Vanguard: I got a horsie
I’ve been playing Vanguard for a couple of days and have leveled my Warrior to 10. He has a horse, ok armor and weapons. He’s just waiting for the boys to show up. We each have different race preferences so I figured we’d play what we want and try to connect up. I don’t know how hard that will be, never having traveled in Vanguard.
So far I’ve enjoyed playing. There is always something more to do and I’ve turned off the computer each time with regret. I’m starting to find soloing a buzz kill, but that’s always true. It looks like we could have grouped, and had an interesting time, right from the start. It’s probably best to let everybody learn how to play on his own though.
They say the game changes at level 10, it’s not so hand-holdy. As long as we can find some content that is challenging we’ll be find. I’ve only grouped once so far. It was with a Shaman working the same area as I. We were able to fight through some guys, one of which had killed me earlier. We each got our quests done. I looted a spear that the Shaman wanted. I gave it to him of course. What warrior wants to fight with a pointy stick? Swords be my choice.
I switched to a 2-hand sword as soon as I could, I like the big damage. I was a bit afraid it would gimp me when I joined up with the boys. Big mobs require the tank to use a shield. I remember from EQ days it took forever to raise weapon skills. My last few bubbles in 9 I switched to a 1 hand sword and shield. I had no problem, and the skill levels rose quickly.
I’ve dabbled with crafting and I’m almost level 4. It’s not very intuitive, but cheap to learn. I’m starting to figure it out, though I haven’t made anything I can use yet. My gathering skills are falling behind. I’ve been mining whenever I could. It’s not been enough. Now that I’m level 10, and not interested in progressing, I can work on my mining skills more.
I read half the instruction on diplomacy. It was late and I wasn’t getting it. I’ve never played any of those card games so it’s a bit alien to me. It’s something else I can work on now that I’m 10.
I’m going to wait on declaring Vanguard a success or failure. It’s been fun so far, but I like everything, at first. Mike and I went into Burning Crusade, in World of Warcraft, for an hour and a half on Saturday. We had a ball and got some great loot. Can Vanguard compete with that? After two years?