Vanguard : Todays Update F2P love

[Darkhawke]

Wow , after really looking at this F2P model this week and now the changes they have made today this may be the BEST F2P model out there , for such a quality game .. Amazing ..

Today's Patch:



Free to Play
·We're pleased to offer substantial improvements to Vanguard for both free players and gold members! Our goal is to open up the game to free players while increasing the value of memberships.



·Free Players:

o All races and classes available at character create without needing to unlock them

o Can create guilds as well as join them

o 2 plat coin limit has been removed

o Quest limit has been raised to 50

o All bag slots are now unlocked

o Can now join Caravans and Brotherhoods

o Broker and mail fee penalties have been removed, reducing costs to previous subscriber levels

o Can purchase a housing plot.

·Gold Members:

o 50% XP boost

o Gain faction at double the normal rate

o 20% discount on broker fees, mail fees, riftway fees, item repair, and housing upkeep

o Can purchase 2 housing plots

o In progress: Improved odds at receiving rare loot drops. (Coming in next week's update)
o Your previous member benefits remain: more character slots, more bank slots, no item restrictions, 10% Marketplace discount, and 500 Station Cash per month.


·For more information about the Membership benefits, view the Membership feature matrix and read the FAQ.

Veteran Rewards
·Previously existing veteran rewards are once again available. If your account has rewards available, you will see a message when you log in telling you that there are items waiting to be claimed.

·To receive rewards, open the Marketplace and click the Claim button near the bottom of the window.

·Note: This update only affects previously available rewards. New veteran rewards will be implemented in a future update.

Marketplace

·Check out these new items:

o Ground mount: Malson's Turtle Dragon - Ride in style on his sturdy shell

o Visage of the Mummy - Just the thing to startle your group mates

o Vanity Pet: Rock Troll - He may not say much, but he's ever at your side

o Petamorph: Statue Cat - A fresh, if somewhat stony, look for your class pet

·Potion of Quickened Steps can now be consumed instantly

·Consumable items have been moved into the Services category

·Appearance slot armor and clothing have been combined into the Outfits category

·Mounts and Pets have been split into their own categories

·All marketplace boats are on sale. There's never been a better time to sail Telon's high seas!

Items
·The Bloodmage epic should now operate according to its description. Pellets now work at 25 meters instead of 5. We advise you to use those gold pellets carefully!

·Azebaj Staff and Templar Staff of Delight now have appearances

·Time-Imbued Crystal and Fake Crystal are now marked as quest items

·Ripped Scale Gloves no longer have doubled stats

·The health regeneration effect of Magi Hold Spellwand will now persist for the entire 10 minutes of the ability

·Princess Freestone's Tiara now has Primal, Etherence, Infuse, and Rune enhancement slots

·Avarem's Messenger Bag now gives a 10% runspeed bonus that stacks with other effects
·The overall quality of Tharridon's loot has been improved. In addition, there have been some additional changes to specific pieces:

o Ancient Breastplate now has Etherence, Primal, and Rune enhancement slots

o Tharridon's Ring now has Etherence, Primal, and Rune enhancement slots

o Tharridon's Mighty Maul now has a proc, and its damage has been corrected

Abilities

·Druid - Switching to Hierophant's Blessing stance no longer triggers an auto-attack animation

·Bard and Light Fighter trainers will now offer the song component Mellarien's Chorus of Arms

·Shadow Vein should now open up chains on critical strikes

[Spidubic]

Quite a list of F2P love.

[Darkhawke]

Spidubic wrote:

Quite a list of F2P love.

Best F2P model out there now...

And you can get a house ... theres your Bank ... badabing

[Spidubic]

Darkhawke wrote:

And you can get a house ... theres your Bank ... badabing

I remember getting and building a house required a lot of work and materials as well as weekly rent or the house was gone. Already lost one house in VG and won't likely be spending enough time in VG to make a house worthwhile. But it was a thought.

[Darkhawke]

Spidubic wrote:

Darkhawke wrote: And you can get a house ... theres your Bank ... badabing I remember getting and building a house required a lot of work and materials as well as weekly rent or the house was gone. Already lost one house in VG and won't likely be spending enough time in VG to make a house worthwhile. But it was a thought.

I jyst grabbed aplot , Guild im in is pushing to have everyone Houses up in a few days no charge but to Harvest or Contribute thru crafting ... no big deal

[Dizzarian]

Very nice they took away a lot that I was griping about, could we have some SOE lurkers here??

[Spidubic]

Darkhawke wrote:

I jyst grabbed aplot , Guild im in is pushing to have everyone Houses up in a few days no charge but to Harvest or Contribute thru crafting ... no big deal

Interesting.............