Still a Vanguard Noob…

Well, in the three days since I purchased the Vanguard Saga of Heroes pre-release DVD, I’ve managed only to rigorously test out their patch software. Every time I load it up, there’s been some new huge patch that takes hours or even half a day to download. Since I usually play games at night, that’s meant that I haven’t been able to play anything at all, not even World of Warcraft since the connection bar jumps to full-on red when patching VSOH at the same time.

I have been, however, somewhat amused by the patch notes. Here are some of my favorites:

  • “Adjusted point values for starting mobs so you don’t die 100 times at level 1 killing noobie mobs. Now you’ll only die if you’re not paying attention.”
  • “Fixed several appearance sets on various NPCs so when you fight them now, they actually have arms and legs.”
  • “Griffons now lay griffon eggs instead of eagle eggs… Yes, we were weirded out by it too!”
  • “Players will no longer get trapped inside the Pennstump house by their own jack o’ lanterns.”
  • “The monk trainer in Khal has abandoned her vow of poverty and bought some decent clothes.”
  • “Bojan Yazidi now has something to say, and he is no longer surrounded by sharks.”
  • “The Tuatiren lizardman complained about it being a little cold outside, so we gave them something to wear.”
  • “Numerous bug fixes in the Kojani Human, Orc, Goblin, Varanjar, Varanthari, Lesser Giant, and Dragon newbie lines. One of the previous races is a lie.”
  • “Tharridon the Mighty should no longer aggro helpless players from great distances so players have a chance to react before they’re squashed into oblivion.”
  • “Fix for intercepts and rescues causing you to target your groupmates offensively and then mercilessly kill them if you weren’t paying attention.”
  • “Reduced the amount of life taken by Transmogrify. It will now be referred to as Transmogrify Lite, little girl strength.”
  • “Several NPC types have been added underwater, I don’t suggest running into them alone.”

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This rambling was posted on January 11, 2007
and filed under My Boring Life

Responses

2 Responses to “Still a Vanguard Noob…”

  1. Response #1
    richard on January 11th, 2007 at 7:52 pm

    New notes from today’s patch:

    • “Fixed pathing for patrolling gnoll group in the area. They should no longer do the suicide dive into the pit spikes.”
    • “Fixed movement speeds on the Gnoll Sergeants and Gnoll Grunts. They should no longer chase you down at 300% movement speed, which is a good thing. On the other hand, the Gnoll Striker and Gnoll Assaulters now move at 300% of base movement speed. They are, however, on a script to only attack the guards. Be warned, if you’re crazy enough to step in their aggro radius they will unrelentingly run you down like a dog 300 times faster than you can run. Just an FYI.”
  2. Response #2
    Sean (IP) on January 15th, 2007 at 9:16 am

    Aww. I wanted to see the suicide run onto the spikes. Sounds like they are removing all the good stuff!

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