[VG] The Current State of Vanguard

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by MrGraham

Planning on starting after vacation next weekend. Questions:

Which server has a higher population overall? Seradon or Xeth? Don't want to 100% rely on this board's population considering the ADD nature of us all

Xeth and Seradon are pretty high. Either is a good choice. i am on Seradon btw. Kcxiv if you decide to play. Willing to help when i can.

Can all 4 healers be the main healer of a max level dungeon group? Using the overviews at Vanguard Healers Redirect they make it sound like Cleric and Shaman can and Blood Mage and Disciple can not. On the same lines, which healer is played the most and which is played the least?

All are needed when raiding and all can heal a tank at any time for any mob. I am a main tank of my guild, and they all can heal me. Some are better for certain encounters though, but they all can do it. Blood Mages are awesome, except when they kill ya with blood tribute. lol

What resources should we use on day 1? Best questing site, best UI mods, etc.

Any random other tips? Editing an ini file to increase performance, changing some option in game that'll make things 300x better, etc?

Planning on Paladin + Blood Mage or Paladin + Shaman I think. How does the Patron thing work for shamans? Can you change them later or are you stuck with them?

Not sure, i just use core for my UI. I like it the best. Drox is good, but there's to much shit going on at once for that UI.

[Caocao]

Just hit 50 on my warrior Tkon, currently w/ Kc's guild. This game has just improved so much. I really do enjoy tanking. I'll be raiding here soon and hopefully don't suck -.-. I hope I enjoy the raid content as much as I've enjoyed the leveling content.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by Caocao

Just hit 50 on my warrior Tkon, currently w/ Kc's guild. This game has just improved so much. I really do enjoy tanking. I'll be raiding here soon and hopefully don't suck -.-. I hope I enjoy the raid content as much as I've enjoyed the leveling content.

Whoa, your Tkon? Didnt have any clue! Welcome to HA anyways. hah

[Caocao]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

Yeah, there's not much to do outside of raids. So when raids are over, people log. We just dropped Zayguis tonight, and almost everyone logged happy after! lol I may log in in a few though. No xbox

I know people hate AA for whatever reason, but EQ and FFXI (merits) are two games that had "shit to do" after max level. You can call it a grind fest all you want, but in the end beefing up your character is always fun. I'm working on the evil incarnate quest for me and my cleric friend, it's pretty interesting so far. I don't care where they tell me to go or what to grind off of, I just want to be a f'n skeleton~

[Caocao]

Originally Posted by kcxiv

Whoa, your Tkon? Didnt have any clue! Welcome to HA anyways. hah

Lol, fool I've said it above~

[Taelnayael]

I have too been a bit disappointed with the rather combative nature of most folks in game. IE "Go back to wow if you don't like it" there is the definite idea that Vanguard is for only elite gamers or whatever. Personally I haven't found many of the encounters to be all that challenging. Maybe I haven't been doing level appropriate stuff, but in WoW and EQ a dungeon group definitely didn't have nearly as many outs incase something goes bad. All of that being said I am still having a blast.

Regarding groups, I really don't know what to say. It is alot like most MMO's, if I ever wanted something done I had to make the group. Not really a big deal, but once I get a group together, there is definitely a tendency to stay together, maybe thats a result of the difficulty to get good groups. I am definitely happier with the overall quality of people that I meet up for a group though and will often stay in a group for 2 or 3 hours once it gets going good.

My biggest gripe right now is how everything is faction based, for example right now, doing swamp armor you have an option to go for three flavors of gear however every flavor has its own faction based set that to get one you potentially ruin the others. Not to mention there aren't many healers that go after the offensive fighter flavor of gear. Thats a pretty petty gripe imho though as I am having tons of fun doing all sorts of different quests and grouping fairly regularly. What is nice though that while I am grouping I can be in the same area that a group is needed for and if I am smart I can solo for armor drops while waiting on a group to get going.

