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Vanguard going ftp in europe
Ingvar
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Vanguard is going F2P period. Not just in Europe.
I said this months ago. The only reason to double the dev team was to add content and fix bugs for a f2p launch.
Great news, F2P typically means they'll actually start working on a title a little. One can hope, VG has great potential, all it needs is some love, and players.
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Fantastic news, absolutely fantastic.
Much as I've enjoyed playing some of the recent MMO releases, usually all they do is make me realize how good VG is. Luckily it's still a bit of a looker, especially on a modern rig with everything maxed.
A well-tended, and even properly finished and even - dare we hope? - expanded VG could still be a true "home" for many old skool MMO lovers. It's been neglected, but the gameplay and lore (and world!) has such depth and richness that all it needs is for devs to really give it a good going over to make it run absolutely smoothly - I mean a lot of work was done at one point after the disastrous launch, but it's still always been a bit too shakey for general consumption.
Fingers crossed it all goes well, because I'd resub like a shot if the pop was buzzing.
I truly believe that if they tightened the game's performance up, and finished some of the unfinished bits, this game could be a huge "sleeper" hit as an f2p game.
I like SWTOR a lot, despite the fact that it's been criticized by "old MMO hands"; but judging from many of the complaints, the game many of its critics are looking for is VG (well, gameplay-wise at least).
About time, the sooner the better.
I guess if that means we actually get active devs again, that would be great.
Other than that, I'm no fan of F2P and if there is no P2P option, I will stop playing.
Great news! Will definitely give this another try then
This is the best news i have heard in a long time regarding MMOS. i always thought Vanguard would get lot more players if it goes F2P. SOE you are awesome.
b4 you call SOE awesome....wait untill the shops open up.
Great news, now let's just hope they don't butcher it in F2P transition the way they did EQ2.
I supect that, in SOE's case, it just means that they will work on the cash shop.
I love VG, and EQ for that matter, but I just can't find any trust or goodwill in what SOE says or does anymore.
VG should be made totally free, like the mac EQ, IMO, if for nothing else then to say thanks to all the fans that have paid in and got nothing back except server access over the years.
I think I will just sit back and wait for AA now for this type of game... it's basicially Vanguard 2 anyhow.
Well cash shops are given..it is F2P model after all. ATleast i will finally get to play with more players this time around.
Great news, at least I hope it works out that way.
great news, crafting in Vanguard is better than in quite a few of the more modern MMO's too, Sony/SOE has taken a lot of stick last few years, im not saying its been undeserved, but, kind of wondering if this is just part of a step to improve corporate image, rather than corporate profits, if this goes well, along with planetside 2... then SOE/Sony may well become one of my favourite MMO developers once again.
going f2p..about bloody time too,but they better had,nt be greedy like eqx,that was monstrous..i just hpe they do it right..the game deserves it and the die hard players do as well.hopefully it will bring a few new peeps into the game.
I'd be interested in this game if it had PvP. As it stands it's just a PvE sandpark, boring.
Yeah it is PVE focused, and it is damn good at it.
The model won't be too far off from EQ2.
For those many who say they would play a sandbox if it didn't have FFA PvP, this is it, they don't even have to pay for it.*hands over flamesuit*
You are gonna need it.
Any PvP yet in vanguard?
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+1
Although i don't mind spending money in cash shop.
I've been waiting for this for a long, long time. Even if they do give it the same treatment as EQ2 where you have to pay if you want to wear anything from endgame it would certainly be worth it to me so long as the cost for playing reasonably doesn't exceed $15/mo. However, I personally would rather see it with LoTRO's original incarnation of a cash shop (before statted gear showed up).
well yeah.......you will be ably play for "free" untill you want to go some place that requires a payment (and then you pay 20 bucks for it if you want to do it) .....while the sub is 15 bucks.....guess who is making more money again on a game thats been in the bottom drawer of SOE?
There hasnt been a single patch since 2010.....so no thnx (and i realy loved this game to death once).
First they show the game love with a fiew patches and then i might come back.
Making it F2p just gets more cheap people who need their mmo-fix instead of people who care about the game and its community.
imho it's all going down hill.
Imo they are at least 6 years too late, lets face it its a game with a couple of years already lets call it old, only a very few amount of players will go play Vanguard and even less will continue playing.
Not saying its a bad game.