All Posts by tachgb

Ignoring Znarf' remark. The servers are now back online.

Around 2PM British time.

I'm not sure, but you can login to view your Vanguard Subscription details here:-

secure.station.sony.com/vanguard/accounts/station/Details.m

SOE haven't currently linked everything up yet.

You're not alone:-

http://forums.station.sony.com/station/posts/list.m?&topic_id=11500001678


TSR-Bill wrote:

Before the servers go live, we'll flip the switch that will allow all users to enter billing. The account will go active and you should be able to access the game. You won't have to register the key a second time. It's just currently, the option to enter ones billing plan is not live in the system.

I hope that described it

I'm still on Early Access, and when I log into my station account and look under My Subscriptions, I have a bunch of listed SOE games which has a clickable "$ view / edit" icon, yet next to where it says Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, there is no "$ view / edit" icon.

Although I've just recieved VG through the post, I won't bother registering the game until I finish work tonight, hope everything is fine after the 6 hour downtime. :)

You should try in around 4 hours time when the servers should be back up. Also, when you registered your Vanguard, you did enter all your billing information correctly (Assuming the registration process asked for all your billing details?), are you actually subscribed to Vanguard, and not just registered the game to your station account?

Humbug !

Guess I shall hump some VG sites for more VG lore.

Ouch, 6 hour downtime on official launch day.

Trying to work this guy out...In what way does DAOC look like VG ?

Oh, yeah, I think I got it, is it that they're both in a fantasy setting?

Haha, imagine reading the first paragraph of a book, then placing it back on the shelf, claiming it would have been a rubbish read...

Hehe, not died yet on my Ranger after level 7, but when you die, you respawn naked, and have to run back to your corpse to claim back your items?

There is no "BEST" MMORPG out there, and there never will be. Each MMORPG sets out it's own goals, tries to achieve them, and it's down to the playerbase to make that MMORPG a success.

Vanguard has a fair share of problems, but like any complicated software, it's bound to have them. But I believe Sigil will fix them, they've shown how commited they are to this game throughout beta, and I believe it will carry over to official release and beyond. There is a good reason why Eve Online does so well, it's the fact their playerbase like it's developer, CCP. Sigil also reminds me of CCP, they're honest to their playerbase. I just hope Sigil will keep up communication between itself and it's players, it's an exciting time for Vanguard.

I feel Vanguard is a great game in it's current state, and I can't wait to see what's added and fixed during the next few months. It may not show  when you first play, but give it a few days, stick with it, and you begin to see it's charm, and how fun the game actually is once your character gains a few levels.

Yup, the game is released on the 30th of January 2007. Today is the 27th of January. So it hasn't been released yet.

Bless.

Originally posted by SWGforreva
Seriously though, third generation my ass! same old combat

Sigil also said the servers will be down and up alot while they fix things...Since it's not the official game launch yet, you have no grounds to complain.

Is there a program I could use that would take in-game screenshots? The screenshots using VG are low quality, and look a bit awful.

Yup, yup, you appear to be right .

Bump. Thanks for sharing that guide, I'll keep a note of it for when I want to try out crafting. I gave crafting a miss during beta, but reading through some of your guide, I'm surprised how good crafting seems to be in VG. Can't wait to try it out.

I think it's hard to review an MMORPG, especially at release, why nitpick at things which will get fixed, when you can instead point out it's good features, I'd rather read in detail what makes it good, then read what makes it bad when it could be rectified in a few patches.
But I suppose, the bad points need to be pointed out, so they can get corrected in the first place. I don't even bother reading reviews of MMORPG's all that often, it's pointless, since 3-6months later, the game could have changed dramatically for the better, or worse. I quite enjoyed beta, and the healthy changes were great too, I think VG will do good.