Dalmarus
Looking Back As We Move ForwardThis week, Dalmarus takes time to give us a special "end of year" newsletter. In it, he takes a look back at where the game was, where it is now, and where it hopes to go in the future.
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I just wanted to say thanks for the article. In particular, you made me excited about the future. I did not know about the AAs or the level cap expansion. As a guy who does not raid much either, I have kind of run out of stuff to do, but I love the game play so I will stick around. (That must be a run on sentence.) Looking forward to the next update which I think will be more solo oriented.
DelphAstuun
I'm on the fence on AA's. Although I like the idea of personalizing your character, is it going to make the casual gamer quite obsolete? At least that's my un-founded fear.
I have never experienced a game where AA's were implemented, so maybe I'm totally wrong on how I understand them, but it seems that the college kid with 10 hours a day to spare is going to have an insanely more powerful character than my bone-stock lvl 50 BMG...making me somewhat useless.Fakronn
I like what I read, having been part of the game from the beginning it was an accurate summary of the events this game has encountered and a great picture of what is to come.
That said, I have one burning concern that I've had for awhile. With leveling as time consuming and the world as vast as it is, how will raising the level cap do more than hurt the community. Whenever I mention this game to anyone they always respond with the world is too big and there is not enough people in one area to group with and progress with.
I feel the same for expansions that may come our way which I imagine the level increase would be part of. I fear new continents or islands would be added, further increasing the size of the game (a plus) to a population that is still spread thin (a bigger minus)Dalmarus
I think the populations are a lot better since the server merges. Getting a group is a lot easier now than it used to be.
And raising the level cap (with added content) should help a bunch of the level 50 characters find something to do. There are more of them out there than you might think.
Overall, I think Vanguard is moving in the right direction and is starting to gain more players than it's losing. I hope so anyway