Weekly Newsletter 06_23_08: Playing With the Developers

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Updated Fri, Jan 02, 2009 by Dalmarus

Playing With the Developers

June 23rd, 2008 - By Dalmarus

To many, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is currently in a state of reemergence. While trying to not sound like a rabid fan boy, I think this sentiment is not only welcome, but also accurate. A cursory glance at the official forums will show there has continued to be a steady increase in the "Coming Back" or "New Player Here" posts. The responses to these posts have been great as well. They are filled with not only the obligatory welcome messages, but also suggestions or directions that may aid both old and new players get settled in with their new surroundings. As I mentioned before, a time of change is upon us, and I think things are looking pretty good for all of us.

On to other topics!

Last week, I was running around wreaking havoc on the unwanted inhabitants that surround Afrit with my trusty necromancer when I saw a call come out across the regional chat channel for Qalia requesting a tank in their low 20's for a Coterie Infineum run. I'll admit I did a double take when I saw the name of the requester - Silius. Since I was on my necromancer killing time and didn't want to lessen another player's chance to play with the developers, I let it go for a while. I was surprised to still see the call going out a few minutes later. Finally, I went ahead and let Silius know who I was and that I had a 22 Dread Knight I'd be willing to bring along if no one else answered. Low and behold, the next thing I know, I was on my way.

Shortly after getting with Silius and some of the other developers, Silius decided to test my uber tanking abilities and pulled a full room on top of us. For readers familiar with my weekly ramblings, or friends that I've played with over the years, how many times have I ever talked about playing a tank class? Never, to the best of my memory. Now to be fair, I do believe I warned Silius of this before we got started. Maybe he just didn't believe me. In any case, our pile of tombstones were ample proof I was not previously lying or just attempting to downplay my awesome tanking skills.

Overall, we had a good time. I'm not much of a talker in groups, so it was a little more than silent until Silius and the others dragged me into chatting. By doing so though, I ended up afk through a few battles as I typed out my answers, providing probably far more information than they ever requested. After all these years, it's a habit of mine that still drives my sister crazy. Fortunately the team was strong enough to keep me alive during these periods.

Aside from trying to chat and keep all targets focused on myself, it was a really fun time. I know Silius and others are trying to hop on the servers every night to go through some of the older content in the game, so if you see the call go out looking for a specific class and level range, I urge you to take the opportunity to play with them. It was a lot of fun, despite multiple deaths caused throughout the night by both Silius and myself.

Another item of community interest this week is the upcoming Mekalian Extravaganza of Science of Technology being hosted by gnomes around all of Telon. There looks to be a number of great prizes and rewards up for grabs, ranging from an 88 slot (yes, I did say 88 slot) bag to Ancient Platinum Coins for your racial mounts! Things appear to be ready to go to the live server this Tuesday, but don't quote me on that. The patch to bring this live will also include a number of bug fixes as well, so keep your fingers crossed that it all comes early in the week!`

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