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Pirotess, my condolences.

Being bought by SOE is the worse outcome I could have thought of for the game. I really feel for you and the other Vanguard players that stuck with the game for the year of hard times just to get shafted.

As to the press release, I would like to comment on a couple of things.

"provide the same level of service we do for our other titles."

In general, this means TERRIBLE. GM's are completely ignorant of the game, cannot answer simple questions about the game, and send you replys that have nothing to do with the question or concern you sent in the first place.

SOE is famous for horrendous customer service. EQ is rife with bugs, broken quests, patches to fix patches and unfinished content. I am sorry you will be subjected to such, but it is the Sony way.

"we will come out with a publishing plan"

EQ no longer exists on store shelves. The "publishing plan" consists of asking players to bring friends to the game. Thats it.

"Brad McQuaid will be consultant to SOE as a creative advisor for Vanguard"

If you can read between the lines, this means they give him an office so they can claim him on the staff to try to retain the current players. His input will have little or no effect on the future of Vanguard.