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Message: <blockquote data-quote="borc killer" data-source="post: 3380841" data-attributes="member: 14151">Told you I would come back and tell what I thought.Main is a 20th level dwarf Pally.  I have grouped less than 6 times at this point and there seems to be plenty of non-group content to level, you will not be able to do dungeons without a group… but then you can’t do them in any other MMO I have played.  They have modified the EXP system a bit and fixed a few bugs in it so leveling is not painful.  It honestly feels like you accomplish something when you level and it is a nice touch that ever ¼ level or so you get more ability points to assign.Combat:Solo combat is fun for a pally.  Just complex enough and fast… around 30 to 40 seconds a fight.Group combat is over the top fun.  I can honestly say I have played no game that even comes close.  Its fast, its frantic, its complex and every move you make matters.  I don’t know if every class is that way but the pally is and from what my group mates have said they all love their class as well.Crafting:I absolutely loved crafting in beta and it has only gotten better.  I have not been doing it hard core like I did in beta but it is less of a click fest and they have tons and tons of recipes now.  If you like crafting you will love Vanguard.Harvesting:Its good.  To be honest this is the only part of the game where I would say it is VERY important to have a group of friends to help you.  Harvesting is a group activity… you can harvest by yourself but if you have some people aiding you the effect is dramatic.Diplomacy:Love it.  I actually teared up during the Dwarf n00b diplomacy quest.  Some of the storylines are that good.  The game mechanic for Diplomacy is very very well done… plenty of people have talked about it and it is one of the most praised parts of Vanguard… there right, it’s great.  Civic diplomacy can be a bit of a grind if you let it be, I tend to move around and talk to many deferent NPCs so I don’t notice it as much as some people seem to who just sit in front of one NPC and play against that person over and over and over again.Other things: First, if you are enchanted by another game I would not recommend moving to Vanguard.  I was done with EQ when I left.  I was done with DAoC when I left.  Never liked CoH or DDO much.  And I was done with WoW when I left.  When I am done with Vanguard I am sure I will have something else to play, but for now, for me it is the best game out there.Bugs?  Sure.  Just like every game I have ever played it has some bugs.  Not any worse than WoW at launch and TONS better than EQ.Patches?  Yep. weekly… they patch at 3-5am PST.  I have to say I was always SOO pissed that Blizzard patched during the day and by the time I got home to play the servers would still be down or so bugged that we could not raid.  More companies should be doing it this way… so when they put out a bad patch they can fix it before prime time.  Just boggles my mind why it took this long for someone to do this.Did they release it to early?  Maybe… Brad says they did but I am happy to pay to play the game and I don’t feel like it is beta.Grind?  I am sure you can grind… in fact a necro has already ground himself to level 50.  I don’t chose to grind and Vanguard lets me progress anyway.  I personally think grinding is a state of being at this point.  If you sit down and kill the same monster over and over again I am sure it would be borring… just like in any game.  I just don’t know why someone would do that when you have sooo many options.  I meant to do a /played to give you an idea of how many hours I have put in.  It can’t be more than 3 or 4 days max.  I’ll try and remember to do that tonight.  And that number is with a good bit of time doing diplomacy which does not count toward you adventuring exp.Art? Beautiful.  I see people complaining that it is not ‘stylized’ enough… from what I can tell those people have not played the game and are just bad mouthing something they know nothing about… I would never have thought that would happen on the internetz… hehe.  Every single race has its own style, some are primitive some are over the top high fantasy.  I could not be happier.System specs?  Yea… they are a bit much. You really need at least 2gb of RAM and a 256mb video card to play.  I have a 6600GT and it runs ‘good’ with the graphics set to the middle setting.  I am not sure I would have as much fun if I had a lesser card.Approachable?  Yep.  My wife has had no issues with the game… she is on the low end of the ‘core’ group and I have to say playing our wood elves has been fun.Ask anything you want and I will try and answer it…I’ll make sure to come back closer to the 6th month mark and let you know what else I think as well.</blockquote>

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