Originally Posted by Jedite

1. That sounds like Real Time weapon changing for Massive damage!

2. Hmm what is this Blue Ice you speak off? Is it a precious? You must share the SECRET!

hahaha.. Keep up the good work Brad, and please dont burn out those Scimitars before Release!

Originally Posted by Gen00b

Brad,

Will the current rate of experience gain continue to be tweaked? Since that last patch it has become somewhat unbalanced. The starter levels are extremely easy, but once you go past level 8 - 10 killing creatures for xp slows down so much it's not worth doing it. Quests become the main source of xp, but characters can't keep up with the quests. At level 11 you could be working on quests that are supposed to be for level 14 characters, just to get to level 12....

Originally Posted by Jedite

Thanks for taking the time brad..

1. Will we see you running around with a Fiery Avenger like in the old days? hehehehe

2. I think you should contact Mountain Dew had have them Drive over a few Trucks full of Dew for the comming days, Im sure your programmers need it.. Better yet, just setup some IVs and pump Caffein directly into their blood stream!

Originally Posted by omadnay

It is a really tough situation!

I feel similar as you do... the biggest dilema is the concept of, "What IS a good set up for an RP rule-set server?"

We've discussed it a good amount in the past on the Affiliate site VanguardRolePlayers but, honestly, we've come up with little consensus thus far.

I once again appreciate your honest answers here!

Originally Posted by omadnay

I'm probably in the minority here, but possibly the biggest thing that is getting in my way of enjoying Vanguard is the Sphere Clothing Set-up.

The whole aspect of each sphere having its very own outfit and not being able to color customize and all the items being completely level-and-progression based... just creates an ever-changing mish-mosh of character appearances that leaves this frustrated-character-designer feeling unsatisfied... and I'm left with the feeling of constantly being hit on the head with game mechanics instead of losing myself in the fun of playing the game and immersing myself in the world.

Being a character, finally wearing a cape, costume/outfit that I am happy with (Not necessarily easy to do in this game, due to the fact that we cannot color customize crafted items with stats) plus having my weapons on my belt and such... and then having to poof out of those and into some wholly different outfit (with none of my weapons on the belt or back anymore) every time I wish to harvest something, craft something or enter the realm of diplomacy... really really turns me off.

So, the two things I blame for this is the NEED for separate outfits for each sphere (Each character should have their own personal style, like a character in a movie, you wouldn't throw Gandalf into slacks and a vest each time he went to parlay with someone... nor would you remove his staff)...

And not being able to color customize clothing/armor with stats.


Do you, Brad, personally feel as though either or both of these game designs may change to be more open/customizable?
Color Customize Stat'd Clothing Items (Not just clothes with no stats)?
Forced Outfit Changes for different Spheres?



Thanks for everything!

Originally Posted by Suul

Since you're answering questions here

Has something been done in the last couple of day to encourage more of a stress-test on the servers? About 4 days ago, I was starting to think that the game WAS ready for lauch, but the last 2 days or so seemed to have taken a major step back as far as performance and Server/chunk instability. I've crashed more in the past 2 days than i did in the prior 2 weeks.


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Originally Posted by ompgaming

/disappointed

Why create a RP server if you are not going to eventually have RP rules on that server. I understand the point that you won't release with a RP rule-set, but do you expect the RP community to uproot and move to your "new" server after we have already established on the original RP server that didn't take the new rule-set if and when it is implemented.

We are few, help us at least stick together as best we can.

Originally Posted by Naia

Brad, I just want to thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to respond to your thread and answer all the questions people have. Not every developer does that, and to see you do that really says something.

Thanks again.

-Naia

Originally Posted by Rackhir

Will older parts of the game world be upgraded in a future expansion pack to enjoy the higher quality graphics? The uneven quality of the old and new zones in EQ has always disturbed me, and I guess such a thing would be even more noticeable in a seamless environment.

Originally Posted by Calypsys

Hi Brad. Maybe that had been asked before but is there going to be an EU server available right at launch or 3 days prior(for pre-sale owners and SOE store customers)?