I still not raiding in VG, but have it in WoW up to SSC and VR, and can say its most boring high end content I have ever meet in my 10 years old mmo experience: instanced dungeons, no respown mobs, static groups of mobs, predefined behaviour, linear dungeons just make it pull/kill style that is not fun. As result there are just X conditions that have be done properly and raiding become a trivial - no need of thinking at all. When you calculate your gametime you realize that 90% of it goes to runing to instance, rebuffing, preparing for battle and only 10% of fun battle. Hope VG have more UO/EQ high end content feeling.

PS: Even not high end content BM was the only fun instance in WoW for me.

Come back to Vanguard and enjoyed MMO genre  again.

Originally posted by telebreth

Only if Blizzard Entertainment is the developer in question *

Hope Darkfall will not become such crap like WoW. Its better nevr to be released than that.

The main idea behind roots of MMORPG and sandbox gameplay at all is players developed  virtual world. So this is not an abuse but feature. Players that do not like that idea typicaly like EQ2 and WoW idea that is exactly opossite to sandbox: you just start from point A have to pass through point B and reach point C.

For shure current MMO market is missing such game like Darkfall . and also he keeps society away from WoW leprosy . For me Darkfall is a dream so I do not care if its vaporware, utopia or anyting else. Me and many of us just  do not want to miss our dreams.

Think to Darkfall as deep look at a light future.

Originally posted by etwynn

 

The worst graphic in Vanguard is probably the water.

I'm using Highest settings with medium textures and the water is just amazing!!! Its the same PS water from 3dMark06. I can say the most beautiful thing in the game. The biggest downside of the graphics are the small high detailed objects like crafting tables, fence etc. They look very jagged without Antialiasing even on high resolution like 1650x1050. Turning FSAA (using beta drivers because with WHQL drivers its not possible) turn Vanguard in he best realistic looking game currently on the market. Of course you need latest hardware to enjoy it.

Originally posted by iamct2327

while WOW is open and free roaming with no loading zones.

The only difference to zoned games like EQ2 is that you have no loading in the cost of so ugly and outdated graphics. In practice WoW is typical zoned, level oriented MMORPG in which "mm" and "rpg" is so weak that you just can named it "O" :P :)

I realy hope that AoC will be a step forward in contrast of latest so named MMORPG's.

Originally posted by AtrusV

I am looking for a game that is not combat oriented. It may have combat of course, but i want to do other things and have fun in the process.

Think about it like a mix of crafting in EVE Online with the main focus in that aspect like A Tale in the Desert III

PS: It's important that it doesn't have crappy graphics.

PS2: And, with a good tutorial (not depending on a wiki or something so "casual")

GL&HF

Originally posted by hotpie

you can try city of heroes/villains if you like

he say "perhaps CoH/CoV but from what I have seen and heard it doesnt appear to be something I would be into"

Myabe UO. Or VG but he have not PvP