Vanguard: SOH

[6StringSamurai]

:Link:

Take a few former EQ1 Devs, a sprinkling of former EQ2 devs, a handful of former WoW devs, and you get Vanguard: SOH I for one think this game is going to be amazing, only time will tell.

This link has a ton of information on some of the features in the game. Supposedly the largest game world in an MMO to date.

 

[pontifex]

from what i hear the creator is a major asshole, bashing other companies and their games.
plus it sounds like another raid/grindfest.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I will probably try it when it comes out. I am a bit scared of the future for it now that SOE is running it.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
I will probably try it when it comes out. I am a bit scared of the future for it now that SOE is running it.

SOE is far from running it, SOE is hardware only, or at least thats all they are at this point. According to SIGIL SOE has not creative input at all, they only are handling Servers and billing.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: pontifex
from what i hear the creator is a major asshole, bashing other companies and their games.
plus it sounds like another raid/grindfest.

Links? I would like to see where he bashes other companies, not that I don't believe you, I would just like read it. He "seems" to be really nice on the forums.

 

[mryellow2]

Originally posted by: 6StringSamurai

Originally posted by: pontifex
from what i hear the creator is a major asshole, bashing other companies and their games.
plus it sounds like another raid/grindfest.

Links? I would like to see where he bashes other companies, not that I don't believe you, I would just like read it. He "seems" to be really nice on the forums.

Who cares what the guy is like as long as the game is good.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: 6StringSamurai

Originally posted by: pontifex
from what i hear the creator is a major asshole, bashing other companies and their games.
plus it sounds like another raid/grindfest.

Links? I would like to see where he bashes other companies, not that I don't believe you, I would just like read it. He "seems" to be really nice on the forums.

no links, just repeating what i heard in another forum

 

[Bateluer]

I'll be taking a look at it when it comes out, provided it doesn't copy WoW.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I'll be taking a look at it when it comes out, provided it doesn't copy WoW.

it'll be fine if it copies EQ though?

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I'll be taking a look at it when it comes out, provided it doesn't copy WoW.

it'll be fine if it copies EQ though?

Better to copy the positive aspects of EQ than the trash that is WoW.

 

[CKent]

Read between the lines. Sony is a virulent poison, they'll find an entry and seep into Vanguard, infecting it, ruining it. I had been looking forward to this title since 2003 and I was absolutely crushed when I heard the news. I won't be buying it now because of this. Look at the craptacular site Sony's already put up for it - Link.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I'll be taking a look at it when it comes out, provided it doesn't copy WoW.

it'll be fine if it copies EQ though?

How do you think of EQ? A boring grind with nothing to do at the end but raid? That's what it became when its lead developer left to work on Vanguard and Sony took over. Few people played prior to that and experienced how wonderful it was, so it has really gotten a bad and undeserved reputation over the years.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: CKent

A boring grind with nothing to do at the end but raid?

Thats what WoW was from Day 1, except for they added item grinding into the mix.

Here is the official site for Vanguard SoH, by the way.

SOE is just providing the hardware for VSOH. Say what you will about SOE, their servers very rarely go down.

Sigil still handles all the creative aspects of the game.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: CKent

A boring grind with nothing to do at the end but raid?

Thats what WoW was from Day 1, except for they added item grinding into the mix.

Here is the official site for Vanguard SoH, by the way.

SOE is just providing the hardware for VSOH. Say what you will about SOE, their servers very rarely go down.

Sigil still handles all the creative aspects of the game.

Agreed, with Tigole in charge how could WoW be anything but? Unfortunately it's the best of what's out there. And credit where it's due - WoW's interface system is a thing of beauty.

Again, read between the lines. Sony will find a way in. They've already gone around Brad and made that godawful site I linked. They can't be stopped. They'll ruin Vanguard - mark my words.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: CKent
Read between the lines. Sony is a virulent poison, they'll find an entry and seep into Vanguard, infecting it, ruining it. I had been looking forward to this title since 2003 and I was absolutely crushed when I heard the news. I won't be buying it now because of this. Look at the craptacular site Sony's already put up for it - Link.

it looks exactly like every other one of their mmo's sites...

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: CKent


Agreed, with Tigole in charge how could WoW be anything but? Unfortunately it's the best of what's out there. And credit where it's due - WoW's interface system is a thing of beauty.

