It's been a rough ride for players of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes over the past few months, with the dreaded "maintenance letter" back in December that left players uncertain about the game's future. That uncertainty wasn't helped when rumors began circling that the game would be merging servers, followed by a confirmation of same. As of now, the server merge is complete, with the game's population all concentrated on a single server dubbed Telon.
The good news for players is that the merge, on a whole, went fairly smoothly. There was a slight extension of the expected operation time, which is really normal when dealing with a large-scale operation. It should also help the game's players enjoy the game with a larger population to draw from. The bad news is... well, a server merge is never exactly a comforting fact for any game, and we can only hope that the long-term benefits for Vanguard outweigh the negatives.
[Update: This does not affect the EU server which is set to merge at a later date. Thank you to everyone who tipped us on this!]
Reader Comments (8)
Posted: Jul 9th 2010 11:21AM FTPgodmode said
wish they woulda done this game on Choose My Adventure :/ right now is the perfect time for them to draw more players into VG and tell us how the community is looking.
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Posted: Jul 9th 2010 12:20PM Beau Hindman said
This is the best thing to happen to VG, considering the population. The cities are busy again, people are making money and groups are being formed. We are hosting a static VG group next Monday, and we have a guild called "Massively.com" if anyone wants to see the game now. (Rikoo Rakoo or Massively Lee can be sent invite requests.)
It feels good to see the game actually still survive, even if it is on one server. SOE has maintained tiny games for many years before, and there is no reason VG can't do the same! :)
Beau
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It feels good to see the game actually still survive, even if it is on one server. SOE has maintained tiny games for many years before, and there is no reason VG can't do the same! :)
Beau
Posted: Jul 9th 2010 12:36PM (Unverified) said
hopefully this makes for a better experience for the remaining players. bummer they didn't make moves like this sooner in the game's lifecycle. i had 2 stints with vanguard, but never stuck around more than a few months thanks to mostly empty servers.
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