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Originally Posted by Nairbog  Frankly though, the starting areas depending on where you go have some of the weaker content in Vanguard. |
And unfortunately, in all games across the board, that is the WORST part of the game to have weak spots. You're going to have a lot of bad reviews of a game if the starting areas are hit or miss - because a lot of people (myself included) don't want to struggle through playing something mediocre until they can get to something good.
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Originally Posted by Nairbog I'm curious since you got the highest level with your bard, what places did you go to with her? |
I can't remember the names of places because it was a month ago and it just wasn't all that memorable. I will tell you that I didn't do any instancing and I did very little with a group. It was mostly all solo or duo, and usually because I couldn't find anyone to stay grouped for long.
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Originally Posted by Nairbog what exactly is it about the VG starting areas that are any different from other popular MMO's like WoW? |
That's a question I can't answer. Its gotta be something though, because I'm pretty sure WoW has had a good retention rate. It could be the storyline/lore...which I thought was lacking in almost every starting city I tried in VG. I think its just a combination of things though. When I logged in this was my thought process at first:
"Holy shit stutter, okay gotta log out and edit my .ini file and get some new drivers and defrag before I'll try again."
"Well, its a little better. I'll try to deal with this and check the game out some."
"Man, my character sure is ugly. Too bad I had to give up after three hours of making her try to look pretty and somewhat unique."
"Wow, those trees might give me a seizure, but they're pretty."
"Hmm, I wonder why I was just sent to kill these deer."
"Aw shit, I'm stuck. /stuck "
"This music in the game is fucking fabulous, props Nino."
"I want to tell my guild how awesome the music is. Oh weird, for some reason I can't connect with the chat server."
"Okay, well time to go back and play the fun polished high fantasy game with awesome lore that gives me nostagia goosebumps *cough* EQ2 *cough*"
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