WoW's interface blows, thing of beauty my butt. Without the aftermarket mods and overlays, its useless. Only a handful of toolbars, no ingame custimization, yck. The unofficial overlays and mods fix a lot of these issues though. EQ2's interface is 100% customizable right out of the box.

If WoW is best MMO out there, as you say, then the MMORPG genre is dead on its feet.

This thread is turning into another SOE/WoW flamefest, so I'm not going to post in here or read this thread anymore. Anytime a thread is made that regards SOE in anyway, people immediately start bashing them. Everything they do is right, everything Blizzard does is right, etc etc etc, yadda, yadda, yadd.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: CKent


Agreed, with Tigole in charge how could WoW be anything but? Unfortunately it's the best of what's out there. And credit where it's due - WoW's interface system is a thing of beauty.

WoW's interface blows, thing of beauty my butt. Without the aftermarket mods and overlays, its useless. Only a handful of toolbars, no ingame custimization, yck. The unofficial overlays and mods fix a lot of these issues though. EQ2's interface is 100% customizable right out of the box.

If WoW is best MMO out there, as you say, then the MMORPG genre is dead on its feet.

This thread is turning into another SOE/WoW flamefest, so I'm not going to post in here or read this thread anymore. Anytime a thread is made that regards SOE in anyway, people immediately start bashing them. Everything they do is right, everything Blizzard does is right, etc etc etc, yadda, yadda, yadd.

it has ingame customization

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: CKent


Agreed, with Tigole in charge how could WoW be anything but? Unfortunately it's the best of what's out there. And credit where it's due - WoW's interface system is a thing of beauty.

WoW's interface blows, thing of beauty my butt. Without the aftermarket mods and overlays, its useless. Only a handful of toolbars, no ingame custimization, yck. The unofficial overlays and mods fix a lot of these issues though. EQ2's interface is 100% customizable right out of the box.

If WoW is best MMO out there, as you say, then the MMORPG genre is dead on its feet.

This thread is turning into another SOE/WoW flamefest, so I'm not going to post in here or read this thread anymore. Anytime a thread is made that regards SOE in anyway, people immediately start bashing them. Everything they do is right, everything Blizzard does is right, etc etc etc, yadda, yadda, yadd.

Yeah stay on topic you tools

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: CKent


Agreed, with Tigole in charge how could WoW be anything but? Unfortunately it's the best of what's out there. And credit where it's due - WoW's interface system is a thing of beauty.

WoW's interface blows, thing of beauty my butt. Without the aftermarket mods and overlays, its useless. Only a handful of toolbars, no ingame custimization, yck. The unofficial overlays and mods fix a lot of these issues though. EQ2's interface is 100% customizable right out of the box.

Er, yeah... what I mean is the way it encourages and embraces a 3rd party addon community is what's beautiful. The specific rules about what addons can and cannot do, the interface it has with addons and the outreach to writers. Many addons even make it into the default UI. The default interface can suck horribly (and does) because of this - it lets you decide what you want rather than trying to tell you what you should want, instead giving you only the basics.

If WoW is best MMO out there, as you say, then the MMORPG genre is dead on its feet.

RIP

This thread is turning into another SOE/WoW flamefest, so I'm not going to post in here or read this thread anymore. Anytime a thread is made that regards SOE in anyway, people immediately start bashing them. Everything they do is right, everything Blizzard does is right, etc etc etc, yadda, yadda, yadd.

Selective reading comprehension? I said WoW is far from perfect, that it's sad something so lame is the best thing out there, and yet somehow that translates to "everything Blizzard does is right"?

 

[microAmp]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
I will probably try it when it comes out. I am a bit scared of the future for it now that SOE is running it.

Ditto, I'm also curious if they'll reboot the servers everyday, like they did in SWG, or not; since I'll be working compressed night shift.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Say what you will about SOE, their servers very rarely go down.

I have to agree with you there.

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: CKent


Agreed, with Tigole in charge how could WoW be anything but? Unfortunately it's the best of what's out there. And credit where it's due - WoW's interface system is a thing of beauty.

WoW's interface blows, thing of beauty my butt. Without the aftermarket mods and overlays, its useless. Only a handful of toolbars, no ingame custimization, yck. The unofficial overlays and mods fix a lot of these issues though. EQ2's interface is 100% customizable right out of the box.

If WoW is best MMO out there, as you say, then the MMORPG genre is dead on its feet.

