What sort of customization will be available at Character Creation? *
After you choose your character's race, you will have a variety of choices as to the appearance of both your character's face and body.
From the Official Vanguard FAQ (original entry).
Will there be character animations? *
Yes.
From the Official Vanguard FAQ (original entry).
Will characters need to eat and drink? *
Yes, although food and water consumption will occur automatically.
Additionally, we hope to include consumables that affect gameplay (for example, food that provides a temporary stat bonus, etc.)
From the Official Vanguard FAQ (original entry).
Will I need to use outside tools like parsing in order to effectively play my character? *
Some players will choose to do this regardless of what we do, but where we find it meaningful and useful we hope to provide the information most players seek in-game.
From the Official Vanguard FAQ (original entry).
Will there be different pathways to improve my character? *
Definitely. More on this later.
From the Official Vanguard FAQ (original entry).
Will you allow server transfers? *
This is undecided at this point. If we do, they will be without the character's items, or full transfers to new servers, or full transfers when servers are split due to over population.
From the Official Vanguard FAQ (original entry).
Will you allow players to buy pre-made characters? *
Not from us, no, and we will discourage out-of-game auctioning of players and items to the best of our ability.
From the Official Vanguard FAQ (original entry).
Will level progression be fast or slow? *
Sigil's Philosophy:
Progression should be challenging and rewarding, and therefore certainly take time, that doesn't mean it should feel slow. In other words, more, smaller rewards, more often, could work. Even if the game was designed to take the average player 2 years to max out, or see it all, there ought to be lots of rewards, new items, new skills, etc. 'unlocked' en route
From the Official Vanguard FAQ (original entry).