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A Time of Change

September 22nd, 2008 - By
Dalmarus

The time has finally come, my friends. For months, we've
been waiting patiently for href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/">Vanguard: Saga of
Heroes to have a free
trial so we could spread the word and convince our friends to give the
game a try. While many of us in the community have spent our hard
earned cash on a number of Collector's Editions so we could give the
buddy keys away, I'm practically ecstatic with the knowledge that now I
can just email all my friends a link to get them up and ready to go. In
case you've been under a rock this week and haven't seen it, here's the
page to send all your friends to: href="http://vanguard.station.sony.com/isleofdawn/">Isle of
Dawn - Vanguard 14 day trial.



Will the addition of the free trial be enough for Vanguard to finally
build its population to the levels we all know it should have? Only
time will tell, but I think it's the best chance the game has had to
come into its own with the gaming community so far. Fortunately for all
of us though, that's not all that's going on to spread the word.

Another 30-day account reactivation period has begun to commemorate
this auspicious occasion. From September 18th through October 18th,
players with an account that has been inactive for the last 60 days or
more will be able to log back into the game free of charge. This of
course comes with a few conditions, the main one being your account had
to be in good standing. That means the folks that managed to get
themselves banned are out of luck. To get all the full details on this
reactivation period, head over to the official site and href="http://vgplayers.station.sony.com/newsArchive.vm?id=718&section=News">read
the
announcement.



Free play time and a new trial aren't the only new things to come to
the Vanguard community this week. On top of everything else, our
Community Representative, Ellyra, has moved on. She hasn't done
anything as drastic as just arbitrarily abandoning the game though, so
don't be too upset. Ellyra is now one of the newest developer's of the
upcoming Sony Online Entertainment Free Realms game, so a big
congratulations is definitely in order! Even though I pestered her with
more questions about various news and content than most people would be
able to stand, Ellyra was always quick with an answer and a smile. From
the crew here at Ten Ton Hammer, we wish her the greatest of successes
in her new position! Be sure to give her a hearty congratulation in href="http://forums.station.sony.com/vg/posts/list.m?topic_id=39210">her
farewell post!



So where does that leave the Vanguard community faithful? I'll be
taking over all community relation duties for Vanguard. There will be
no need to go to any other site, except ours.



Ok, maybe that's not really true, but I couldn't resist. Please give a
huge Ten Ton Hammer welcome to SOE's new Vanguard Community
Representative, Amnerys! While she may be bucking the system by not
having a name that begins with an "E", she's already proven she's
perfectly capable to deal with our rowdy selves and has been a lot of
fun on the forums already. Be sure to say hello in href="http://forums.station.sony.com/vg/posts/list.m?topic_id=39213">her
introduction
thread!



What do you think? Leave a comment href="http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=35558"
target="_blank">here!




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