Bought it a year ago and it was a total mess. But now it is the huge,immersive MMO I expected a year ago,
I ve played pretty much all MMOs that are out there and the only one that was able to capture my attention for more than a month was EQ2 . After playing EQ2 since launch it got also old and I started my quest to find a new World.
After hours of wasted time in pretty much all actual MMos I decided to give Vanguard another chance , and took advantage of the 1 month free gametime promotion launched in July.
I was blown away by the performance improvement . The same computer that barely could load vanguard a year ago can now play it on medium detail level which looks better than 90% of the MMOs out there . To get the full eye candy you will need a high end rig though.
So far I ve tried 3 classes up to level 10 and it was pure fun.
All 3 classes I played so far are very unique(as far as I can tell at lvl 10)
The cities and the architecture is incredible, I haven t seen anything similar in other games. You can t wait to see the next city or you will just stand in the city center and be awed by the view.
Combat is pretty much as you would expect it to be at least at the levels I ve played.
The crafting system seems very elaborate and the diplomacy cardgame gives it a spin other games don t have.
The starter quests guide you very well through the world.
I can t judge any higher level content yet , but I m sure I will spend several months exploring all the starter cities and all classes and trades just because there s so much to do and explore.
Looks like I ve found my new world.
For me (not a raider/grinder,loving immersive worlds and questing) it s the best MMO out there at the moment.
With the next Game update there will be a Free Vanguard trial available also I believe.
If you re someone who was looking forward to Vanguard at launch like myself and got disappointed now is the time to give it another chance I assure you, you won t regret it.
For me it s a solid 9.0 at the moment I will rate it 10 though because the game in its actual state is totally underrated.