http://www.mmonotebook.com Tales From A Veteran Noob Sun, 04 May 2008 22:57:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I roll on up the road to Halgarad.  It was a bit of a run, but not too bad.  I reached the city gates and found that some of the guards had quests to give.  Shield Korkash gave one called Isolation, where I need to deliver quests to an ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/05/04/vanguard-halgarad-area/ Been playing the MMO called Life lately and it has kept me busy.  It has it's rewards if you do the right quests.  Case in point, take a look at this awesome loot drop: Yep, I got the new Pet drop and it is awesome!  It's a Miniature Pinscher that is ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/05/01/the-best-loot-ever/ My Dahknarg adventures eventually lead me to the Silvermane house where I am supposed to find a Vulmane named Hador.  He tells me that I need to select a clan and gives me choices.  There is the Ghostclaw, which is adept at casting, Swiftfang, which is adept with light weapons ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/27/vanguard-on-the-way-to-halgarad/ So the very last quest found in Spirit's Rest told me to get my furry butt over to Dahknarg.  It proved to be a much larger town than Spirit's Rest, with many more quest givers.  Class trainers can be found here as well. The quest had me report to a guard ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/23/vanguard-dahknarg/ So I moved to the Xeth server to join a guild with some online friends.  As mentioned earlier, I decided to start another druid, but this time I chose the race of Vulmane.  This will show me how a starting area on the Thestra continent varies from Kojan. The Vulmane starting ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/21/vanguard-starting-a-vulmane/ Ever since I  started up this blog I have been chronicling my adventures as a Kojani Druid on the Seradon server.  I reached level 17 and was looking forward to seeing what was in store for me in the higher levels.  Things changed the other day that has made me ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/18/vanguard-time-to-rewind/ I have been playing Vanguard: Saga of Heroes for awhile now and I felt it time to give my overall impression of the game so far.  I have chronicled on these pages my Druid’s adventures up to his current level of 17.  During this time, I have seen and experienced ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/16/vanguard-a-noobs-first-impressions/ I saw over at Tobold's, which links to the official site, that Pirates of the Burning Sea will be merging servers so that the total available will drop from eleven to four.  That is sad news indeed, but I can't say it wasn't expected. I hate to see any MMO struggle, ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/16/pirates-of-the-burning-sea-a-sinking-ship/ Martok Island. http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/15/vanguard-screenshot-2/ The Riftseeker at Lotus Hold gives out many quests. They are designed to make you travel around using the Riftway system so that you can get experience with using it. I decided to try it out by starting the A Need For Heroes: Blighted Lands quest. Once ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/14/vanguard-the-blighted-lands/ Name any massively multiplayer online game and you will find discussion after discussion about the “end game.”  The end game, for those who have never reached it, is that mythical time when your character has reached the maximum level and doing normal adventuring and questing no longer advances you.  To ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/14/low-level-end-game-content/ Here is a picture I snapped while running around Vanguard.  Click the image for actual size. http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/13/vanguard-screenshot/ I decided to head over to Lotus Hold, which is southeast of Nakai Dojo.  Nao Tak said I should go there and find a man named Bautali.  It seems they need some help over there.  On the way over, I found a Pegasus Trainer just west of Lotus Hold who ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/12/vanguard-lotus-hold/ I mentioned in a previous post that one of the things that can make an MMO truly great is the community that builds up around and in the game.  If game developers can make it so that players want to communicate with each other, and make it very easy to ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/12/tell-sony-about-your-player-run-events/ Look on any online gaming message board and you will always find at least one thread about how good or bad instancing is.  Some players prefer lots of instancing while others would rather play in a world full of static content.  Each style of game has its merits, but I ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/11/instancing-sucks-and-so-does-static-content/ Did I say that Lieutenant Oda was a prick?  Yeah, well, I absolutely meant it.  After insulting my prowess, he then gives me a new quest that frustrated me to no end.  I don't think I will ever forgive him. The quest is called the Short Handed Nakai.  It seems that ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/10/vanguard-the-two-hour-search-for-crates/ A wedding at the Spires in North Karana. http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/09/everquest-nostalgia-picture-3/ After completing The Menace Grows, Ju Ming gives me one last task to perform.  This one is called The Head of the Beast.  I am to go find gremlin Augurs and wrest something called a Pulsating Portal Shard from their grubby little claws.  I must obtain enough shards to combine ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/09/vanguard-gremlins-and-orcs/ As seen over at The Ancient Gaming Noob, who picked it up at Ars Technica, Games For Windows magazine, formerly Computer Gaming World, is officially closing its doors. This is a sad announcement for me because I always assumed this magazine would be around forever.  I have very fond memories of ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/08/rip-computer-gaming-world/ The folks at Sony gave Vanguard a big update while I was away from the game.  I had completely forgotten about it until it came time to buy my new spells.  I dinged level 15 while whacking gremlins, so I went over to the Nakai Dojo to see what was ... http://www.mmonotebook.com/2008/04/08/vanguard-after-the-big-update/