LanceB

It didn't really need an awesome computer to run at launch. You just needed to adjust the settings down. I had a POS computer at the time, was well below the required minimum, and still ran the game fine.

What hurt Vanguard was that it was bugged to hell at release, and that killed off most of the initial wave of people. Then, you have to factor in that even when the game worked perfectly.. it just wasn't very good. On top of that, the folks at Sigil who actually interacted with the community tended to be total A$$holes.