As of the first week in Nov. Miggent, who is barred from here I think , started work at Sigil in the dev section, populating NPCs and adding response text.

Go Miggent!

I don't think he's banned from this forum, but from the Ezboard forum. Unless the banned list migrated =P.

Miggent = GivinWetwillies02 on old forums.

Congrats dude.

Miggent is not banned from this forum

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Sweet

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-Rileigh (aka Golliwog)

I am an Associate Game Designer.

So far I've populated/scripted one city, and over the weekend I put together one wing of a level 40ish dungeon. Today I do overland population for about 2 square kilometers of Kojan. My team (4 guys) is the one that's done all of the Kojanese human 1-20 content, so anyone who's in beta needs to check that shit out when we open Kojan for testing. Wait until you see the ninja school overland dungeon, all you guys are gonna shit your pants it's so cool.

Believe it or not, Vanguard is not going to suck ass. I wouldn't have believed it either. If anybody reading these forums absolutely CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT beta access, you can PM me the following infos and I'll submit you to our head of CS:

Real life name
Email address
Vanguard forum handle (register here)


Take it easy.

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I don't want them to like me because when I'm in the ring punches fly to the face. It is not a tenderness time. I am not falling in love with him. When the fight starts I kick faces.
-Wanderlei Silva

What an awsome job. Grats man.

Good to hear that it's not going to suck! haha. Just please tell me they're not going to release it in the near future. I've been hearing dates like the end of jan ish, doesn't seem like it'll be ready by then from what I understand.

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-Rileigh (aka Golliwog)

I'll eat my own hat. Just knowing Migg from when I do gives me some hope the game wont fail.

You should come by #Taruarmy on Stratics and say hi Migg.

Before this I was kinda like, yeah I'll pick it up and probably play it, but I'm not really looking forward to it. Now it's kinda like, hmm, well maybe I should be a bit more pumped for this.

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-Rileigh (aka Golliwog)

Miggent better be a miracle worker.

Is it really an optimization problem OR just that we actually need EXTREME computers to play it well, OR both? =p

A little bit of both imo. Obviously I'm not going to be playing VG on the same P3 I played EQ on originally. But I think any moderatly newish computer should be able to handle it. But where as they're still adding very basic content I don't think they've quite got to too much optimization yet both server side and clientside.

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-Rileigh (aka Golliwog)

Keep in mind that anything I say here is spoken as an individual, so please don't call me "Sigil" or anything like that. Also keep in mind I've only been doing this job for about a month, so I'm still inside the learning curve and cannot (or if I could, still can't) provide answers to your juiciest questions.

I can tell you absolutely that most of our programmers are currently working hardcore on various facets of optimization. It's obviously an issue, but it's being improved every day. The art is such that it will continue to look better and better as people's computers improve over the next year. Vanguard is designed for longevity, so really the graphical requirements aren't aimed at the average gaming rigs of today, they're designed to run well at awesome settings in the future when people are (hopefully) still playing. It's like driving a new car off the dealer lot; the second any game hits the store shelves, the graphics are already starting to devalue. This way our game will look good for a much longer timeline than most other titles are intended, at the obvious cost of people having more performance issues now than they otherwise might.

My personal design inclination is definitely toward dungeons. Since I'm relatively new, it might be a little while before I can snatch a full premiere dungeon for myself, but as soon as I do (and I will) I'll make sure all the Lanys beta players know what's what. The most valuable tools at a designer's disposal are the people who run through our content and provide sane, sober feedback on pacing, enjoyability, scripting/pathing bugs, and so on. A friend of mine designed, populated, and scripted a HUGE dungeon that has been live on beta for a few weeks now. It's like the size of The Deep in Luclin, meant to hold several groups, lots of incentive to move around and hit different named mobs, etc. He's tweaked at least 50% of that gigantic fucking place based purely on player response to pacing and difficulty.

I'll hit up the bros tonight or tomorrow Givin, I have a lot of work to finish today before we move on to a new area. I know that you and a few other people play games with the same level of critical analysis and strategic development that I enjoy, and I'd like to get back in touch to get your input on stuff.

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I don't want them to like me because when I'm in the ring punches fly to the face. It is not a tenderness time. I am not falling in love with him. When the fight starts I kick faces.
-Wanderlei Silva

the infamous speaks...

