[godzilr1]

Hello all. just remebered that i replied to a few posted before i acutally introduced myself. I first heard about vanguard about 2.5 years ago from a friend in EQ and forgot about it until another friend sent me a link.
*** Let me appologize in advance for all the "*/*", just trying to show the ranges of abilities, etc ***

I love to play a variety of different arch types in my gaming and this is my favorite - Death/Shadow/Dread/Dark knight. I love that they are able to debuff the enemy and use that to strengthen themselves. I also like the emotion they bring to the battles, ranging from a fear/rage to the Zealot following of an idealogical manifestation of their god/master which is usually a Hate/Plague/Blood/Death/etc.
I played a SK in EQ for 2years, a Warr/Nec in GuildWars for a year , i play a Warlock in WoW (damn the cloth but i love the pet and the debuffing, so wish they had a Spellbreaker class!).

I like to think i have a pretty darn good idea about what this arch-type is suppose to be like, but since there is so little info on the class specific to VSOH not sure what i think about it yet.

My complaint however with this archtype and anyone that makes/devs a game with this archtype is this:
90% of the time they make is as the "evil" version of a paladin, but they always screw something up. In making these 2 classes they need to keep the spell/skills equally weighted. By this i mean that if a pally shields himself then a DK should be able to do that same WITH THE SAME GAME VALUES. if pally lays on hands for 1500hp, DK Lifetaps for 1500, if pally can "Spell of Protection" for 50 AC, then DK can "Numbness to Pain" for 50AC, PERIOD. These 2 classes are supposed to be opposite, ying-yang, black/white, so if they are to ever fight each other all things being equal --------------------niether wins ------- a moment of battle that shows the epic and constant struggle of [Insert one thought here] and its 100% opposite. ( i know dots/nukes/pets need to be taken into account, but i just left it out for now, makes my rant feel beter :-) )

I have a great example to this effect. In a GW PVP match all were dead, except (take a guess).....me (W/N20) and a pally (W/He20). we must have stood there fighting for 2 mins...seriously. we beat each other down - he healed - i tapped it - he healed - i tapped and debuffed - then he buffed. then ONLY reason i lost was a ranger from the other guild came in and helped him out, but you get my point.

So there you have my intro and thoughts. See u all around!