Vanguard Saga of Heroes

[Yoshi]

I exceed the recommended specs, so I am hoping it'll run well. We shall see. My wife is fired up about real crafting.

[frostwolf ex]

did she try eq2? that crafting was really good,and actually added the reaction mini-game where you coudl increase or decrease the quality of the item by hitting the right crafting skills at the right time. Im hoping they didnt wow that down too that said, vanguard does look incredibly nice, but no way in hell for my current system.

[Yoshi]

The problem is that she loved SWG crafting, and EQII wasn't even close to that. It sounds like Vanguard may be as close as she can get these days.

I now have a level 7 Goblin Disciple on Targonor. I haven't reached a major city yet, which I am guessing where you start crafting, so I can't speak to that. The Diplomacy concept (card game to win favor with NPCs) is very, well-implemented. I can't wait to get deeper into that.

[JMET]

I exceed the recommended specs, so I am hoping it'll run well. We shall see. My wife is fired up about real crafting.

As do I, however the feeling I gather from most Vanguard forums is that it is a pay to play beta in its current state.

Allot of people have issues running it.

[Yoshi]

I went with with the "High Performance" choice and then moved the slider on detail to 100%, and the game runs very well. It clearly is not pretty enough to need 2 GB of RAM and the other recommended specs, but at least it is smooth for me.

I am enjoying the game so far. My Goblin, Yossy Desune, is now level 10. I picked up Mining and Quarrying as my harvesting skills and Artificer as my crafting skill. Goblins get a racial bonus in Mining, and I want to build my own houses and ships with Artificer.

[Yoshi]

The Diplomacy "sphere," as the game calls it, it so damn awesome. I am having a blast. The balance between adventuring, crafting, and diplomacy is perfect. Kudos to the developers for letting you equip a different outfit for each sphere and then change with a button click, no macros required!

[JMET]

Where did you get a demo? I was in beta which could explain the poor performance.

I looked briefly for a demo and all I saw was the need for a friend invite.

[Six]

JMET, if you need a friend invite let me know - I think I still have some.

I've been rocking with my main (warrior) and hit 27 last night adventuring and I'm almost 25 in crafting (weaponsmith). I've also got a few alts to mess with - 9 Necro (Thestra), 6 Cleric (Qalia), 7 Monk (Kojan) if anyone wants to group. I'm KOS in gob-land AFAIK, though.

So if you're playing on Targ and need weapons sent me a mail and I'll hook you up. The guild also has an armorsmith I might be able to talk into discounting stuff.

I play on a 2ghz Athlon 64 with 1gb of ram and an old Radeon 9500. I get 15-20 fps on medium detail. The game is totally playable unless a gazillion mobs are on screen.

Also, check out vgsohinterface.com and get the DroxUI - it's the best IMO and totally customizable.

Alters and corpse summon FTL but Vanguard is generally pretty good and better than any current MMO, IMO.

[frostwolf ex]

six, if j dosent want it, lemmie know, if they cleaned stuff up since beta, i want to give it a shot. i know in beta i saw a hell of a lot of promise, but there were just insane bugs still around.

[JMET]

Give him a go at it Six, I am real busy right now and have LOTRO that I am digging into.

Frost, by all means give your impressions here when and if you try it out.