Vanguard: Test server has ups and downs
We entered Riftseekers dungeon as three level 10s and exited, two hours later, level 12. There was one death that was kind of my fault. We were fighting a boss who was a major pain to take down. I wasn’t able to taunt him off Mike’s Psionicist and at one point the boss got a critical and Mike went down. Luckily, we had the boss down far enough that Mark and I could finish him off.
At 10 I didn’t have Defensive stance or a decent taunt. It plagued us all night. When I visited my trainer, at level 12, he still didn’t have Defensive or taunt to teach me. I was pretty sure my other Warrior had those things at 12, so I rode to the Dwarf city to check out the trainer there. Sure enough, he had a quest for me that ended with me getting Defensive. He then had the taunt that I was looking for. I would have expected any Warrior trainer to mention the quest but noooo.
I got quite a few equipment upgrades in Riftseekers, Mark and Mike not so much. I needed those upgrades as I was working with some wimpy junk. Now that I have a decent taunt I feel like a true Warrior.
We planned on playing for a couple hours Saturday, but it didn’t work out. We could get to the character selection screen but no further. Playing on test server has its problems. Not being able to play would be a big one, though it keeps the population low. Plus, we had Riftseekers all to ourselves. It felt just like an instance. I guess we are spoiled.