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1. Enemies are not foolish they might aggro on characters who are using non damaging but tactically significant abilities like heals buffs and debuffs Be especially cautious of area effect spells and abilities which can cause a whole slew of enemies to aggro on a single character en masse Taunts During battle you may want to induce an enemy to turn away from a wounded or poorly defended ally and attack you instead The most direct way to do this is to attack the enemy but you can also use Taunts to focus an opponent s rage on you A Taunt is a special attack that if successful greatly increases the enemy s aggro towards you Whether you get Taunt abilities and when is determined by your class SPECIAL ATTACKS As you go up in level you will begin to acquire an assortment of powerful special attacks or offensive spells It is important to learn the best timing for using your abilities different players will have different combat strategies and some will work better than others Relying on Auto Attack when there are other options available is a sure recipe for a short life Most special attacks go off immediately when triggered after which there is a timer before that attack can be triggered again There will often also be a shorter time after the attack that must elapse before any other spell or ability can be engaged Most special attacks drain Endurance some drain Energy You cannot use a special attack if the Endurance or
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3. This sensation grows as you relentlessly pursue your opponent This tactic known as the Dreadful Countenance along with other methods of the dread knight are not always seen as honorable but they are effective Your most powerful attacks tend to be vampiric in nature draining strength from the foe to feed your abilities Offensive Classes Offensive fighters work the perimeter of the battle unleashing devastating assaults on the enemy from range or from surprise Although generally better defended than casters the offensive fighters tend to be in trouble when cornered into melee combat Vanguard User Manual doc p 9 of 60 Ranger As a ranger you stalk and strike outside the range of your prey much like a tiger leaping from the shadows on an unsuspecting meal In many ways you re a natural hunter Strong and feral you can deal a great deal of damage in a short amount of time But this isn t your only talent the wild world beyond city walls requires versatility to survive and thrive You have access to melee and ranged attacks as well as healing spells poison cures and natural instincts An instinct that is innate to every animal is the urge to fight for its own life and the ranger is no different You express this instinct by becoming more fierce the longer you re in a fight You re a strong melee combatant with a slew of attacks at your command You can use natural energies to augment your blades or techniques picked up from your
4. You can also use the scroll wheel on the mouse to move between first and third person perspectives F10 turns off your chat windows so you have a clear view of the scenery This is useful for taking screenshots the screenshot command is the minus key on the number pad UsiNG OBJECTS You can interact with many things in the world of Vanguard You can open doors harvest plants mine rocks loot the bodies of fallen enemies and dress hunted creatures for their fur meat or other useful bits There are also altars see p XX and crafting stations see p XX to make your online life easier To find a usable object on the landscape pass your mouse over the object If a box appears displaying its name and possibly additional information that s a sign that the object is usable If you click on a usable object you will perform the object s default action open a door harvest a plant On some objects you can right click to display a menu of all actions available with that object NPCs Human NPCs non player characters creatures and monsters all sometimes generically referred to as mobs because they re mobile are numerous in Vanguard To find out a person s or monster s disposition towards you look at the color of the name above it Green A friendly NPC Red Aggressive This person or creature will attack you if you get close enough to draw its attention Orange This person or creature is suspicious of you and may attack if
5. e Outsiders monsters and hermits Those Who We Shun Also for reference here are the five conversation types e Convince e Incite Entertain e Gossip e Interview Combinations of these create the levers for Civic Diplomacy in a city For instance in Bordinar s Cleft there are currently e Domestic Convince The Will of the People e Domestic Incite Support of the People e Domestic Entertain Cheer the People e Domestic Gossip Story of the Town e Domestic Interview Simple Pleasures Each one of these when active has a specific effect that takes place on anyone in the city until it goes away It is up to the community of players to determine these effects and decide when to bring them about One person cannot influence a city on his own in a reasonable timescale Each time you win a Civic Diplomacy parley you will increment the lever by one space more as you gain skill You will also decrease other levers explained below In order to make an effect happen the lever must meet a threshold Obviously you ll want friends to make this happen faster Example You decide you want the effect from Simple Pleasures a bonus to harvesting skill You start Interviewing Domestics and move the marker from 10 to 11 The threshold for Simple Pleasures is known to be 50 so you get three friends together to work on Domestic Interview Each of you win a parley moving the lever from 11 to 15 very quickly You continue winning Simple Pleasu
6. or Harry Potter e Proper names from Vanguard including the first or last name of any significant NPC area race class or a representative of Sigil Games Online Inc Sony Online Entertainment their subsidiaries or affiliates e Words that would not be found in the setting of the game or genre e g Computer Microwave Coffee Maker Noob e Names created to defame or to impersonate another player community member or a member of our staff e g Aradune Mithara e Names implying status title or rank e g The Officer Master Sir Inspector Mother This includes alternate forms of The where the name contains a normal word as they implicate a title e g LeThug ZiCrafter DSmasher e Names that contain full or partial sentences Ikillgoblins Spongebob IkillIerkiller and Toasteroven e Names where the combination of the first and last name forms a phrase e g Tellme Astory Fish Taco Lukesky Walker e Non recognizable or unpronounceable words e g Afdsg Kghg Tspk GENDER You choose your character s gender by clicking on the male or female icon Gender choice affects your appearance obviously but it has no effect on your in game stats or abilities RACE amp ORIGIN Race is a fundamental choice that determines what classes are available to you and where you are from and affects your starting stats and physical appearance There may also be useful special abilities available only to members of a given
7. the first button on your top 1 Quick Bar is for Auto Attack while the 10 11 and 12 buttons are where Recall Sprint and Rest are initially placed Your 10 Action Bar is where your starting harvesting actions are placed by default Custom Hot Keys Hot keys are keys used on the Quick Bar These keys can be abilities inventory command or text based These are shortcuts that players can set up to assist them in game To make a hot key move your cursor over an empty hot slot right click with your mouse and open a new macro set up page From here you can enter the information you need select an icon or name and create There are currently over 600 icons available for use you can toggle through these by using the up and down arrow keys next to the icon or you can type in the number of the icon you would like to use if you know it Using the command listcommand will give you a list of categories in game finding the category you would like you can type that category into the command line and get the commands associated with it for example listcommand crafting gives you all the commands you would need in crafting Holding your mouse over the hot key will display the name of the key and the commands you have listed in a window in the lower right of your screen If you need to edit a hot key simply right click on it with your mouse Available Categories The list in the left column can be found in game by typing listcommand Valid
8. which only stores harvesting tools Once you have the correct harvesting tools you may start harvesting by finding a resource and right clicking on it Your yield will go up as your skills increase You can also work together with others and group harvest TI P Group harvesting increases yield and your chance at receiving bonus loot CRAFTI NG Crafters advance in the game by making valuable items and trading them for a profit You can divide your attention between Crafting and Adventuring or Diplomacy or you can concentrate on Crafting exclusively You will gain experience in crafting every time you successfully craft an item that stretches your skills and you can sell your wares to merchants for gold You can also obtain and fulfill Work Orders from NPCs A Work Order is a request for a certain amount of a certain item When you complete the Order you are rewarded with treasure and bonus experience At the highest levels crafters can become wealthy by making rare and potent items for adventurers Crafting requires specialized work stations Work stations are located throughout the game world for your use Right clicking the station starts the action To complete a finished item you must know its recipe which tells you how to make it once you find a recipe you can use you can read it to permanently store it in your Quest Log You also need the correct tools raw materials the metal stone wood or whatever the item is made from and utili
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10. ARG lt lt lt lt l l lt l l l Kojan Classes Human WOOD ELF HALF ELF ORC GOBLIN RAKI v v v lt Warrior Paladin Dread Knight Rogue Ranger Monk Bard Cleric none Disciple Shaman Blood Mage Sorcerer Druid Necromancer Psionicist E lt 1 dc lt 4 4 lt qs E l I lt 01 EA E Ew lt l lt lt lt I lt lt lt i lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt l lt 1 l lt lt l Qalia Classes HUMAN GNOME DARK ELF KURASHASA MORDEBI BARBARIAN Vanguard User Manual doc p 8 of 60 Warrior v v v v v Paladin v m v Dread Knight v v v Rogue v v v v Ranger v E y y Monk v v v Bard v v v Cleric v v v v E Disciple v v v v Shaman v v Blood Mage v v v Sorcerer v V v V Druid E V Necromancer v v v v Psionicist v v v V V gt There are 15 classes in Vanguard Protective Classes These stalwarts balance offense and defense In group combat they engage the enemy directly interposing their bodies between the foe and their less well defended allies Warrior As a warrior you are a brute force combatant using your strength of arm and will to ensure the elimination of your foes A seasoned veteran of many conflicts you re an able battlefield tactician with the ability to inspire and direct your allies toward victory Your place is in the van leading your comrades toward victory while at the same
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13. Energy bar is below the level required for that attack If your Endurance is completely drained you will be restricted to Auto Attack until some Endurance is regained Your most powerful and efficient special attacks should be placed on your Quick Bar Remember to replace early spells and special attacks as newer and more effective attacks become available When selecting special attacks remember to look at more than max damage A moderate damage attack Vanguard User Manual doc p 18 of 60 that can be used several times in quick succession is often more valuable tactically than a massive attack that leaves you drained of energy and can only be used once per battle the gods help you if it misses Always try to have an assorted arsenal of special attacks on hand Some special attacks may also have unique effects for example slowing a target or stunning it so it can t counterattack for a time HEALS Burrs amp DEBUFFS Attacks aren t the only kind of combat action The only way to heal damage during combat is to use healing spells and items A well timed heal frequently defines the margin between victory and defeat Buffs are spells or abilities that increase combat effectiveness for example giving you a bonus to your attributes or increasing your speed or defenses Debuffs are spells or abilities that decrease your enemies combat effectiveness weakening them slowing them down or rooting them in one place Some Debuffs can
14. Flechettes are projectiles that can explode dealing damage to all nearby root a crowd of opponents and more You use Blow Darts before combat starts to put opponents to sleep add delayed effects and generally gain an advantage over the situation Monk As a monk you re a martial artist learning to fight in one of three styles Dragon Style is focused on offensive output Harmonious Body Style drains strength from your target to increase your power Drunken Style concentrates on defensive abilities and counter attacks that turn your enemy s own attacks against him Inner Focus Inner focus is a special pool that can be used to power certain abilities This pool of points does not automatically regenerate but instead is earned by performing finishing moves Inner focus is meant to be built up and spent relatively quickly However you can store these points for use later they never go away until you spend them Your cap is small but will grow slightly over time Bard As a bard your major focus is song composition Songs provide the backbone of your power but you can only sing one song at a time Songs are composed using several different component types As you progress you ll gain access to new types of components and will be able to create more powerful songs A skilled bard can build songs that combine potent suites of offensive capability buffs and debuffs all into a single package Healers Healers primary function in comba
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16. User Manual doc p 15 of 60 back when you ve acquired a level or two A Blue shield icon indicates that the NPC has a quest that you are currently working on A Green shield icon indicates that you have completed at least one of the NPC s quests When you enter conversation with a Quest NPC all his or her available quests will appear in the conversation window Click on the quest name to see a description of the assignment From that window you may accept or decline each quest If you decline a quest you can return later and pick it up again EQUI PMENT Before venturing out into the wilderness you must ensure that you are properly armed and armored The exact sorts of weapons armor and magic items you can use are determined by your class Click on the Equipment and Character button on your Quick Bar to view your current weapons and armor You will start the game with starter equipment that has no resale value and that offers minimal damage and protection As you progress through the game gaining new and better arms and armor whenever possible will make you dramatically more powerful You should upgrade your equipment at every opportunity Every weapon magic item and piece of armor has a level assigned to it Your arms and armor should ideally be equal to or above your own level Whenever you pick up purchase or trade for a new item it will be placed in your Inventory To actually equip the item right click on it or drag it out of Invent
17. also spells and special abilities that can allow you to move about the landscape in various ways Jumping You can jump on or over low obstructions The Spacebar causes you to jump You must be moving forward at the time you jump to leap over or onto something otherwise you ll just hop in place Swimming When you move into water of any depth you automatically begin swimming While swimming the mouse is used to dive move mouse forward or rise move mouse back Swimming underwater for more than a few seconds carries a risk of drowning When you are cut off from your air supply a bar will appear showing you how much time you have before you must take a breath If you do not return to the surface before the bar is exhausted you will start to take damage from oxygen deprivation and you will soon die If you stay on the surface of the water you can swim pretty much continuously Falling If you move over the edge of a drop off you will fall If the fall is greater than about three times your body height you will take damage from the fall and if you take sufficient damage from a fall it can kill you Certain spells and special abilities for example Levitation and Featherfall can prevent or mitigate falling damage Autorun Autorun allows you to make long cross country trips without continuously pressing the forward movement key Just engage the NumLock key to move forward continuously in the direction you are facing Movement will cont
18. but you don t have any friends online at the moment you can flag yourself as Looking for Group making it easier for groups in need of your class and level to contact you Use the slash command LFG to toggle the LFG flag on or off To find other players who are currently looking for group in your chunk go to the Social window and search for LFG Group Looting The group leader can select one of several options for dividing up loot from fallen enemies among the group Free For All Basically no looting priority at all whoever is fastest to the corpse gets the loot Master Looter One person is in charge of removing items from the corpse However this character may click a button to allow anyone in the group to pick up items from the corpse particularly in the case of no drop items Round Robin The group specifies a rarity threshold The right to any items above that threshold rotates through the group one character at a time Any items below that threshold are Free For All Random for Magical Rare items are awarded randomly but characters who meet the item s race and class requirements have priority After an opponent dies any group member may open the corpse items below the specified threshold are Free For All If there are rare items one of the group must press the Start Item Rolling button to begin the process You must specify that you want to be considered Vanguard User Manual doc p 34 of 60 pre
