All Posts by swede2

Originally posted by jasthemity

Just the fact that it has so few servers shows how low pop it is.

Party pooper away!

Originally posted by Ugarit

When I created my last char few days ago (not weeks or months) saw (cf list given by SOE when you create a char)

- all serv Low except for halgar medium (most of time halgar is also LOW)

maybe it has changed since 5/6 days ?

 

ya bro think it has more to do with the time zone your in compared to the other servers

Originally posted by Ugarit

 

Originally posted by swede2

Originally posted by Kvothe

I just got this game and I am patching it at the moment.  Which server should I start on?  Which one is the most populated?

 

Seradon server is the most populated server , dont let the party pooper scare you its alive and well with plenty of players

When you get patched up and roll a toon let me know what your character's name and class is and all fire up my lev 50 weaponsmith and send you some sweet swords to help you out , cant make caster stuff though

wrong. When i stopped:

 

 

- only halgar  (eu) was medium, 3 others : low population.

Why you trying to steer the guy wrong , anyone who plays  knows Seradon is the most populated server and has been since the server merge

You can look up solisse to and all flange you up some sweet swords if you play a melee type character that is

Sorry bro i didnt edit that fast enough for you to get that .My characters name is solisse ,just look me up in game

Originally posted by Kvothe

I just got this game and I am patching it at the moment.  Which server should I start on?  Which one is the most populated?

 

Seradon server is the most populated server , dont let the party pooper scare you its alive and well with plenty of players

When you get patched up and roll a toon let me know what your character's name and class is and all fire up my lev 50 weaponsmith and send you some sweet swords to help you out , cant make caster stuff though

Originally posted by slyths

Has they been any improvements in the game since when it has been released?

Am not going to sit here pull your leg like alot of people will do , because where 2 different people with different likes and dislikes Alls i can tell you for me vanguard is fine game, but of course the better your computer is the more you will enjoy it

Originally posted by Hrothmund

 

I run Vanguard on my 42 inch 1080p tv at 1080p, or my 22 inch monitor at 1600x1050 and it still looks quite bad in general. I have everything else at max, except no anti-aliasing.The color scheme seems to be shades of gray, and the animations are horrid in general.

 

Sure, there are some very nice technical bells and whistles, but that does not make the game look good.

Well i can understand it not looking good on a 42inch TV , ive got a 4000$ sony HDTV 40inch myself and i wouldn't even dream of using it as a monitor

Shades of grey??? the only thing thats grey are things that should be, you might want to reset the factory color settings on your monitor cause theres something seriously wrong with your machine Oh and adjusting your contrast and brightness settings along with your gamma really brings the color out dont know who preset vanguards settings but they didnt do a very good job of it

Originally posted by dalevi1

Originally posted by swede2

Originally posted by dalevi1

Originally posted by swede2

Originally posted by dalevi1

God I love this game like a long lost son who is now 50, a lawyer, successful, and more over dead, and happened to name his long lost father (me) in his will.

1) Everquest 2 is not underpopulated, you must be thinking of vanguard or swg.

2) Everquest 2's launch was rough, but nothing compared to vanguard's launch. EQ2 needed tweaks, Vanguard needed a complete rewrite.

3) The game play philosophy between Vanguard and EQ2 is quite different. I don't see how one can equal the other.

4) The first two replies to this thread are why I will never again try to play Vanguard. The community is stacked top to bottom with complete f#@%in^ idiots. They will never admit to the game's shortcomings (although they are happy to ride the short bus). They want to blame the community, the launch, the press, the forums, SOE. or even people's outdated 6 month old systems(!) for the failure of this game.

Be honest, this game sucked from scratch. SOE had nothing to do with the 6 year old, twice dumped, 18 GIG(!), unplayable monstrosity that became Vanguard.

Edit: There was a game that had a similar launch, with quite a lot in common with Vanguard, I think that was DnL. Great job sigil. Note, sigil, brad...for once Smed gets a break.

Its ok take a deep breath someday you will have a computer to play a game like vanguard

My computer would play it in spades while also allowing me to duel run Ryzom and SL. I did build this machine from scratch, which means I respect it way too much to litter my hard drive with 18G of VG. You take a breath, a very deep one, and exhale with something useful.

