With the Xeth merge complete, and the other servers merging by the end of the week, you can expect to see some new features in Vanguard!

-Brotherhoods will be available Friday, August 31st
-Guild Hall Plots will be available in-game Tuesday, September 4th
-The character move command will also be available Tuesday, September 4th

Dies ist der letzte Eintrag meinerseits, mit der Auflösung der Team-PvP-Server werde ich mein Abo auslaufen lassen. Ohne Frage hat das Spiel nachwievor Potential, es macht vieles richtig und dennoch genug falsch. Neben der technischen Hürde hat die viel zu geringe PR-Aktivität sicherlich einen entsprechenden Anteil, an dem geringem Interesse der Spielerschaft und ohne dieses geht es nicht. Nach rund 7 Monaten Spielzeit, was etwas weniger ist als ich mir erhofft habe, ist es also Zeit auf Wiedersehen Vanguard zu sagen.

http://vgplayers.station.sony.com/newsArchive.vm?id=220&section=News

Server Merges to Begin Tuesday, August 28th 12:01 AM PDT

The much anticipated server merges will begin on Tuesday, August 28th at approximately 12:01 AM PDT. The process will take a few days and require a bit of downtime. The schedule for the merges is as follows:

Xeth PVE US 12:01 AM PDT August 28, 2007
-Thunderaxe
-Woefeather
-Gulgrethor
-Hilsbury

Servers will be brought down at 12:01am (pdt) August 28, 2007
The expected down time is anywhere between 7 and 12 hours, with the new merged server being brought back up sometime after 7:00 AM PDT.

Seradon PVE US 12:01 AM PDT August 29, 2007
-Targonor
-Florendyl
-Flamehammer
-Shidreth

Servers will be brought down at 12:01am (pdt) August 29, 2007
The expected down time is anywhere between 7 and 12 hours, with the new merged server being brought back up sometime after 7:00 AM PDT.

Sartok PVP US FFA 12:01AM PDT August 30, 2007
-Tharridon
-Varking
-Fengrot

Servers will be brought down at 12:01am (pdt) August 30, 2007
The expected down time is anywhere between 7 and 12 hours, with the new merged server being brought back up sometime after 7:00 AM PDT.

Halgar PVE EU 5:00 PM PDT August 30, 2007
-Gelenia
-Infineum

Servers will be brought down at 5:00pm (pdt) August 30, 2007
The expected down time is anywhere between 7 and 12 hours, with the new merged server being brought back up sometime after 12:01 AM PDT.

Über den Spruchicons / Makros in der Mitte unten seht ihr die Anzeigen für die Rest-XP (Adventuring/Crafting/Diplomacy) im Layout des DroxUI, analog könnt ihr euch auch die farbliche Marking des Levelbalken im Charackterbildschirm anschauen. Ja der Char hat u.a. 100% Bonus im Adventuringbereich.

Zudem erhaltet ihr im Chatlog (rechts unten) nun bei der XP-Abrechnung einen Hinweis auf den Anteil der Rest-XP, den ihr gutgeschrieben bekommen habt.

a) Ich will in Dungeon xyz (sehr schick übrigens die aktuelle Entfernungsangabe, sowie der Dungeonlevel - fehlt nur noch ein Elite vermerkt bei den entsprechenden Dungeons)

b) Ich möchte Quest abc machen

c) Ich bin schon in einer Gruppe und wir suchen noch … (LFM)

d) Raids Incoming

Alles in allem sehr schick geworden, nur mit dem Autojoin fürs LFG hadere ich etwas.

Die Umsetzung ist letztendlich gut gelungen, auch wenn sie Richtung Mainstream geht. Ich mag nicht klagen, da sich Pro & Contra irgendwie die Waage halten.

DroxUI 2.2.0 bei VgInterface

What’s New in 2.2.0:

* Added the Outpost Icon as a movable information bar option.
* Added a blue rest experience status bar to the experience bar.
* Added rest experience percent information bar options for adventuring, crafting and diplomacy.
* Added a tracking options button to the quest page of the journal.
* Added the new quest summary text section to quest details.
* Updated group invite and added the new request to join group windows from the default UI.
* Changed the raid group windows to the vertical hud status bars.
* Added a new mini raid control panel to make it easier for raid leaders to manage raid groups.

Guild Halls
The Brotherhood System
Bind on Equip
LFG Improvements
Rest Experience
Level Based Diplomacy
Diplomacy UI
Deconstruction
Item Level Requirements
PVP Bug Fixes
Crash Fixes & Optimizations
Quest Journal & Quest Tracking
Item UI
Scrolling Combat Text
Additional Patch Notes

Guild Halls
-Be the first to build a grand Guild Hall Although Guild Hall Plots wont be available until after server merges, quests to help you on you way are in game for those who cant wait to get started

Bind on Equip
- All equipable items that were bindable are now either bind on equip or bind on pickup, with the majority of the items being bind on equip.

