Voyages of Vanguard #47
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:23:00 GMT [download/play]
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The HIGHLIGHTS from show 47:
* Me and Luper talk about the recent patch and how cool the Mekalia event is!!
Voyages of Vanguard #46
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The highlight from show 46:
* You know what kind of people are SUPA’ FUN to interview? One’s that are named MOONLITE, Senior Customer Service Supervisor! She throws down facts about answering petitions, and how to talk to PvP fanatics! Near the latter half of the interview we break into essentially a free-for-all conversational “jam-session!” We had so much fun, and we thank the whole team for being so nice to us!!
Beau
PS: Next week is a “normal” show we think, then we will possibly have Silius again or the wonderful Ellyra! YAY!
This week’s song is picked out by Moonlite and is Iron Maiden’s “Hallowed Be Thy Name”! Man, Maiden RULES!
Some trivia from the show:
Moonlite says “QQ” at one point.
Glip LOVES Hillary Duff.
When we started the interview, we thought we needed to interview 3 people at once. I think we recovered quite nicely.
Now, check a look at the picture that Moonlite sent us: HERE. If you can guess who she is one stage, you will get some free cookies! And a shout-out, of course. Save the pic, circle her and send it back to voyagesofvanguard@yahoo.com
Voyages of Vanguard #45
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:19:00 GMT [download/play]
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The highlight from show 45:
* We have a long, nice, cocoa-sipping conversation with Avair!! He’s in charge of roughly half the classes, and also has a VERY manly voice! This is FILLED with interesting Q and A!
Thanks to him for taking time out from a lunch of Chicken Salad to talk to us!!
Beau
PS: Next week is the an interview with the wonderful MOONLITE! She’s in charge of CS, and has a lovely British accent! And man, she’s into METAL!
This week’s song comes from listener Nimbell, and is Blondie’s “Die Young, Stay Pretty“. A great pick considering my perma-death experiment.
EDIT: If you send us questions for the Moonlite interview, send them to voyagesofvanguard@yahoo.com …put in the subject line : “Question for Moonlite.”
If not, we will print the question out and burn it in a sacrificial altar.
Voyages of Vanguard #44
Fri, 6 Jun 2008 05:50:00 GMT [download/play]
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The highlights from show 44:
* Beau is on a lot of cold medicine.
* What did we do this week in game and around the recording studio?
* The Silius and Glip interviews: how did we think they went?
* GU5 BABY! We go down the short list to talk about what worked and what was uhm, you know.
* Silius’ poll: go read it and figure out how you want to vote!
* Random Items:
a) Class lead vacancies
b) Bring back Jaye!
c) Listener email
d) Custom UI! Go try the BETA! It rocks my Raki’s fur!!
* Welcome to our newest contributor, MW! His segment this week is all about tweaking your game for those extra few FPS!
Beau
PS: Make sure to email us with your questions for Avair!!
This week’s song (Beau’s pick again…Luper had a good metal song picked out so Beau gets it for the show. Then his wife says “You realize you’ll have to bleep half the song?” So Beau scrambled and got one of his favorites ) is “Halloween on the Barbury Coast!” by The Flaming Lips. (Before they became weak. They used to be the LOUDEST band on the Earth. I would sneak into clubs and listen to them and watch them burn their drums. My lead singer Manson is in their documentary that came out a year ago.)
Voyages of Vanguard #43
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THE highlight from show 43:
* Lead Designer SILIUS gives us so much cool info and addresses a ton of concerns! Luper tries her hardest to get hired by SOE while Beau is just dumbfounded because while he was doing this interview, he thought of nothing but the ANT MOUNTS!!!! (And they look SWEET.)
The interview is frank, open and an hour and a half! Many thanks to Sil (We call him Sil now, since like, we’re like super buddies now) for giving us his time. We forgive him for being interrupted more than Jonah Jameson after a Spidey rescue.
We recorded this while people were logging in and loading the new patch, and it was exciting to watch the forums as we talked as they loaded up with praise for da’ patch! There were a few issues, but overall the patch went off without a problem! Congrats dev’s!
Beau
This week’s song (Beau’s pick again..) is “Doing it Right!” by The Go Team!
Voyages of Vanguard #42
Sun, 25 May 2008 02:21:00 GMT [download/play]
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THE highlight from show 42:
* Glip the Gnome graces us with his presence, talking about all sorts of stuff. He gives us not only the exact date of the release of GU6, but also tells me a special code that, if entered correctly, will flag my account with “GM Powers.”
* Also, he mentions the 10 new raid dungeons and the new “Trailer” house for new player housing islands.
* He also talks about how stuff goes down in the offices, and how the sausage is made. We talk for just a bit about his father, Keith Parkinson.
This should is geek-freakin’-tastic!
Beau
This week’s song (Beau’s pick this week…) is “Gnome with a Chainsaw” by Man Bites God.
Voyages of Vanguard #41
Sat, 17 May 2008 20:02:00 GMT [download/play]
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Some highlights from show 41:
* What did we do for the last week?
Luper has been playing some PvPness!
Beau has been having some IMMERSION adventure!!
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This week Luper is back for more! (Thank goodness she got enuf of Florida. What a strange place.)
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In the world of Telon, the economy pre-GU4 had flourished with crystals, resources, crafting gear, and named drops. Currently, the market is in a recession, or some would even say Vanguard’s Great Depression.
First off, I’d like to discuss how one can make money in Vanguard.
Harvesting is one way of making money in Vanguard. I’d like to say it’s the easiest way, in my opinion. You can harvest nodes at many levels. The max harvesting skill is 500. There are five types of harvesters- skinning, reaping, quarrying, mining, and lumberjacking. Each player can only have two harvesting skills. Every 100 skill you get in each, you must buy a book from a harvesting vendor in order to learn how to harvest the next tier of nodes. Once your general harvesting skill hits 400, you can assist group mates on higher tier nodes.
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Good Evening, Telon!
The notorious topic of balance in MMOs is always an interesting array of ideas. One person’s view of balance is anothers imbalance. How do we find balance in MMOs these days? What is balance?
Recently, we’ve noticed that the Vanguard Forums have been flourishing with threads trying to discuss and persue their opinions on balance in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. For those who can sift through and read the many rants, arguements, and opinions of the Vanguard gamer, they will see logical, mathematical, and truly heart felt convictions of many Vanguard gamers.
