Vanguard is live.

[Simond]

[Abelian75]

That is hilarious.  I never caught that reference. :)

[schild]

Sigh.

[El Gallo]

Is it OK to feel bad for Aradune yet?

[Amaron]

Brad can't code worth a shit so what position did they hire him for? Do they actually have design positions for games in maintenance mode?

[shiznitz]

The guy needed a job and SOE execs needed a laugh around the water cooler.  Brad is probably giving happy hour hand jobs to the coders.

[Threash]

That is hilarious.  I never caught that reference. :)

Splain?

[Nonentity]

Oh man, how did I miss this? This. This is great.

[Lantyssa]

Looks like a WoW quest

Still not sure what's funny about it.

[Ingmar]

Nothing.

[El Gallo]

"This could really turn it around for Vanguard!" and its variations has been a catchphrase for every stupid thing Sigil/Sony has done to that game for years.  I think it originated on Fires of Heaven, but I've seen it on other MMO forums. 

[Abelian75]

Yeah, it was a thread title on Fires of Heaven, with an entirely genuine OP suggesting that a performance-improving patch a few months after release was going to be the thing to make it a success.  Somehow this birthed a catchphrase.

[Ginaz]

So, I tried this out last night as f2p.  First thought was "My God, this looks bad."  I know its an older game and the character models were ok but the rest looked very dated, even with every graphics setting maxed out.  Maybe playing TSW with all its DX11 features slanted my view.  Combat seems to be slow and awkward.  Reminded me of LOTRO in that way.  Crafting is...interesting.  Its farily deep but theres way too many steps invloved.  I wanted to make a goblin necromancer but goblins are one of the races that are restricted up to lvl 20 for f2p players so I settled on some sort of human warrior.  Only certain classes and races are available for free, which is ok IMO since you can play all the restricted ones up to 20 to see if they're something you would want to spend some money on.  Theres an in game store that you can use soe donkey dollars to purchase races, classes, bags, mounts etc.  Not sure what each costs in real money since I couldn't be bothered to do the math.  Anyway, this might breath some life into the game but I don't think its going to bring in huge amounts of PAYING players.  Its too dated, both graphically and its game play.

[cmlancas]

So, I tried this out last night as f2p.  First thought was "My God, this looks bad."  I know its an older game and the character models were ok but the rest looked very dated, even with every graphics setting maxed out.  Maybe playing TSW with all its DX11 features slanted my view.  Combat seems to be slow and awkward.  Reminded me of LOTRO in that way.  Crafting is...interesting.  Its farily deep but theres way too many steps invloved.  I wanted to make a goblin necromancer but goblins are one of the races that are restricted up to lvl 20 for f2p players so I settled on some sort of human warrior.  Only certain classes and races are available for free, which is ok IMO since you can play all the restricted ones up to 20 to see if they're something you would want to spend some money on.  Theres an in game store that you can use soe donkey dollars to purchase races, classes, bags, mounts etc.  Not sure what each costs in real money since I couldn't be bothered to do the math.  Anyway, this might breath some life into the game but I don't think its going to bring in huge amounts of PAYING players.  Its too dated, both graphically and its game play.

This review made me reread this thread to see if schild said something funny in it.

Must've been the other thread.

/endnostalgia