Bud if you dont like vanguard so much what are you doing trolling its forums , are the games you play that boring

"Bud" the OP included EQ2 in the comparison, so this is not limited to Vanguard now is it? 1-3 addressed EQ2 as well as Vanguard. When you feel like replying, feel free to address the post. If you can't reply to any point, you are the one trolling. By the way, these are mmorpg forums, not Vanguard's. Oh right, they didn't have an official forum, did they?

Your right it is about EQ2 so alls i can really tell you about EQ2 is that i deleted off my hard drive about 20 minutes into the free trail

Originally posted by dalevi1

Originally posted by swede2

Originally posted by dalevi1

God I love this game like a long lost son who is now 50, a lawyer, successful, and more over dead, and happened to name his long lost father (me) in his will.

1) Everquest 2 is not underpopulated, you must be thinking of vanguard or swg.

2) Everquest 2's launch was rough, but nothing compared to vanguard's launch. EQ2 needed tweaks, Vanguard needed a complete rewrite.

3) The game play philosophy between Vanguard and EQ2 is quite different. I don't see how one can equal the other.

4) The first two replies to this thread are why I will never again try to play Vanguard. The community is stacked top to bottom with complete f#@%in^ idiots. They will never admit to the game's shortcomings (although they are happy to ride the short bus). They want to blame the community, the launch, the press, the forums, SOE. or even people's outdated 6 month old systems(!) for the failure of this game.

Be honest, this game sucked from scratch. SOE had nothing to do with the 6 year old, twice dumped, 18 GIG(!), unplayable monstrosity that became Vanguard.

Edit: There was a game that had a similar launch, with quite a lot in common with Vanguard, I think that was DnL. Great job sigil. Note, sigil, brad...for once Smed gets a break.

Its ok take a deep breath someday you will have a computer to play a game like vanguard

My computer would play it in spades while also allowing me to duel run Ryzom and SL. I did build this machine from scratch, which means I respect it way too much to litter my hard drive with 18G of VG. You take a breath, a very deep one, and exhale with something useful.

Bud if you dont like vanguard so much what are you doing trolling its forums , are the games you play that boring

Originally posted by dalevi1

God I love this game like a long lost son who is now 50, a lawyer, successful, and more over dead, and happened to name his long lost father (me) in his will.

1) Everquest 2 is not underpopulated, you must be thinking of vanguard or swg.

2) Everquest 2's launch was rough, but nothing compared to vanguard's launch. EQ2 needed tweaks, Vanguard needed a complete rewrite.

3) The game play philosophy between Vanguard and EQ2 is quite different. I don't see how one can equal the other.

4) The first two replies to this thread are why I will never again try to play Vanguard. The community is stacked top to bottom with complete f#@%in^ idiots. They will never admit to the game's shortcomings (although they are happy to ride the short bus). They want to blame the community, the launch, the press, the forums, SOE. or even people's outdated 6 month old systems(!) for the failure of this game.

Be honest, this game sucked from scratch. SOE had nothing to do with the 6 year old, twice dumped, 18 GIG(!), unplayable monstrosity that became Vanguard.

Edit: There was a game that had a similar launch, with quite a lot in common with Vanguard, I think that was DnL. Great job sigil. Note, sigil, brad...for once Smed gets a break.

Its ok take a deep breath someday you will have a computer to play a game like vanguard

Originally posted by Tutu2

 

Originally posted by swede2

 

Originally posted by Heltern

 

 

Why do you bother Thillian , who cares what the guy thinks .

 

WHAAA< someone says some thing TRUE about this festering piece of crap game and the Vanbois come up with this? The game is awful, will always be awful, and SOE won't do a lot to a game thats loses money but steal some of the few good devs for its flagship EQ2 and let this game die its death.

Look at it this way WoWplayers wouldn't be interested in Vanguard, so where do we get players? EQ1 or EQ2? Why would SOE want to do that? 

No its because i remember the guy hanging around here bashing the game in the past  and i dont believe one word he says about retrying it and not finding any difference and if that is the case, i would say the only thing that hasnt changed is the guys computer

 

Alot of people dont like the game that reminds them there computer needs upgraded , I say if you refuse to turn your settings down to a level your computer can  handle , than your asking for problems . oh and have fun playing any games that come out in 2008

 

Yes I retried it. I can't prove it to you, but I actually reinstall the game waited pretty much an entire day for all the damn updates, then logged onto my rogue and druid. They are level 12 and 14, not very high, but I felt so bored at my current level. I'll also say my computer can run VG, although it is choppy at times. I personally did not notice any technical improvement, but at least I could run the darn thing.