19. can mouse over any item in the equipment diagram to see its stats Below this is a list of your key stats for that sphere This includes basic attributes like Strength and Intelligence which are determined by your class and modified by magical items and sub stats derived from those used for more specific tasks You can mouse over the stats in this window to get a pop up showing just how the stat affects you and how it was derived In the Adventuring tab this area also displays your current resistances against various attacks and your current spell focuses if any Skills This tab is available to all spheres except Diplomacy It shows all the skills you have acquired in that sphere and your current skill level Skills are acquired and raised through successful adventuring and the higher your skills the more versatile and powerful you become Skills rise automatically as you attempt relevant tasks In the Adventuring tab you can elect to lock some combat skills which prevents them from improving until unlocked and allows you to focus your training on areas where you think it will do the most good Under Mounts the Skills tab displays only your movement speed while mounted Factions This tab appears in the Diplomacy sphere instead of skills It shows your current Presence with any groups with which you have interacted See Factions Attributes This tab appears only for Adventuring and Crafting It contains the same attributes disp
20. categories Each category has a list of commands available in game or you can locate them here C Program Files Sony Vanguard bin help We have listed some of the basic commands used but you can detail your hot key settings as much as you would like using the commands found from the category listing e abilities abilities lists your current spells and abilities that you can use e bank bankadd remove item lt item keyword stack number moves item s from your Inventory to your bank e chat tell reply OOC auction question guild group to list only a few e combat assist will assist your defensive target assist lt name gt will assist the PC you specify e combatui e crafting e emote emote sends emote text to all nearby players use to or td to name your offensive or defensive target in your emote text e graphics flush clears the game s caches causing assets to be reloaded rend changes the render quality of the game Rend 1 through rend 5 are currently supported e group invite groupdisband groupleader groupleave grouppromote just to name a few e guild guildinvite guildremove guilddemote guildstatus just to name a few Vanguard User Manual doc p 28 of 60 e harvesting endharvesting harveststats e inventory destroy stack unstack wear remove get just to name a few e loot lootall loots everything on the corpse e merchant b
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22. it back against its caster Rescue Actions Rescues are abilities that hit the attacker of your defensive target see Defensive Target Bar p XX If your defensive target were being attacked by a giant spider and you executed a rescue the rescue would hit the spider You wouldn t have to have the spider targeted to make this work and performing the rescue does not change your offensive target Rescues generally force the NPC to target your for a time so they are perfect for saving the life of a weaker ally without having to swap targets Sympathetic Actions Sympathetic effects can be created when characters use special abilities in combination with each other The effects of these combinations are generally quite powerful TAGGI NG If you are the first or only player or party to attack an enemy you have tagged that enemy When that enemy falls its experience and loot from that enemy will go to you even if other come along and help you kill it Of course if you flee or otherwise break off your attack you will lose your tag also HUNTI NG ETI QUETTE Often there will be several ungrouped characters hunting in the same general area If another player who is not part of your group is winning a fight or at least holding his own it s generally considered rude to attack his target Furthermore such behavior gets you nothing since the monster has already been tagged by the first player On the other hand if the character is obviously
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24. occur as secondary effects of damaging special attacks In solo combat the effective use of self heals self buffs and debuffs can often be crucial but healing and buffing become more important by an order of magnitude in group combat where specialized characters can concentrate on healing buffing and debuffing while other members of the group focus on dealing damage Remember that your opponents may also be using their special abilities to heal and buff themselves and to try to debuff you and your allies RANGED COMBAT A ranged attack is often the most practical way to engage an enemy in combat Not only does this allow you to damage the enemy before it can damage you it also often provides a way to pull the target away from its aggressive friends and into a position where you have a tactical advantage Ranged attacks function similarly to melee combat upon activating the ability your character will shoot a projectile at your offensive target Ranged attacks require ammunition such as arrows or throwing knives this ammunition can be found on most general merchants or while adventuring Once the target is shot at it will close as rapidly as possible to counterattack This will usually mean that after one or two ranged shots you ll want to switch to quicker melee attacks but if the target also relies on ranged combat it s possible that the two of you can volley attacks back and forth for some time SPELL CASTI NG Offensive spell
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27. scrolls up the received messages buffered in your chat window Down scrolls down the received messages buffered in your chat window Bottom scrolls you directly to the most recent message in your chat window Talking Click in the text entry box and begin typing to talk to a nearby player When you press Enter your message will become visible as text to any other players nearby You can also use slash commands to refine your communications and to do many other things as well but for now we re going to concentrate on a couple of the most basic messaging commands A slash command is a way of telling the game to do something specific The syntax is command For example if you want your message to be heard by everybody in a much larger area than normal you can use the shout command For example shout Now buffing for free at the bank tells everybody in the area that you will provide them with free buffs if they come see you at the bank Note that shouting should be used rarely and only when you have something to say that s really useful to everyone Promiscuous or pointless shouting spams the conversation window and rapidly becomes really annoying Probably the most useful conversational slash command is tell This command sends a private message directly to a named PC no matter where in the game he or she is The syntax is tell name message So tell Loretha Meet me at the tavern will send the message M
28. timer range and a wax seal in the upper right of the Statement which represents Influence or damage Play your Comment Statement by selecting it and then pressing the Speak button Notice that several things happened First some dots of Expression appeared on your opponent s side of the gameboard Also the marker on the right side of the gameboard moved to 1 The number at the bottom next to the speech bubble went down by one A line of dialogue appeared in the Dialogue Window Finally the Statement s icon has been replaced to say X rounds remaining Your Comment moved the indicator one down your direction due to its 1 Influence This earned you a Dialogue Point which is the measure of how close you are to victory You got a line of dialogue You gave your opponent fuel to fight back against you Your opponent may play a Comment back at you to move the indicator back to zero or he may play an Evaluation to build up Expression for an Assertion on you Whatever your opponent decides it s time to gain Expression yourself Choose your Evaluation and press Speak You ve gained two Expression in the color your Assertions can use It s time to take the fight to your opponent If your opponent played a Comment on his first turn he likely played another Comment or an Evaluation on his second turn If he played an Evaluation on his first turn then you likely just got hit by an Assertion and the tide has turned in his favor Parley is a
29. to experience penalties but if you forfeit all the experience you ve earned in your current level you will start to go into experience debt This debt will have to be worked off with new earned experience before you can resume progress towards the next level Currently you respawn without equipment All of your equipment that is either soulbound magically linked to you or in your saddlebags will still be with you You have the option of paying an additional penalty at Vanguard User Manual doc p 22 of 60 the altar to retrieve your belongings back or re equipping with gear in your saddlebags or wherever else you can get it and doing a corpse recovery Recovering your corpse will always be the better choice if you have the time and resources to get back to where you died Paying the penalty and regaining your equipment at the altar forfeits the opportunity to get experience back by recovering your corpse THE I NTERFACE The interface for our purposes is everything you see on the screen other than the gameworld itself This section will explain how to get the most out of the Interface Note that this section refers to the default locations of the various interface elements Some of these elements notably the Chat Window can be dragged around the screen I NTERFACE OVERVI EW 1 CHARACTER BAR In the upper left hand corner of your screen the Character Bar gives you a real time measure of your status The Character Bar display
30. types of music or sound effects The Master control sets the overall volume level for the whole game You can also individually adjust a number of specific music and sound effects in the game There are control sliders for each of the following specific sounds ambient music combat music environment combat spells creatures footsteps speech user interface and diplomacy Device This control allows you to tell the game whether your system uses a hardware or software sound device Normally this will be automatically detected by the game during installation Vanguard User Manual doc p 42 of 60 I NTERFACE The interface settings control a number of in game functions that allow you to set up game play to work with your own personal needs and desires General These options relate to how your game interface is displayed on screen You can set various interface elements to be either movable with mouse dragging or immobile you can tell the game whether you wish to see game hints and various forms of combat text and make other basic adjustments to your interface display Controls These options set your preferences for your mouse response and camera settings You can also use this tab to change your keyboard commands see Keyboard Shortcuts for a listing of default keyboard commands as well certain other basic keyboard options VANGUARD SAGA OF HEROES CODE OF CONDUCT The following are the basic rules of conduct that govern player inter
31. you provoke it Yellow Neutral This person or creature will not attack you unless you attack first Interacting with neutral and aggressive creatures is covered in detail under Combat p XX and interacting with other players is also covered in its own section The remainder of this section will focus on dealing with NPCs non player characters To deal with NPCs you usually have to start by conversing with them Double click on the NPC to open a conversation window Some NPCs will just have one thing they wish to tell you while others might have multiple conversational options for you to select from Wandering NPCs Many NPCs can always be found at the same spot when you need them but some particularly guards tend to wander around a bit An NPC on the move will stop to talk to you when you greet him or her but probably won t stay in one place for long Citizens Some NPCs are just there for local color they ll speak to you if you greet them sometimes with interesting local gossip otherwise they just go about their daily business As you advance in Diplomacy p XX interacting with ordinary citizens becomes much more important Merchants Merchants have something to sell you They will also buy any valuable goods you may have picked up in your adventures Merchants tend to specialize in one specific kind of goods armor weapons magical supplies crafting supplies or several other types Bartenders are a highly speci
32. Jacobitz p 51 of 60 Richard Powell Scott Ray Martin Sweitzer Jon David Wiesman Customer Service Customer Support Manager Michelle Butler Lead Game Masters Shawn Martindale Robert Mutch Liaison to the Crimson Fellowship Suzanne Owen Game Marshal Gary Grobson Technical Game Master Paul Luna Game Masters Ian Conway Norm Freeman Matthew Gill Jill Henderson Melanie Lara John Larberg Tim McLaughlin Ric Pottorf Robin Winkelman Additional Customer Support Todd Thomas Production and Quality Assurance Director of Production Andy Platter Quality Assurance Manager Ed Hocking Project Manager Game Operations Michael Butler Web Developer Rob Matzker Lead Quality Assurance Tester Gary Fisher Quality Assurance Tester Dave Jedd Graphic Artist Sean Hamilton Additional Production Stacie Scattergood Michael Veigel Marketing and Public Relations Senior Manager Marketing amp PR April Jones Marketing amp PR Assistant Rachel Thompson Vanguard User Manual doc p 52 of 60 Community Community Manager Nick Parkinson Community Moderator James Nichols Additional Community Cindy Bowens Administration Executive Assistant Suzanne Bailey Administrative Assistant Whitney Slagle Executives Chairman and CEO Brad McQuaid President Jeff Butler Vice President David Gilbertson Director of Production Andy Platter Director of Business Operations Donna Parkinson
33. Matthews INTERNATIONAL QUALI TY ASSURANCE ASST LEAD Jay Lauterwasser SENIOR I NTERNATI ONAL QUALI TY ASSURANCE LIAISON David Carey TRAINING MANAGER Paul Venuti TRAINING SPECIALISTS Scott Dale David Schmidt Sales and Marketing Senior Vice President Sales amp Marketing Torrie Dorrell Senior Vice President Sales Vanguard User Manual doc p 54 of 60 Don Vercelli Vice President Marketing Michael Lustenberger Senior Global Brand Manager Laura Naviaux Senior Director Corporate Communications Courtney Simmons Marketing Services Manager Jennifer Belfield Public Relations Manager Katie Hanson Associate Marketing Research Manager Robert Liguori Marketing Specialist Ari Ziegel Public Relations Coordinator Taina Rodriguez Marketing Services Coordinator Lauren Zeiger Web Presence Director Web Presence Jacob Robinson Web Producer Steve Fuller Senior Web Artist Paul Tighe Web Artists Johnny Waterman Ryan Ragona Business Development DI RECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Louis Figueroa Technical Operations VICE PRESIDENT OPERATI ONS Michael Bowen PROJECT MANAGEMENT Dennis Gaudinez Eric Weiss DIRECTOR OF SOE SECURITY Bryan Blank DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Jeremy Johnson MANAGER OPERATI ONS John Shireling OPERATI ONS TEAM LEADS Steven Davis Thomas Delzer Eric Flynn OPERATI ONS TEAM Ben Cohee Ben Cole Vanguard User Manual doc p 55 of 60 Ron Corning Manue
34. ON ENGI NEERI NG TEAM Anthony Aarobone David Almilli Bob Bamford Mark Brennan Paul Christenson William Cox Aaron Dressin German Eichberger Todd Feak Jake Fear Matt Houser Manali Joshi David Keene Andres March Michael Miljour Tina Ngo Chris Sheddy Phil Sunbury Rob Thomas John Van Roekel Mike Walters SYSTEMS ENGI NEERING TEAM Phil Bouchard Grat Crabtree Michael Falcon Thomas Farthing Dan Gorman Pablo Herrero Jeff Jones William Kemper Robert Kline Wei Li Tavish Margers Hoa Nguyen Chris Rosa Chris Rosner Rick Smith Casey Winn Chunying Xie CREATIVE DIRECTOR PRODUCT DESIGN Nathan Pearce CREATI VE DESIGN TEAM Vanguard User Manual doc p 57 of 60 Tony Kodis Eric Schmitter DIRECTOR OF DATABASE SERVICES David Manifold DATABASE SERVICES TEAM Warren Bartolome Donyl Cruz Kathryn Graham David Green Eric Ho Aaron Hollenberg Beth Howie Mahesh Kalyanetti Sherry Liu John McGovern Archana Pansuria Taylor Steil Marjorie Vaccaro Aaron Valdes Nick Verenini International Operations EXECUTIVE DI RECTOR NTERNATI ONAL OPERATIONS Matt Sivertson LOCALIZATION MANAGERS David Kim Raymond Nguyen Tan Truong James Whisenant TECHNICAL LEAD FOR I NTERNATI ONAL OPERATIONS Robert McEntee LOCALIZATION TEAM Katty Bashir Bernard Dambron Stacy Griebel Jacky Ho Devon Kim Duy Le Christopher Lee Lina Liang Bill Mauer Jason Polk Adriano Vasco LOCALI ZATI ON NTERNS Frank Mitchell Marigar Napilot C
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36. VANGUARD SAGA OF HEROES PLAYER S MANUAL Table of Contents MI NI MUM SYSTEM REQUI REMENTS 4 Recommended Specs eere nennen INSTALLAT ON eee 5 Vanguard Saga of Heroes Account Key STARTING VANGUARD 5 Optimal Performance ica 5 Launching sities Gana rien 5 Terms Of WSC M pm User Name amp Password coccoccccnconccnncnnnnn cnn eee ee nnnm Client Updates verona e eve Een uie a T aT Server Selection awa Character Selection ooocococonncccnonncnnnnannn anna nennen nnn nnn CHARACTER CREATION 6 aisi Ici ien mn 6 Vanguard Naming Policy ssseesssseeeem mn ras 7 Race SOMO Mii oi 7 a 8 TheEstra Clas OS mati A A ERR ER ee es Kojan Class65 iii A A ctu v A Walii EZA Protective CIA KE EAA aa a ahaa Offensive Classes IA EA dx een ATEAK ENA TARRAA A 12 PLAYING VANGUARD 12 LEAVING THE GAME 12 EMERGENCY HELP 7 12 MOVEMENT amp I NTERACTI ON 13 Vanguard User Manual doc p 1 of 60 Moving amp Observing eee 13 Special Movement arrena iias aai AEAEE nnn Functlon Keys scc onde kaniinia indinin RC GG ox 14 Using Objects ues eere rennen nnn 14 NP ES ETE RN ER EE RN TUE 14 CZES O MAE WS eR E en RETE M CER ER E ER REF AE KR vest TrainersSs ciet see t E is VERRE EE EUA Sit
