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Vanguard : Vanguard Game Update 6 goes live, adds free trial/newbie area

By: Samuel Axon   Sep 13, 2008 05:00:00 PM     News Item: 5129

Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, News items, Vanguard

One thousand. That's how many bug fixes are in Vanguard's sixth game update, which has now gone live. In addition to the fixes, there's a new newbie area for levels one through ten called the Isle of Dawn. Word is that it will eventually serve as a free trial setting. For now, though, it's just an easy place to get a new character started.

SOE also redid character models, offering new customization options and making some changes that lower the models' system performance hit. You can keep your old look if you want, though.

The most controversial changes are a whole slew of class damage adjustments. SOE looked at every single class in the game and adjusted its damage output to ensure "that each lands in their correct place in the spectrum of classes." The details of all those changes are buried in the patch notes. Did you get nerfed or buffed? Read up to find out.

 

       

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Vanguard : One Shots: Bordinar's Cleft

By: Krystalle Voecks   Sep 12, 2008 02:00:00 PM     News Item: 5128

Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, Vanguard, One Shots

Sometimes, in our adventures, there are places you come to that make you stop and stare. This particular One Shot is no exception; definitely an imposing sight when viewed at a distance. Korvin sent in this lovely view taken from Vanguard: Saga of Heroes along with the following note:

[This is the] last bastion of the dwarven race on Thestra. Bordinar's Cleft is a city formed in a canyon in the Widow's Veil Mountains and home to the Dwarves of Thestra. Keith Parkinson (the art director for Vanguard) said he "had envisioned that the dwarves had not so much "built" the city as much as they burrowed into the mountain and 'sculpted' the city. [He] chose the classical architectural style and loosely blended elements of Celtic decor and iconography."

If you've run across a castle, fortress, town, landscape, or other portion of your favorite game that just made you stop and say "cool" we want to see a screenshot of it! One Shots is all about what players from around the world are doing in their favorite games. If you've been thinking about sending in a screen, there's no time like the present to contribute! Just mail those to us at oneshots AT massively DOT com along with a quick description and whatever you'd like to be called. We'll post it up and give you the credit for taking the great screenshot.
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Vanguard : Vanguard game update 6 coming soon!

By: Michael Zenke   Sep 09, 2008 02:30:00 PM     News Item: 5050

Filed under: Fantasy, Patches, Vanguard

The sixth huge game update to Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is coming soon to a server near you! We've appreciated what Vanguard has to offer for some time here at Massively, so it's great to see such a big improvement coming to the game. The developers have had these changes in the works for some time; we first got a taste of this coming down the line way back at the beginning of summer.

The official website says that Game Update 6 could be coming as soon as next week! The bug fixes alone are too numerous to mention. Here are the big ticket items that are new since Game Update 5:
  • Character Model Updates - The wonky-looking character avatars players have had since the game launched are getting a complete overhaul. Men will be 'beefier' looking, while woman have had their 'feminine features' enhanced. While that sounds kind of strange, almost anything would be better than what the players have right now.
  • New Player Experience Upgrade - The much-vaunted Isle of Dawn will soon be added to the world of Telon! Players new and old will be able to start new characters on that special island, experiencing all-new content up through level 10.
Make sure to check out the official site for all the details, and head to the test server forums to get a fresh player reaction to the new content.

 

       

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Vanguard : Dalmarus’ Vanguard Chronicles: Can Player Versus Player Survive?

By: Shayalyn   Sep 02, 2008 06:19:36 PM     News Item: 4912

Long live PvP! Maybe.

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes continues to bring new players into the fold of its loving arms, but while the Player versus Environment servers have been getting a lot of attention for over a year, the Player versus Player gamers have been feeling ignored. This week, Dalmarus takes a look at their concerns and voices his own opinions on the matter.

Recently, a number of players on the Sartok server have been voicing their concern that the PvP (Player versus Player) server is on it's last trickle of life support and if some drastic attention isn't paid to it in the immediate future, it's finally going to die a tragic death.

  • Dalmarus’ Vanguard Chronicles: Can Player Versus Player Survive?

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Vanguard : One Shots: Tursh at dusk

By: Krystalle Voecks   Sep 02, 2008 02:00:00 PM     News Item: 4871

Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, Vanguard, One Shots


Today's One Shots comes to us from Ryan N, who has recently rediscovered Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. He sent along a nice long description, so we'll let Ryan take the floor: I re-activated my Vanguard account over the long weekend after I found a spare SOE timecard lying around my closet (sweet find, eh?) and forgot just how amazing the game looks. This screenshot is of my young level 8 Pally looking over the starting village of Tursh at dusk.

