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[nyx]

Originally Posted by Deris

I don't know, I was on Deathwing - a RELEASE server who got upgraded in December, and ran *perfectly*, and I transferred to Executus, which similarly has 0 issues.

I realize that there was a segment of servers from day 1 which were not upgraded, and I QQ for you every night, but they got upgraded now didn't they?

Boo hoo patchday? I've got a clue, I think you're just crying about patchday, and expecting shit to run 100% smooth, which isn't a realistic expectation of any MMO to date, not to mention one with 2 million US Users.

Yeah actually, I do expect a patch to be released and have no fucking downtime.

But you are so fucking wrong to say most servers have no issues. The WoW CS team is smart to delete there server-status forums every day because I would love to see someone track the history of how much downtime they actually have. My server (which I transfered too from another server which had massive lag/downtime), was down half the time inside of the first week of its exsistance. Things got better for a while, but it still hits the shitter every few days for random reasons.

You are just so flat out wrong.

[Lin]

Those look MUCH better than the first set. Everything still has a bit of a plasticy look to it though. Scimitars aren't a light source which isn't a surprise, but just saying it looks odd, that along with the fact that your model is casting a shadow, but other people's aren't.

[Draz]

Originally Posted by Utnayan

Next up:

Denial.

Would you please stop fagging up a perfectly good thread. The thread was going fine until you started posting your inflamatory shit in it.

[Dildo Faggins]

Originally Posted by Utnayan

OH MY FUCKING GAWESDSSS I AM A BROKEM RECORD

Whats your huge beef with this game utnayen. Everyone knows your concerns, but you take concern with the game and push it to the level of a political extremist. I mean, the difference between you and that guy that started the loose change conspiracy theory is a razor margin of just subject material. You should calm down and admit to yourself that this game isn't released yet. Then again, that would require reason, and people like you don't function on reason. I wish there was something I could do to help you, Utnayen, but they're still working on the cure for stupid.

[Neric]

Originally Posted by Grady

WoW is a broken piece of shit game.

Maybe, but that doesn't make Vanguard any better.

[Deris]

When it comes down to crunch time, then i'll cry. Until then, I'll read the boards, critique what I don't like and like about current systems within Vanguard, and just wait patiently. If it tanks, it tanks. I don't care that much because I like WoW alot, but I'm sure even in its current state, Vanguard would grab a sizeable chunk of the roleplay/casual market that didn't end up in EQ2, regardless of its playability/condition.

[Deris]

Originally Posted by nyx

Yeah actually, I do expect a patch to be released and have no fucking downtime.

But you are so fucking wrong to say most servers have no issues. The WoW CS team is smart to delete there server-status forums every day because I would love to see someone track the history of how much downtime they actually have. My server (which I transfered too from another server which had massive lag/downtime), was down half the time inside of the first week of its exsistance. Things got better for a while, but it still hits the shitter every few days for random reasons.

You are just so flat out wrong.

Sucks to be you then, whenever I have downtime, which is *very* rare, I get reimbursed a nice day and a half. I wouldn't say I'm "so fucking wrong", i'd say im right, because a MAJORITY <-- key word!!! BOLDED!!! have no issues to speak of really, minus random hiccups.

[Malakie Torsade]

Originally Posted by Bolero

I loved the Karanas. The vastness really added to it - it made you feel like a small part of a huge world. EVERYONE remembers their first time travelling across the Karanas.

Yeah... the first time. What about times 2-9,999? Auto-run and alt-tab.

I hated the Karanas, as do most people I've talked to about them. They were too time consuming to travel through and just bland. And yes, I feel the same way about Barrens. Desolace... don't get me started on that shit hole.

Now that was immersion.

Immersion? Why? Because it was big? That's some pretty damn weak criteria for something to be immersive.

Who the hell remembers or even cares about their first run through the Wetlands in Wow?

Not me. But I remember my first run through Deadwind Pass... how I didn't know where I was, which way to go, and all I knew was that I was surrounded by mobs 15+ levels higher than me (as an aside, I'll note that the "weak" WoW death penalty played no role in my feelings of suspense.) I remember the first time I stumbled on the Dark Portal, the swarming hives in Silithius, and many other things like that. If I recall some area "cuz it was so big," it's probably remembered as an annoyance.

