Shayalyn
Exclusive Crafting Beta PreviewHow is crafting coming along in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes? Zinn, our gnomish reporter in the field, brings us his report direct from the beta trenches. He explains how crafting works and offers his personal experiences with the process. Is crafting in Vanguard unique and engaging? Read Zinn's detailed report to find out!
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Thanks alot Zinn... you really got my hopes up for crafting, can't wait to try it out
I have a question, which I am not sure the answer is a breach of the NDA.
Is there a inherent race skill for Gnomes (like ingenuity), It would help to know before I create a crafting type character?
Thanks for the great description!
I wrote the article with the idea that I wanted to include as much information as possible so there would be less questions afterwards. One of the things I noticed reading many beta journals is I wanted more information and I ended up with many questions. In this case I wanted to answer as many of those questions as I could in the beta journal. I thought when I wrote it that the journal was quiute thorough. But, as soon as I sent it in to Brad I started thinking of all the things I could have included. Which were quite many.
Quester I do not know if there are any race skills yet in beta. I believe there are some planned and there might even be some in beta now for all I know. The game is quite complex and I really know so little about how a lot of the systems work including crafting. One can play it like I do with little knowledge or understanding but I think a better understanding of the systems would make me a better and more efficient player. The complexity and size of the game is a bit overwhelming as there are so many systems and so much to do.
Yay Zinn lol... the wheels of Sigil grind slow... I am learning that also
Kertain
Man....what a great preview. Well written and informative.Thanks alot Zinn... you really got my hopes up for crafting, can't wait to try it out
Quester
Thankyou Zinn for taking the time and effort to explain the ends and outs of crafting. I have a question, which I am not sure the answer is a breach of the NDA.
Is there a inherent race skill for Gnomes (like ingenuity), It would help to know before I create a crafting type character?
Hexonyx
Great write-up Zinn! Really put into a descriptive form the Crafting guide posted over at Vg Crafters! Glad to hear your positive take on crafting, I have been an avid crafter from UO through EQ2 and am pumped that the system is addictive and worthwhile! Especially liked how the different crafting spheres are so dependant on each other for minor required parts.... hopefully this will create a lively and profitable crafting trade and economy!Thanks for the great description!
Zinn
Hex, I actually wrote this guide two to three works ago before the VG Crafters guide came out. We just had to wait for approval. I was a bit dissapointed to see the VG crafters article as is it contained a lot of the information I hoped to reveal.I wrote the article with the idea that I wanted to include as much information as possible so there would be less questions afterwards. One of the things I noticed reading many beta journals is I wanted more information and I ended up with many questions. In this case I wanted to answer as many of those questions as I could in the beta journal. I thought when I wrote it that the journal was quiute thorough. But, as soon as I sent it in to Brad I started thinking of all the things I could have included. Which were quite many.
Quester I do not know if there are any race skills yet in beta. I believe there are some planned and there might even be some in beta now for all I know. The game is quite complex and I really know so little about how a lot of the systems work including crafting. One can play it like I do with little knowledge or understanding but I think a better understanding of the systems would make me a better and more efficient player. The complexity and size of the game is a bit overwhelming as there are so many systems and so much to do.
Hexonyx
For sure! But since it came out that way, I read the crafters article first, and it was like reading the nutritional guide on a cereal box... Yours was MUCH better in that you humanized it, yet provided equal if not more info then the Crafters site. Also from you posting here we have a better frame of reference to your mindset and how you see some things, so an opinionated view on teh system from a semi-known source has more weight in my judgement of crafting in VG, then jsut a straight info story...Yay Zinn lol... the wheels of Sigil grind slow... I am learning that also