I was kind of shocked because I noticed very little difference when I retried it, the UI still feels unpolished, there is no new character animations, still the really embarassing ones from launch, awful voice acting, really boring generic quests..where's the "next-gen" stuff like ship combat....basically the thing still feels very unpolished and unprofessional. And its been a year. I know they reworked alot of the classes, I noticed alot of improvement with my rogue since launch....but why the hell did they release free playtime in its current state? I personally think it was the worst move they could have done. Its not ready for *any* free playtime for anyone. Now they have probably driven more ex-players away.

And yes I was very angry at the game and bashed it alot in the past...who wasn't? I think everyone had the right to, they released a bad, unpolished beta MMO that deserved every bit of bad rap. That aside... I still hope the game turns into something worthwhile. I guess like the VG fans here, I see the potential and want to see the game reach that potential.

Well for one thing i wasnt Tutu ive been playing the game since day 1 with every setting maxed at 1920 x1200 and the game is much better now even on my computer 

And as far as animations and quests and such things i find it about the same as any mmo ive ever played which isnt alot of them but vanguard isnt any worse then any ive seen Am glad you see the potentail and sorry your disippointed but honestly where on far different levels of playing the game If you could seeany of my toons fighting on my 24 inch wide screen with every setting maxed you would be hard pressed to say it looks bad , but they really didnt come into there own till i was past lev 20 when i had most of my chains and abilities

Anyways bro hope you find the game that suits you

Originally posted by slannmage

EQ2 is not good though because the population is sooo low that you can't get a group unless your at the end game. This is how Vanguard is tbh try and be a new player and getting a group is impossible........ Hey that goes for every mmorpg (but WOW) with the level system in place ebcause it's a deeply flawed system.

Actually your wrong i went back to wow for a few months to give vanguard a little time to sort things out and it was the same way . i had never played the Burning crusade so i rolled one of each new races and they where about the same as vanguard or any game really ,very few people in them

So i thought well all level my grand marshal rogue up to 70 and see what its like , groups where pretty time consuming to get even for there 5 mans you could stay on all day and you where lucky if you got a group for any of them And try and get a group for one of thier quests chains like the one for the neather drake you had to hang out in that zone for weeks before you ever got a group to do them . Thing is most people are  max level and to busy running the lamest thing ive ever seen in a game which is daily quests for gold  My server use to be high pop , but was med when i went back

All in all i would say both games where about the same for getting groups theres groups there but dont exspect them to find you if your not putting a little effort into creating your own

Edit: And another thing about WOW heres a game thats set up perfectly for people to use you without any intention of helping you anymore than they have to. About eight out of every ten groups you get theres one or more people that just want to run it till they see if the drop there after,does in fact drop The smart ones would tell you oh sorry guys i have to go right after you kill the second boss am really sorry , but most where to stupid they would say guys am really sorry but i have to go right after this boss. at which time i would say than you may as well leave right now because am not killing this boss just to see if you get what your after.Go will find a replacement but usually you couldnt and that was the end of the group real fun game lol

Originally posted by Heltern

 

 

Why do you bother Thillian , who cares what the guy thinks .

 

WHAAA< someone says some thing TRUE about this festering piece of crap game and the Vanbois come up with this? The game is awful, will always be awful, and SOE won't do a lot to a game thats loses money but steal some of the few good devs for its flagship EQ2 and let this game die its death.

Look at it this way WoWplayers wouldn't be interested in Vanguard, so where do we get players? EQ1 or EQ2? Why would SOE want to do that? 

No its because i remember the guy hanging around here bashing the game in the past  and i dont believe one word he says about retrying it and not finding any difference and if that is the case, i would say the only thing that hasnt changed is the guys computer

Alot of people dont like the game that reminds them there computer needs upgraded , I say if you refuse to turn your settings down to a level your computer can  handle , than your asking for problems . oh and have fun playing any games that come out in 2008

Originally posted by Thillian

Can you be more specific and say which parts of it are "freakin bad" ?