37. about to take a fall or is being ganged up on by numerous Vanguard User Manual doc p 20 of 60 strong foes it s usually OK to step in and lend a hand Of course if a character runs from the combat or calls for help that s a pretty strong clue that it s OK for you to take over his combat Knowing the difference between a welcome rescue and an unwanted intrusion is a call that will become easier to make as your skill in the game increases It s usually fine to heal or buff a stranger in the wilderness between combats In fact this is often a good way to make new friends VICTORY When you reduce your enemy to 0 hit points it dies When an enemy falls before your attacks you will immediately be credited with an adventuring experience reward for your victory The corpse will emit a glowing particle effect to let you know if it has loot Double click on your victim s corpse to open a window showing what it was carrying You can transfer this loot to your Inventory either by clicking on each item you want individually or by clicking on the Take All button to grab everything Loot rights are assigned to the player or group that received kill credit for the mob When an enemy is killed by multiple combatants who are not all grouped together the kill credit goes to the group or player that tagged the foe first Within a group there are various group looting modes that can be chosen by the group leader These are described in detail under Gr
38. ack later and re accept the quest Share Flags the selected quest to be shared with others you are grouped with allowing them to see the quest summary and share in the rewards Track Quest Opens a small window that tracks your progress for the quest you specify Done Closes the window without making any more changes Work Orders This window is a list of all work orders you have accepted and not yet completed Locations This window is a list of important persons and places you have visited or been referred to You can click on the plus sign icon next to a location to set it as a waypoint on your compass see Compass 14 ABILITIES This screen records your special abilities There are four tabs corresponding to the professional spheres For more information see Spheres 15 MAP This button displays a large scale map showing a wide swath of the game world though still only a portion of the whole Colored dots include Arrow Your current location Green Points of interest associated with the quest currently highlighted in your quest journal Red The location you are currently tracking Grey These are helpful locations that are automatically marked on your map 16 SociAL This screen allows you to control your interactions with other players It has four tabs Friends Allows you to add other players characters to your Friends list This list makes it easy to keep track of and contact your friends The game will tell you when y
39. action and activity within Vanguard Saga of Heroes and on the official Vanguard Saga of Heroes and Sigil Games Online forums Sigil Games Online staff have final say over what constitutes a violation of these policies We reserve the right to change these policies at any time Violation of these rules constitutes a violation of the EULA and your account may be subject to immediate termination pursuant to Section 5 b of that document These rules are intended to ensure the enjoyment of our product by all our players We have created these guidelines to safeguard our community By using the service you agree to the following While using the service you will not engage in any conduct that is unlawful or that restricts or inhibits any other player from using or enjoying the service We reserve the right but not the responsibility to restrict conduct that we deem in our absolute and sole discretion to be harmful to individual members damaging to the service or in violation of our or any third party s rights We further reserve the right to prohibit or delete conduct communication or content transmitted on Sigil s services that is deemed to be in violation of applicable laws or is harmful to other members the Vanguard service community or the rights of Sigil Games Online in general You acknowledge however that communication over the service occurs real time and we cannot and do not intend to screen communication in advance You will follow
40. al Concept Art Brom Jeff Easley Tim Truman Vanguard Cover Art Donato Giancola Additional Art Den Beauvais Michael Chen Thad Clevenger Minoh Kim Jung Lee Greg Miller Mike Nicholson Christian Piccolo Matthew Reynolds Phelan Sykes Ivaylo Vaklinov Audio Composition Todd Masten Sound Design Todd Masten Design Senior Game Designers Salim Grant Bill W Fisher Darrin McPherson Game Designers Lisa Boleyn Justin Deeb Garrett Fern Vanguard User Manual doc p 50 of 60 Vanguard User Manual doc John Hegner Michael Mann Chris Manprin Derek McDevitt Steve Williams Paul Molina Vincent Napoli Daniel Newman Peter Rocchio Michael Wyatt Associate Game Designers Adam Bley Terry Cox Doug Cronkhite Gary Fisher Leonard Gullo Adam Hetenyi Myka Kairs Andrew Krausnick Morgan Lockhart Brad Lyke Daniel McLaren Silas Morse Kevin Stocker Kurt Wagner Additional Design Steve Burke John Capozzi Aaron Contreras Marius Enge Paul Greshko Bruce Harlick Michael Hutchins Erik Nilsson Ryan Palacio Lawrence Poe Marc Scattergood Programming Director of Technology Ryan Elam Lead Programmer Amanda Tarr Senior Programmers Steve Clover David Forrest Kevin McPherson Todd Schmidt Database Manager Mike Thompson Programmers Steven Hoelle Zach Lute AR Schleicher Anita Sujarit Ben Tarr Associate Programmers Brian Mazza Shaun Showers Additional Programming Jeff Fulkerson Paul Im Jason
41. ame for him or her The game may also disallow certain specific names including vulgarities and Vanguard User Manual doc p 6 of 60 the names of certain celebrities or fictional characters Please be original and creative without borrowing from other mass media or pop culture names If the Game Masters GMs Vanguard online customer service representatives find any name to be inappropriate they will change it on the spot so please be respectful Vanguard Naming Policy The intent of our naming policy is to promote the feeling of being immersed in Telon These policies apply to all player names regardless of creation date The following types of names are unacceptable and are listed in order from the most to the least offensive Intentional phonetic misspellings combinations and homonyms of these words are also unacceptable Names must be at least three characters long and may not contain spaces or any non alphabetic characters e Obscene vulgar lewd or sexual references e Racist hateful or ethnic references or slurs e Religious or occult terms historical geographical or mythological names e g Angel Lucifer Julius Caesar Israel Zeus e Pharmaceutical or illicit drug reference e g Zoloft bong ganja e Names recognizable from existing media copyrighted or trademarked names including but not limited to products companies celebrities or characters e g Winston GE Madonna Britney Spears Spiderman
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44. at that stat is also called faction Adventuring Faction Faction the numerical stat is a measure of your personal reputation with any given associated group within Vanguard Faction can determine your access to quests what rewards you can receive and even how welcome you are in cities towns and outposts Generally faction can be gained or lost by defeating monsters in battle completing tasks and quests and even through the art of Diplomacy Crafting Factions Several factions exist that an experienced crafter may join Crafting factions will have special crafting quests for their members These factions will reward their most loyal members with access to special recipes and items Diplomacy Prestige Faction Diplomacy Prestige Faction is a measure of your regard among the elite members of each society A high prestige means a number of these people don t just know your name they owe you favors Because of this Prestige Faction can be spent to acquire special items and Vanguard User Manual doc p 35 of 60 privileges ADVENTURI NG Adventuring is the path of the freelance combatant earning fame and fortune by completing quests and defeating mighty foes in combat Whether you re a fighter or a caster whether you specialize in offense or defense whether you prefer to group or solo if you re advancing in the game by killing enemies and taking their treasure you re an adventurer The essential functions of the adventurin
45. ayer invites you to group you are given a choice to accept or decline It s perfectly fine to decline an invitation if you prefer to solo for the time being When a player accepts an invitation a group is formed The player who issued the invitation becomes the group leader Only the group leader can issue further invitations to bring new players into the group Up to six players may group together at any one time Once you re grouped you can send chat messages that are visible only to your group by using the group command Group chat is visible to everyone in the group no matter how far they are from one another Use say if you want to return to normal speech that s visible to everybody nearby The leader of the group also has the power to disband the group or to kick a specific player out of the group if that player becomes annoying or goes inactive If the leader leaves the group the game will assign the leadership to another party member going from the first player invited to the last The group leader may also voluntarily resign passing leadership to the next player in line without leaving the group Groups with a good mix of Healers Casters and Offensive and Defensive Fighters offer maximum tactical efficiency and versatility and are greatly to be desired but a more specialized group can also be devastating particularly when it s heavy on combat oriented or hybrid classes Looking for Group LFG If you want to find a group
46. b or create a new tab by clicking on the Chat Options buttons on the left of the chat window or by right clicking on any tab for example you can specify which channels that tab displays Channels Channels allow you listen or not to listen to broadcast discussion on a specific topic For example the Question channel is for players who have questions about how the game works and those knowledgeable players who like to help out the confused The Auction channel is for those wishing to buy or sell powerful items A channel will broadcast its traffic to all subscribed players in the region You can edit your tabs to set which channels you do or don t wish to receive subscribe In particular you can configure a region chat as basically a private channel 7 EXPERIENCE BAR Below the Quick Bar running the entire length of the screen the Experience Bar tracks your current progress toward your next Adventuring level The bar will fill with red as you progress and when it is entirely full you achieve your next level after which the bar empties and begins to fill again If the bar is a darker color it indicates that you are in experience debt see Healing amp Dying Death for more on experience debt which will have to be worked off before you can begin to progress toward the next level 8 CHAIN BUTTONS When you have a chained or responsive attack available a button for the move to initiate or continue that attack wil
47. d equipment There are five tabs along the left side of the window corresponding to the different spheres They are Adventuring the default Crafting Harvesting and Diplomacy plus a tab for your Mount if you have one Vanguard User Manual doc p 29 of 60 Along the bottom of the window are two to three tabs depending on which of the spheres above you re viewing to display different information These tabs are described below Equipment The Adventuring Equipment window is the default you see when you open this screen but there are equipment windows for all five spheres The equipment window contains a character portrait of how you look wearing your equipment for the selected sphere Each sphere has different equipment associated with it arms and armor for adventuring work clothes and toolbelts for crafting and harvesting and fine garb for diplomacy In the lower right corner of the portrait is a box you can click on to make your equipment for that sphere the active equipment for your character To the right of the portrait is your equipment diagram This shows all available equipment slots for that sphere and what you re currently wearing in them if anything Some of these slots may contain bags or pouches which if clicked on open a sub window containing still more Inventory slots Anything placed in a slot on the equipment diagram does not take up any other Inventory slots whether that equipment sphere is active or not You
48. d the monster to the guard and the guard will kill it for you You do not get any experience for monsters killed by a guard Bankers Bankers are not surprisingly usually found in banks A banker can assign you a personal vault in which you can store goods and valuables There is no charge for the banker s services just right click or double click on the banker and your personal vault will open You can only access your personal vault when in the banker s presence A personal bank vault has extra equipment slots just like those found in your Inventory You can freely drag items between your Inventory and your bank vault Items banked with a certain banker can thereafter be accessed from any banker on the same continent If you bank items with a banker on one continent and then travel to another you will not be able to access the same vault from the new city but you can establish a completely new personal vault Kojan counts as a continent in this respect Quest NPCs These are NPCs that have a quest for you should you choose to accept it Virtually any of the NPC types above can also be quest NPCs If the NPC has a quest or several quests appropriate to your class and level he will have a shield icon floating above him A Yellow shield icon indicates that the NPC has a quest for you if you wish to accept it A Red shield icon indicates that the NPC has a quest but you are not quite ready to take it on yet Check Vanguard
49. dreds All classes and levels can belong to a guild the guild itself determines who it will admit Each guild has one player who is the guildmaster The guildmaster names the guild and determines its policies and purpose including setting the parameters for membership including who can invite new members into the guild The guildmaster can also appoint players as guild officers to help him or her run the organization The guildmaster can even step aside to let another player run the guild Guild information and administration is accomplished using the Social window SPHERES There are many ways to make your fortune in the world of Vanguard Questing and adventuring is only one of your available options You can also choose to advance in fame as a skilled craftsman or sagacious diplomat These three career paths are called spheres and if you re willing to put in the effort required it is quite possible to master all three Harvesting is also described below While not officially a sphere unto itself Harvesting is an important specialization that requires harvesters to go out into the wilderness where their adventuring skills will be required for self preservation to gather the raw materials plants minerals etc required for crafting Factions Your conduct and progress in each sphere will have repercussions among various groups and organizations Your current standing with each such faction is tracked by the game as a numerical st
50. e powerful abominations Abominations are different from the pets of other classes in that they can equip items called Grafts APPEARANCE The final step in Character Creation is to determine your exact in game appearance Once you have decided on a name gender race and class you may click Continue to go on to the Appearance Screen The Appearance Screen has eight tabs which cover different physical aspects These are Proportions Body Mass Head Brow Eyes Ears Nose and Mouth Each one of these tabs has five to eight slider controls allowing you to precisely calibrate all aspects of your appearance There are literally millions of appearance combinations possible for each race Also from the Appearance Screen you can Reset to restore the default appearance for that race and gender and start again Random to load a random appearance in whichever tab you have open at the moment Load Template to load a selection of specific settings you have previously saved Save Template to save a selection of specific settings for use with future characters Back to return to the Character Creation screen Finished to save your character and return to the Character Select screen PLAYI NG VANGUARD To play Vanguard double click the Vanguard icon on your desktop or select Run on the Start menu and browse to the directory where you installed Vanguard and select vgclient exe The default directory for installation is C Program Files Sony Va
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52. eet me at the tavern to Loretha as long as she s anywhere in the game Chat Options say message This is how you can speak to people in your close vicinity shout message This is how you can reach many people a greater distance away from you than say tell player s name gt message This is how you communicate privately with another player Also t player s name gt lt message gt reply message This is how you reply to a tell Also r lt message gt group message This is how you speak to your group members only Also g lt message gt raid message This channel is for multiple groups in a raid guild message This is for internal guild communications Also gu lt message gt auction message This channel is for you got it auctions whether you want to buy or to sell petition message I want to talk to a Game Master GM an in game channel that only GMs and Crimson Fellowship Knights listen to bug This opens the Bug window where you can report what occurred to you in game or an issue with the game regionsay This is a public chat channel that is dedicated to the current region you are in Vanguard User Manual doc p 24 of 60 The world is divided into 5 regions 00C alternative to using regionsay Emotes Emotes are simple animations that you can command your character to perform on screen to express emotional reactions and basic social exchanges Emote
