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Originally Posted by stevemcqueen
When he talks about this game being for everyone he is missing a big point.
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Originally Posted by Aradune Mithara
Again, the game isn't designed to appeal to everyone and some casual players won't like Vanguard no matter what.
I'm having a hard time making these two sentences jibe.
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It's easy. Brad talks out each side of his mouth depending on who he's trying to convince. He'll say out one side, to forums and press, that Vanguard has something for everyone. Then out the other side he'll justify the fact that it appeals to very few by saying "you can't please everyone all the time" in whatever venacular he decides to use at the time.
Face it, Vanguard has NOTHING to appeal to the casual or the "uber" player. It's content sucks. it's a return to the days of EQ before they got smart and started instancing raid encounters. The difference this time is that there won't be much competition.
If he wants to see this game recover he needs to wise up and own up to the mistakes he and his team have made. First recognize that it's not that "this game won't appeal to every casual player no matter what..." No, it's that it won't appeal to ANY casual player no matter what. Anyone with half a brain knows this game is the antithesis of a casual player game.
Then to top it off he's got to stop hating Blizzard for stealing his cookies and realize that they are successful because they are smart. He can either learn from them (as he learned from D&D and others when he created EQ) and improve the game, or he can continue to feel obligated to justify why his vision is still "good" when everything points to it distinctly being "not good".
I'd like to come back to Vanguard but it's got to be a new smarter Vanguard than what it is today. I seriously doubt that will occur however, I'm not sure he has it in him to make the required changes.
