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Then why isn't Vanguard population better? That is probably the best sandbox game out there right now yet people still complain! I have played Vanguard a good bit and when I see people complain that there are no sandbox games out there I am just baffled. Vangaurd IS THE sand box game..you can really do what you want.

want to be a diplomat? Done.

Want to be a traveling merchant..done.

You can anything. Build boats, become  a pirate!

So why don't more people play VG? Is it because of the horrible launch?

Originally posted by Duilyon

Then why isn't Vanguard population better?

 

So why don't more people play VG? Is it because of the horrible launch?

1. Poor Performance.
2. No end-game.
3. No customization (no class customization(only different paths); no character appearance customization (been reduced); and no other alternate paths of development).
4. World Travel System is, to say the least, strange (huge world with immediate travel; makes the huge world feel small and travel lacks immersion.  I think the game's boats still do not work; player boats are excellent but expensive and useless.  Again, strange travel system).
5. Incomplete content.
6. Sandbox?  Missing fun stuff.  No taverns.  No entertainers.  I do not think you can even fish in a world filled to the brim with lakes, seas, and rivers.
7. Game lacks sandbox feel for the above reasons and others.

Those are just a few answers "why more people do not play Vanguard." 

Edit:  Vanguard has a sense of a vision that was very sloppily executed and unfulfilled. Great merits, great ideas that are simply not implemented or implemented badly:  (1) crafting; (2) diplomacy; (3) vast open world; (4) character paths, and (5) many, many others.

I have a small "fanbase" that follows me around and complains whenever I copy/paste this answer, but here it is anyways:

I tried Vanguard recently for two weeks. Good not get over the following issues:

• ·         A tedious crafting system. It has great potential, but it crosses the line from fun to work..
• ·         A tedious and unnecessary diplomacy mini-game
• ·         Flickering textures all over the place. Clothing, flickering hay stacks/rocks, etc
• ·         The ONLY MMO where your framerate is much WORSE in a dungeon than outside
• ·         Bugged mining nodes all over the place
• ·         A large world, but mostly empty
• ·         Worst looking lakes ever. Does not fit with the rest of the graphics.
• ·         Dreary, dull, un-colorful graphics, much like EQ2. It's as if someone placed a grey filter over everything.
• ·         Falling through the world multiple times, mostly when swimming
• ·         Bad animations. And if your computer is running at a nice framerate (above 50 FPS) your character looks like he is running at 20-25 FPS, so he looks shaky.
• ·         Opening doors and the first thing you see is your characters eyeballs as you look through his skull.
• ·         The UI can freeze up if you click the map and another icon too quickly.
• ·         Walking up stairs makes the camera shake violently
• ·         Missing objects such as windmills and doors, some appear when you get real close. Others, like windmills, flicker and then NEVER appear. They are completely missing!