53. er Inspect Lets you examine the player s equipment and weapons Invite to Caravan Player run caravans allow players to assume the role of a caravan leader bringing offline characters with them to their destination The caravan leader invites another player who wants to travel with him to his caravan and then that traveler must logout within ten minutes Once travelers have logged out they must stay offline for at least three hours before they login while the caravan leader travels to the destination Once three hours have passed the traveler can login again and once they ve selected their character they will be presented with an options screen allowing them to choose between logging in to where they last logged out or logging in at the caravan s destination Logging in before three hours have passed will present an options screen displaying how long the traveler must wait before they can go to the caravan destination and give the option to leave the caravan and login where they last logged out DUELI NG If you wish to test your skills against another player s select that PC as your defensive target then type duel into your command line The two of you can now fight together for as long as you both wish You will not gain experience points from winning duels nor will you be able to loot characters who fall in a duel TRADING You can initiate a trade with another player by targeting him then right clicking his information in the De
54. ernate ruleset servers Altars amp Resurrection When you re killed you have two choices First you can lie there and wait for an ally or passing player character to use a resurrection spell on you This is the best option if such a healer is at hand You will be raised near the spot where you were killed watch out for hostile creatures that might try to ambush you while still weak from resurrection and you won t have to worry about recovering your body If there s nobody around to raise you from the dead you can click on Release Your Body and raise yourself at the nearest altar This option drains more Experience than second party resurrection see Experience Penalties amp Debt p XX but you can mitigate some of this experience loss by recovering your body see below If you lie dead for 10 minutes without being raised your body will automatically release to the nearest altar New Characters Note that new characters Levels 1 6 do not suffer experience penalties from death nor do they leave behind bodies when they release to a altar As soon as you reach Level 7 you will start to suffer body loss and experience penalties Body amp Equipment Recovery If you release your body to resurrect at an altar you leave your body behind in the place you died Your body is marked with a tombstone and you automatically have its location recorded in your Quest Journal see Quest Log p XX If you return to the place of your death and
55. est game updates in the window to the right of the screen You can click on View Details will initiate a full file scan in case of missing or corrupted files use this feature Support loads the Vanguard Forums in a separate window or Update Notes loads game update info in a separate screen for you to review later Server Selection Once you click Play you are asked to create a new character you will have to select your class race and gender Once you have made this selection you will be asked to select a server After selecting your server and your characters name you will be able to customize your characters appearance to learn more about character customization see the section below Click Connect to continue or Cancel to close the game Characters that you play in Vanguard are placed on Servers and each server is host to a complete game world Thousands of people will simultaneously play on the server with your character and Vanguard has many servers The server you choose when creating a character is the server that character remains on unless you decide to move your character When selecting a server during character creation the ones that are least crowded with players are at the top of the list You are strongly encouraged to choose one of the servers at the top of the list when prompted unless you re looking for a specific server that you already know a friend is on Character Selection The final stop in the launch p
56. estions about game play Such questions can be broadcast to Vanguard User Manual doc p 12 of 60 other players via the chat window see Chat Window p XX or asked in the game forums MOVEMENT amp I NTERACTI ON On entering Vanguard for the first time you should take a few moments to learn how to move around and interact with the world MOVING amp OBSERVING Note All of the instructions on game play in this document are based on the game s default settings The central principle of movement in Vanguard is that your mouse controls the direction you re looking while the arrow keys control the direction you face and move Move the mouse forward to look down back to look up and right and left to turn your gaze in those directions In Vanguard you do not automatically face and move in the direction you re looking you have to use the arrow keys to turn in the direction you wish to go The forward arrow key causes you to run forward in the direction you are currently facing while the back arrow allows you to backpedal at a significantly slower rate The right and left arrows cause you to pivot in those directions W or Numpad 8 moves you forward S or Numpad 2 moves you backward A or Numpad 4 turns left D or Numpad 6 turns right Your normal movement rate in Vanguard is an easy jog Special Movement There are several special movement modes in Vanguard The modes below are available to any character There are
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58. fensive Target Window then selecting the Trade option You must be near a person to initiate trade with him If he wants to initiate a trade with you he selects Accept and the trade window opens The trade window has two panels One panel is for you to drag the goods and money you re offering into The other is for you to view the goods and cash the other player is offering You can click on the items the other is offering to check their stats When you consider the trade to be fair click the I Accept box When both of you accept the trade the goods and cash change hand If you want to give another player goods or money as a gift just open a trade window put the gift into it and click your acceptance of the trade without waiting for the other to reciprocate MAILBOXES Mailboxes can be found in major cities They offer a way to communicate in game with other PCs who may not be online at the same time you are You can also use the mailbox to send another PC money and items Mail sent to you can be picked up at any mailbox regardless of where it was sent from Right click on the mailbox to check your mail or send mail The Inbox tab will tell you if you have any mail waiting To send mail select the Compose tab enter the name of the PC you want to send to and compose your message There is a small fee to send a message Vanguard User Manual doc p 33 of 60 You can drag money and a single item or stack of items into a message to send t
59. fic form of merchant Most merchants do not move from one spot To trade with a merchant click on him or her to begin a conversation then click Show Me Your Wares if necessary some merchants do so automatically This will open the merchant s Inventory and your Inventory your Inventory is described in detail p XX Vanguard User Manual doc p 14 of 60 You can mouse over or click on an offered item to display its vital statistics Buying To purchase an item from the merchant right click on it or drag it out of his Inventory and into yours If you have the money to pay for it the item will transfer to you and the money will be deducted from your total Selling To sell an item to a merchant right click on it in your Inventory or drag the item from your Inventory to his The item will vanish from your Inventory and you will be credited with the purchase price You can sell any valuable item to a merchant it doesn t have to fall within his specialty An armor merchant for example will cheerfully buy weapons or even raw resources from you Buyback Note that the Merchant s Inventory has two tabs at the bottom The default tab labeled Merchant displays the items the merchant will sell to anybody with the price The second tab labeled Buyback will open an inventory of items you personally have recently sold if any You can buy these back at a good rate This helps prevent you from accidentally selling off something you real
60. g endeavors A complication is an unexpected problem like equipment failure or an unforeseeable flaw in the raw materials that requires you to complete extra steps before you can resume crafting Complications must be successfully overcome to finish a task and the solution to a complication will often require action points although again sometimes you re given a choice between an expensive solution and a quick and dirty cheap or free solution so it s a good idea when planning your job to try to reserve a few points for the unexpected Di PLOMACY Diplomacy is the art of getting what you want through negotiation verbal intimidation or repartee Diplomacy is a sphere unto itself you don t need to be an experienced adventurer or crafter in order to excel as a diplomat However your initial choice of an adventuring class will influence your style when you later become a diplomat Diplomats can alter the state of a city by talking to NPCs of different stations This allows the diplomat to make coming to the city more or less favorable to different groups of players For example entertaining Vanguard User Manual doc p 37 of 60 guards might increase morale throughout the city giving adventurers that visit the city a morale buff that will increase their damage dealing capacity when they go out adventuring Or interviewing merchants might provide the diplomat with a useful and otherwise unavailable mercantile skill You can obtain
61. g life have been fully described above See particularly the sections on Combat and Grouping HARVESTI NG Harvesting is the process of gathering raw materials that crafters need to make their wares While most common raw materials can be safely purchased from merchants many of the most powerful components must be harvested by hand Since the rarest and most powerful materials tend to be found in the most dangerous wilderness areas most harvesters will want to be skilled adventurers as well for self defense You don t have to be a crafter to harvest but many crafters will find that the most efficient and reliable way to get the best materials is to gather it themselves There are five main kinds of resources to harvest wood stone skins textiles and metal You can only possess skills for harvesting two resource types at a time You can change these skills by visiting a harvesting trainer but your skill level will be reset to O if you do Harvestable resources display their names when you mouse over them and can be targeted much like an NPC The basics of harvesting can be learned and starting harvesting tools acquired by following in game quests As your skills increase your abilities to harvest better quality and higher quantities will also increase Harvesting tools are necessary to obtain resources You can gain your first set of tools at no cost by finding a harvesting merchant These tools should be stored in your harvesting toolbelt
62. general the dots indicate the following information although your class and character development will of course have a strong impact on your effectiveness in battle Challenge Level 1 These NPC s provide little opposition to any adventurer Many classes can handle multiple encounters of this Challenge Level Challenge Level 2 These NPC s are intended to be killed by 1 or 2 players Depending on level difference you may be able to take on multiple opponents however it will be difficult Challenge Level 3 These NPC s are appropriate for a group of 3 or for a group of 2 with a healer Challenge Level 4 These NPC s are intended for a full group of 6 They may range greatly in strength and difficulty for the group Challenge Level 5 These NPC s are boss type encounters that will provide a significant challenge for a full group Challenge Level 6 These NPC s are designed for multiple groups and are much more powerful than Challenge Level 5 Vanguard User Manual doc p 17 of 60 ENGAGEMENT To enter combat launch an attack against your targeted opponent or just move into close proximity to an aggressive foe The most basic way to do this is to click on Auto Attack in your Quick Bar and then close to striking distance Auto Attack represents your most basic attack and once engaged you will continue to Auto Attack at a consistent pace as long as your enemy remains in reach Your base damage is determined by the weapon you re using m
63. ges learn their magic by studying the bodies of the living especially through messy experimentation often on themselves Seen as gruesome acts of self mutilation or senseless sadism your techniques are often frowned upon by others However given the sheer power of your magic your aid is seldom refused You represent the most mystical healing class and as such your arsenal is composed of pure spell casting mostly restorative spells and utility spells with a few drains and damage dealing spells as well as symbiotes created to give a benefit to allies Casters Casters can be thought of as human artillery They rain down raw destruction on their enemies from a distance in theory a safe distance Their defensive capabilities are generally extremely limited and casters are best advised to avoid melee combat entirely Sorcerer As a sorcerer you exhibit considerable arcane prowess including the ability to evoke blasts of elemental energy and conjure mystical shields These abilities lend to your ultimate purpose destruction Your appetite for havoc can be a boon for any adventurer looking to travel into dangerous territory While sorcerers may not be capable melee combatants they are certainly fierce spell casters You are the master of damage and destruction You easily have the widest array of devastating spells to fit most any situation Many of your spells are situational and unique Druid As a druid you re a powerful spel
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65. hem to another player An additional fee will be charged for sending money or items based on the value of the items sent If you send money or items and they re not picked up within a few days they ll be returned to you but you won t get back the money it cost to send them GROUPING Grouping is a fundamental and essential part of playing Vanguard Grouping with other adventurers allows you to take on much tougher enemies at a much faster rate greatly increasing the rate of experience acquisition makes it easier to communicate and monitor each other s status within the group and equitably divides earned experience between members of the group so a dedicated healer or buffer can earn just as much experience as the fighters or mages who actually slaughter the enemy A group can have up to six members A well organized group is far more powerful than the sum of its individual parts Even two characters who group together can do much more than they can individually Grouping is absolutely essential to get through many of the tougher quests in the game It s always your choice whether you prefer to solo or group and every adventurer should try to do at least some of both but grouping is pretty much always a good idea To invite another player to group target him and right click on the Defensive Target Menu then select Invite Or if the player isn t in view at the moment use the slash command invite lt name gt When another pl
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68. inors If you are interested in learning about these protections information is available at http www worldvillage com wv school html control htm or other similar sites providing information on such protections The Software is a commercial item if acquired under agreement with the U S Government or any contractor therewith in accordance with 48 CFR 12 212 of the FAR and if acquired for Department of Defense DoD units 48 CFR 227 7202 of the DoD FAR Supplement or any succeeding similar regulations CREDI TS Sigil Games Online Producers Executive Producers Brad McQuaid Jeff Butler Producer David Gilbertson Associate Producer Todd Masten Production Assistant Art Monica Chernus Production Assistant Design Ben Phongluangtham Additional Producers Travis Williams Art Art Director in memoriam Keith Parkinson Associate Art Director Lee Harker Assistant Art Director Ben Thompson Art Technical Lead Martin Karlsson Vanguard User Manual doc p 49 of 60 Lead Character Artist Robert Smiley Senior Artists Christian Akesson Brandon Bickford Chris Chamberlain Milo D Cooper Tad Ehrlich Tina Hou Devin Lafontaine William Wat Rick Winter Ryan Zimmerman Artists David Baldwin Nathan Brock Hannah Brown Jeff Damron Josh Deeb Justin Gerbracht Jeremy Jiao Matthew McCulloch James Rochelle James D Romedy Brad Stokan Kevin Swadick Jack Turner Associate Artist Chris Atkins Addition
69. inue until you disengage Autorun meet an obstruction or die To disengage Autorun you can disengage NumLock or just tap you backwards movement key Sprint All characters possess the Sprint ability which allows your character to move forward more rapidly A character can sprint for 45 seconds until he returns to his normal runspeed Sprinting is a great way to get out of dangerous situations and discourage pursuers just make sure that at the end of the sprint you re not in a worse situation than you were at the start Recall All players have the power to Recall that is to teleport themselves to a bindstone they have previously set as their Recall point It takes several seconds of uninterrupted concentration to perform a Recall and if you are attacked during that time the Recall will fail so it should only be attempted from a secure position Once you have Recalled you cannot Recall again until a full hour of playing time has elapsed Therefore if you Recall and log out 10 minutes later when you return to the game the next day you will not be able to recall again until you have played for 50 more minutes Vanguard User Manual doc p 13 of 60 Strafe Reverse You can move to the left right or backwards while firing forward at a slightly reduced speed Use Shift an arrow key to strafe FUNCTI ON KEYS F1 targets yourself F2 F6 target party members in order F9 toggles your camera view between first person and third person
