Finally a patch after a year... though few bug fixes but proves that VG is finally getting some love.

http://forums.station.sony.com/vg/posts/list.m?topic_id=55880

Originally posted by sri_rishabh

Finally a patch after a year... though few bug fixes but proves that VG is finally getting some love.

 

http://forums.station.sony.com/vg/posts/list.m?topic_id=55880

Awesome, this is some great news.  :)

It is a start... Hopefully will Smed give VG some people from SWG when it closes so they can keep updating it.

But I wait with the optimism until they actually added a few more patches, 1 patch every year or so is not enough to give the player value for the monthly fees, it will take some love.

Still, it is in the right direction. If they actually proves that they intend to keep patching the game they might actually get more than a few players back that left because the game got no attention at all. 

Let's hold our thumbs, VG is a pretty good game. :)

It's not a lot.  But it's a welcome and logical first step; it means that SOE is actually paying attention to Vanguard again.

i'm little bit more negative about it, even with updates.

I dont think soe will be supporting it for much longer. If they cared for real about this game it'd be much better by now. It's a shame since the game is so good, one of the best i ever played. 

I'm hoping for a Vanguard 2. Maybe Arche Age will "be" it. But really a remake of Vanguard would be just perfect.

Originally posted by kuhronusu

i'm little bit more negative about it, even with updates.

 I dont think soe will be supporting it for much longer. If they cared for real about this game it'd be much better by now. It's a shame since the game is so good, one of the best i ever played. 

 I'm hoping for a Vanguard 2. Maybe Arche Age will "be" it. But really a remake of Vanguard would be just perfect.

They gotta start somewhere.  (Re)estabishing a pattern of regular updates is a good first step.

As for "I dont think soe will be supporting it for much longer," you realize people have been saying that since launch, right?  Five years later, Vanguard is still here.  SOE needs it around now more than ever. With Matrix Online gone and SWG going, the value of the Station Pass/All Access Pass needs to be maintained.

Now, when EQNext releases... then I think Vanguard would be more expendable if the sub numbers aren't high enough.  But that's a solid two years away yet, at least, and a token effort can keep the game well above the vitality threshold for a long while. That threshold is really, really low for SOE.

Originally posted by kuhronusu

I dont think soe will be supporting it for much longer. If they cared for real about this game it'd be much better by now. It's a shame since the game is so good, one of the best i ever played. 

 

 

SOE bought Vanguard for the simple reason it was a direct competior to Everquest 2 which is SOEs flagship.

Everyone knows if Vanguard was getting a lot of love it will flatten EQ2 and SOE can't have that, I really hope SOE understands now that Vanguard is the goldmine not EQ2.

Continued patches +

Continual bug fixes +

Added content +

Continued rise in population = 

Me coming back. It'll take a healthy combination of all those things, but this patch is a nice gesture. 

I think that Vanguard will be shoved aside for Everquest Next, I'm guessing EQN will offer everything VG does in a seamless world and more,so they wouldn't want it in the way of their flag ship. I think if SOE get it right nobody going to want to play VG over EQN as EQN looks to be what EQ1 players expected out of EQ2 and now use VG as their last haven.

Exciting day in Telon for sure

I might come back if they keep this up. It was just a bunch of bug fixes but hey thats better than nothing for the past 16 months.

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Originally posted by Torgrim

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Originally posted by kuhronusu
I dont think soe will be supporting it for much longer. If they cared for real about this game it'd be much better by now. It's a shame since the game is so good, one of the best i ever played. 
 
 

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SOE bought Vanguard for the simple reason it was a direct competior to Everquest 2 which is SOEs flagship.
Everyone knows if Vanguard was getting a lot of love it will flatten EQ2 and SOE can't have that, I really hope SOE understands now that Vanguard is the goldmine not EQ2.

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Originally posted by sri_rishabh

Finally a patch after a year... though few bug fixes but proves that VG is finally getting some love.

 

http://forums.station.sony.com/vg/posts/list.m?topic_id=55880

 Good news for those still playing.

I had to see when the last update patch was and found it was Wednesday March 10th, 2010 if I am correct.

But it seems more is going to happen to the game: SOE Fan Faire 2011: An update on Vanguard but perhaps this was already posted.