Why do you bother Thillian , who cares what the guy thinks .

Originally posted by Buccaneer

Originally posted by parmenion

They've just added the chat filter to regional chat today so goldseller crap should go to the spam tab just like tells.

The good news the spam filter in regional chat is working, been playing for the last few hours and haven't seen one gold spammer post in regional chat. Nice one SoE.

Works awesome to never seen one gold seller spam in regional chat all day and thats a first in any of the mmo's ive played

Originally posted by Kyleran

 

Originally posted by Adamantine

I will *never* understand people who claim that "Vanguard is too big"

Thats a sentence like "my wife is too beautiful" or "I have too much money" or "my work is too much fun".

 

Big and empty is what they are referring to.  Not enough game content in many of the areas and certainly not enough players to fill the world.

 

The game is not empty , the game is designed to have those spots so you can traval around without getting knocked of your horse every 10 feet . What do you want them to do fill the whole game in with mobs so that it takes you 4 hours of getting knocked off your horse and getting killed to get anywhere. Vanguards population is fine on my server acually you cant even find a spot to harvest that there isnt people already there its startiung to feel crowded to me

Just wait AOC is coming out i think in the near future and than you can  have your fill of tiny little zones that they can place 30 mobs in and make it seem packed lol

Originally posted by smitty0356

I wonder if a game could be successful if they were using the model of a free mmo, but just said they were in beta for an eternity.

Most people scramble to a beta, but run from bargain bin mmo's... it's a thought.

Aren't you waiting for Age of Conan to come out , from all the leaks ive been reading sounds like there game is shaping up fine lol

Originally posted by HEYuSHOOSH

Originally posted by swede2

Originally posted by Novaseeker

 

Originally posted by Fenris54

Indeed. I'm also curious how the populations will be. I left for a time, but find myself looking to get active into an MMO. I've played quite a few, but I still feel that Vanguard has potential.

 

Potential has never been the issue.  It always had potential. 

 

I went back for a look-see during the freebie period, and to be honest it's likely that the things that annoyed you at launch are still there, and the things that you may have liked are still there.

 

What always stuns me about Vanguard is that it is this lovely created world -- I mean the cities, the structures, the lore lines -- it's all very well done in that regard -- but it is so goddamned empty.  I know that was an intentional design decision, but it always strikes me as sad.  Telon is a very barren place still, really, and I'm not referring to the player levels (which are better now after server merges).  It's unfortunate because it's very clear that a lot of work and inspiration went into the game, but it's sad just to see it wasted by some , in reptrospect, atrocious design decisions.

Theres nothing wrong with the way vanguard is designed . the content is there you just have to be smart enough to find it , which apparently alot of people arent. But hey on the brite side theres plenty of games that are perfectly suited for people that need a big noen sign pointing the way for them

Are they bright enough to know how to spell bright?

Spellings never been one of my strong points' i came from the wrong side of the tracks if you know what i mean .But forunatly i didnt need to know how to spell to make enough money in Alberta's oilpatch to retire by the age of 40 . So put that in your pipe and smoke it lol

Originally posted by Novaseeker

 

Originally posted by Fenris54

Indeed. I'm also curious how the populations will be. I left for a time, but find myself looking to get active into an MMO. I've played quite a few, but I still feel that Vanguard has potential.

 

Potential has never been the issue.  It always had potential. 

 

I went back for a look-see during the freebie period, and to be honest it's likely that the things that annoyed you at launch are still there, and the things that you may have liked are still there.

 

What always stuns me about Vanguard is that it is this lovely created world -- I mean the cities, the structures, the lore lines -- it's all very well done in that regard -- but it is so goddamned empty.  I know that was an intentional design decision, but it always strikes me as sad.  Telon is a very barren place still, really, and I'm not referring to the player levels (which are better now after server merges).  It's unfortunate because it's very clear that a lot of work and inspiration went into the game, but it's sad just to see it wasted by some , in reptrospect, atrocious design decisions.

Theres nothing wrong with the way vanguard is designed . the content is there you just have to be smart enough to find it , which apparently alot of people arent. But hey on the brite side theres plenty of games that are perfectly suited for people that need a big noen sign pointing the way for them