Vanguard SOH changes:

Well..if you live under a rock this may come as a surprise, but SOE has aquired Sigil Online Games - the development company led by Brad McQuaid that created Vanguard : SOH. If you’re already a fan of SOE games (such as EQ, EQII, SWG etc) then you’ll be glad to hear it. If you’re one of the many SOE detractors out there, I’m sure you have plenty to say about it. Either way join the SOE Buys Sigil/Vanguard discussion in the forum.

Vanguard Patches:
See the Latest Game Update & Patch Notes section of the forum for details, but we’ve seen several patches over the past few weeks. Lots of improvement to performance, albeit not to the level that many had hoped for. Individual classes continue to recieve adjustements to their abilities. Weapon/Armor/Items have had a bit of an overhaul including changes to the way accuracy/spell power etc is displayed - raw numbers rather than %’s as before - and more effective weapons at higher levels.

VanguardMMORPG.com changes:

Vanguard Class & Race Overviews:
Find a low level class overviews for Rogues, Shaman, Druids, Psionicists in the Class forums. Take few minutes and write your own - help newcomers to Vanguard understand each classes strengths, weaknesses, solo ability and group role.

Vanguard Combat Exploits & Weaknesses:
Vanguard designers have included a unique element with-in group combat where attacks by players of one class can ’set up’ the target for fellow group members to do more than their normal damage. Through creating and exploiting these weaknesses a group can dish out incementally more damage - making synergistic group combat possible for the first time in an MMORPG. Check out the post regarding Vanguard Combat Exploits & Weaknesses and then download the Vanguard Combat Exploits & Weaknesses Chart for quick reference!

Vanguard Fans - Stay informed!
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We want to hear from you!
Drop us an email (admin–at–vanguardmmorpg.com) or post in the Vanguard SOH Fan Forums - your input is what makes VanguardMMORPG.com helpful to your fellow fans!

The maiden voyage of the Raiders Digest!

Recent Vanguard SOH changes:

We’ve seen plenty of game patches since the January, 31st release. Most were really the finishing touches on the game that Sigil (under pressure from SOE) released several months earlier than announced/expected.

Nah-sayers have blasted Vanguard as being riddled with problems, from glitches to poor performance, giving the game much undeserved negative press. Still, even die hard fans have admited that its sometimes like playing ‘beta-in-a-box’. Refering to the fact that the game still has the sort of glitches you might expect in a beta release, but usually aren’t required to endure once you’re paying for the game.

Game revisions have included improvements to performance, removal of countless bugs, changes to experience gains, class skills & damage scales, basic crafting mechanics, and a number of other basic game elements from sound & graphics to character animations.

Latest Game Update & Patch Notes

Recent VanguardMMORPG.com changes:

Since around November of 2006 I’ve been working on VanguardMMORPG.com. I’ve added a ton of information from racial & class overviews to detailed dungeon guides. With your help I’ll continue to work on getting posting more guides and information.

Vanguard Dungeon reviews:
We’ve added a whole section of dungeon reviews. We’ve only reviewed a handful of dungeons so far, but have gotten a lot of great response from community members (THANKS!)

Feel free to send us your reviews of dungeons, it helps a lot!

Recent dungeon related content:
Vanguard Dungeon Finder, Reviews - Ksaravi Hollow, Arcanium, Karrus Fahrel, Gardens of Xia Liu, Gulgrethor Fortress, Temple of Dailuk

Vanguard Locations & Maps:
We’ve been to a lot of places through-out Telon since the games release. Wherever we go, we’ve been feverishly making notes so that we can share our findings with fellow fans. We’ve added some basic maps (expect to see more of these as time permits)

Recent locations related content:
Thestra Locations - Thestra Maps
Qalia Locations - Port of Khal, Hathor Zhi, Lomshir (pending), Mekalia, Qalia Maps
Kojan Locations - Tanvu, Ca’ial Brael, Martok, Kojan Maps

Vanguard Class & Race Overviews:
We’ve tried every class in Vanguard, but only up to about level 10, so we’re still relying on you guys out there to help us out. Send us your overviews and we’ll include that information in our reviews of the races & classes. Still, we’ve managed to put quite bit of information together. (Races forum - Classes forum)

Race & Class content:
Vanguard’s Unique Classes
Vanguard’s Diverse Races

Vanguard Crafting & Diplomacy:
We’re excited about the unique and challenging crafting & diplomacy elements of the game. We’ve provided a few basic guides to help new players get started, but our experimentation goes well beyond that. If you have questions about crafting be sure to bring them up in the forum! (Crafting forum - Diplomacy forum)

Crafting & Diplomacy content:
Vanguard Crafting Overview
Vanguard Diplomacy Overview

Vanguard Fans:

Stay informed
Sign up for our free update service and reciee email notification whenever we post news - don’t miss a thing! (Subscribe to Vanguard MMORPG email updates)

We want to hear from you!
Drop us an email (admin–at–vanguardmmorpg.com) or post in the Vanguard SOH Fan Forums - your input is what makes VanguardMMORPG.com helpful to your fellow fans!

Vanguard SOH updates - VanguardMMORPG.com updates

Thank you to all of you Vanguard SOH fans who visit the site, share it with friends and participate in the forums and/or drop me emails. Thank you in particular to Cyprus and the members of Sinister for your direct help collecting a good portion of the information shared here at VanguardMMORPG.com

Theres always news about the game, and lots of changes to the site each week/month and many go unannounced. I thought it might help to release a periodic outline of the most recent changes, announcements and toss in some random thoughts.

From time to time (weekly…semi weekly..?) I’ll compile these into a “Raiders Digest” for quick and easy review of recent game changes and site updates.

Latest Vanguard MMORPG Posts
Vanguard Updates (GameTrailers Interview)
Secondary markets feeling the heat in Vanguard?
Raiders Digest : Vol 1 Issue 2
SOE Buys Sigil Games Online
Brad McQuaid “a mind blowing game by the end of the year”
Vanguard Rogue Review : Watch your Back!
Vanguard Psionicist Review : Who ordered extra Crowd Control?
Vanguard Shaman Review : Front Line Healer & Swiss Army Knife
Vanguard Druid Review : Lightening in a Bottle (er…paper cup)
Brad McQuaid on the state of Vanguard and Unrealized Expectations
VG Combat : Creating & exploiting weaknesses
Raiders Digest : Vol 1 Issue 1
Raiders Digest : Announcement
Vanguard Founders Awards
Temple of Dailuk : Vanguard Dungeon Review
Vanguard Game Update #1
Sigil Rolls Out a Test Server
LOTRO Vs. Vanguard SOH
A Guide to the Vanguard Crafting Skill Grind
Stonesmashers Enclave : Vanguard Dungeon Review
Gulgrethor Fortress : Vanguard Dungeon Review
Gardens of Xia’Liu : Vanguard Dungeon Review
Karrus Fahrel : Vanguard Dungeon Review
Staying Alive! : Vanguard Kill on Sight Quick reference
Kill on Sight : The Vanguard Faction Low Down
Buy Vanguard Saga of Heroes
Vanguard Crafting Guide Released
Ksaravi Hollow : Vanguard Dungeon Review
Arcanium : Vanguard Dungeon Review
Vanguard Beta tweaks paying off - Looking GREAT!

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