Apokx

You most likely will not. The game itself is choppy, even on better systems. I have still yet to figure out why, since the game itself is nothing spectacular visually. The characters look akward, their animations arent very smooth(the death animation is a great example), and certain actions lower your fps for strange reasons(opening doors).

The classes have so much in common with classes from EQ1(no surprise Brad) that you could know nothing about the game and almost predict what abilities they will have. Shaman for instance, have DoTs, snares, heals, pets, slows, wear chain armor and have decent melee. The only difference is the ability to specialize in one of three archtypes at level 15. Melee/Spell/Stealth. Otherwise is the same old stuff.

The combat system is alright, with kind of neat reactive abilities and skill chains. NPCs are your basic superman AI, who will hit you from 30 feet away, warp up walls and fly through buildings.



Vanguard seems to have a stalwart fan base already, so it seems the playstyle is attracting someone. Who? I can't say. I've played every MMO out there at least once, and Vanguard dissapointed me from the start.


On the bright side, it's better than Shadowbane.