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So i hopped in yesterday on Thunderaxe as a Dwarf, the world was unusually underpopulated. which is good for me so no lag. set off on the quest line and got the armor and weapons and made my way to Borindar's Cleft the great dwarven city. Im level 9 now and getting to 10 so i can buy a horse. Anyone else playing? what do you think so far? my only real complaint so far is the lack of mob variety. Basicly Gwartaks are all ive come across they kinda look like iksar. oh yea and Wildmen that look like chewbacca.

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Thinking of picking this up, wich server is everyone playing on?

ThunderAve!

Im picking it up tonight also i will head on Thunderaxe!

PM with names PLEASE

Ill head to Thunderaxe.

Will most likely be Xaiveir Half elf ranger.

Let me know how it is, i'm picking it up soon.

I'm currently on woefeather, Vulmane Dread Knight. Enjoying this one alot so far. Look up Kaihne if anyone is on woefeather.

Please keep up the feedback. I'm very interested and enjoyed the last month of beta, but I still had concerns that kept me from purchasing this.

What are server populations like? Easy to find a group?

server populations appear to be low, im /who 20-30 people in the areas i goto. I just got a guild tho

how's the gameplay? fun?

i'm going to pick it up today, going to be a psionist. i'll roll on Thunderaxe

Scatillac wrote:server populations appear to be low, im /who 20-30 people in the areas i goto. I just got a guild tho

Ouch. How many servers do they have? This game might be a complete wash if they don't even have 10,000 players at launch.

10 or so servers. the game is fun =P its hard to level, took me 30 or so kills just to pass lvl 1

Its a very interesting game. Graphics are very nice, seems to be very populated, hell there was even a /shout dialog going on, just like old EQ. Lots of possibilities for classes, and tons of different races.

So far my only complaint is the FPS issues that tons of people are having. Most people are believing its coming from Sigil/SoE end. My system is a lower line system (as far as minimum system specs go) and has been having a shit time running. However i have a buddy with the almost identical system, running it smoothly /shrug.

Going to do some tweaks to my machine when i get home, hopefully that will help.

All in all, this game has TONS of potential.

where is the boat? how do you travel to other continents? no one talks in shout, and i can't find it on google. i'm trying to get to the Qualia continent to play with my friend. anyone figured it out?

There are some boats right where Half Elves started. Not sure where else they are in the game. Where you started could be landlocked, check you map and head in the general direction of the coast

512MB ram + Vista Ultimate + Vanguard = No dice.

I have 2GB coming on Thursday so hopefully that will help with some of the framerate issues.

The short time I was on, I was fairly impressed. The gameworld seems HUGE.

Damn it. I HATE these threads. Now I'm going out to buy Vanguard. Son of a ....

Tossica wrote:512MB ram + Vista Ultimate + Vanguard = No dice.

I have 2GB coming on Thursday so hopefully that will help with some of the framerate issues.

The short time I was on, I was fairly impressed. The gameworld seems HUGE.

It is a HUGE world. Im very impressed so far. Out of curiosity, wich video card are you using Toss? That seems to be my main problem, and alot of others. Video cards are very specific on this.

Geforce 7400 Go. It's a mobile chipset but should be up to the task. I am not expecting great frame rates but I know the ram upgrade is going to make a HUGE difference. I have like 30MB free when Vista is idling so whenever I fire up any app, it pages really hard.

Lionking wrote:Damn it. I HATE these threads. Now I'm going out to buy Vanguard. Son of a ....

I'd really consider waiting about 6 months for this game to be a bit more polished. It is an ok game, but was released early. Later this year I bet it's a very good game.

Get WOW BC or EQ2 for now.. Get Vanguard later in 07

Fuckers, I don't want to buy another addiction. I may have to though.

Jazendar wrote:Fuckers, I don't want to buy another addiction. I may have to though.

Its Healthier than Cigs

How soloable is this game?

lyion wrote:

Lionking wrote:Damn it. I HATE these threads. Now I'm going out to buy Vanguard. Son of a ....

I'd really consider waiting about 6 months for this game to be a bit more polished. It is an ok game, but was released early. Later this year I bet it's a very good game.

Get WOW BC or EQ2 for now.. Get Vanguard later in 07

I'm burned out on the WoW thing. I may get BC down the road. I have EQ2 EoF and really like it. I was in Martrae / Kahar's guild for like 5 minutes but then some RL co-workers talked me into moving to another server and guilding up. So.. I'm currently going strong on EQ2 but this Vanguard shit is intriguing.

Why I want to play a game that will most likely kick my ass because I don't have the time to put into it, I don't know. I blame my parents.