Something I failed to notice is now SOE is involved. SOE is doing the hosting and taking care of the billing. Just like Vanguard they won't be doing anything with the game. Funny how Vanguard said that and look how the whole game turned out. Spelled SOE version of PVP all over it.

Which includes the following

Make PVP as low risk as possible.

Make it so 99% of anyone can up and run mid fight and get away

Don’t even try to remotely balance the game for 1 on 1. Give the blanket statement “group pvp” to avoid the time investment

Ignore all beta concerns and detailed write ups about the problems with the system.

Delete all post pertaining to the ongoing problems and the upset customers.

Once live make unrelated changes that has nothing to do with the complains from the consumer.

Punish the users by nerfing PVE abilities to show the public SOE is doing “something” about PVP. So they won’t risk asking for changes again.

Merge all servers down to just a few since not many are left. Not there’s a track record of them doing that with EQ2 or Vanguard or anything.



Look I like SOE for PVE. They have created some wonderful things and ideas. I won’t say I’ll never play a SOE game. There are quite a few things I like about their games. But support and their idea in a PVP system completely and utterly fails at best. Once deployed they are done and will never put the time in to it to make it right. Mark my words Vanguard on re-release of the epic fail will once again be a worthless PVP system.

So if the software company (to lazy to look it up) didn’t completely write the pvp stuff in already. SOE will be sure to sink the game. Pun intended. Don’t agree with me but Mark your calendar for Vanguard. I’ll be back to boast. I welcome the idea that I’d be wrong about it. I’d have more to gain from a new fun game.

Here’s hoping SOE didn’t create the PVP system to POTBS