Game Update 2 rolled out and I just happened to glance at my credit card statement and realized I got nailed for 2 more 6 month subs....so I decided to fire VG up again since its been 4 months since I played. I had to take a break initially due to some IRL emergencies that came up but then like most people lost my faith in the game for many reasons that we've all pointed out earlier. I must say though, after doing WoW for awhile and having some fun after a few days of VG I'm almost ready to give it a chance.
LFG tool is really nice, much better then WOW or anything else imo. Riftway ports help curve the long travel times.....you still need to do some running but its not a 45 minute run to meet up with some one now.
The thing I missed the most with VG is the actual combat....at least as a long time wizard at heart. Casting on the move and Off/heal/def targets makes playing so much more enjoyable for me. When solo'n I still use 4-8 spells but it just flows so much better then WoW does for me (just my personal taste, not saying its the greatest thing since sliced bread).
They also switched to BoP/BoE itemization which hurts alt's especially because yellow (rares) are BoP off specific mobs. I'm confident that they are changing this in the future after feedback from the players.
Once they merge servers it might actually have groups for people. Raid content is still to be seen.....but I think alot of people bitched (rightfully so) about alot of the bad things and forgot some of the real fun crawls and quests, especially alot of the epic places. I'm not saying everyone should run out and give it another shot but if your abit bored or enjoyed parts of it you might keep your eye out this xmas when they have finished there updates and are "rereleasing it".
Is it ever going to recover from its HORRIBLE launch and mistreatment of its players....nope. Does it still have potential to be the best MMO out there for many of us....I think so depending how the next 6 months go. It does alot of things right, if you got a solid group of buds to play it with it might be worthwhile to give it a try again.
http://vgplayers.station.sony.com/