Vanguard Server Merges Coming Up
Posted by Stropp on August 23, 2007A couple of months ago, Sony Online Entertainment announced that it was going to merge a number of the Vanguard: Saga of Heroes servers. The date for this has now been confirmed for Thirteen existing servers will be merged into four new servers.
At the conclusion of the merge there will be 2 US PVE, 1 EU PVE, and 1 US PVP server.
- Thunderaxe, Woefeather, Gulgrethor, and Hilsbury will be merged into Xeth. (PvE US) This will occur on the 28th of August.
- Targonor, Florendyl, Flamehammer, and Shidreth will be merged into Seradon. (PvE US) This will occur on the 29th of August.
- Gelenia and Infineum will be merged into Halgar. (PvE EU) This will occur on the 30th of August.
- Tharridon, Varking, and Frengrot will be merged into Sartok. (PvP US FFA) This will occur on the 30th of August.
For more information check out the news release, or the forum posts on the merges.
That’s a lot of merging going on. I have to admit though that I’m wondering if this will save the game. I don’t think Vanguard will be shut down if things don’t pick up, well not right away anyway. But if the merges don’t get the game world feeling more lively, it’s only a matter of time. After all look at Auto Assault. When I played the trial a few weeks ago it seemed there were heaps of players. Far more than I’ve seen in Vanguard. Still, NCsoft has recently shut Auto Assault down.
Whenever I’ve played Vanguard, I’ve never seen more than a few players on at any one time. This doesn’t give me the impression of a lively, dynamic world. And that’s what a MMO has going for it. Lot’s of players interacting to make my virtual-life interesting.
Getting more players together should make the world seem more alive, at least in peak times. And if the devs can fix up the issues, especially the technical ones, Vanguard might stop leaking players.
Let’s hope so. A game like this deserves better.
BTW, sorry for the lack of posting this week. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been a bit fluey, and while I’ve still been going to work, I’ve been pretty thrashed in the evenings. Hopefully things will start picking up as I shake this bug off.
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I for one would be delighted if they shut down Vanguard, im ashamed to say I played it for a good few months (needed a break from wow) and i must say it was one of the worst experiences of my gaming life.
Bugs, lag,no players online, poor interaction it is just a really poor attempt. I was originally excited when i first read about it but after trying it out i would recommend all to give it a wide berth.
They basically released it months…. if not a year before they should have. The graphics at some places were awesome while others just plain lazy. The glitches that came along with it just made it completely unplayable. I only stayed with it for a couple of months as i expected them to sort it out and have they? well not really according to my friend who still plays.
Roll on the next wow expansion…. talking of which, anymore news stropp?
Oh and get well soon
Thanks Super Ally.
I’m hoping they do manage to fix all those problems. You’re correct about being released too soon, the developers really should have listened to the beta testers (and their own team) and delayed the release. Unfortunately, they didn’t.
I’m working on a couple of article ideas for WotLK, just need to knuckle down and get them finished.
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