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Originally Posted by Nairbog  That reviewer doesn't seem like he spent much time actually playing the game. He complained about the grind which is funny because it's obvious from the review that he hasn't played past level 10 or so. There is no "grind" (i.e. having to kill mobs for exp and nothing else) until you start hitting your 20's and even then you have the option to travel the world to get more quests. Up until then though, from my experience, you can advance solely through questing. Sure it might take longer to reach a level than what he was used to in WoW, but if you're doing new content the whole time then is that really a grind? VG is only a grind if you let it be one, there is plenty to see and do at most levels (40+ needs work) you just have to take the initiative. I am surprised that he found the Tursh progression so boring, but then again, it must be because he never got past level 10, when you can begin the riftseeker's torrent quests which are engaging as is the dungeon.
He does have some valid points though. Population is relatively low, they could have used less servers. If you are not in the popular areas that people seem to gravitate to you will have trouble finding groups. This is a shame because a dissappointing amount of content goes mostly unused. Some starting areas are definitely higher quality than others, though I don't see why he included Tursh as low quality and Dark Elves as high quality. As for the story... he has a point here but he also didn't give the game enough of a chance. If you do all the quests in a region you have a pretty good idea of what is going on lore-wise in that area. If you do diplomacy, you can get tidbits about the history of the area and overarching storylines. Admittedly, I think they need to get some of the lore that is only accessed by diplomats out to adventurers in some way.
Just curious Cuppy, what level have you reached in VG? |
That was one of my major personal complaints with VG
There were some really cool dungeons that were totally unused. People just flok to one area...but I suppose that's more a beef with people than VG since they would do that in any game.