70. l Deramos Robert Maul Gary Neffendorf Chris Richard Roger Sewell Chris Trichel Jesus Zarzosa DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTI ON SYSTEMS Mark Preston MANAGER OF PRODUCTI ON SYSTEMS Deon Mitton PRODUCTI ON SYSTEMS TEAM Thomas Jackson Sid Jaffee Kirk Lightfoot Kevin Ying MANAGER OF NETWORK ENGI NEERI NG Brett Hawn NETWORK ENGI NEERI NG TEAM Kevin Crislip Travis Neidens Steve Scheck DIRECTOR OF OFFICE SYSTEMS Jeff Bolaris OFFICE SYSTEMS TEAM Lisa Doleshal Domenico Scaduto Felicity Santo Jeremy Siprelle Loren G Skeels Nate Wright MANAGER OF OPERATI ONAL ENGI NEERI NG Ted Garrington OPERATI ONAL ENGI NEERI NG DEVELOPERS Timothy Arland Ogi Boras Chad Folz Greg Herzbrun Matthew Reynolds David Taylor Gordon Tetlow Clint Urbanek Platform Services VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY Christopher Yates ADMINISTRATI VE ASSI STANT Rowena Luansing EXECUTI VE DIRECTOR PLATFORM OPERATI ONS David Dhunjishaw DIRECTOR OF WEB DEVELOPMENT Gregory Short WEB DEVELOPMENT TEAM Kyle Blackman Tim Cox Monte Greene Sean White Vanguard User Manual doc p 56 of 60 PLATFORM QA MANAGER Enrico Bernardo PLATFORM QA TEAM Ben Babeshkin David Bennett Carl Flaherty Derek Freese Eleonor Larsson Karen Leslie Wilson Oen Thanh Nguyen Bethany Rockey Vien Truong PROJ ECT MANAGEMENT Bonnie Davison Robin Goldie Wendy Kim Jenn McPherson Amy Oilman Kumiko Yuasa DIRECTOR ENGINEERING Narayanan Gopala APPLI CATI
71. l appear Buttons are available for Chain Counter Rescue and Sympathetic attacks These attacks are explained in Combat Chained amp Responsive Attacks 9 FORMS On the lower left hand side of your screen immediately above the Quick Bar are icons for your available Vanguard User Manual doc p 27 of 60 Forms You can click on these icons to switch from one Form to another Forms are modes of combat that allow you to customize your style to the current tactical situation Offensive Forms increase your base damage but decrease your defenses Defensive Forms increase your ability to avoid damage but at a cost to your damage potential and accuracy 10 Quick BAR ACTI ONS The line of buttons across the bottom of your screen is the Quick Bar The 12 buttons on the left of your Quick Bar are for actions like attacks and spells and for custom hot keys The 12 action buttons you see by default actually occupy only the top of 10 action bars you can use Use the arrow buttons on the left edge of the Quick Bar to cycle through the 10 action bars When you acquire a new ability it is recorded in your Abilities window see I nfo Screens Abilities From there you can drag the abilities icon onto the Quick Bar Once it s on the bar you can click on that button to trigger the action To remove an action from the Quick Bar drag it off the bar To replace it with a different action drag and drop the new action over the old one By default
72. l caster who can call stone and storm friends Your affinity with the natural world affords you great power to wreak havoc on your opponents and bolster your allies One of your most potent abilities allows you to create natural phenomena These spells are awesome in their power but limited in their use You can also call up elemental servants to accompany you and protect you in combat Psionicist As a psionicist you re a wielder of amazing mental powers You have the ability to use these powers to destroy protect and alter You can use your mind to control the will of others generate telekinetic force to defend or to attack project numerous illusions and even interfere with the flow of time itself Necromancer As a necromancer you follow the darkest of arts commanding the dead and harnessing the power of death itself You can summon the dead to fight for you or consume fallen corpses to feed your power Vanguard User Manual doc p 11 of 60 Undead Forms You can take on the form of a specific form of undeath assuming the corporeal forms of Skeleton Lich and Demi Lich or the incorporeal forms of the Wraith Spectre and Ghost Each has advantages and disadvantages When you return to mortal form you re greatly weakened but only for a short time Abomination An abomination is a persistent pet forged from various forms of rotting flesh It will fight at your command As you advance in your art you re able to summon increasingly mor
73. layed on the Equipment window The difference is that the Attributes tab is where you can spend refund points and allocation points Refund points and allocation points are earned through adventuring They allow you to change your attribute totals to customize your character for maximum efficiency Allocation Points can be spent to increase attributes If you have allocation points available the number of points will display at the top of the Allocation column Click on the icon next to the Attribute to spend an allocation point on it or on to use the point somewhere else once you assign an allocation point and accept that assignment you can no longer use the minus sign to get the point back without spending Refund Points below Past level 9 whenever you gain a level you are awarded a number of allocation points A portion of these are spent for you in attributes that are most important to your class What remains are yours to spend where you d like You do not gain all of your allocation points at once but instead are granted them slowly as you progress through the level For example when you first attain level 10 you are awarded 3 points to spend as you like 2596 through level 10 you get 3 more points At 5096 through the level you get another 3 points Finally at 75 through level 10 you get your final 3 points Points that are not spent roll over and can accumulate infinitely Refund Points allow you to switch points from o
74. lds to violate any of their contracts with us including but not limited to the EULA Terms of Service or Rules of Conduct EULA Please remember to review the current terms and conditions of the Vanguard Saga of Heroes User Agreement and Software License Thank you VANGUARD SAGA OF HEROES USER AGREEMENT AND SOFTWARE LICENSE THIS AGREEMENT DESCRIBES THE TERMS ON WHICH SONY ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LLC OR FOR SUBSCRIBERS LOCATED IN THE EUROPEAN UNION ONLY SOE EUROPE LIMITED COLLECTIVELY WE OR SOE OFFERS YOU ACCESS TO AN ACCOUNT THE ACCOUNT TO PLAY THE VANGUARD SAGA OF HEROES FANTASY ONLINE ROLE PLAYING COMPUTER GAME AND ITS EXPANSION PACKS INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY THE GAME BY PRESSING THE I ACCEPT BUTTON YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BELOW BY PRESSING THE DECLINE BUTTON YOU DECLINE OUR OFFER IN WHICH CASE YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR PLACE OF PURCHASE REGARDING ITS RETURN POLICY FOR THE APPLICABLE PRODUCT If you have any questions regarding these terms and conditions please visit the SOE customer service webpage at http support station sony com You agree that SOE and its licensors retain the unfettered right to modify the Game and all aspects of characters items and coin collectively Virtual Goods therein You acknowledge that SOE and its licensors have been are and will be constantly making changes to the Game You further acknowledge that SOE and its licensors can and will in their discretion modify
75. lick the Vanguard Saga of Heroes icon on your desktop to start the game You will be prompted for a Station com account login If you do not have an account create one by clicking the New Account button and registering VANGUARD SAGA OF HEROES ACCOUNT KEY The first time you log into Vanguard Saga of Heroes you will be prompted for an account key This is printed inside your disc holder STARTI NG VANGUARD Once you have the Vanguard Saga of Heroes client successfully installed on your system you are ready to start the game for the first time OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE It is recommended you close all open programs on your desktop if possible to ensure that Vanguard runs efficiently and without interruption You may also want to restart your computer before starting Vanguard to ensure efficient performance These measures are particularly useful if your system is close to the Minimum System Requirements LAUNCHI NG When you start the game the SOE launcher appears and quickly checks for any updates to the Vanguard launcher If there are updates you may need to relaunch Vanguard once they install Most of the time however the Vanguard launcher will load automatically Terms of Use Before you can update or play Vanguard you must accept the Terms of Use Click I Accept to accept the terms You must accept the Terms of Use each time you log on to Vanguard If you do not wish to continue on to play Vanguard you may click Decline to c
76. lose the game Please make sure you ve read and understood the Terms of Use before clicking I accept for the first time Failure to abide by the terms of use can result in the revocation of your Vanguard account privileges User Name amp Password Next you are asked to enter the user name and password that you selected during installation The user name and password are case sensitive After the first time you log in the game will remember the last user name to log in from your system but you will have to manually re enter you password each time you Vanguard User Manual doc p 5 of 60 log in Once you ve entered your user name and password click VG Login Client Updates At this point the Launcher checks the game client on your system to see if it needs any new updates If there are no new updates the game will be ready to play in a few seconds If there are updates the launcher automatically downloads and installs them this process can take several minutes depending on the size of the download You can keep track of the progress of the updates by watching the yellow bar The launcher also estimates the time remaining for long updates When the game is completely updated the Play button highlights Click on Play to start the game proper You can toggle the Auto Play box in the upper right corner to automatically load the next screen when the game is finished updating From the Update Screen you may also review the lat
77. ly really need and losing it forever Multiple Item Stacks Some small items ammunition raw materials food and many other things are usually stored in a stack of multiple items in a single inventory slot When buying or selling a stack of items you will be prompted to enter the number of items you actually want to buy or sell at the time of the transaction Trainers Trainers are NPCs who will teach you new spells and abilities for a nominal fee when you are ready for them There are trainers for each of the 15 adventuring classes as well as specialized trainers for Crafting and Diplomacy You must go to the trainer appropriate to your field of endeavor to receive training Most trainers only train a specific range of levels appropriate to the region where they re located a Level 5 and a Level 25 character would probably not be able to patronize the same trainer Trainers typically don t stray from one spot Guards Guards protect roads and cities Some are stationary but many patrol a certain route Guards can give you directions to trainers banks and other useful places and persons If you speak to a guard and select the Ask for Directions option you will get a menu of locations that that guard can direct you to Choose a location and the guard will provide a description of the route as well as entering that location in your Quest Log Guards are also useful if you re being pursued by a much stronger monster or enemy Lea
78. me world To check the current status of a Civic Diplomacy enabled area enter the area and type citystatus This will be tied to a location in each city in future builds MAJ OR PURCHASES As you progress in the game it s likely that you will eventually become prosperous enough to purchase a mount for yourself and maybe even a ship or house of your own MOUNTS A mount increases the speed at which you travel Mounts may be customized with barding tack saddlebags and shoes Any of these items may affect the speed stability and appearance of your mount Saddlebags allow you to store items on your mount and items in saddlebags will stay with you should you die making saddle bags the best place to store backup armor and weapons Flying Mounts A flying mount will truly set you free Obtained through high level quests a flying mount allows you to explore the skies of Telon Griffons Wyrms Pegasus and Wyverns are available as flying mounts PLAYER HOUSING When you ve saved enough you can purchase a unique house plot from among many possible locations throughout the world House plots are not shared which means you can claim your very own piece of Telon Once you ve purchased a plot you can choose among several different house styles and sizes for your plot Houses are constructed by obtaining materials from crafters The mineralogist a type of artificer is the primary crafting class responsible for house construction but item
79. mnified Parties from and against any and all liability and costs including without limitation attorneys fees and costs incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of i any breach by you of this Agreement or the foregoing representations warranties and covenants or ii your use of the Game and any other hardware or software required or used to play the Game including use of or access to the internet You assume the entire risk as to the results and performance of the Software and the Game in connection with your hardware and software and you assume the entire cost of all servicing repair and or correction of your hardware and software THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE GAME REMAINS WITH THE USER 14 IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OUR PARENT OUR LICENSORS OUR AFFILIATES OR OUR SUPPLIERS AND EACH OF OUR AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS DIRECTORS EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS REVENUE DATA CONTENT ITEMS HARDWARE SOFTWARE INJURY INFORMATION OR SPECIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES HOWEVER ARISING INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE ARISING OUT OF IN CONNECTION WITH OR RESULTING FROM POSSESSION USE INABILITY TO USE FAILURE TO PERFORM ERROR OMISSION INTERRUPTION DELETION DEFECT DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION COMPUTER OR OTHER VIRUS COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE THEFT DESTRUCTION UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ALTERATION OF OR MALF
80. n special powers called Totemic Gifts These gifts allow you to perform astounding feats You can transform into the image of your patron gaining a variety of benefits Even when you choose not to transform you can call upon your patron to assist you This assistance takes the form of a servant sent by your patron These attendants faithfully serve until dismissed Disciple As a disciple you dismiss outside influences and focus on inward serenity and strength This philosophy permeates your mind and body making you a worthy melee opponent and potent healer You use your inner serenity to cast powerful healing spells and form focused bonds with friends and foes alike You become a worthy combatant by using your inner strength to perform fierce melee attacks and devastating counter attacks A disciplined disciple can flow between strength and serenity with finesse sometimes channeling both simultaneously Blood Mage As a blood mage you seek to become a master over the life force Given that blood is the ultimate source of vitality you seek to discover its mysteries You casually brush aside other healing philosophies that include following deities or spirits These methods do not have the same obvious physical benefits that mastery over blood presents In fact you have trained yourself to use your physical life for a myriad of things including transmuting it into other forms of energy or in some cases using it directly to cast spells Blood ma
81. n their off hand to increase their damage output Casters can often carry a dagger or other small melee weapon in one hand with a wand or other magical item in the other Vanguard User Manual doc p 19 of 60 CHANGI NG WEAPONS A character has space to carry one primary weapon one ranged weapon and perhaps a shield or secondary weapon if the primary does not require both hands You can change freely between your ranged and melee weapons as the enemy closes in range It requires no time to put away your ranged weapon and begin melee attacks If you actually want to change from one ranged or hand weapon to a different one the best way to quickly do so is to create a hotkey for the weapons you want to switch between drag a weapon from your Inventory or weapon slot to the hotkey bar at the bottom of your screen see p XX to create a hotkey to use or equip that weapon Otherwise you will need to drag your new weapon out of your Inventory and onto your weapon slot This can be a time consuming process that is best performed between combats rather than during CHAINED amp RESPONSI VE ATTACKS A unique and challenging aspect of combat in Vanguard is that certain attacks and abilities can only be used to full effect in very specific circumstances Others are specifically designed to counter and interrupt an enemy s spells or attack chains You don t have to guess or memorize which attacks apply in which situation however The game
82. nded if the enemy is a spell caster A radial display shows where the enemy is relative to the direction you re facing useful when engaged from the back or when attacked by more than one foe and the range in meters between you and your target By far the most important part of the enemy s display however are the six dots arrayed around the top of the radial display These dots display both the approximate level difference and the Challenge Level of your target The color of the illuminated dots provides a quick assessment of the level difference between you and your target The color is based on your level other characters may see a different dot color for the same enemy if their level differs from yours Grey is significantly lower in level than you grey NPC s provide no experience Green is significantly lower in level to you however it still provides a small amount of experience when killed Light Blue is moderately below your level Blue is slightly below your level White is equal in level to you Yellow is slightly higher in level to you Red is moderately higher in level to you Purple is significantly higher in level to you while purple monsters do yield experience they are extremely powerful in comparison to your level range The challenge level is an accurate assessment of how challenging an encounter will be if you and your target are of equal level The challenge level is equal to the number of dots displayed In