Well hello thar migenzo. Welcome back to the 'new lanys'

GG Miggent. Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Tell them to roll back this last patch, they broke the damn game

Obv there is going to be optimazation and VG will run better come gold but to give people a comparison of cutting edge vs ave computer....


I had a 4 yr old computer that glaspin built for me back in the day and the only real upgrade i have done has put a 9800 pro video card in it. It kept me at 10-20 fps ave in fighting area's and at peak hours gave me abit of trouble in the major cities. This was on the lowest settings.

I just put together a mean machine this month (i took it to comp usa to have them finish one little part since this was the first comp i ever built, and i had 4 guys who said "we don't care if we are nerds, we are taking pictures of this", was funny shit). It has a 8800 GTS (or X, whichever was the higher end), a dual core e6600 processor, 2 gig ram, 350 gig HD, new high end ndiva mother board, and all the trimmings. Got a 22" samsung widescreen for the cherry on top.

I put the game on full settings and keep 30-50 fps in fights typically. And let me tell you this....when its on complete lowest graphics etc.....its really not that bad and you don't feel like you did in eq with all the settings off. But when i switch over to the beast with full graphics....this game really is damn amazing to me in graphics and music and normally i don't give a shit about either.

So those worried about the computer spec's....I think alot of people are going to be able to "get by" with what they have or 1 minor upgrade if they are willing to play it on low settings which really isn't that bad. Just a warning for those that get in the near future, they are trying alot of new types of things that are creating some issues so you need to have some patience. They kind of keep flip flopping from the orginal "vision" and the "please everyone" ideaology. Crafting is by far the most complex system to date, i hate crafting and i even have got involved with it.

Some of the decisions brad has to make here pretty soon is going to dictate if this game is a true winner or just another fad....hopefully he sticks to his orgingal vision of a niche game opposed to letting SOE talk him into the please everyone bullshit that you can see oozing into the game. Also if this game comes out before april its going to be way to soon. I know they are running out of budget and need to start getting some cash coming in but if they release it to early they are going to turn off to many people that will turn to other games.

If you get in look me up we have a guild for lanys refugee's.

If there isn't an NPC named "Debbie Juicemouf" I shall be sorely disappointed...

Congrats Miggent. Seriously. Even with some of our colorful history on the boards, I think this is truly awesome. It might even tempt me to give it another chance after release, or at least check out some of your content.

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Agreed, very cool Miggent. Lanys is proud.

What great news that vanguard will have some Lanys love in it, gratz to you Mig. Would love to see a dungeon with a Fippy darkpaw type mob, named Uzzel or something.

make a dungeon like ssra with the cobra commander

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Hmm I may have to buy this game now if miggent is helping in it!

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Maybe we could get him to name some NPCs after Lanys people :p.

that would be great to have some npc characters, even vendors and townspeople, named after lanys players. i know i would love to be one

if i decide to go into vanguard, which i am considering (i have that mmorpg itch, but won't go back into everquest or start warcraft)... i won't use the cicely name. it will be something else. then again, i seem to consider a million games, but never really act upon anything game wise

-cc

qft

rofl

ill be honest, I havent followed Vanguard all that much. What type of mmorpg is it? Pve all the way? Heavy pvp? Only a little pvp? Is it casual friendly or a massive grind like everquest?

Massive Grind - and not a fun one either.

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Easy to get from 1 to 10 like in all games, but I remember it took me forever to get from 10 to 11 (in Qa Riverbank), at least when I played 5-6 months ago.

grats and gl on the job Miggent

living the nerd dream

Miggent... Some Cak please

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What about midget cock?

I think your enterprising ways are getting the best of you sir!

Grats, man.



Crocop demolished him after this quote btw

I know

Right eye swollen shut + Crocop's decapitation-power left head kick = Wandy pwned

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I don't want them to like me because when I'm in the ring punches fly to the face. It is not a tenderness time. I am not falling in love with him. When the fight starts I kick faces.
-Wanderlei Silva

Congratulations Miggent.

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Would still LOVE to see a rematch tho. They're both walking highlight reels.

By ninja overland dungeon did you mean the Ra'Jin Stronghold? That's a cool portion of Tanvu, just hard to kill the end boss =p. Also the Master Garu Missions are fun, along with the Master Tallon and Shaof ones.

That's what we call a "sweeper" mob.

Think sand giants in Oasis/Sro or hill giants in WC. A source of fear for newbies everywhere, something that promotes communication between players.

