We're currently working on improving Adventuring content for several regions in game.

Our goal with this content pass is to make quests and storyline more accessible, make more sense, and of course be more fun. Specifically, we want to ensure that both solo and group players are intuitively directed to level-appropriate content that includes the lore of the region.

For this thread, please respond about Bordinar's Cleft, Rindol Field, Tursh, Themnwar's Shield, and Three Rivers.

If you've gotten confused or lost in any of these areas, or if you've been sent to content too high or low for your level, or run out of quests - that's the kind of thing we're looking to fix. Please explain the details of your experience in this thread. If you can, include specific quest names and names of NPCs that didn't seem to fit.

thanks!

In order to complete our testing on APW we need a handful of guilds who are available for merely a day or two of testing, who can mobilize quickly, and who have more than 18 members over level 50. Heavy raiding experience is necessary, in fact this is a test of the early portions of the dungeon, so we are interested in all experience levels - however, it is requested that all testers have at least leveled up one character to level 50.

I wanted to give first shot at this to the test server, then if the response isn't sufficient, we will open it up to all comers.

If you're interested, this is what I need from you...

E-mail the account [email protected] with the following information:

It's Tuesday, the servers are back up and ready to play! For those of you still stuck at work, we sympathize. In an effort to cure your cubical-induced boredum, we bring to you an exclusive interview with Vanguard Game Designer, Andrew K! Andrew's enthusiasm is quite infectious when he talks about his passion for the game, and the upcoming Ancient Port Warehouse. Take a moment to read a bit about the person who helps raids wipe in raid testing!

What's your official title here at SOE?

My official title is 'Game Designer', which actually says almost nothing about the specifics of what I do (for example, the last time I mentioned this to a 'normal' I was subsequently asked if I had any samples of my artwork).

Hey all!

We are several weeks into our work on Milestone 3 now. The culmination of the milestone should be Game Update #3 going live - which is something we're pretty excited about.

Game Update #3 will focus primarily on raids, but that's not all we're working on right now either. Below, we have tried to give an as accurate as possible idea of what we're working on. Things often change quickly in a development setting like this, so we've tried to keep the topics a little more broad - but please let us know on the forums if there's a particular area or topic you'd like to hear more about. Before we get to it though, it is also important to note that NOT everything listed below is going in with Game Update #3. For some of it, we're just getting a head start on future updates. We'll post a more detailed list specifically about Game Update #3 in the near future.

Thanks, and enjoy!

-Glip

Beware Telon Travelers!
A friendly warning to all those who dare to enter The Ancient Port Warehouse: you'll find cleverly crafted monstrosities that are determined to defend their creators at any cost; including your life!

The Vanguard developers (big thanks to Andrew K. and John H.) have been kind enough to supply players with a bit of information that might help people survive in APW (and entice them to explore this dungeon in all its glory!)

Vanguard Build 1885 Patch Notes 9/19/2007 – TEST SERVER

GAMEPLAY
GENERAL
-You can now swap items in your bank, even if the bank is full.
- Players' Locations for Renton Keep are now categorized correctly.

ADVENTURING
- Bard - Lowered the refresh of Lightning Kisses the Ground to 30 seconds, to better match the rest of the attack chain
- Bard - Shatter the Mountain now only causes critical vulnerability for 1 second.
- Blood Mage - Added a 3 second cast time to mental Transmutation and increased the refresh time to 12 seconds, up from 10.
- Blood Mage - Increased the energy cost of Entwining Vein

Extended Service Downtime on September 25th

All SOE games, websites, message boards, Knowledge Base, Station store, and other services will be unavailable for approximately 24 hours beginning on Tuesday, September 25th. All SOE services will be undergoing upgrades to the authentication system and as a result, all logins for SOE services will be unavailable. Technical and Account support will only be available by phone during this time. Please keep an eye on this website for more news and information about this maintenance as it becomes available. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this downtime.

Character transfers will resume tomorrow morning at 3:00 AM PDT. During this time, the servers will be unavailable. The approximate downtime is 4 hours, with the servers expected to be up around 7:00 AM PDT. In an effort to move as many characters as possible on Thursday, Halgar may experience extended downtime. Additional information and updates will be posted on the Official Vanguard Forums.

As an added reminder:

Mail and broker items will not transfer over with your character.

Characters are responsible for packing up their houses for transfer. Houses will not transfer over to the new server.

Getting to Know the Vanguard Team: An interview with HannahB

Your full name:
Hannah Brown-Damron…Better known as HannahB.

What's your official title/position?
Senior Artist

Where did you go to school and what did you major in?
I attended East Tennessee State University where I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Technology with a concentration in 3D. I think went on to receive my Master's Degree in Engineering Technology with a concentration in Advanced Visualization - b asically, 3D Art.

the information for character transfers was part of the server merge email that went out. There is also supposed to be a link somewhere on the main page. I will paste the info in here as well.

Complimentary Character Move

Shortly after the merge is completed, we will grant all customers affected by the merge a one-time, complimentary character move to the server of your choice (subject to the PvE and PvP rules and time limit described below). For each customer with character(s) on a new server who requests a character move within the permitted time frame, the chosen character will be transferred to the selected server as described below.

PvP characters who are on the Sartok PvP server after the server merge will be able to move to one of the PvE servers. PvE players will only be able to move to one of the other PvE servers and not to the PvP server (Sartok). The PvP rule set on Sartok will be Free For All.

The first cycle of character transfers will begin tomorrow morning, September 18th at 3:00 AM PDT and continue until 7:00 AM PDT. During this time, all servers will be down. Transfers will continue on Thursday morning, and subsequent cycles will happen on Tuesdays and Thursdays.