83. ndow modes Window mode requires much more processor power to run efficiently therefore full screen is recommended for maximum game performance Hardware Occlusion This option will cause the game to run faster when turned on but on some systems it may cause an annoying flicker effect This control allows you to select the mode that is right for your system Far Clipping Plane This control sets the maximum distance at which objects in the game can be discerned A shorter clipping plane may increase performance at the cost of some on screen distance detail Other settings The game also allows you to control a wide variety of specific art and video options Many of these options are quite subtle and require some experience in computer animation to understand completely You can mouse over each of the controls to get notes on what it does and whether adjusting that control is likely to have any impact on game performance Settings can be adjusted in each of the following categories Characters Environments Lighting Color Correction and Miscellaneous Even if you re completely happy with your system s performance you may want to look at the Characters tab which allows you to customize how the game displays names and targeting information AUDIO These controls allow you to regulate the music and sound effects you hear in play Volume Levels These control sliders allow you to set the volume level for the game as a whole or for individual
84. ne attribute to another You can spend a refund point to reduce an attribute by one for which you get one Allocation point If you have Refund Points available Vanguard User Manual doc p 30 of 60 the number will be displayed at the top of the Refund column Click on the next to the Attribute to use a Refund Point to reduce it in exchange for an Allocation Point or on to use the Refund Point somewhere else once you assign a Refund Point and accept that assignment you can no longer use the plus sign to get the point back Refund Points are earned as you gain experience up to a maximum of 50 13 QUEST LOG This screen has three tabs one for adventuring quests one for crafting work orders and one for important locations Quests This window is your primary resource for completing quests The top part of the Quest Window lists all the quests you have currently accepted the number of quests you have at the moment and the maximum number of quests you can have are displayed in the corner of the window The bottom half of the window is a description of the quest you have selected from the list above These descriptions may change as you work your way through the quest so check this description to find out both the overall goal of the quest and your specific next task There are several buttons within the window Abandon Removes the selected quest from your list but doesn t flag it as done In most cases you can go b
85. nguard bin LEAVING THE GAME When you wish to stop playing Vanguard click on the Game Mechanics button in the lower right hand corner of your screen then click on Log Out to log out of the game world and return to Server Selection or Exit Vanguard to log out and close the game When you log out there is a 30 second delay between the log out command and actually leaving the game This delay is necessary to keep gameplay balanced If at all possible you should only log out from a city friendly outpost or other secure area Otherwise you risk being jumped by a hostile creature when you return to the game EMERGENCY HELP If you encounter harassment in the game or if you get stuck so that your character cannot move you can type petition in the chat window to request help from one of the game masters Game masters are the referees customer service professionals within the game Please only petition a game master if you are stuck or if you encounter harassment or cheating Problems with the game that you can go around or ignore at least for the time being like a broken quest or bugged monster are not considered emergencies and should not be cause to petition a game master Instead click on the Game Mechanics button at the lower right hand corner of your screen then click on Report Bug This will open a form that you can use to report the problem you encountered to the development team Please do not petition Game Masters with qu
86. nipulating the citizens and rulers of a city to achieve large bonuses and Vanguard User Manual doc effects Each city can be likened to a series of levers In smaller villages and towns there may be only 5 or 6 levers In the largest cities there can be 35 or more Each lever represents one combination of NPC and conversation type Thus Entertain Soldiers is one Civic Diplomacy lever and Convince Soldiers is another Thus the two variables to consider when planning on Civic Diplomacy e What type of NPC what Station do I want to influence e In what way what conversation type do I want to influence them There are eight types of NPCs in every city Some cities have many of one type and few of others In some cities working with one type of NPC will spawn more of that type to communicate with In others speaking with one type may reduce the number of NPCs to speak with of another type The type of NPC is known as the NPC s Station Each Station represents one of the vital categories of citizen in a fantasy medieval city e Domestics ordinary citizens Those Who Toil e Soldiers the warriors and guards Those Who Fight e Crafters the skilled laborers of the city Those Who Create e Clergy the priests and shamans Those Who Share Wisdom e Academics the magic users sages and historians Those Who Know e Merchants the vendors and traders Those Who Trade e Nobles the rulers and their assistants Those Who Rule
87. ntil you reach a higher level or are not allowed for your race class L opens your Quests log here you also have Work Orders tab for Crafting and Locations for getting your Waypoints K lights your torch Shift K lights secondary torch M opens the in game map N toggles NPC names on or off O opens your Social window P opens your Abilities and Spell book U opens doors Bracket Keys adjust the clipping plane Enter brings up cursor for command or communication entry Num Lock locks auto run toggle on or off Vanguard User Manual doc p 32 of 60 Insert O Page Up 9 num pad rotates camera view below Delete or Page Down 3 num pad rotates camera view above Home End 7 1 num pad places view to default num pad inspect current target Keys 1 through activate the first twelve slots of your Quick Bar OTHER PLAYERS In a massive multiplayer roleplaying game like Vanguard communicating and interacting with other players is one of the most important aspects of the game You can tell another player in the game because that character s name will appear in green over his head His guild if any will appear beneath the name You can mouse over the player to see his level If you right click on a player character s information in the Defensive Target Window you open a more detailed menu of interaction options These include Invite Invite the player to group with you Trade Offer to initiate trade with the play
88. odified by your stats and level You may also initiate a special attack to begin combat Tactically it s often a good idea to begin combat with a ranged attack or spell If you re attacked by an aggressive enemy your passive defenses armor dodge and parry are always active but you will have to actively turn to face the opponent to counterattack For this reason it s never a good idea to leave the computer unattended while Vanguard is running unless you re sure you re in a safe place Be careful about attacking foes in crowds They can quickly overwhelm you if you get too close to a group of aggressive enemies Try to confine your attacks to single foes or small manageable groups DEFENDI NG While dealing out damage you also must defend yourself Some of your defenses like your Parry ability have a chance to stop an enemy attack from doing any damage whatsoever Other defenses notably your armor reduce the amount of damage a given attack inflicts when it hits you Lightly armored spell casters can use defensive spells to ward off and mitigate enemy damage You always want to wear the best armor you can find or afford in all your armor slots AGGRO Enemy Aggression Aggro in gamer slang is that part of the enemy AI which determines when the enemy attacks and who Particularly in group combat channeling aggro towards those adventurers who can withstand the attacks and away from those who can t is a vital part of battle tactics
89. ory click on the Inventory button on your Quick Bar and into the correct slot on your equipment diagram ENCUMBRANCE Everything you carry in Equipment and Inventory has weight There is only a certain amount of weight you can carry before your abilities and movement rate become impaired Your carrying capacity and the current weight of your gear can be viewed in your equipment window You may be able to trudge from your Recall point to a nearby merchant if you re overweight and encumbered but don t try to fight or travel long distances in that condition MONEY Throughout the game you will need money to purchase equipment and training You can earn money by looting fallen foes and by completing quests You can also sell your goods and services directly to other players There are four types of coin in the game In ascending order of value they are copper silver gold and platinum Each successive coin is worth 100 of the previous type so a single platinum piece is worth a million coppers COMBAT One of the most important and exciting parts of the game at least for adventurer characters is combat Through combat you gain adventuring experience and treasure Victory in battle is frequently necessary to complete a quest and sometimes combat is necessary just to survive to the end of your journey COMBAT HOTKEYS Shift C or I to Consider an enemy Tilde toggles auto attack on or off Tab cycles through available targets X allo
90. oup LOGE G AA Raids Rx H GUIAS epe 35 SPHERES eene 35 FACHO PEE Adventuring A 36 Vanguard User Manual doc p 3 of 60 Harvesting ssh RERO RUA RAE OUR DOOR E EUR C Er 36 Crafting iu rei noc aaa aaa 36 The Crafting PErOCeSS eet rx a EXER ERR ry ed Diploniacy ooo aide vea dar Vau aae EVE T Using Diplomacy iii e Rx ER ey xn ree eee Races amp Classes eno e e ly e RR ER Ai Civic Diploma Cy 2 once ede A CER ER ER aad MAJ OR PURCHASES AL Mounts neeeeennn nnn rn O wit 41 Elying MOUnts 2r er c e etse T e a t ee Red n Player Housing ener eeeeene nnne nnn 41 SAI DSi ER ERVEE MR URVSUSERR AREE 41 SETTINGS ci 2 VIGCO wet E 42 BU 42 A A 43 VANGUARD SAGA OF HEROES CODE OF CONDUCT USER AGREEMENT amp SOFTWARE LI CENSE CREDITS ener nennen nnns 49 VANGUARD MESSAGE BOARDS You can discuss Vanguard Saga of Heroes on any of our Affiliate Fan Sites found here http vgplayers station sony com links vm MINI MUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS e Windows 2000 XP Vista e 100 DirectX 9 0c compatible computer e 100 DirectX compatible keyboard or input device e Processor 2 4 GHz Intel processor or 2400 or higher model AMD processor e 512 MB RAM e Vertex and Pixel shader 2 0 compatible hardware with 128MB of texture memory e 100 DirectX compatible sound card e 56K Internet Connec
91. ouping p XX HEALING amp DEATH An adventurer has to be able to take it as well as dish it out This section describes the process of taking damage and recovering from it and what happens when you re killed HiT POINTS You have a certain number of hit points derived from your class and level and modified by your Constitution When all your hit points are exhausted you die You can lose hit points from combat and from natural hazards like falls and drowning The red bar under your name in the upper left corner of the screen measures your current hit points relative to your current max health The shorter the bar the closer you are to death ENDURANCE amp ENERGY Endurance and Energy are the measure of your ability to sustain exhausting activity Endurance is based on Vitality and measures your ability to perform physical actions like special attacks while Energy is based on Wisdom and measures your capacity to perform mental and spiritual exertions like spells Whenever you execute a special attack spell or action with an Endurance or Energy cost that much Endurance or Energy is deducted from your current total Bars measuring your current levels of Endurance or Energy are beneath your hit point bar in the upper right corner of your screen The Endurance bar is green and the Energy bar is blue You cannot perform an action if your current pool of Endurance or Energy is less than that action s cost RECOVERY Whenever you lo
92. our friends enter or leave the game Just click Add and enter a friend s name to place it on the list Highlight a name and click Remove to take it off the list Ignore If you find a certain character annoying to deal with or listen to you can place him on your Ignore list This will screen out all of that character s communications from your Chat Window Just click Ignore and enter his name to place it on the list Highlight a name and click Remove to take it off the list Find This is a search engine for other players online at the moment It s an excellent way to find others of similar level to group with You can search for a specific name or for characters of a certain class or level Or you can just view a list of all players in your chunk at the moment Find displays a player s Vanguard User Manual doc p 31 of 60 name class level and notes Guild This window allows you to create and manage a guild If you re a guild master this window allows you to Promote Demote or Remove guild members and to set a guild Message of the Day that your members will see when they log on For all guild members this screen shows you the number of your guild brothers online at the moment and the total membership of the guild and gives you a list showing their names class level and current locations 17 GAME MECHANICS This screen is used to control the game itself It offers a menu of the following options Settings This opens a window
93. provides up to four buttons at the lower center of your screen that show you exactly when a special attack can be used as part of a chain most attacks that are part of a chain can be used by themselves as well but some can only be used in a chain The button will light up when the interface detects a good time to start a chain When you begin a chain the button will change to the next step in the chain guiding you through Chained Attacks Counters Rescue Actions and Sympathetic Actions Of course foes with the proper abilities can disrupt your chains and spells just like you can disrupt theirs Chained Attacks Chained Attacks are programmed sequences of specific attacks that when performed sequentially in the correct order can have a devastating cumulative effect When you initiate the first attack in a chained sequence the Chained Attack button changes to the next attack in the sequence There is a red bar next to the attack icon in the window you must get the attack off before the bar goes down in order to keep the chain going You can trigger the next attack in a chain by clicking on the attack either in the Chained Attack window or on the Quick Bar Counters There are two kinds of attack that are controlled by the Counters window Counter attacks are attacks which can only be performed after you successfully block dodge or parry an enemy attack Counterspells apply only to magical combat and can neutralize an enemy spell or even turn
94. race Most races in Vanguard have restrictions on which classes they can or cannot play When you select a race the classes available to that race will highlight Each race is native to one of the three geographic regions in the game Thestra or Qalia both continents or Kojan an archipelago Thestrans Races from Thestra include Thestran Human Dwarf Halfling High EIf Vulmane Varanjar and Lesser Giant Kojani Races from Kojan include Kojani Human Wood Elf Half Elf Orc Goblin and Raki Vanguard User Manual doc p 7 of 60 Qaliathari Races from Qalia included Qaliathari Human Arabic features Gnome Dark EIf Kurashasha Morbedi Human black features and Varathari CLASS Class is a fundamental choice that determines your skills and abilities throughout your adventuring career and also profoundly affects your stats and the equipment available to you Most classes in Vanguard have restrictions on which races they can belong to When you select a class the races appropriate to that class will highlight These tables list which class race combinations are allowed V and which aren t Thestra Classes HUMAN DWARF HALFLING HIGH ELF VULMANE BARBARI ANHALF GI ANT v v v v v v Warrior Paladin Dread Knight Rogue Ranger Monk none Bard Cleric Disciple none Shaman Blood Mage Sorcerer Druid Necromancer Psionicist l lt LEI lt S lt S lt lt S SEIS 1 OIX l l lt lt l l l
95. re 4 COMPASS The Compass in the top center of your screen displays the direction you are currently facing The compass also indicates your current waypoint if any as a red line A waypoint shows the direction as the crow flies to a specific character or location Waypoints can be set from the Locations tab of your Quest Log screen see Quest Log The red waypoint line will start to get wider as you approach the selected point When you re close enough to touch that person or place it will fill the entire compass window 5 OFFENSIVE TARGET BAR The Offensive Target Bar displays vital information on a hostile or potentially hostile person or creature that you currently have targeted The Offensive Target Bar is fully explained in Combat Know Your Enemy Vanguard User Manual doc p 23 of 60 6 CHAT WINDOW The Chat Window is used to send messages and execute commands and receive messages from other players and from the game The most basic part of interacting with others is communicating with them For this you use the chat window The chat window has a box for you to enter text at the bottom and a much larger box for incoming messages above To the left of the Chat Window are four control buttons Options opens a window that allows you to customize your Chat Window You can edit the kind of messages that appear in any of your tabs you can create new tabs and you can edit the colors that various messages appear in Up
