I know this game hasn't got perma death but it may aswell have. I was playing on my level 6 Warrior, just outside the walls of Kahl, killing some scorpions, as you do, me and my partner died. I said Damn, clicked on "Release" ..... Waited....
Eventually the music you get on loading the game kicked in, and it crashed on a loading bar, presumeably trying to load the character selection screen. So damn, I got disconnected. Lets log back in and kill some more scorps!

Only I cant, and havn't been able to for about 3 hours. I select the character, all is well, click on play, all is well. **Loading screen initiated**  Reaches 100%  **Loading screen ... "denitiated"?**   Whatever, it just wont load. Returns me to my character selection screen.
I am able to make new characters and play on them, just cant play the one I want to play on.

Dont get me wrong now, Vanguard is a gorgeous game, so far. But why oh why do you have to perma kill my character! Anyone come across this glitch before? And PLEASE do not just say "If your only level 6, just reroll" because that is not the point. Im glad this happened at level 6, and not level 7!

Define "Fine" please. I can run it "Fine" now if I put the settings low enough. You mean it will run on everything on full?

Hello, I am just about to order the new hardware for hopefully, a very nice PC.
Im currently using:

GeForce 6600GT
AMD Sempron 3000+
1GB DDR 3200 RAM
40Gig Harddrive

WIth this spec I am able to just about play on Balanced without tweaking the .ini file. Although walking into buildings and entering new areas can sometimes make my comp freeze for ages, once even timed out!
I am going to get this spec:

MSI GeForce 7900 GTO 512MB
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual Core (2.0GHz)
1GB 533MHz DDR2 (Will buy another stick in a few weeks)
120GB SATA Harddrive

How well will this PC do on Vanguard? What settings should I be able to run it at etc. Is there any minor changes that will benefit me greatly? Please give details.
I also hear that the graphics card inparticular is very overlockable, which I have no past-experience in doing, so a link to a good website providing how-to's and stuff would be very helpful. Thanks in advance!

Hello my current spec is:

AMD Sempron 3000+  (Clocked at 1.7ghz)
1gig RAM
GeForce 6600GT

As you can see your PC is better than mine in every way, in theory, I am able to play this game average of about 18fps on Balanced with no .ini tweaking. My comp can freeze for a few seconds when entering a building though. Your comp should be fine, although I have heared some comps doing alot better than others, when they shouldnt. If you get me

Tbh, I have stopped playing Vanguard now. This game is too beautiful, graphically to be wasted on my crap PC. I will continue playing when my new hardware arrives, just so I can see it all for the first time in better graphics.

Im about to go to sleep, so I'll sort this out in the morning. Thanks for the feedback though

Yo. My crappy little comp can just about manage this game. I have actually stopped playing because I want to see it all for the first time with sweet graphics, the way its meant to be.

Anyway, I am in the processes of deciding on a new comp. I am on a tight budget, got a few questions, so if anyone with good knowledge of hardware/specs or an active forum that does know, I'd be very greatful.

1) Is it possible to get a mother board that has:
     PCI-E Slot
     Socket 940 AM2
     Compatible with DDR... NOT DDR2

If so, please give me a link, or a model name.

2) After planning out possible specs I have come to these two possible specs, if I am unable to find the above type motherboard. For Vanguard and future gameing what would it be better to have?

GeForce 7600GT 256MB
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Socket AMD2 Dual Core (2.2Ghz)
2GB DDR2 Ram

OR

GeForce 7950 GT OC 512MB GDDR3
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (Socket 939) 2.4 Ghz
2GB DDR Ram

As you can see, at the expense of DDR2 ram and a Dual Core processor I can get a pretty nice graphics card, but is it worth it? Please give me your opinions. Thanks

Ok cheers for the feedback.
I was planning on getting 2GB, but then found out that once i changed to a AM2 motherboard, my DDR ram would no longer work. DDR2 is needed. So thats another £50, which is alot for me to spend on a PC

Is it possible to get a Motherboard that can have:
PCI-E Graphics cards
DDR Ram  (NOT DDR2)
Socket 940 Processors?

I have searched for a while, can not find, cheers.

Hello there. The past few weeks of reading these forums have made me feel quite uneasy to say the least. I was given the impression that Vanguard needed a beast of a computer to be able to make this game worth while, graphically. My mind was set on having to empty out my bank account onto hardware. I even  spent the past few days planning out the new specs of my to-be-beast which to be fair, was actually quite fun. Btw, my current spec is:

AMD Sempron 3000+
Geforce 6600GT
1GB DDR3200
40gig Hardrive (got 3.5gig to spare)
As you can see.... pretty crap

After my pre-order of Vanguard finally arrived TODAY  my anxieties were put to rest. Installed, Subscribed, Patched, Sorted. I decided to just leave the graphic settings as default (which is "Balanced" with some of the extra bits enabled). Now for the depressing part, trying to play this game on my cruddy machine... <Press Play> 

I will now quote myself... "Seriously.. I dont know what the big fuss was about"
This game runs fine. It is gorgeous. I was able to run around smoothly, experiencing minor FPS drops and freezes when entering new areas. Considering I was expecting it to be practically unplayable and beyond anything my PC could handle, as you can imagine I was pretty chuffed.
Of course, I'm still going to blow away my money on new hardware, just because I can't play anything without having everything on Full blast

Anyway. Would just like to say thanks to all the people who made me think my PC would blow up before it finished installing, you got my heart set on a new PC. If I'd originally known it was gona run fine on balanced, I prob wouldn't have bothered.
Hopefully a few other shit PC users out there will realise this game is within their reach, trust me, its a gorgeous game. Below is some info on my hopefully to-be PC. Give us some feedback, cheers!

GeForce 7600GT 256MB
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2Ghz)
1GB Kingston 533Mhz DDR2 RAM
ASUS M2NPV-MX SKT AM2 Nvidia 6150 PCI-E 5.1 channel audio uATX (Whatevert

Hello. I am to unable to subscribe. Installed fine, pretty fast considering its a 17gig game

I tried subscribing via the Station Vanguard website and through the Vanguard interface, both failed. The Station website never loads, (the bar at the bottom of the screen stays at 50%) and the interface loads up a black screen that eventually led to this message:

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later

Btw, I from the EU, if that makes any difference.

Good things come to those who wait i guess

(HELLO MMORPG, MY FIRST POST)