General Discussion

Hm, no comments on the intricate combat system?  No time to try to craft anything?

Yeah, pretty hard for any game with visible equipement to compete with a game such as CoH for the character creation, if not outright impossible.  Unless you leave the option to the player as to what is visible and what isn't, so if the breastplate is choosen as not visible then the player could have more options, regardless of what is equipped...which then open a new problem about consistancy, if someone is wearing a robe can he be displayed as wearing a plate mail?  There is no easy way out of this for any game with equipement.

Anyway, I still hold to what I have been saying for years now.  Raid-free server and I buy the game, the absence of such servers will results in my absence from the game althogether.

Overall the game could be made more intuitive, but that is easier said then done.  "Easy to understand but hard to master", the game is still not that easy to understand...been intuitive is a challenge for any game, and CoH put the bar quite high for every competitor on the "Easy to understand, yet hard to master".  Example, you are wandering around searching a NPC, while realist it isn't intuitive, choices have been made.  Still, with raid-free servers this game could be the next jewel...without offering raid-free server it will lack the unique advantage EQ has in it time, EQ was offering a PvE ambiance to players...what is Vanguard offering that competitors doesn't, raid-free server could be that special edge.

I agree Bloodworth , it seems that this article was written with the strict instruction not to give anything away.

The reason I read articles like this is the simple fact that I'm seeking new information about the game & to be quite frank this article told me nothing I didnt already know.

The main issue I see with Vanguard is what are the plans for endgame and more specifically PvP ? as without an 'end game' there is no point to developing a character and everything else becomes somewhat pointless as eventually you hit the level cap & quit ( ala WoW) .

Vanguard looks a very promising game however the lack of information about key facts such as combat & PvP does worry me & I just hope we start seeing some updates which contain real information sooner rather than later .

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Originally posted by Anofalye

Yeah, pretty hard for any game with visible equipement to compete with a game such as CoH for the character creation, if not outright impossible.  Unless you leave the option to the player as to what is visible and what isn't, so if the breastplate is choosen as not visible then the player could have more options, regardless of what is equipped...which then open a new problem about consistancy, if someone is wearing a robe can he be displayed as wearing a plate mail?  There is no easy way out of this for any game with equipement.

 

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Ummm... SWG? Ryzom? Matrix? Conan? Lord of the Rings?

I understand what you are getting at, but i think your slightly misinformed.

Layered clothing and armor is entirely possible.

This article isn't and wasn't meant to be an in-depth analysis of the game, but rather just a quick article with my initial responses to playing it. It's a First Look Preview. 

I haven't had enough time to really sit down with the game and do a full-on preview full of details. Once I've put enough hours into the game, we'll run a full preview.

I'm still learning a lot of the systems in the game, just like any new player would have to. I tried to give a breif overview of what I've done and experienced so far. I'm sorry if that's not enough.

Cheers

Jon Wood