96. re encouraged to use a pseudonym especially if you are a minor you may not pick a name that violates anyone s trademarks publicity rights or other proprietary rights 11 As part of your Account you can or may be able to upload content messages art graphic files pictures video audio music sounds software and other files items and content to our servers in various forms such as in the selections you make for the Game in game posts and chat and in chat rooms and similar user to user areas collectively your Content Your Content whether in written digital oral machine readable electronic or visual form shall not a infringe any third party intellectual property other proprietary or publicity privacy rights b violate any law rule or regulation c be unlawful harmful threatening abusive harassing tortious defamatory vulgar obscene libelous pornographic or harmful to minors invasive of another s right of privacy or publicity hateful racially ethnically or otherwise objectionable or d contain any viruses trojan horses worms time bombs cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to or result in damage detrimentally interfere with surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system data or personal information We may take any action with respect to your Content if we believe it may create liability for us or may cause us to lose in whole or in part the services of our ISPs or other
97. recover your body double click or right click on your tombstone you will regain some lost Experience It takes a few uninterrupted seconds to recover a body in the wild so make sure the area is secure before you double click on your tombstone There is no limit to the number of tombstones that you have but tombstones will disappear after a while several real time days under normal conditions If you lost any equipment at a tombstone that has disappeared you can buy it back at any altar for a percentage of its original value Altar Recovery As an alternative to visiting your gravesite to retrieve your belongings you may also have your remains summoned to you at an altar The gods do demand a high price for this service so don t expect this option to be easy on your pocketbook Soulbinding Most equipment in the game is Bindable This means is that you may use a Binding Crystal obtainable at General Goods Merchants throughout Telon on an item which will cause it to become Soulbound Soulbound items may not be traded to other players but when you die and appear at an altar your soulbound items will still be with you rather than at the site of your death Experience Penalties amp Debt When you die you lose some of the Adventuring experience you have accrued This is true whether you are raised on site or release to an altar Recovering your body can reduce this penalty but won t eliminate it You can t lose an earned level due
98. res parleys until the lever hits 50 Suddenly everyone in the city whether they participated or not gets the harvesting bonus However the city is never passive Every few minutes all levers move back toward their starting points Levers that have increased move down and levers that are below the starting point move up Vanguard User Manual doc p 40 of 60 Levers also oppose each other by following certain rules e Gossips never oppose anything else e Most other types oppose one another in the same Station e Merchant conversations are a special case and will be covered in Regional Trade forthcoming Example You perform an Interview Domestics You move the Simple Pleasures lever up one space from 10 to 11 and move the other three levers associated with Domestics down one from 10 to 9 Support of the People The Will of the People and Cheer the People What is the purpose of Civic Diplomacy First there are individual rewards These include coin prestige faction regular faction diplomacy clothing diplomacy abilities adventuring items crafting items and recipes Second there is the group effect Some examples of bonuses available are a runspeed buff endurance regeneration buff a damage shield and mitigation bonus new diplomacy abilities and so forth Working together is the key to Civic Diplomacy One player can oppose another but many players working together can quickly and efficiently change the face of the ga
99. rocess is the Character Selection screen This screen displays the names of all of the characters you have created on the server you selected You may click on a character name to select that character or Create New Character see below for character creation information Once you select a character you may click Play to enter the game with that character Customize to make changes to the character s appearance Settings to change your game settings you may also change your settings from inside the game Delete to remove that character from the game a deleted character is gone forever so make sure you really mean it before clicking Delete the game will prompt you several times to prevent accidental deletions or Quit to close the game CHARACTER CREATI ON Before you enter the game for the first time you must create a character to play You may create up to eight characters on any given server On the Character Creation screen you assign your new character a name gender race and class When you re finished with this screen you may click Cancel to leave the game or Continue to go on to the Appearance Screen NAME You may give your character a first name and a last name the first name is required and the last is optional Your character s name must be unused If somebody already playing has the same name you will be prompted to enter a new name and your character will not be able to enter play until you ve found an original n
100. s allow you to visibly dance hug kiss bow cheer and much more There are plenty of emotes in the game and more all the time Below is a partial list of available emotes Have fun trying them out for yourself agree aha applause apologize bailwater beatchest beckon beg bleed boggle bonk bow burp bye cackle celebrate cheer cheers chuckle clap clean cleantable cloak cough crackneck comeover countfingers cower crazy cry dance disagree dismiss drink duck dustoff flex gasp giggle Vanguard User Manual doc p 25 of 60 grin gulp hairflip handstand hidefrom hug idea introduce kicklow kiss kneel lookaround overhere laugh mourn nervous nodhead nudge offer pace pat pickear picknose playdead plead point poke ponder pour presentoffer raisehand roar shiver rudegesture salute scratchhead shame shrug shy sigh slapforehead smellpits smile sneeze spit stomp Vanguard User Manual doc p 26 of 60 stretch study sulk swoon talk talkangry talkhappy talksad tapfoot tease throat veto vomit warcry wave whine whistle yawn Tabs Tabs allow you to display only certain types of communication in the chat window For example the Combat tab screens out all in game messages except those dealing with your actions and status in combat You can edit the content of a ta
101. s are overall the most devastating attacks in the game but they require thought practice and preparation to use effectively Spells drain energy when cast and managing your energy consumption so that you don t completely run out at the most fatal moment is a large part of the spell caster s art Spell casting is slow compared to physical attacks Spells have various cast times ranging from instantaneous to 6 or 7 seconds Longer casting times are dangerous because a spell in preparation may be interrupted by a successful attack against the caster preventing him from getting the spell off Furthermore dedicated spell casters must remain lightly armed and armored making them practically defenseless without their spells Solo spell casters are playing a very dangerous game and should limit themselves to targets they can usually take down in one or two shots because that s often all they get Some spells affect their target in multiple ways for example damaging the target rooting it in place and stunning it with a single hit There are also area of effect spells that affect all enemies within a specified area THE Orr HAND Some melee weapons like spears and large swords require both hands to wield Most however are single hand weapons leaving your off hand free to carry something else Many fighter types carry a shield to increase their defenses Some offensive fighters with the Duel Wield skill can carry a secondary weapon i
102. s may be required from each type of crafter Wood stone and other resources need to be collected and provided to the crafters so that they can refine them into the required construction material The permissions system allows home owners to control who has access to their house You can share your house with friends while keeping foes safely locked out There are hundreds of furniture items that can be placed inside your house Most furniture is crafted but many items are found while adventuring you can hang weapons on the wall place trophies over the fireplace pick a theme or just go crazy The multitude of different furniture items gives you the freedom to express yourself to the fullest Advanced movement controls allow tremendous control over fine tuning placement to create unique decorating opportunities By placing chests in your home you can increase your overall storage Extra loot crafted items harvested resources and just plain junk can easily be stored in a player s house SHIPS Vanguard User Manual doc p 41 of 60 You can own your own ship and sail the high seas of Telon There are three sizes of ships continental variations of each size and several levels of customization All ships are crafted with the carpenter a type of artificer as the primary crafter Items crafted by blacksmiths and outfitters are also required SETTINGS The Settings window in the Game Mechanics info screen provides you with a wealth of op
103. s you need are equipped on your crafting toolbelt you ll receive a starter toolbelt when you begin to study crafting Go to a workstation of the correct type and right click on it to begin Select the recipe you want to prepare and begin crafting You will see a bar showing all the steps required to successfully complete the recipe as buttons Click on each of the steps in the order in which they appear You will have to perform some of the steps multiple times before you re ready to move on When you have successfully completed a step it will dim on the bar If you get all the way to the end of the bar you have successfully created the item Action Points In order to successfully complete a task at a workstation you must manage your action points efficiently Action points are given to you based on your crafting level Each of the various steps you go through in creating an item may or may not have an action point cost associated with it You must complete the task before you run out of action points or the task fails and you lose all the raw materials and utilities you ve used so far Sometimes you ll be given a choice to complete a step in a way that uses fewer or no action points vs a way that s relatively expensive in action points Usually the more expensive option results in a better quality item but always remember to keep your eye on the bottom line Complications Every so often at random complications will arise in your craftin
104. s your name level and class icon Below that are the three bars that display your current Hit Points red Endurance green and Energy blue The importance of these bars is described in Healing amp Death 2 DEFENSIVE TARGET BAR Immediately below the Character Bar is the Defensive Target Bar This bar will appear if and only if you have targeted a friendly character Your defensive target will become the default target for your heals buffs and other beneficial spells and abilities You can have one friendly Defensive Target and one unfriendly Offensive Target open simultaneously see Offensive Target Bar and Combat Know Your Enemy for more on your Offensive Target You can click on the character bar to make yourself your Defensive Target This allows you to easily heal and buff yourself in and out of combat The Defensive Target Bar displays the target s name and his or her Hit Point Endurance and Energy bars allowing you to easily track if your Defensive Target is in danger or in need of a boost 3 AcTIVE EFFECTS The area just to the right of the Character Bar displays icons for all temporary effects that are currently affecting your character including buffs debuffs illness poison and curses There are two windows one for beneficial affects and one for harmful This area will also display the Form if any you are currently using for combat see Forms Active effects have timers that display when they re about to expi
105. se Hit Points Endurance or Energy they start to regenerate Hit points regeneration is rather slow at least compared to the rate at which you ll probably take damage in combat If your hit points are very depleted it can take several minutes to fully recover Energy also regenerates rather slowly while Endurance returns much faster but can be very quickly depleted as well Both can be depleted much faster than they regenerate and Energy and Endurance conservation are a major part of a successful strategy for survival Spells and magic items can be used when instantaneous healing or healing during combat is needed Food You can give your natural recovery rates a small but significant boost by eating while you re recovering Resting When not in combat you can accelerate your natural regeneration rates by using the Rest ability Vanguard User Manual doc p 21 of 60 this ability is placed on the Quick Bar of every new character by default While resting you cannot move look around or physically interact with any other object You can talk to your companions and make adjustments to your Equipment and Inventory To stop resting just press the forward arrow key to move forward You will also automatically drop out of rest if you re attacked DYING When your Hit Points are totally exhausted you die However in Vanguard death is only a temporary setback though there is a cost Note These rules are subject to change on alt
106. ser Manual doc p 2 of 60 1 Character Bafu waa 23 2 Defensive Target Bar s 23 3 Active Effects eeeeeeee eene nnne 23 A COMPASS un eia ai a ax Va dax vega eai 23 5 Offensive Target Bar eene 23 6 Chat WIDndOW siii 24 Talkifig zid EIER E RETE RRERENEA ER ETE ENDS Chat Options re eese eon iov aevi a ob Er RE aud EMOTES oe cr etae das TUS A Sala uet Sond Pe Aft in Cim Ru o Tee Channels eo veut aerei esis d ru isa tegis e TERR DERE 7 Experience Bar ener enen nnnm nnne 27 8 Chain Buttons aiii 27 9O FOrMS DII ILI I LII ID T 28 10 Quick Bar Actions eeeerrnnnnnnnn 28 Custom Hot Keys occ obti reso tene AR AE SIE ERO ied 11 Quick Bar I nventory e 29 12 Equipment 4 Character 29 EQUIPMEN Ei ra pee ex eee ba ee exe Rv rhe Re Ea Sil aded o EDT e en LEO RACUONS i 2stet Er AttriDUteS nerd ELEME L3 Quest LOG cidad nante iran 31 14 Abilities wa 31 15 Mapas ERR REIR RO RR AC AA 31 16 SoOClal eec Ee ex re Ro e cire uoeEkEruuexEMIMEEYEKEM ERA 31 17 Game Mechanics eere 32 18 Connection Monitor 32 19 Mini Matias 32 Keyboard Shortcuts eee 32 OTHER PLAYERS nrinn SS Dueling ad 33 Trading ab 33 Mal iii iia 33 CT Ko LI po VI Da AAA AAA AAA AAA 34 Gr
107. ss the Need button for a chance at items for which you qualify press the Greed button for a chance at items for which no one presses Need If you don t want it press Pass Please make your choice quickly so it doesn t hold up the distribution process Once everyone has pressed one of the three buttons for the current item the game makes a percentage roll for each character involved the highest roll wins but Need overrides Greed Items awarded this way go directly into the winner s Inventory Share Loot Rights This is a button available to the Master Looter or the current Round Robin looter Pressing it allows others in your group to take loot Raids Some of the most powerful foes in the game are too powerful to be defeated by a single group For these major challenges groups can join together to form a raid Raids allow several groups to join forces into a single fighting unit A group leader can start a raid by inviting another group leader to add his group to the raid GUILDS Guilds are groups of players who band together for a common purpose This purpose can be a similar roleplaying concept a group of friends outside the game who want to stay together inside or just to help one another advance through the game as fast as possible In short the reason for a guild to exist is entirely up to the guild s members A character can belong to only one guild at a time A guild can be anything from a single player up to hun
108. suppliers You hereby grant to us a worldwide perpetual irrevocable royalty free sublicenseable through multiple tiers right to exercise all rights of any kind or nature associated with your Content including without limitation all intellectual property rights and all ancillary and subsidiary rights thereto in any languages and in any media now known or not currently known 12 We cannot ensure that your private communications and other personally identifiable information will not be disclosed to third parties For example we or our designees may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications Additionally we or our designees can and you authorize us or our designees to disclose any information about you to private entities law enforcement or other government officials as each of us in our sole discretion believe necessary or appropriate to investigate or resolve possible problems or inquiries or in exigent circumstances involving risk of harm to any person or property You agree that we may communicate with you via telephone email and any Vanguard User Manual doc p 46 of 60 similar technology for any purpose relating to the Game the Software and any services or software which may in the future be provided by us or on our behalf You expressly permit SOE to upload CPU operating system v
