I have read some great opinions on the travel aspect of VG. But I have to be honest, I use the travel options, because "I WANT TO", not because its "the only option" to get from point A to B. I read people criticize the devs for putting some of these options in game and think it may be a bit unfair.

If you're like me, who may have just worked a 12 hour shift, log on for a couple hours and find your guild mates grouping up, I do not want my only option to get from point A to B to be riding my horse or taking a boat. I do not recall any dev making it mandatory to use the travel options made available and hardly see how it diminishes the exploration aspect unless people are making the "choice" to use alternative options. If you want to explore, EXPLORE as you see fit! If you don't want to explore, do as you please. Its about choices, not limitations and/or immersion.

Many people have gone the route of RPing in VG. I applaude them for playing the game and immersing themselves in classic gaming style. Try it for a while.

Peace!

Wow...

I thought I'd check back on these forums, since I've been away from them for a while and this is what I get to read.

Exploration feature?? Is that a feature or content?

The comment on the boats not working...WRONG. They work fine and everyone I know that has one, works fine. The Griffons that allow you to fly to the highest peaks, work great....love 'em. Different levels of horses, that have various travel speeds depending on their level and how you equip them... love it. Riftways that will take me to various areas of a continent (mostly city areas) or a different continent all together that are level restricted and cost money... love it. Oh ya, how about those racial mounts... nice diversification, thank you Devs. That's my conclusion!!

What would you have done?? Make everyone walk?? There are plenty of other games that make you do that and they're free to play. If you don't like the travel options and it makes the world seem smaller, then DONT use them!

You mention "when Vanguard has mostly complete content" as if there is a date they will stop making changes to the game. Heck, their still making expansions for EQ1 for gods sake (which I love). So why would anyone think there is going to be completed content??

Travel:

If I had to waste my time because I was getting lost all the time, would I continue to play the game?? NO

If I had to waste my time because I was shipwrecked in the middle of nowhere, would I play this game?? NO

If I was stranded on an island, would I play this game?? Kind of already happens every time I recall to my Guild Hall. Only option off is to take a griffon, recall to bind spot, use my boat or swim. Thank god for those travel options.

The random ambush by highway men?? Well, I'd just invis, run around them or ignore them all together.

As far as resting, having some sort of "travel stamina that would diminish over time" might be acceptable, but would would become a mute point and a nuisance over time. I look at this point the same as having to eat food and sleep to stay alive.

Exploration:

Why does everything you do, have to be rewarded. Cant it just be enough for your own personal interest to explore the unknown or does every nook and cranny have to have a point??

The world evolution thing would be nice, but how much has your little neighborhood evolved (from mud huts to brick buildings, from steel structures to biospheres?) since you've lived there?? This game just doesn't need it, in my opinion, but maybe certain dungeons could change as you progress through a quest due to some time shift.......

This world is awesomely huge. Just play it and enjoy it for what it is at the moment or find something else to do. Get a gold fish in a simple round fish bowl, then sit there and stare at it and dream of all the awesome worlds you could build for your goldfish. The potential would be awesome, the cost significant and the value of watching your goldfish in its hugely diversified, everychanging, expansive world would be priceless.

My ultimate point to all this is that not all of us have all day to just travel. I WANT TO PLAY!!

Some people have A.D.D. and get bored in a matter of minutes. I wish I was joking about this, but some of my guild mates have clearly proven this and state this themselves.

Sometimes you just have to enjoy it for what it is. Its like a box of chocolates. You never know what your going to get.

By the way, have you posted these ideas on the VG forums, where someone who could actually implement these ideas, might read them??

Keep thinking though. Its good to see an active brain at work. And keep notes of all of these good ideas, you may be able to implement them into your own MMO some day, which I would gladly immerse myself into.

Maybe, instead of hashing up travel, you could spend your time going over all the spells and coming up with unique animation ideas and posting them for the VG Devs to consider. And maybe if your a qualified programmer, you could make some examples for them to see, get hired and get involved making this game even better. This is an area that I think that is lacking and a little lack luster in a game of this caliber and capability (why does Fireball1 have to look the same as Fireball5?).  Just my thought.

Peace!!

Here is a video I made some months ago on a raid into the Library Wing of Ancient Port Warehouse. We managed to take Palpenipe and his minions, but wiped on Athris Essal (but have succeeded many times since).

Its low quality, but will show a bit of the APW experience. There's a couple other videos I made as well, such as the Hegnarian event. Hope you enjoy...

video.yahoo.com/watch/2943273/8417823

You wont like it, don't waste your time or money. Honestly I think you would find having to dedicate more time than what you would want to to keep you interested. Its a dedicated classic MMO'ers game (clean, dedicated, group oriented). As much as I love the game and play it regularly, I have to play devils advocate as to not mislead what time you will find having to dedicate to see and accomplish the cool stuff. Yes, it is soloable, but most boss mobs are not, as I stated above, it is group, raid or guild oriented.

Trying to be the realist for ya. I have played the game since pre release and an officer in a guild with over 50 active players and almost 200 toons. I raid in APW weekly  (6 day lockout timers on named boss mobs) and am currently finishing the griffin quest. I wish it was as easy as logging in for a half hour and feeling like I got something done, but honestly more like an EQ1 feel (more or less). I often miss the aspects of games such as GW's and CoH's where you can knock out a mission or two rather quick like. The quick quests in VG are more or less filler unless you want to work on a major quest line which usually requires a group.