And something that slays the unwatchful without mercy~

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I don't want them to like me because when I'm in the ring punches fly to the face. It is not a tenderness time. I am not falling in love with him. When the fight starts I kick faces.
-Wanderlei Silva

I tried getting people to help me kill the Spawn of Kajuto, but no one would want to. I got him to 80% before dying =/

Not sure its a good thing or not but the more I play it the more i realize just how important exploring and finding good fighting places is.

Some of the mid teens just sucked ass, were boring and about made me take a break.

Now 20+ in HZ and coterie and its just great fun. Exp is going faster now then mid teens and there is actually awesome chain quests for some huge upgrades in gear. Plenty of small stuff to do in the zone while waiting for groups as well.

My biggest complaint still is the retard system they put in place to prevent mass twinking, primarily because it effects your main char as well which should never be the case. Other then that things are shaping up good and anyone who says they only spam 1-2 buttons is full of shit or a pretty bad player (or playing one of the few classes i haven't that maybe are simplie).

Between solo, group and AE on my sorc i use about 16 different spells and with counterspells etc crit finishers, short stuns, mem blur, insta nukes, leading nukes that are >> damage from further distances etc there is ample variety in combat. And sorc is probably one of the classes that lost its flare (they had dif. forms you could be in when casting spells for benifits in dif areas plus plans of mixing spell types etc but scratched it). Other classes have different stances, shit shamans get to pick one of 3 forms that completely seperate one sham from another.

Again....not the game we were promised but still something that at least has my interest over anything out there.

This game is really assy atm. I don't have very high hopes that it will pan out to anything close to it's potential. It doesn't look all that good considering the piss poor performance and it looks especially bad when you take a look at the competition like Age of Conan (which already looks 10x better and has a release date farther out than VG). The performance has at least improved somewhat since early Beta but overall the game is pretty awful. One thing that really is appealing about VG is the flying mounts but that is hardly enough, IMO. Miggent definitely has his work cut out for him! Good luck.

Age of Conan is a pretty Shadowbane, and will be about half as exciting.

On what basis do you make this charge? My experience so far says otherwise.

I think Givin found out that Miggent works on Vanguard and now he's suddenly interested in the game that he used to laugh at. The game will suck, but it will have its diehard fans just like Anarchy Online, DAOC, etc. In my opinion, Conan looks more interesting and entertaining than EQ3...er.... Vanguard.

I am very interested in the game, for that very reason.

Because if that is the kind of people they have putting content in the game, it is worthy of my attention and a second lookover.

Him plus the new SoE Devs being added to the project to speed it along. More SoE involvement doesn't exactly give me the warm and fuzzies.

You read too much of the FoH forums

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I don't want them to like me because when I'm in the ring punches fly to the face. It is not a tenderness time. I am not falling in love with him. When the fight starts I kick faces.
-Wanderlei Silva

WE all agree the game is not ready for the january release, but one thing us players do not know is all the fixes/additions they might have that they haven't released, they can decide to release them in a day and the game becomes ready. Only thing we have to do is wait.

Congrats Miggent on the job.

Does anyone else find it ironic that Miggent works for a company called Sigil?
Hehehe

Thanks Bzalthek, your concern makes my obviously dark and dreadful day-to-day just a little brighter!

=))))))))))))))))))



p.s. I love my job hun

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I don't want them to like me because when I'm in the ring punches fly to the face. It is not a tenderness time. I am not falling in love with him. When the fight starts I kick faces.
-Wanderlei Silva

Miggent - I know you aren't a marketing guy - but why should I stop playing WOW and start playing Vanguard?

In reality, none of us really know what Vanguard is going to hold. However, I think everyone at one time as seen or been a part of the discussion of how critical a successful launch is to a game. I believe that should be VG's biggest concern. It doesn't matter how indepth or what details you fine tune, it's time to work towards making the game impressive and enjoyable at the surface level.

People are getting a bad taste in their mouth already so, the only way to erase this impression is to make a very good first impression at release. I think people, at best, are going to go into VG indifferently. Vanguard also has stiff competition over the next 6 months as well. Subscribers in no way are a measure of success but, to me, they are your most effective voice of marketing.

Migg - I think it's great you're working on VG, that's awesome for you and the experience is priceless. I would really like to see VG succeed but, at this point in time, i'm uneasy with their direction.

Take care,
Muli