Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

The game has really turned around and I urge you, even if you have the slightest interest, try Vanguard.

When the game first launched in January 2007 performance issues were all the talk.  Nobody could actually play the game because of the issues with being ahead of its time.  Now, a year and a half later, this is a MMORPG that is established and needs some attention.  A trial version is to be released soon if you don't have the money to go buy it -- but let me reiterate, you won't be disappointed.

I totally agree.  Been back to Vanguard, a month ago now and i'm having so much fun.  The game is awesome, i would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great mmo.  Vanguard has everything your looking for.

yeah the game is realy nice. i tried it on a friends computer (because my laptop is not good enough to run it) i would advise everyone to just try the game

I absolutely loved Vanguard when I played, it but I am a soloist, that likes to chat it up, and ran into problems soloing after 40, and the community died on my server. My guild was never on, and there was just no one around.

I truly believe it is the best looking MMO by far, and no MMO even comes close when it comes to exploring and such, so I am soooooo tempted to go back.

I picked up AoC hoping it would suffice, and after a couple weeks am finding the crafting/gathering system to be lacking severly, and there is virtually zero exploration to the game, it is so linear. I am seriously thinking about going back to Vanguard, but am not sure.

How are populations? and the content after level 40 (for the soloist)?

admit it you're SoE representatives :p

The game is doing great, the devs are working their butts off (and listening to the community, believe it or not), and the community is the best in the genre right now. 

Give it a shot...after all...if you're without a game and looking, what do you have to lose?

I got the collectors ed from amazon for $10 dollars to check it out a bit back. I was play CoH at the time (a game i still like allot) but wanted that fantasy exploration feel I like in a RPG. This game has fantasy and exploration in loads! My guild from back when I played WoW went to try Conan ... so I got it to play with them. .. Im back with Vanguard now. (Though I did like Conans landscapes) I ran Conan on high setting at around 20 -30 fps, and Vanguard runs on high settings at 50 -60 fps

Do the characters still look like Chucky? My "rogue" really scared me.

The reason I left Vanguard had everything to do with WoW quest model.

1. NPCs with exclamation points above their head.
1. one-click quests that NO ONE bothers to read.
2. over-the-top xp for completion of these simpleton quests.

As a result of items 1 through 3, the game is EXTREMELY linear. No one bothers to explore; they spend the majority of time looking at their quest journal and looking at the in-game map.

I also didn't like the crafting system. At first it seemed nice that you NEVER have to leave the crafting house....you can make money and items there. But, all considered, I much prefer the EQ style of crafting.

Also, the marketplace was utterly lame. One single NPC per town through which all crafted/dropped goods are bought and sold. It could not be more impersonal. Better to let the players create a market system by themselves.

Things I love about Vanguard:
1. slow leveling (if you took questing out of the mix)
2. Beautiful, huge world
3. no instances.
4. Very innovative user interface. Very well done!! You know where group members are at all times, and who has aggro.

Originally posted by Arclan

The reason I left Vanguard had everything to do with WoW quest model.

1. NPCs with exclamation points above their head.
1. one-click quests that NO ONE bothers to rea