Improvements Made to LFG
- The Looking For Group tool is receiving a revamp, and now youll have the ability to display which quests youre working on, as well as which dungeons youd like to explore when looking for a group. There are many other options that allow the LFG tool to be tweaked to your liking

Resting Has its Rewards
- Heroes may now rest in Vanguard Resting increases the rate at which a hero will gain adventuring, crafting, or diplomacy experience.

Diplomacy Becomes Level Based
-Diplomacy has moved from a “skill-based” system to a “level-based” system to increase the opportunities for sphere interdependence.

Revamping the Diplomacy UI
-Speaking just became a bit easier. Diplomats can now double-click cards during parlay to play them as if you had clicked the “Speak” button.
-Cards that are unusable due to refresh timers will now be dimmed until ready to play.

Deconstruction
-Deconstruction kits are now available for purchase from vendors for a minimal cost Use these handy kits to convert items into a resource or dust.

New Item Level Requirements
-All equipable items in the Adventuring, Crafting, and Diplomacy spheres now have a minimum level to equip associated with them.

PvP Fixes Implemented
-Many bugs have been banished from PvP to make combat more effective and fun for all those taking part

Crash Fixes and Optimizations
-The Vanguard Team has put a lot of effort into both improving game performance and eliminating bugs that cause crashes. Highlights can be found in the full patch notes.

Find Your Way with Quest Tracking
- Your Quest Tracker is making some changes for the better. Not only is the layout bigger, but youll better be able to decide which quests you see, which are hidden, and scroll over Tracker text for a brief summary of that quest

Helpful UI Changes to Improve Item Identification
- Keeping in line with our efforts to make Vanguard easier to understand and more intuitive, we have added a variety of improvements to items including descriptions of abilities and percentages of proc chances

Scrolling Combat Text
- You can now switch on scrolling combat text in your Settings panel There are many ways to tweak this option to make it most effective for your play style.

Additional patch notes include many exciting changes to game play For the full listing, please visit the Game Update section of VGPlayers. Join in on the discussion about GU2 on the Official Vanguard: Saga of Heroes forums

Link

LIGHT ARMOR

* Flawless Pupil’s Armor
* Grifter’s Armor - Qalian Style
* Grifter’s Armor - Thestran Style
* Grifter’s Armor - Kojan Style
* Mystics/Charlatans Jute

MEDIUM ARMOR

* Auraki’s Armor (Disciple)
* Brute’s/Protector’s Qalian Style
* Davryn’s Armor(Bard)
* Drane’s Armor (Monk)
* Elrethalon’s Armor(Bard)
* Infineum Forged Chain
* Migenzo’s Armor (Rogue)
* Moogalak Armor (Shaman)
* Skawlra Hide Armor
* United Races of Thestra Scale Mail

HEAVY ARMOR

* Blessed Infineum Plate
* Flawless Kojan Plate
* Forged Infineum Plate Mail
* Griffon Bone Armor
* Healer’s Sandstone
* Karrakis Armor (Dread Knight)
* Old Kheliumlink Armor
* Orcish Platemail
* Sodden Healer’s Armor
* Superior Defender’s
* Tarnished Ahkramweave Chain

An item preview system is currently coded and awaiting a code review, as well as testing. Those speed-bumps aside, we just wanted to let folks know that it was on the plate, mostly eaten and will be finished asap, unless it gives me indigestion.

Currently, it works as such:

1) When you mouse-over an item, the tooltip w/ the item’s stats pops up. If you have auto-compare on (under the Interface tab in Settings), the appearance of the item will automatically replace the appearance of the same slot that you currently have equipped. The compare window will, of course, also spawn.

2) If you don’t have auto-compare on, you can mouse-over the item and trigger the preview by pressing and/or holding SHIFT; in some cases, this way makes it easier to preview the item on your character because the extra compare tooltip doesn’t eat up screen real estate and get in the way.

3) Both of the previous mechanisms work even if you don’t have an item equipped in the previewed items slot.

4) The preview of that item’s appearance will remain on your character until you are no longer examining the item, at which point it is replaced by what you have equipped.

Misc:

* Mounts are currently disabled for preview, for technical reasons that I won’t bore you with; am actively working on a half-finished solution, though, so maybe in the future.

* Preview currently works for Brokers, Vendors, Quests NPCs and other item examine methods that work with compare; it does not work for links sent to you by other players. Again, maybe in the future, as I’d like that as a player just as much as y’all.

* You can preview anything, even if you can’t use it. And when I mean anything, I mean that the ugliest Orc Warrior in the game can preview that gorgeous, sleeveless robe and feel just as much as a man as the preening High Elf Sorc.

Finally, and perhaps the most imporant, I have no idea as to when this feature will make it Live; the code is functionally complete in it’s current state, at least in my eyes (lol), but it needs to pass testing and a code review, of course.