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Originally Posted by Shandor
Hi Big Ranger !

Im wondering about the path Vangaurd is going. My first impression of Vanguard was alot different from now. As long i know the game i really did like it and i still do. But it looks like the idea behind Vangaurd did change alot.
I know after 11 years playing MMORPGs its normal that a game changes during the time.
Right now it looks like Vanguard is moving in the direction of the Newer MMORPGs out there on the market.
Many old EQ, daoc and swg players are interestet in Vanguarg because it seems to go back to the roots in a new unique system.
If they would like to have a mainstream game they would just play Wow or DDO and all that stuff. as an example you sayd one that item decay is bad way to handle the economy and its a useless timesink. (not exactly your words i know)
and now its in the beta.
Some peoples like it, some not. But thats not my point.
My Point is, you should stay on the Path you have choosen. I seen it once what happpens if you change the way of the game play to much on EQ2.
Once they had geart ideas for EQ2 and EQ2 had a really solid fan base at the begining. But after the success of Wow it seems like they got in Panic mode and patched like crazy to get better as Wow. --They got 1000 Quests ? We got 1100 !!, They got Flying mounts ? We got them too and Flying Carpets ! The crafting there is Easy like hell ? Our Crafting now too !, We make a PvE game without PvP ! oh wait i minute .. Wow got Battlegrounds ? erm i mean we planing a huge PvP Patch !--
After that the fanbase of EQ2 is mostly gone.

Vanguard is not EQ2 i know.
I trust Sigil and i trust your Vision.
But the last time it looks like you go a bit in a other direction as you planned first and im a bit afraid how far it will go.
Please tell me, "everything is fine young Padawan" and "We not planing to do a mainstream game, we make Vanguard for the oldschool MMORPG players out there missing the feeling to be a part of something great"

I know its a long posting already and you are busy but i got 2 more things (sorry)
The release: Im playing Beta for a wile and it dont seems like a releaseble game to me right now. I know there is still a bit time but there is so much..
South Qualia is almost empty or closed. (Ok it could be insterted per patch after release) there are alot missing Crafter and Diplomaty stuff like recipes.
Alot Bugs of course.....
I hope you are know what you are doing. Nothing damages a MMORPG more then a to early release. Look what happend to Horizons, it had Potential, but after fixing all the problems after release they had no players anymore.

Last thing
Animal Races in Vanguard. Sorry but they look a bit like Humans with Animal Masks. I really did like the Vah Shir of EQ1. They had a body like it should be.
Is there anything planned to the Animal Races in Vanguard later to make them look better ? You know they need tails and somekind of brute looking style

thanks for your time and thanks for Vanguard to you and your team

I wouldn't worry about it.

1. We're trying different systems (like item decay) but if they don't work out we'll yank them.

2. Most of the things that may seem like EQ 2 or WoW are cosmetic/polish related, which I think is a good thing. People expect polish, UIs they are familiar with, etc. But the core of Vanguard is still very much Vanguard -- the similiarites you are talking about, while important, are skin deep and don't affect the core of the game and what it's really about.


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