bad, and everyone likes different things. Vanguard had a clear purpose. That purpose was labeled the Vision™.

 

The Vision™

 

• Open ended zone-less world
• Little or no instancing
• Defined classes
• Defined races
• Flying mounts, z axis combat, etc
• Static Player housing, sitting and lying in furniture
• Next Gen game mechanics like triggered bosses in dungeons
• Caravan System
• Unrivaled graphics, keeping the game cutting edge for it’s entire lifecycle
• Community driven game, with emphasis on groups

 

That is simply some of the things covered in the FAQ. MOST of these things are in the game now, however they are not polished and fully developed yet. 

 

What you have is a game which is being finished post-launch. Everyone (especially Brad I am sure) wish it could have gone down different. But I truly think the game is amazing and has loads of potential still. Once the game is more finished, the paint and polish added, it will be the best MMORPG to date.

 

Here are some links I suggest you check out about what Vanguard was meant to be:

Silky Venom Vanguard FAQ

Silky Venom Vanguard WIKI

Vanguard:Saga of Heroes "A Complete Compilation"

Videos, Screenshots, and more. The newcomers guide to seeing Telon

An Introduction to Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Lore Excepts from Silky Venom (Originally on the Vanguard website)

More Lore fragments

 

And finally the famous Brad interview describing what happened to the money

cheers