Vanguard was dead in the water the day SoE took over and Sigil burned to the ground. It's naive to think otherwise.
They need at least 15k a day and that's even assuming they are going to get some sort of surge the last few days. The problem continues to be backers, they are just not bringing in enough.
I would remind you that without SOE's involvement, Vanguard would have never even launched.
Just hanging with Wizardhawk and Araysar in Sochi. Checking out some rainbow colored AKs. All is well.
The correct page is 334 right now. That's 40 posts per page, which is best post-per-page ratio. It is known.
Its also naive to think that with the resources SOE has at their disposal, they were unable to make any (edit) continuing* improvements to Vaguard. They just choose not to. Remember, while small in number, there were quite a few of us who played, and enjoyed the game. So yes, we were upset when they pulled all the devs to work on some lame fucking game for pre-teens basically telling the rest of us to fuck off.
Except they half-assed it. It released the same week at WoW's first expansion in a barely playable state; it doesn't take a genius to realize what was going to happen.
Meh there is only so much retardation that can be contained in a browser at a time.
My guess is that Smed realized Vanguard was a bad purchase almost immediately. The game had a horrific reputation before it even left beta, and from the sounds of it the game just wasn't making them much, if any money. So with that in mind I can see why they didn't want to put any money into the game. They had the ability to "turn it around for Vanguard", but investing millions of dollars in a product that had already failed was something that I am guessing Smed just couldn't sell to his bosses.
(Not directed at you, but the thought process). Ok yea, but I don't understand this line of thinking. Its like, I own a successful automotive repair shop bringing in a couple million a year so I invest $50k in a 2013 Camero and you get home and it runs like shit. And you tell yourself, fuck it, just gonna park it in the garage and only drive it for beer runs. OR.....rebuild it right? Damn thing is brand new, just fix it and it will run for the next 25 years. I already got the shop, 10 employees, make good money, have all the equipment already at my shop, and am a licensed Chevy repairman. So why in the world would I just let it rot? Makes no sense.
More is not always better, like in this case. 40ppp has been tested through the ages and found to be the quintessential ppp.
I think the first problem to this analogy is you are equating Vanguard to a 2013 Camero. Second, it's more appropriate to say the car was so broken down by the time you bought it that you had to tow it to your house instead of drive it. As to why you bought this broke down piece of shit to begin with....ask Smed.
SOE forced the launch... if they waited 6 months and put money into it... Many of us would have been playing it for years. It was the game most of us wanted while SOE was still thinking Wow dollars and we see how that worked for EQ2 and SWG. LOL
Luclin came up with AA, which are like the best thing ever in my book. The expansion had plenty of flaws too though, like possibly being less finished then GoD.