I hope this helps.

Good luck and Peace!

Even if they show us new models, it would still mean running them on the test server for bugs and so on...

Probably wont see them any earlier than GU6, if not later, after they work out the kinks.

I tend to be a realist, than an optimist, with VG when it comes to major changes... but still love the game.

One thing not mentioned that can dictate performance on this game is hard drive. If its old maybe get a new one, for a clean start. Or, reformat and reinstall xp and drivers for a clean fresh start.

My machine is an 2.0 Athlon 64 X2, 2 gigs Memory, AGP XFX 7900 video card and 80G Maxtor drive and get 20-40 fps on medium render, medium-high detail and have no problems raiding and such... but my machine is used for gaming only, no mp3's, pix's, downloads (I have other comps for this stuff). I keep it very clean and always updated.

Best of luck....peace!!

Originally posted by pencilrick

Stop sinking money into this turkey.  Vanguard will likely never be a hit and never be reasonably populated.  Microsoft knew this two to three years ago.

World design was unfinsihed and non-descript.  Quest and classes systems mutating towards WOW-ness all the time.  This game will never really fly, in my opinion.

Now flame me if you like, but I think you players and Sony can better spend your dollars elsewhere.

Need something to play until better games release?  Civ 4 is holding me over pretty well.  Not an MMO, but something to do between now and then.

Well I see my original post has been removed because someone was offended by my name calling. I have been slapped on the wrists by the powers that be at MMORPG. I apologize to any and all that may have taken offense to my comment.

This will be my last post on this website as I am tired of reading stuff like this. I will not be answering any more questions or commenting on anyone elses posts. I'm glad people are enjoying the game. Best of luck and Peace!!

FIRST... this statement was not made by Silius, just some nobody in the Vanguard forums making a humorous comment and wishful thinking. Go and read the original chat blog if you want clarification.

VANGUARD WILL HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH EQ2!!!

His comment regarding the Nexus was in reference to a new dungeon in development. Silius clearly states that the only dungeon content he was willing to comment on at this point was the "Pantheon of the Ancients" and "Nexus". I still have not seen any comment from Sony on the details of Nexus. If I do, I will be glad to post info here.

Good Luck and Peace!!

I may be wrong, but a "/who all" is only gonna show who is logged on in the region only. There may be a "/who Telon" option, but have never seen one myself.

I will add that PVP is not popular in Vanguard and Sony has offered free server transfers off of the PVP server. So not real confident the server is well populated.

Good luck and Peace!!

1. No one place is better to start in. With the riftway system, travel amongst the lower level areas is quite convenient.

1b. You can take a riftway to a major city asap (New Targanor, Khal, Tanvu).

2. Many interesting classes, as all have unique qualities to offer for gameplay. Shamans, Disciples, Bards, Dread Knights, Clerics, Blood Mages are all very soloable. But dont discount any of the others. In my opinion, play skill will dictate success, more so than just the class.

3. Game performance has significantly increased. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but GU5 introduced some great improvements.

4. Vanguard is a game of discovery. This can be perceived differently from an individuals perception of the game. Maybe I'll let others answer this one.

I've played since pre-release and still enjoying the game. Find a buddy key or wait for the free trial (no official release date, but hopefully this summer).

Good luck and Peace!!

In reference to your Ram, it may be important that your memory is a matched pair. I typically dont recommend mixing manufactures either. So, to clarify, if your computer came with a certain brand/type, get exactly the same thing. Otherwise, it may be worth avoiding the headaches by just buying a matched pair from the same manufacture (ex: Patriot, ICQ, Corsair.....). Also, before buying memory, check to see what your motherboard supports (ex: DDR266, DDR800, DDR1066....). Hope this helps a bit.

Good luck.

More memory would help significantly, especially if your running Vista (hopefully your using XP). But video card would be a close second. Consider an Nvidia 8800.

Good luck and Peace!

If PVP is what you want, try a different game. Vanguard will NOT fulfill your PVP needs.

Good luck and Peace!

Great video's Vosen, thanks for sharing them.

I hope more people post their videos here to share their experiences in the game.

Good luck and Peace!!

I fear suggesting this, but have you made sure that your DirectX, video card, sound card drivers are updated?? This is a fairly sure way to get that kind of crashing to occur. If using onboard audio, make sure that in the VG settings, you are using the generic audio device. I'm not confident that VG has optimized audio in the game yet, to many other priorities.

Maybe list your comp specs to see if anyone else has had the same issues with similar equipment.

Glad you are enjoying it now. Peace!!

Music on Hegnarian Event: Slayer, Dissident Aggressor on South of Heaven album.

Glad you enjoy...

Glad your enjoying it. If you have any friends that are curious about what the game action looks like, I have a post you can direct them to.

www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/186345

Good luck and Peace!!

I tend to agree with above poster.. go with Nvidia. See what an 8800 might run you instead. Maximum PC just did a comparison in July issue and found that the 8800GTS had about 5-10% better fps than the HD3870 in games, but did cost about $50 more. Not sure if thats significant enough for you to spend the extra money. Another thought... you may have to look at different mobo to support Nvidia as opposed to ATI. Do some homework on it or call the tech support of whoever your buying it from.

Good luck and Peace!!

Sorry, removed video.

Peace!!

Wow, I cant believe this thread is still active..