Notice the update is small, yet falls fairly close behind all of their "bad" news. They are probably in "triage" mode where they wanted to get something out quick to show people they are still alive.

Originally posted by IAmMMO

I think that Vanguard will be shoved aside for Everquest Next, I'm guessing EQN will offer everything VG does in a seamless world and more,so they wouldn't want it in the way of their flag ship. I think if SOE get it right nobody going to want to play VG over EQN as EQN looks to be what EQ1 players expected out of EQ2 and now use VG as their last haven.

god i hope so, while i REALLY like Vanguard its beyond any hope of becoming what it could be even IF they was to dump a ton of money into it.

their best option would be to take everything that makes Vanguard such a great game and put them into EQ Next with some things from the old EQ 1/2 eqoa games thrown in. like the AAs from eq/eq2 and or Mastery system from EQOA.also really liked the Epic paths eqoa had.prefered the Mastery system that EQOA had over the AA lines in eq2.

it is great news to see them atleast doing something with Vanguard finally, i have station pass i've been meaning to reinstall it to check it out again been a long time since i played.

Originally posted by Torgrim

Originally posted by kuhronusu

I dont think soe will be supporting it for much longer. If they cared for real about this game it'd be much better by now. It's a shame since the game is so good, one of the best i ever played. 

 

 

 

SOE bought Vanguard for the simple reason it was a direct competior to Everquest 2 which is SOEs flagship.

Everyone knows if Vanguard was getting a lot of love it will flatten EQ2 and SOE can't have that, I really hope SOE understands now that Vanguard is the goldmine not EQ2.

 I actually have to disagree with your logic.  I think that if VG were to 'flatten' EQ2, then SOE wouldn't have a problem with supporting it.  Its all about the profits and in this case VG or EQ2 is a tomatoe/tomatoe argument.  As long as one or the other is making money makes no difference to SOE.  Unless they have some vested interest in EQ2 besides the money making aspect.

the patch of death....the last patch that brings in the bulldozers that tear down the servers once and for all ..not say but just saying...they havent done anything in years and now all of a sudden they decide to? odd very odd indeed

Odinsrath, Your post makes no sense.

Good to see them doing something at least.  Thinking about getting the Station Pass for EQ1 and VG...Sandpark power!

Originally posted by mgilbrtsn

Originally posted by Torgrim

Originally posted by kuhronusu

I dont think soe will be supporting it for much longer. If they cared for real about this game it'd be much better by now. It's a shame since the game is so good, one of the best i ever played. 

 

 

 

SOE bought Vanguard for the simple reason it was a direct competior to Everquest 2 which is SOEs flagship.

Everyone knows if Vanguard was getting a lot of love it will flatten EQ2 and SOE can't have that, I really hope SOE understands now that Vanguard is the goldmine not EQ2.

 I actually have to disagree with your logic.

EQ2 is SOEs own baby, they rather feed thier baby even if it's butt ugly and stinks as much as possible then feed someone elses cute gem called Vanguard that might grow up and win Miss Universe, while thier own baby is contending in freak show.

Better logic?

Originally posted by Torgrim

Originally posted by JeroKane

Originally posted by Torgrim

Originally posted by kuhronusu

I dont think soe will be supporting it for much longer. If they cared for real about this game it'd be much better by now. It's a shame since the game is so good, one of the best i ever played. 

 

 

 

SOE bought Vanguard for the simple reason it was a direct competior to Everquest 2 which is SOEs flagship.

Everyone knows if Vanguard was getting a lot of love it will flatten EQ2 and SOE can't have that, I really hope SOE understands now that Vanguard is the goldmine not EQ2.

 You guys really need to get back into reality and stop floating around with Peter Pan in Neverland.

 

So which la la land do you hail from?

 Vanguard will never be the game you want it to be nor will it ever get the attention you want it to have. Get over it and accept it for what it is now and enjoy it while you can.

I mean come on! There is only one populated server left! That's it! (the other EU server is dead and the last remaining few are transfering to Telon, just like I did two weeks ago)

EverQuest 2 is still succesful with a much larger population, a lot more populated servers to still receive yearly expansions and frequent Live updates.