This thread is turning into another SOE/WoW flamefest, so I'm not going to post in here or read this thread anymore. Anytime a thread is made that regards SOE in anyway, people immediately start bashing them. Everything they do is right, everything Blizzard does is right, etc etc etc, yadda, yadda, yadd.

it has ingame customization

WoW does not come close to the "out of the box" ingame UI customization of Everquest 2.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Say what you will about SOE, their servers very rarely go down.

I have to agree with you there.

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: CKent


Agreed, with Tigole in charge how could WoW be anything but? Unfortunately it's the best of what's out there. And credit where it's due - WoW's interface system is a thing of beauty.

WoW's interface blows, thing of beauty my butt. Without the aftermarket mods and overlays, its useless. Only a handful of toolbars, no ingame custimization, yck. The unofficial overlays and mods fix a lot of these issues though. EQ2's interface is 100% customizable right out of the box.

If WoW is best MMO out there, as you say, then the MMORPG genre is dead on its feet.

This thread is turning into another SOE/WoW flamefest, so I'm not going to post in here or read this thread anymore. Anytime a thread is made that regards SOE in anyway, people immediately start bashing them. Everything they do is right, everything Blizzard does is right, etc etc etc, yadda, yadda, yadd.

it has ingame customization

WoW does not come close to the "out of the box" ingame UI customization of Everquest 2.

It doesn't need to.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Say what you will about SOE, their servers very rarely go down.

I have to agree with you there.

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: CKent


Agreed, with Tigole in charge how could WoW be anything but? Unfortunately it's the best of what's out there. And credit where it's due - WoW's interface system is a thing of beauty.

WoW's interface blows, thing of beauty my butt. Without the aftermarket mods and overlays, its useless. Only a handful of toolbars, no ingame custimization, yck. The unofficial overlays and mods fix a lot of these issues though. EQ2's interface is 100% customizable right out of the box.

If WoW is best MMO out there, as you say, then the MMORPG genre is dead on its feet.

This thread is turning into another SOE/WoW flamefest, so I'm not going to post in here or read this thread anymore. Anytime a thread is made that regards SOE in anyway, people immediately start bashing them. Everything they do is right, everything Blizzard does is right, etc etc etc, yadda, yadda, yadd.

it has ingame customization

WoW does not come close to the "out of the box" ingame UI customization of Everquest 2.

maybe, but the other guy said there was none, just pointing that out.
did EQ2 have any customization liek WoW did at launch?

 

[hypeMarked]

Wait a minute. What are all of you do in an MMORPG? touching and tweaking the interfaces all day long? Before I chose to play WoW, I look around. EQ2, Lineage, FFXI, WoW, etc.. are all great. They all has there pros and cons, but isn't the main gist of MMORPGs are for you to play? Even if it grinding or questing or whatever, but I'm pretty darn sure it's not about tweaking the game's interface. Also, with all the current MMORPGs, isn't the end-game raid a pretty cool thing? Isn't there PVP? What else does anyone of you who said that "end-game raid and item" could want more in an MMORPG?

In reponse to the original poster, I'll definately check it out. But my first impression so far by looking at the trailers, is that the combat flow is kind of slow. But we'll have to wait and see.

Edit: Has any of you play the "free" MMORPGs? compare that to WoW, EQ2, Lineage2, Vanguard, etc... I've try a lot of the popular "free" MMORPGs, but they lack the quality when compare to the games that are mention in this post.

 

[CKent]

Originally posted by: hypeMarked
Wait a minute. What are all of you do in an MMORPG? touching and tweaking the interfaces all day long? Before I chose to play WoW, I look around. EQ2, Lineage, FFXI, WoW, etc.. are all great. They all has there pros and cons, but isn't the main gist of MMORPGs are for you to play? Even if it grinding or questing or whatever, but I'm pretty darn sure it's not about tweaking the game's interface. Also, with all the current MMORPGs, isn't the end-game raid a pretty cool thing? Isn't there PVP? What else does anyone of you who said that "end-game raid and item" could want more in an MMORPG?

In reponse to the original poster, I'll definately check it out. But my first impression so far by looking at the trailers, is that the combat flow is kind of slow. But we'll have to wait and see.

Edit: Has any of you play the "free" MMORPGs? compare that to WoW, EQ2, Lineage2, Vanguard, etc... I've try a lot of the popular "free" MMORPGs, but they lack the quality when compare to the games that are mention in this post.

I think you misunderstand - I said WoW's interface system is great, not that it's the reason WoW is the best of what's out there. WoW is the best of what's out there because it's mediocre while everything else pretty much blows goats.