fast first impressions! and i mean first!

Telil

Ok all here are a few first impressions of the game based on my first night playing. maybe 3 hours of gameplay.

Starts a little like AoC with an instanced story mode. may not be your own personal instance but still reminded me a lot of AoC.Graphics are quite stunning to be honest! i was really suprised how well the game ran on my decidedly average pc with such nice looking graphics.

UI: the UI takes a bit of getting used to. it seems a little clunky and not very user friendly. i got used to it, but it does seem unnecasarily awkward. but like any new UI i got used to it.

Combat: reminds me so much of classic EQ! long fights, very little to do at low levels and easy to pick the wrong fight and get killed. Which i thought was great! having to choose my fights and be careful that i dont just go hopping into another fight at 50% health makes a refreshing change to me. Once i set a few skills combat got slightly more complex and interesting as choosing the right skill at right time made a huge difference. I started a a Archer btw.

Questing system, confusing! found my way around it in the end with help from the community, but was frustrating at first. Then found that if i spoke to more npc's....they explain it all! again reminding me of old EQ the way you have to go around speaking to npc's and actually listening to the advice they give you. great for old timers like me

Bugs: for some reason no matter what i did i could never attack " stumbling ( plant things, forget thier names ) " these were my quest targets but i just could not attack them at all. had a few ctds too while playing, but not Vanguard beta ctds. But this is BETA, so i accept it and report it or get out of beta! after all thats what were here for isnt it? to find bugs etc.

Overall my first impressions are quite happy ones. game seems like it has a lot of potential as long as there is plenty to do once were out of the starting area's

Sorry was meant to be real short