Try seradon if you are looking for groups in the 10-15 range, last night I saw people spamming for that range constantly. (Well maybe 20ish, not positive)

[Grizzlebeard]

Wait till you decide to do the hound quest Tael, you'll seriously want to cut yourself.

[Jaded]

Can all 4 healers be the main healer of a max level dungeon group? Using the overviews at Vanguard Healers Redirect they make it sound like Cleric and Shaman can and Blood Mage and Disciple can not. On the same lines, which healer is played the most and which is played the least?

I've done zero raiding, so take this for what it's worth. In single group dungeons, any healer will do. Clerics are far and away the most popular, followed by shamans, and I'd say blood mages and disciples are a toss-up for least-played. I've played a cleric and a disciple and can say I enjoyed the disciple far more.

[Taelnayael]

Originally Posted by Grizzlebeard

Wait till you decide to do the hound quest Tael, you'll seriously want to cut yourself.

I made a bard So no mounts for me, well till griff which I am about to start because the gear from that is pretty sexy in its own right. Not to mention flying around is pretty pimptastic.

[hauwk]

Clerics, BM's, and Shaman can MH a ToT group (lev 50 dungeon) pretty easily. DSC's not so much unless they're geared really well maybe. They are kinda like an added bonus dps+some group heals and nice buffs thrown in. imho clerics are way overpowered healwise. Shaman probably is the most balanced heal class i canthink of and BM's straight up own. Wait until you burn Vicus down from 70% to 20% in about 15 seconds with jolt popped - bm's ftw.

[Caocao]

Originally Posted by hauwk

Clerics, BM's, and Shaman can MH a ToT group (lev 50 dungeon) pretty easily. DSC's not so much unless they're geared really well maybe. They are kinda like an added bonus dps+some group heals and nice buffs thrown in. imho clerics are way overpowered healwise. Shaman probably is the most balanced heal class i canthink of and BM's straight up own. Wait until you burn Vicus down from 70% to 20% in about 15 seconds with jolt popped - bm's ftw.

Sounds fun , I'll be starting Tuesday. Just got my levi cloak quest done today(kinda of a pain in the ass, but well worth it).~

[The Edge]

I'm sure this has been covered elsewhere, but search fails me. I'm actually thinking of starting up and was wondering what the most self sufficient class is? I'm thinking like EQ1 bard or necro where they could take care of themselves and solo godly things that no one else could touch without a group/raid. Any ideas?

[Jerrith]

Originally Posted by The Edge

I'm sure this has been covered elsewhere, but search fails me. I'm actually thinking of starting up and was wondering what the most self sufficient class is? I'm thinking like EQ1 bard or necro where they could take care of themselves and solo godly things that no one else could touch without a group/raid. Any ideas?

The Vanguard bard works well in that respect. Setup a song with some combination of speed for you / snare for the mob, and +damage, and plink away with a bow. It will take awhile (less if you use better arrows) but you'll kill any non-caster fairly easily, and most casters have less range than your bow, making them possible as well. As long as you have some kiting room, of course. If you make a mistake, turn on your speed song and zoom away. If you go Kojani human, you also get a relatively strong (but long recast) heal which helps on those sorts of fights as well.

[Drednots]

Originally Posted by The Edge

I'm sure this has been covered elsewhere, but search fails me. I'm actually thinking of starting up and was wondering what the most self sufficient class is? I'm thinking like EQ1 bard or necro where they could take care of themselves and solo godly things that no one else could touch without a group/raid. Any ideas?

I'm leveling up a necro on the side. After work 2-3 hours a night 4 DoT mobs = 2 levels a day easy in your 20's. When I can't find the groups I fire up the necro. A fun class to level up even if you prefer another for groups.

[Caocao]

Ya necro's are nice even in groups. They bring some CC to the table if on the right mobs, and also meat is really nice for melee or every one on AE intensive fights. Good dps of course and can turn mobs undead for those gd paladins -.- Sorry Knights just make me(Warrior) mad atm, not their fault.