2 questions from a Vanguard newbie

TarosVorn · 02-07-2007, 12:23 PM

Hi Everyone!
I bought Vanguard on release day here in the UK and have been playing it as time (and servers!) allow. I have a couple of quick questions that I hope the more experienced VG players will be able to answer.....
1. Up until the release of Vanguard, I have been playing EQ2 (sorry!) and wondered if mobs 'grey out' or stop aggroing you when you reach enough levels above them as in EQ2?
2. I just read the post about the name change to the Infineum server and became quite alarmed! does this mean I will be unable to use the only character I have created thus far? I tried logging on last night, but the servers were down, so I wasn't aware of this problem until reading the post mentioned above. I hope this is not the case, as I have spent a considerable amount of game time building him up to level 10, as I could only be considered as a casual player, due to work commitments.
I'm having a blast playing Vanguard, despite the bugs and crashes, it just draws you in :-)
Thanks to all in advance,

Taros.

Sigurd · 02-07-2007, 01:42 PM

I am not up on the issue of #2

On #1, in my experience in Beta mobs eventually become very hard to aggro without running on top of them (lvl 35 buffed char in a lvl 10-11 location) Ive found at 17, I have to get close to lvl 6 mobs to aggro them, closer than before. But not sure if it is diff than the 35->6 range - I'd expect so.

This system reminds me a big of the aggro range formula in EQ where level diff shrunk or expanded the radius of the mob to you - and how the low lvl guy in the grp always aggroed something ;P and why many dungeons we didn't like bringing anyone below X with us for fear of multiplying aggro.

TarosVorn · 02-07-2007, 01:54 PM

Hi Sigurd!
Thanks for the swift reply, I was sort of hoping that would be the case:-)
I could see it becoming annoying quite quickly if you kept picking up low level aggro when just passing through an area!
Now all I hope is someone can give me some hope about the server issue!

Taros

Iendan · 02-07-2007, 02:27 PM

im not sure, but i would guess that if its just a name change your chars would stay.

Ceyllynn · 02-07-2007, 02:33 PM

scroll down through the tavern here.. i believe there's a post about the server issue.. might be a few days old mind you...

TarosVorn · 02-07-2007, 03:34 PM

Hi!
Thanks for the replies! I can only find reference to the server name change on the most recent page. I'll just have to be patient and wait until I can get online again and keep my fingers crossed!

Thanks again for the help and input, it's nice to see a friendly and helpful community for a change, usually all one sees is a lot of slagging off and name calling, I guess this must be a more mature game and forum

Taros.

Nil · 02-07-2007, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TarosVorn

Thanks again for the help and input, it's nice to see a friendly and helpful community for a change, usually all one sees is a lot of slagging off and name calling, I guess this must be a more mature game and forum

Thanks for the complements, Taros.

On another note, as others have said, rest assured that nothing has happened to your characters.

Sigurd · 02-07-2007, 04:15 PM

To further elucidate (ok... maybe I just wanted to use 'elucidate' in a sentence...):

I was running through the epic (in length at least!) quest line of Captured Slave (not the name - it's the target) to Kill the Gnoll Commander in VOH with my lvl 12-16 Shaman (yes, it is a long quest line hehe) and I got to a point where the dev hadn't put in the last parts.

Then it was patched and we zoomed ahead - I finished the parts 'first on server' (not when it went live tho

) and got to the second to last step, a click before the last kill. There was a slight bug that allowed you to 'complete' the step before doing the work and at 3AM I just clicked all 'continues' and messed it up.

Dev was able to patch that next morning to fix it, he was already aware of it I think when I posted the bug. But alas, I could not continue the quest since it 'competed' for me. After all that time... I couldn't wait for release...

When we got the chance to buff to lvl X, I made one a shaman 35

... and speed through the quest line all over again solo. I thought I'd only have a problem if I had a bad spawn and was mobbed in Orcbane because of killing some of the 4dots slowly (lvl 12-13s - I had not clue of speed of killing yet at 35...) but it turned out not only did I not have to worry about that, but that I could walk in between all but the most close together mobs and not aggro.

I would sometimes float over one and aggro it though (I was forced to go Phoenix pet by the buff - gotta say WOW tho on the pet DPS compared to other pets) so I COULD aggro, just it was I think ala old EQ (updated, I think OLD OLD EQ rules had u aggro anything anytime ;P normal ranges, but maybe I was just bitter then pre RoK, lol) rules.

Great quest - take the time to enjoy the storyline if you are in VOH. They took away an early reward (which imo outshone the last reward for casting classes at least - so prob a good thing...) but it is a rockingly designed line. Do it.

Do it.

TarosVorn · 02-07-2007, 04:56 PM

Hi again,
Thanks again for replying.
Nil - Nice to here everything will be ok with my character, as for the compliments, you're welcome! It's not hard to be complimentary when people are polite and helpful

Sigurd - I'll certainly give the gnoll commander quest a go, sounds cool

and thanks for the elusidation! (wow, even longer version of your term, not sure if it's even a word though

)

Taros.