SOE ! YAY!? OR Nay!?

MrTumN3s · May 2007

Did anyone else laugh a little and feel good about themselves when they heard SOE has taken over. Especially when the proposition talked about Brad Mcquaid getting demoted in terms of his job. LoL. SOE feels like the good guys. Hopefully they turn this game around to make it better then it is. Kudos to SOE.

Rollotamasi · May 2007

Its a tough call. It will either turn out to be a EQ2 style major turnaround or a SWG style major screw up.

fariic1 · May 2007

If they stick with the plan then I think SoE is a very good thing. Game needed money behind it, and SoE has that.

zomg yeah!

Lucifrank · May 2007

As another poster so wisely wrote in another forum, "SOE has nowhere to go but up" with V:SoH. Even if you are vehemently anti-SOE, there's very little they can do at this stage of the game to screw things up any more than they have been. If V:SoH fans are lucky, SOE might even breath a little life and fun into the game. Why they would want to add a third fantasy title to their roster--especially one that doesn't seem to add anything new to the mix--is another question...

Aedosen · May 2007

They can´t do any worse than what Brad did, so definetly a positive change.

wjrasmussen · May 2007

Originally posted by Aedosen

They can´t do any worse than what Brad did, so definetly a positive change.

Is it that they can't do worse or that it is hard to imagine a worse scenario?

Faelan · May 2007

I'm cautiously optimistic. Although SOE did kill my favorite MMO with the NGE, they seem to have learned from that mistake and what they've done to EQ2 has mostly been positive. I hated EQ2 in the beginning. Now I think it's one of the best, if not the best depending on my mood that day. So, yeah - if they can revive VG like they did to EQ2, I'll be more than pleased.

matraque · May 2007

I said "a bit". Mostly because of the NGE on SWG. But, we were "assured" that no NGE would happen with VG (Smed said what they did on SWG was a mistake)...

I think it's mostly a good move and not expecting this was a bit foolish.

Sramota · May 2007

Well, it can only get better and SOE has made enough mistakes to know a bit of things NOT to do, so, well, hopefully they'll find one of the DO's this time aroumd

Xnxax · May 2007

I think this game could be very awsome. I hope SoE does right......*Fingers crossed*

Krytycal · May 2007

SOE figured out that if you can't make one good game then you can always offer a bunch of crappy ones for a decent price.

Korusus · May 2007

Vanguard is a pretty house with rotted understructure.

SOE basically has two options...

1) they can keep the game on lifesupport, finish up whatever Sigil was working on, and then keep a skeleton crew to run the game and move the rest to SOE's main development studios. Basically, they can give the house a bath and occasionally mow the yard.

2) they can spend the time and money to go in and tear out the rotted structures, tear out and rebuild some parts of the home, add on to other parts, and basically make a better home. Then they can do one hell of a marketing campaign to sell the newer, better home.

If they pick the first option than I'll probably never be back. If they pick the second option than I may consider it.

I'm neutral to SOE taking over. I'm happy that Brad has been run out of town, may he never be allowed to work on a videogame again.

Peccavi · May 2007

where did he say that i would like to read it?

Originally posted by matraque

I said "a bit". Mostly because of the NGE on SWG. But, we were "assured" that no NGE would happen with VG (Smed said what they did on SWG was a mistake)...

I think it's mostly a good move and not expecting this was a bit foolish.

fozzie22 · May 2007

This is the best thing to happen to VG simple as that

Not that the SWG/NGE/SOE haters will see it as that but then again they wouldnt know a good thing if it bit them on the ass.

matraque · May 2007

Originally posted by Peccavi

where did he say that i would like to read it?Originally posted by matraque

I said "a bit". Mostly because of the NGE on SWG. But, we were "assured" that no NGE would happen with VG (Smed said what they did on SWG was a mistake)...

I think it's mostly a good move and not expecting this was a bit foolish.

From the official forums:

Hello Everyone,
Today I would like to formally announce that SOE has acquired the assets of Sigil Games Online, including Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. As a part of this acquisition, we are bringing on approx 50 people from Sigil in order to insure that Vanguard continues to grow. SOE is dedicated to making sure that Vanguard is well taken care of and that we provide the same level of service we do for our other titles. In the near future we will come out with a publishing plan that will largely be driven by the strong player community that Vanguard has already built up. We plan on supporting Vanguard for many years to come, and you can expect many content updates as part of your subscription. Down the line we will of course be coming out with new expansion packs, but right now the focus is on making sure Vanguard is running the way it should be.
We are also officially opening up forums. In the past, our deal with Sigil didn't allow for this, but as with our other games we feel this is an important part of communicating with the playerbase. You can expect a strong presence from our community team as well as the development team members. While we realize that Sigil had said they wouldn't open up general forums, at SOE we feel this hampers our efforts to communicate effectively with the players. We will continue to support the fansites in a big way, and will be contacting many of them directly to discuss what this change means. By no means do we want to lose the strong fansite support by making this change, but we do think it's important to have a forum for players to communicate directly with SOE.
A few other items I wanted to mention
1. Brad McQuaid will be consultant to SOE as a creative advisor for Vanguard. Dave Gilbertson will be the person directly responsible for the day-to-day management of both the Sigil Carlsbad office as well as Vanguard.
2. We do not plan on making any major changes to Vanguard. Any changes are going to come from the team itself. We aren't mandating any big changes to the game. We've learned a thing or two with our experiences with the NGE and don't plan on repeating mistakes from the past and not listening to the players.
3. We do plan on spending a lot of time cleaning up legacy issues with Vanguard and making sure the game's performance improves.
By way of comparison, this team is approx. the same size as the EQ2 team and I feel like that team has done an amazing job improving EQ2 since it's launch. We intend to do the same thing for Vanguard and it is our hope that the players feel like we're doing right by them.
Smed

Message edited by Smed on 05/15/2007 12:48:53.

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