Looking for a few Vanguard players

Ciderhelm · #1 03-02-2007, 12:39 AM

I'm looking for a few adventurous people with decent machines who are interested in trying out Vanguard.

I have two characters, one of the Team PVP server, the other on the FFA PVP server. I am not interested in playing on a PVE server.

I do not play during guild raid times, obviously.

If you are interested, send me a tell, shoot me a PM, or respond here. Would love to have a few more hands.

Kover · #2 03-03-2007, 07:24 AM

Bleh, all of my RL friends convinced me to roll on Gulgrethor, damn pve realm...

I might drop by there or reroll since I miss pvp

Ciderhelm · #3 03-03-2007, 07:33 AM

c'mon... do the right thing...

Kover · #4 03-03-2007, 07:41 AM

What server and race do you prefer?

Ciderhelm · #5 03-03-2007, 07:55 AM

Honestly I can't for the life of me decide between Tharridon and Varking. I've been playing characters on both (Warrior on Varking, Cleric on Tharridon). If I go Tharridon, I'll probably re-roll the Warrior.

Varking seems nice but it's just begging for the same Horde/Alliance imbalance from Warcraft. I can't figure out how one becomes Shadow or Order, either, presumably just from race chosen? (if it's not based on Race but is a conscious choice, I'd probably go Varking, and choose Shadow)

Anyhow, Thestran Human for both; I'm debating going Dwarf because you can maximize Constitution that way, but on second glance it also seems that stats are fairly easy to obtain, and have a hard cap of 900, so the difference may not be that important in endgame.

Kover · #6 03-03-2007, 08:01 AM

yea, your faction is based on your race choice from what I hear. I'm going to be Order because I'll be rerolling my Raki Disciple sometime today.

Ciderhelm · #7 03-03-2007, 08:02 AM

Thestran presumably is Order, then, also?

Have you heard anything specifically relating to faction balance? I really don't want to waste my time playing Team PVP if it'll be 70-30 or something absurd (would rather go FFA).

Ciderhelm · #8 03-03-2007, 08:08 AM

This is my concern (copy pasted from a google search):

Shadow - 8 Races Total
1 Bard 12.5%
3 Blood Mage 37.5%
1 Cleric 12.5%
4 Disciple 50%
5 Death Knight 62.5%
4 Druid 50%
2 Monk 25%
3 Necromancer 37.5%
1 Paladin 12.5%
2 Psionist 25%
1 Ranger 12.5%
7 Rogue 87.5%
6 Shaman 75%
3 Sorcerer 37.5%
6 Warrior 75%

Order - 11 Races total
7 Bards 63.63%
6 Blood Mage 54.54%
7 Cleric 63.63%
5 Disciple 45.45%
3 Death Knights 27.27%
6 Druids 54.54%
4 Monks 36.36%
4 Necromancer 36.36%
5 Paladin 45.45%
7 Psionist 63.63%
7 Ranger 63.63%
10 Rogue 90.90%
2 Shaman 18.18%
7 Sorcerer 63.63%
7 Warrior 63.63%

That's the race/class balance. Shadow gets hosed on alot of those by comparison to Order; I just don't see how well conceived this is.

Then again, can Shadow and Order be in the same guild? Odd question, but I'm serious.

Kover · #9 03-03-2007, 08:15 AM

Well, I believe it's possible, but you cant have any friendly interactions between factions

Kover · #10 03-03-2007, 08:20 AM

And is the FFA server pure FFA? or is it race-based?