The ADD style of having points of interest every 2 feet like in WoW makes me feel like I was playing in candyland.

[Samflam]

You ninja edited!! Anyways, the answer is no, alot of day one servers have not recieved upgrades yet... and we're being told 'possibly' sometime in September.
For a long time we were plagued with queues (Alleria sat at around 600 primetime for several months after last christmas). Finally we were offered transfers to two different realms and everything seemed ok for a while. However, since patch 1.11 there is always one or two massive lag spikes right smack dab in the middle of primetime. Many guilds wipe nightly when raiding because of this.
That's the shit that sucks, these new problems related to the patch, no big deal for me, but the regular server performance has been getting worse since late last year.

[holymight]

Originally Posted by Utnayan

There is NO high end content finished.

So, how do you know this? Did a little birdie deliver you some fresh notes? You do realize that Sigil have said many times their focus is not on the end game? They expect people to create new characters or work on their diplomacy/crafting which will take more than an afternoon to max out. The endgame won't be like WoW where the only thing to do is raid.

[Dildo Faggins]

Originally Posted by holymight

So, how do you know this? Did a little birdie deliver you some fresh notes? You do realize that Sigil have said many times their focus is not on the end game? They expect people to create new characters or work on their diplomacy/crafting which will take more than an afternoon to max out. The endgame won't be like WoW where the only thing to do is raid.

I hope so. Raiding is fun, but not in excess. I liked doing the occassional raids I did in early eq with a lot more grouping and hanging out with people. Raiding is the natural endgame of a mmo, and I cant think of a game that has broken this scheme (wow tried and failed). Its always either pvp raiding or pve raiding. It'll be interesting to see if they can make a game interesting without raiding being the only high end focus.

[Jooka]

Originally Posted by Aradune Mithara

I play at home on a 3.8 ghz intel with an x1900, but these shots would look the same on a lower end machine, they just wouldn't have as high an fps at that high of a rez. Most people are playing at 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 on average machines and doing fine.

finally, this is good to hear. The game is definitely looking better. i actually more interested in Vanguard after this comp spec post. if it can look that decent on medium and run on that comp it gives me hope for my comp. gimme some beta :P

[Neric]

Originally Posted by Dildo Faggins

Whats your huge beef with this game utnayen.

He answered that question many times, but nobody seems to understand, so here is my try at it.

Utnayan very much like me expected Brad McQuaid to come up with the best fantasy MMO ever. McQuaid failed to do so and since we all know that this was his last chance, we are simply pissed. Pissed about a broken promise. We were both EQ addicts and we are now forced to realize and have to accept that we will never get our drug back.

There you have it...

Now don't get me wrong. I for my part don't have the intention to make the game appear worse than it is. All I am describing is what everyone can see and feel. The graphics suck, as you can see. They could have been much better, but they aren't. The animations suck, as you can see in the movies. They could have been much better, but they aren't. The list goes on and on. Everything you see in Vanguard is sub-standard. I am honestly shocked how they could go below the specifications of games that already exist on the market for many years, but they did. Don't ask me why, because I cannot explain it. It looks like this game got stuck in the pipeline for so long, that it is already outdated a year before it gets released. I can only shake my head in disbelief. To me it is absolutely incomprehensible how someone could deliver such a poor job and call himself professional or even spiritual leader of the MMO genre.

[Dildo Faggins]

Originally Posted by Neric

He answered that question many times, but nobody seems to understand, so here is my try at it.

Utnayan very much like me expected Brad McQuaid to come up with the best fantasy MMO ever. McQuaid failed to do so and since we all know that this was his last chance, we are simply pissed. Pissed about a broken promise. We were both EQ addicts and we are now forced to realize and have to accept that we will never get our drug back.

I want your time travel machine then. I mean, You have obviously gone into the future and played the release version.

[Neric]

Do you expect the release version to be that much different to what it is now? Do really you expect them to rewrite the whole game? I mean it's not physically impossible, but it's expensive, takes time and is therefore highly unlikely.