warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! spoilers here : http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

but very useful site

besides that  i would recommend finding a group to do help you ,or wait till you can solo them

sk are tough to play, but should be good for soloing

but you definately need achievment points

your list reminds me of my own mmo career :)

for games that are already released, the ones that might be different in gameplay have already been mentioned

coh/v and ryzom

besides that       real life isnt bad either  ;)      ..........no kids, RL isnt a new mmo, but nevertheless it has nice graphics and gameplay is what you make of it

why dont they take the screenshots for the comic with atleast a little bit antialiasing?

hmm lets see...

free..

sci-fi...

id suggest anarchy online       http://www.anarchyonline.com/

as mentioned above, the graphics are bit outdated, but its still a nice game

well   hmm no

im in beta

i suspect a new way  of soe advertising

posting in all mmorpg forums

trying to sound like a noob  who loves the game    to get ppl back to play

well i was one of the lucky winners of a so called "beta access" for this game

what i got was a "vip" key  , which i added to my account there  right away

till today .....  no access       and yes my computer is way beyond system reqs

so is any of the other winenrs already playing?

got a vip key

but still no invite

Anarch Online

Rating : 9

not playing it anymore  imo  there is too much content atm    after taking a break its too confusing to get to know all the new items

still a fun game  but way outdated 

ITS TIME FOR AO 2

@ severius

ofcourse you are right with bad coding being a huge problem 

 time, money and lazyness may be the main reasons

just take a look at projeKKt 64 for example    a really good looking game  only being 64kb of size

nevertheless i still think that besides that   many people just are not aware of the whole process i described above

games are not programmed by some geeks anymore , but the market is driven by money     and money=time

nevertheless im loving being a game developer myself

I ve just read another "vanguard sux" post  and realized something...

i am playing mmorpgs for about 8 years now and have played / beta tested pretty much every,atleast a bit interesting, mog out there. 

About 1 year ago, i took a break and went to play first person shooters. Although in fps-games  the framerate is everything, the graphics are usually better than in mmorpgs. Basically you can say "shooter" games are the reference for the most actual graphics.

after a while when computers/ graphic cards get better  its possible to have "old" fps game engines for mmorpgs. an example would be the Unreal 2 engine, which is used by quite many mmorpgs now. i.e. Lineage 2

to make it short ....

consoles like XBox360 and PS3 brought  the so called "next generation graphics"         new graphic cards like the nvidia 8800 and the ones that ati has in developement (maybe some current cards too) ,  just made the new generation of graphics  available to the PC too.

and it just has started

Not only graphic cards just made a huge step, but all other hardware parts for PCs too. So when you are buying a new computer at the moment, you can be more sure then ever before, that its outdated in very few time. (ty microsoft for DX10)

Games that are hitting the market these days ofcourse try to be "good looking" for quite a while, so they often make their graphics a bit overpowered for current PCs.  Most people who play First Person Shooters, know these problems too well and either just play older games that still run smooth on their computers, or ....well just buy a newer system.

I think this is something that many mmorpg players didnt realize yet.

to make it short ....

you cant expect to have new games like EQ2 or Vanguard (i leave out Age of Conan for now) running  good on a computer that you bought to play  EQ1 or Ultima Online ;)  some years ago.

ofcourse its anoying to spend alot of money for a PC and 2 years later you realize that you cant play the newest games anymore.

but thats how it works for maaaany years now

nobody forces you to play Vanguard or EQ2 with "extreme Quality" settings

but if you want to play such games be aware that you need a good computer for this -   thats like being angry that you just cant cope with a Porsche on your old bicycle

besides that mmorpgs also need a fast internet connection   and lag also comes from packet loss

anyways   no  "your english sux" remarks please    im not native speakin

besides that i hope atleast some people found this interesting

cu hf and tc

after playing since beta 1  im still thinking about buying this game

in the last week of beta there was so much flaming swearing and childish behaviour in chat

i have heard that on many servers its still like that

im german but usually i prefer "international" servers

so are there any servers looming to have a more mature community?

oh as a side remark

its funny how many "vanbois" (how i hate that word)  keep telling the "haters" to go back and play WoW

atleast during the the last 2 months of beta, ive seen bout 80% of the community being former Wow players themselfs

yah im impatient

but this game might keep me from buying vanguard (which i played since beta 1)

is it like :

you won but get the key when some new beta phase starts ?

or do we get it soon?

btw  the daily  loging in paid off :D

no content

greedy community  - cause of real money

baaad graphics

soe doesnt give official numbers on that

well except there would be millions

but judging the new holo npc feature   it cant be many

Originally posted by Synexis

Vanguard Mini Review

By Synexis

 

My system is mid-range. E6600 Core 2 Duo proc OC’d to 3.2GHz, 2 gigs of Crucial RAM, eVGA 680i Mobo, Asus GeFORCE 8800 GTX graphic card, 150GB 10K rpm Raptor SATA HD.

thats what u call mid-range ?

interesting

Originally posted by mbblade
EQ2 has quest and what not but the worst thing about EQ2 was the group xp debt so if you had some dumb *** in your group then you suffer.