Getting a handle on things...

[Pirotess]

We had a full plate last week getting our new style deployed and this weekend was no different for me as I got several personal matters attended to out of state. Now that I'm back, its time to get things under control and move us ahead. First off, I'd like to mention we still are looking for a News Manager, Offensive Fighter class manager and writers. Right now, the News Manger position is the most critical as it would take the largest burden off me. If you are interested, please register an account with the site and send me a Private Message to setup an interview. Also, if you have an idea for a feature we could add to the Vanguard Spheres site, I'd love to hear your pitch about it.

Ok with that out of the way I'd like to draw your attention to an article by Cobalt Katze regarding our trip a few weeks ago to Sigil HQ. In the article CK spills a little secret sauce about languages and a few other topics. Take a look!

Speaking of articles, Genda of Vanguard Crafters has published part one of a three part article where he interviews Salim Grant. In his article, Genda talks about some of the improvements that have been happening to the Vanguard crafting system since beta started and teases us with details of the next two parts of the interview. Chris Grenadier of Diplomatters.net has also jumped into the article fray with his article entitled "Diplomacy in Cities: How?" In the article Chris expresses his thoughts about how player run cities will operate which makes for a great discussion piece. Martuk of TenTonHammer has published part 6 of the "A tale of two players" column. In his latest article, "Death is only the Beginning", Martuk talks about the Death penalty and the need for it to sting to be useful. Karas Lightstride also of TenTonHammer has also published an article worth looking at. In his article entitled "Adapt...and Overcome? Karas focuses on the mechanic of "Working smarter....not Harder" that he learned from his days in the Navy. He goes on to relate how that mechanic can be applied to todays MMO's.

In other news, MMO renegades Episode 4 has been released to the public on the Silky Venom site. Vanguard Stratics has also announced that its House of Commons chat with the Sigil team has been rescheduled for November 23rd, 2005 at 5pm PST. Vanguard Stratics also has a number of new additions to their fan art section by none other than Hijinks. Nice work Hijinks!

Forum Debrief:

• Aradune gives a few reasons for Class/Race restrictions - Full thread
  
• Aradune apologizes for missing a few emails - Full thread
  
• Aradune discusses group sizes in Vanguard... - Full thread
  
• ...And answers a question about group experience - Full thread
  
• Taranis goes on a rampage! - Full thread
  
• Kemsos discusses the lack of horse screenshots - Full thread
  
• Jansan discusses crafting powerleveling... - Full thread
  
• ...And confirms that faction will play a large part in crafting... - Full thread
  
• ...And jokes with a poster about posting so late... - Full thread
  
• ...A time... - Full thread
  
• ...Or two - Full thread
  
• Silius talks about crafting penalties - Full thread
  
• Jeven reminices about old school games - Full thread