My new PC can run the game at max settings and I've concluded that there is no other game on the market (not even Conan) that can compete with Vanguard in terms of visual design and sheer graphical technology. The recent patches have improved an already underrated gaming experience by leaps and bounds. Let's hope Sony pushes the free trial out of the door soon so more people can experience it.

Free time-card finds are always sweet, but free trials are tasty too! We'll second the hope that SOE will open up Vanguard for a trial, considering how well the Living Legacy promotion seems to have gone. Even so, we're glad to see games that we don't often see. If you play a game we don't often see, why not send those in to us here at oneshots AT massively.com. All MMOs are welcome!
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Vanguard : Ask Massively: Second chances in MMO's

By: Kevin Stallard   Aug 28, 2008 04:00:00 PM     News Item: 4186

Filed under: MMO industry, Opinion, Ask Massively

I'm feeling a bit cranky these days, so for this week's Ask Massively, I thought that I'd give you all my unvarnished opinion instead of kissing your collective backside in order to generate a few more page hits. Get your claws out for this one, folks. This nugget of truth is going to hurt a little.

Why do MMO's only have 1 shot when they change so *drastically* over time?

Games such as EQ2, DDO, Vanguard, Tabula Rasa, perhaps AoC...

6 months to a year later when the game is good and bursting with content etc. Why do players always chime the mantra "Too little too late" and perfer to just wait for the "next big thing" instead of re-visting these other games?

I understand feeling burnt for not getting everything at launch, but who cares? if the game has everything you wanted *now* who cares about the past when it *didnt*?

I just dont get it.

-Ding Dong Dang

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Vanguard : Fan Faire 08: Liveblogging John Smedley's keynote

By: Krystalle Voecks   Aug 15, 2008 09:00:00 PM     News Item: 4382

Filed under: Galleries, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Events, real-world, MMO industry, Previews, The Agency, News items, Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard, Everquest Online Adventures, Free Realms, Massively Event Coverage, Legends of Norrath, DC Universe Online


The buzz coming into this evening's Fan Faire keynote is palpable. All the players know something is going on, but nobody is quite sure what's in store for this evening's festivities. As a service to our devoted readers, both old and new, Massively is on-scene and we'll be liveblogging John Smedley's keynote this evening.

Curious about what SOE has in store for the future of their various MMOGs? Join us behind the break for the up-to-the-minute news from the front lines!

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Vanguard : The SOE Fan Faire bag o' schwag

By: Krystalle Voecks   Aug 14, 2008 09:30:00 PM     News Item: 4381

Filed under: Galleries, EverQuest, EverQuest II, PlanetSide, Events, real-world, The Agency, The Matrix Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Vanguard, Everquest Online Adventures, Free Realms, Legends of Norrath, DC Universe Online


What goes on in Vegas, stays in Vegas -- unless of course you happen to be at Sony Online Entertainment's 2008 Fan Faire! We here at Massively are party-crashing this fun event bringing all the dark, dirty details to you straight from the heart of casino central!

For those who are unable to make it to this year's event (and those of you who are just curious about this kind of thing) we're bringing you the contents of the official SOE schwag bag for this year. So gather your courage, and dip in to the gallery for a first look at all the wonders contained in the 2008 Bag o' Schwag.
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Vanguard : One Shots: On second thought, let's not go to Camelot...

By: Krystalle Voecks   Jul 22, 2008 02:00:00 PM     News Item: 4722

Filed under: Fantasy, Screenshots, Vanguard, One Shots

While the title has nothing at all to do with the image, we couldn't resist using it when looking at this horseman in front of a castle, as if sizing up what he'd see there. Today's One Shots comes from Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, and was sent in to us by Petter M, who said he was thrilled to see some Vanguard love here at One Shots. Petter writes:

This shot is of my halfling rogue when he first arrived at New Targanor in southern Thestra during a long, quite epic and well-written diplomacy quest. Diplomacy in Vanguard really is a lot of fun and brings a whole new way of introducing strong storytelling into a MMO. It's not for everyone, but it really is worth at least giving a try. New Targanor is quite big and confusing for the first time visitor, making World of Warcraft's Orgrimmar seem like a structured and logical city. I fell in love with the place it straight away, just like I did when I took my first steps into Orgrimmar's Valley of Strength.

Do you have a screenshot from your favorite land -- perhaps one we haven't seen recently? If so, bundle it up into an email and send it to us here at oneshots AT massively.com! We love seeing new places.
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