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Topic: SOE to Publish Vanguard (Read 410960 times)
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Simond
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It's really not clear what this "deeper online roleplaying experience" will mean. Cyber.  Edit: Page 30 ding! |
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« Last Edit: January 03, 2007, 03:02:30 PM by Simond »
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Tale
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It's in todays' Gamespy newsletter (delivered to a billion gamers around the world, I guess) I realise it's a deliberate exaggeration, but couldn't you have just exaggerated by a few million? :) Lately I've been wincing at people thinking everyone shares the kind of choices we have. We're still a minority of a minority in a world where billions live in poverty or slightly above it. You can't avoid it because the title of the mail is: "Final Fantasy XIII Screens, and an MMO that Dares to Be Different" (Vanguard), I've never played anything Final Fantasy and I would have just presumed a startup MMO. So even if I bothered to subscribe to any newsletters, I wouldn't have read that. |
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CaptainNapkin
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I am the only one around here who doesn't hate Vanguard (actually I am open to the opposite feeling). Actually you're not, I'll come out of my lurking long enough to say I don't hate it either, I like it and pre-ordered (2 copies, 1 for the wife). And even though I enjoy spending countless hours reading everyone elses opinions, in the end I really only give a crap about my own... a wordsmith I am not, so I just lurk and reserve comment typically. I'm also probably not cunning enough to discuss or debate it without stepping on  , so I don't bother. This is the game that everyone loves to hate. Don't worry dude, I'll stay on the ship with ya even when it's sinking. But for now, I'm going back to my cave. |
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Trippy
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Why Vanguard is an Important Milestone
Will Vanguard be a huge success? It's definitely aimed at a more serious crowd looking for a deeper online roleplaying experience. That might limit its mainstream appeal. On the other hand, if it's even a tenth as popular as World of Warcraft, it'll still have more subscribers than the original EverQuest. Hardcore gamers are eagerly looking forward to this one
If he is being serious he's being an idiot. WoW is an international game localized in many languages -- in particular Chinese -- which is where it gets more than half of its subscriber numbers from. If Vanguard can get a tenth of WoW's NA + Euro numbers that would put them at around 300K which is less than what EQ had at it's peak. |
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Sir Fodder
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I am the only one around here who doesn't hate Vanguard (actually I am open to the opposite feeling).
I love Vanguard, hooray for messageboard drama! Heck, I might even have to try the game if the boards heat up enough. Seriously though, even though there has been some crazy stuff put out there by the Vanguard team, I'll be interested in reading the beta impressions of this boards denizens. I'm expecting Vanguard to provide at least a bit of kicking around exploration/roleplay type fun for a month or so at least, anything else fun would be a bonus. |
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Cheddar
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I am the only one around here who doesn't hate Vanguard (actually I am open to the opposite feeling).
I love Vanguard, hooray for messageboard drama! Heck, I might even have to try the game if the boards heat up enough. Seriously though, even though there has been some crazy stuff put out there by the Vanguard team, I'll be interested in reading the beta impressions of this boards denizens. I'm expecting Vanguard to provide at least a bit of kicking around exploration/roleplay type fun for a month or so at least, anything else fun would be a bonus. Falconeer is a moron. We tend to ignore morons. It was a joke, Falconeer. No need for PM's this time! |
No Nerf, but I put a link to this very thread and I said that you all can guarantee for my purity. I even mentioned your case, and see if they can take a look at your lawn from a Michigan perspective.
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Endie
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I am the only one around here who doesn't hate Vanguard
I like it and pre-ordered (2 copies, 1 for the wife)...bother. Don't worry dude, I'll stay on the ship with ya even when it's sinking. But for now, I'm going back to my cave. Vanguard has caves on its ships? That is so awesome. Anyway, now that we've dinged 30 on this thread without the game even leaving alpha beta, WUA had better be feeling pretty threatened in his lah-di-dah SWG threads. |
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Trippy
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I am the only one around here who doesn't hate Vanguard
I like it and pre-ordered (2 copies, 1 for the wife)...bother. Don't worry dude, I'll stay on the ship with ya even when it's sinking. But for now, I'm going back to my cave. Vanguard has caves on its ships? That is so awesome. Anyway, now that we've dinged 30 on this thread without the game even leaving alpha beta, WUA had better be feeling pretty threatened in his lah-di-dah SWG threads. Those are schild and my threads -- WUA's is the UO subscription one, which you just passed -- and you guys are a *long* way from catching schild's, though I suppose if Brad suddenly announced they were redoing Vanguard to have shooter-style gameplay you might be able to catch up. |
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Merusk
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Vanguard - Even our Threads are a grind to catch-up.
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Falconeer
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Falconeer is a moron. We tend to ignore morons.
It was a joke, Falconeer. No need for PM's this time!
No PM. I'll sue you for good this time! |
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