Quote Originally Posted by pevergreen View Post
Personally, WAR was a HUGE dissapointment, I've been playing in the closed beta for a while, but it is just no fun at all. I enjoyed the backstory, but the quests etc are just a waste of time. Considering the UI is done, it is basically impossible to use efficently.

I dont know if it is like WoW (hate that game so much) but crafting is nigh-impossible to do, and in 6 hours of gameplay with a character (Warrior Priest) i got 1 upgraded robe, 1 upgraded pair of boots and a two handed hammer. You cant buy weapons and armour etc. Only from quests, but the quests dont give you them anyway! By the time you find a quest that gives you it, you are 5-6 levels above what the weapon wants. So it isnt any good. Waste of 12gb download for me.
That's depressing news. I'll still probably give it a try, just to see it the rvr is worth while.

Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
You can't go wrong with WoW. It can cater to almost every type of MMO player- casual, role-players, PvP junkies, ect. I think it lacks depth in many areas, but it has so much polish in what it does have.

Personally, after a year away, I got lured into Vanguard again when they offered me another free trial. PvP is virtually non-existent, but that never bothered me. Also, after all that time it still feels unfinished in some ways. But what I always liked about the game is it's complex (compared to WoW) crafting and diplomacy systems and it's expansive open world- if you can see it, you can go to it. I don't know if I'll stick with it this time either, but I really do appreciate the game for the potential it offers.
No zones, no instances, you can litterally go anywhere on the map. It had so much going for it, just so sad that they screwed up the launch. Honestly the first week playing reminded me so much of everquest, in it's hayday. The crafting was unique, the combat was different, fast in a way, but very strategic. I didn't like the way they've steadily destroyed the negatives of death. The combat now is even more interesting, if done properly it allows massive amounts of dmg. A rogue chaining correctly deals hundreds of thousands of damage in seconds, done wrong you might get a coupe tens of thousand of damage. A sand box of a mmo, so sad to see the population of it as low as it is. Makes me want to log in for awhile lol.

WoW just feels too shallow for my tastes.