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Originally Posted by ministicker
I recently received an email from a good friend that pretty much sums up my feelings for VG and thought I would share them here with everyone. I hope this comes to fruition.

"I remember the first time that I ventured out in EQ because I wanted to. The very first time I did it, I was coerced and was too scared to enjoy the ride. I remember running to Unrest for a bit, but it was such a short trip and one that scared me so badly that I didn’t remember anything of the place. We then hopped on a boat and went to Oasis. Again, the entire journey scared the piss out of me, so I didn’t pay attention. We went as far as North Karana I think, but the entire trip was a blur.



A few weeks later, I decided to go exploring myself. By now, pretty much everything in Crushbone was green, so I couldn’t put it off any longer. I had to grow up. I had made enough trips to Kaladim by now that I was no longer afraid of that trip, but stepping onto that boat was very scary. The streets of Freeport just stunned me and I spent HOURS lost in that damn city. I remember finding the tunnel in EC and I think that was the coolest thing I had ever seen… and all those damn people! The attention to detail in Oasis with the changing from sand dunes to cracked clay ground and the wall murals on the long road from HHP… damn.



I want Vanguard to restore my sense of wonder. I want to run somewhere in Vanguard and literally have to stop and stare again just like I did every time I entered a new zone in EQ for the first time… at least, until Luclin came out. EQ2, WoW, DAoC, SWG… they all failed to inspire my imagination. In EQ, the story and the feel and the sights and sounds were so real that I felt like I was my character and I felt like I was seeing the wonders of the world for the first time. In all the others, I have just played a game… not been a part of it. Everything I see in those other games just inspire me to think, “Wow. How unoriginal.”"

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