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110. t is self explanatory They specialize in combat support healing and buffing their allies However healers also tend to be generalists with a good mix of offensive abilities and defensive strength in addition to their support role Cleric As a cleric a servant of the divine you heed the call of the gods in all things For this devotion you share a portion of the power of the divine These powers manifest themselves in the form of powerful healing spells that enable you to tend to fallen and wounded allies You re also granted mighty destructive spells making you a formidable opponent in battle You do not pledge yourself to a single deity Rather you draw power from the gods collectively As your understanding of each god matures you can forge an affinity with that deity gaining grants of special Vanguard User Manual doc p 10 of 60 powers You can achieve affinity with multiple deities at a time Shaman As a shaman you mystically commune with the spirits of Telon This communion gives you access to gifts and powers that aid you as you grow in power Shamans of sufficient power can form unique relationships with benevolent spirits All shamans can choose one patron spirit These spirits are Tuurgin the Bear who grants his devotees strength and toughness Rakurr the Wolf who grants his devotees cunning and speed Hayatet the Phoenix who grants her devotees insight and the fury of flames Each of these patrons grants their shama
111. that allows you to set your audio and video preferences and to customize the game s commands The various settings are described in detail under Settings Report Bug Opens a form that you can use if you find something that you think is not functioning as it should Letting the game s developers know promptly about bugs in the game is essential for making Vanguard the best game possible Log Out Logs out your character and returns you to the Server Selection window Exit Vanguard Logs out your character and closes the game Return to Vanguard Closes the Game Mechanics window 18 CONNECTION MONI TOR To the right of the game menu button you will notice a vertical bar that is green yellow or red This is your connection monitor Dragging your cursor over this area will show a number of important statistics regarding the speed of your connection Ping Loss Network FPS and Connections You can also obtain the FPS by typing Ctrl P 19 Mini MAP The small square in the bottom right corner displays a map of your immediate area Click on to zoom in and on to zoom out KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS These are default keyboard commands You can change your key bindings from the Game Mechanics Settings window Shift C or I considers your current target H hails the selected NPC B opens and closes your Inventory C will bring up your character window or close it Items in your Inventory that appear in red are not available for use u
112. the basic skills necessary to progress in Diplomacy from Diplomacy trainers which can be found it each starting city Using Diplomacy Let s step through a possible Diplomatic encounter You are near an NPC with whom you will have a diplomatic exchange contest Go to the Abilities Book or press P and select the Diplomacy tab At the bottom press the button marked Strategy This opens a group of five boxes to hold your Statements cards Open up your Abilities Book and go to the Diplomacy tab From there select the Comment the Evaluation and the two Assertions that are the same color as the Evaluation For instance if you re a Goblin your primary Expression is Reason which is green The final slot is for you to place an Assertion of another Expression type color Knowing what your opponent is playing will help you determine which Assertion to place here If you have no information about your opponent choose an Assertion that catches your eye Hail the NPC and choose the Parley option On the right is the gameboard while on the left is the Dialogue Window Your Strategy window is normally in the lower left Take a moment to position them so that you can see your opponent and your own character In parley your opponent is up and you are down Each Statement has a cost in Expression although sometimes the cost is zero and the amount they add or subtract Expression from your opponent and yourself Also there is a refresh
113. time forming a rigid obstacle of steel between the enemy and your weaker allies The Warrior learns a vast array of both offensive and defensive skills You re particularly skilled in drawing enemy attention aggro to yourself Paladin As a paladin you are a servant of Valus goddess of law judgment and punishment In her service you punish the wicked and uphold the righteous It is your divine right to judge those who oppose you for all must obey the law or suffer the consequences No degree of iniquity will be tolerated Because of your strong association with Valus the other goodly gods lend you minor portions of their power as well A paladin stands in the van capable and willing to take the brunt of the assault in order to defend weaker allies It also gives you the opportunity to acquaint evil doers with the judgment that awaits them A paladin accrues a special pool of Virtue Points which can be expended to unleash potent Gifts of Virtue Your myriad gifts include Auras which convey significant buffs on you and your allies Paladins also have powerful special attacks against the undead and some limited healing abilities as well as other mystical abilities Dread Knight As a dread knight you shroud yourself in secrecy and shadows You ve learned the ways of fear and effectively punish those who stand in your way You have mastered fear to the point that any opponent who focuses on you will feel the touch of supernatural terror
114. tion e 16X Speed DVD ROM e 20 Gigabytes Hard Drive Space RECOMMENDED SPECS e Windows 2000 XP Vista e 100 DirectX 9 0c compatible computer e 100 DirectX compatible keyboard or input device e Processor 3 0 GHz Intel or 3500 AMD processor e 2GBRAM Vanguard User Manual doc p 4 of 60 e Vertex and Pixel shader 2 0 compatible hardware with 256MB of texture memory e DirectSound compatible audio hardware e Broadband Internet Connection e 16X Speed DVD ROM e 20 Gigabytes Hard Drive Space I NSTALLATI ON Insert the Vanguard Saga of Heroes Disc 1 into your DVD ROM drive If your computer is set up to auto play discs the installation should begin on its own within a minute Otherwise you can start the installation by opening My Computer double clicking on the DVD ROM drive where the disc is located and then double clicking on the Vanguard Saga of Heroes icon Follow the instructions given by the setup program to complete the installation Vanguard Saga of Heroes can help you register an account during installation To do so you must have an active Internet connection You may receive a popup warning before the connection if you use firewall software or have certain Internet settings Dialup users may be prompted to enter the telephone number of their ISP for connection If the Internet connection fails registration will be skipped but can be completed the first time you start the game When installation is finished double c
115. tions Manager Tom Putnam Lead Operations Program Manager Kyle Emtman Operations Engineers Brandon Cruz Benjamin Sherry Test Test Manager Kyle Shannon Test Development Lead Eric Lee Software Test Engineers Alan Davis Ferdinand Schober Software Design Engineer in Test Alyque Ajani Mark Amos Melissa Batten Carolyn Gold Eric Helbig Greg Hjertager Isaac Hunt Tanya Jessen Justin McBride Michael McCormack David Rieman Steve Robinson Brant Schweigert User Research User Research Engineers Nick Hillyer Ray Kowalewski Ramon Romero Management General Manager Phil Spencer Product Unit Manager Bonnie Ross Special Thanks Shannon Loftis Lief Thompson Brett Schnepf Joseph Smith Vanguard User Manual doc p 60 of 60
116. tions for customizing your Vanguard in game experience These settings allow you precise control of the game s video audio and contols VIDEO Most of the processor power that goes into running Vanguard on your computer goes into video rendering Therefore if your computer is closer to the minimum required specs or the game is running slowly on your system for any reason adjusting your video settings downward is the first and best option for improving performance Performance The average player interested in getting the best possible balance between video quality and game speed can confine himself to the five options in this category Render Quality This is an omnibus control that takes into account many of the individual settings that can be found elsewhere in the Video options screen Settings range from Very Low minimal animation quality and art detail to Very High best possible animation and detail quality During installation the game analyzes your system and selects an appropriate render quality but this control allows you to personally adjust the balance between visual punch and reaction time Resolution As with render quality higher resolutions look great but may not allow your system to perform at maximum efficiency At installation the game selects an appropriate resolution for your system but this control allows you to change that setting by hand Full Screen This control allows you to toggle between full screen and wi
117. travels to perform devastating attacks In addition to dealing damage you have an arsenal of reactive abilities so that you may be prepared for any combat situation Rogue Preferring to strike from the shadows the rogue is an underhanded fighter who will do anything to win As a rogue you re a damage dealer of the first order but require the assistance of others to provide a distraction in order to reach your full potential You gain many abilities that work with your sneaky nature Among the most important you gain the innate ability to render yourself virtually undetectable As long as nothing detects you and you re not directly attacked you can remain in this state This enables you to stalk your opponents The longer you stalk the more benefit you gain from it Your attacks are less likely to draw attention cost less are more accurate and deal more damage Most rogue attacks will not break stealth so as long as you re never directly attacked you can maintain this bonus This takes careful planning and execution Should you be revealed you can re enter stealth during combat which allows you to begin the stalking process again Poisons and Devices You can create virile poisons that affect your opponents in myriad ways There are three major types of items that you can construct using poisons The first and easiest are poisons vials that can be used to coat your weapons with poison The second and third are Flechettes and Blow Darts
118. tug of war You need to pull the indicator back to your side of the line and you ll do it now by playing your 2 cost Assertion You re back in command of the board Play your Evaluations to build up Expression to play Assertions Use a Comment for a quick gain when you can If you chose an Assertion in a type of Expression your opponent gives you through his actions play those as well Don t forget to Listen pass your turn if you re ahead or if you have nothing you can play this turn Later your Repertoire of Statements will have Repeals and Rebuts which give you more flexibility to build new Strategies and take on tougher opponents Races amp Classes The races of Vanguard favor the following Expressions Vanguard User Manual doc p 38 of 60 Demand Races e Dwarf e Vulmane e Varanthari e Wood Elf e Orc e Mordebi Reason Races e High Elf e Gnome e Goblin e Kojani Human Inspire Races e Thestran Human e Varanjar e Lesser Giant e Dark Elf Flattery Races e Halfling e Qaliathari Human e Kurashasa e Half Elf e Raki Your starting class determines which Comment you receive The classes each favor an Expression as well Demand Classes e Warrior e Dread Knight e Inquisitor e Necromancer Reason Classes e Ranger Monk Sorcerer Disciple Inspire Classes Paladin Druid Cleric Shaman Flattery Classes Rogue Bard Psionicist Blood Mage Civic Diplomacy Civic Diplomacy is the art of ma
119. ty materials used in finishing the item lubricants solvents cleansers and so forth All these items should be kept on your crafting equipment window Since space for crafting equipment is limited you will need to make sure that your current load of crafting equipment is specific to the task at hand There are three paths of crafting available You can only advance in one of the three paths so choose carefully Vanguard User Manual doc p 36 of 60 In each starting city you ll be able to find a quest which will allow you to choose and get started in your crafting path As you advance along your path your instructors teach you new recipes which allow you to create new and more valuable wares As your level increases the items you can craft become more valuable Crafting skills can also be used to create player housing and boats when these features are in place in the final game The Crafting Process Crafting is a multi phase process with each phase requiring its own workstation and materials The three phases are Refining preparing raw materials Finishing creating an item or component and Assembly putting finished components together to make a complex item Some tasks and work orders can be completed at a single workstation others particularly at higher levels will require all three Before you begin crafting check the recipe and make sure you have all the required materials tools and utilities Make sure the tool
120. use misinform or attempt to defraud any duly appointed representative of Sigil Games Online You may not reveal or communicate any player s real world information This includes but is not limited to name address account names or other personal information without their permission You will not use communicate to other players condone or promote the use of Exploitation Exploitation Vanguard User Manual doc p 43 of 60 is defined as the use of any bug undocumented feature or any weakness in the game for the benefit of a player group or guild All bugs should be promptly reported by typing bug in game and entering all information You may not harass other players Continued unwanted contact or communication outside of the scope of the code of conduct is strictly forbidden regardless of channel location filters or other commands that are used to assist in reduction of this type of behavior You may not conduct yourself in a manner that disrupts the immersion of other players You may not interfere with the ability of other players to enjoy playing the game except where specifically allowed by alternate rule sets You may not behave in any manner that is contrary to the spirit of the game that is defined by Sigil Games Online in our sole discretion Furthermore role playing and in character behavior are not excuses for violations of any policy You will not encourage induce condone or assist other players groups or gui
121. uy sell haggle merclist price stopshopping e misc yell played quit who just to name a few e parlay e positions crawl crouch run walk land takeoff sit stand rest e psionics e quests deletequest sharequest dialogresponse quests e time time e trade trade e traveljournal traveljournaldisplay displays list of all locations saved in travel journal traveldirections gives compass mark to destination e ui uisave filename saves the current UI to bin uiload filename loads the file requested UI Here are some other popular commands used in hotkeys most of them should be self explanatory afk bow cast consent corpsedrag dance mount pet summon pet stay pet follow salute wave 11 Quick BAR NVENTORY The five slots in the middle of your Quick Bar are reserved for inventory You can mouse over any item in Inventory to see its stats General Inventory Click on the button on the right the chest icon to open your General Inventory This contains 25 item slots that you can use for anything you can carry Items that you loot purchase harvest or trade for will usually be placed in your General Inventory when they come into your possession From there you can distribute them to your active equipment slots or to other storage places Remember to keep a few slots of your General Inventory open for new acquisitions Items that
122. ws you to rest once combat is complete F is for Chains p XX G is for Counter p XX Y is for Sympathetic p XX V is for Rescue p XX Vanguard User Manual doc p 16 of 60 Number Keys The abilities on your Quick Bar are automatically mapped to the number keys including the and keys across the top of your alphanumeric keyboard Shift 1 O will open the corresponding Quick bar banks from among the 10 available KNOW YOUR ENEMY If possible before engaging an enemy or whenever an enemy engages you it is always a good idea to first determine how strong your attacker is relative to yourself First mouse over your potential target to display its name and level Look for a level near your own fighting foes too far above you is foolhardy of course while foes much weaker than you will offer so little reward that they re not worth your time A well organized adventuring group can successfully take on enemies well above them in level if the group has the advantage of numbers Click on an aggressive or neutral person or creature to target it When you target an enemy a display appears on the upper right side of the screen with a wealth of useful tactical information to help you determine whether to attack or break off combat The enemy s name is displayed and beneath that a bar showing how much damage the opponent has taken relative to its total hit points There s also a bar displaying how much Energy the enemy has expe
123. you are carrying as equipment do not take up General Inventory slots Bags amp Containers The three Inventory buttons with bag outlines are for pouches or other containers you may wish to carry to expand your Inventory capacity You must find or purchase a bag before you can use these buttons Saddlebags Saddlebags are containers carried by your mount There is one saddlebag button on your Quick Bar You must have a mount before you can have a saddlebag to carry extra stuff Stackables Some items are stackable that is multiple units of the same item can be carried in a single Inventory slot Stackables are usually single use items like ammo or utilities or simple resources like creature parts or harvested plants Most stackable items can fit twenty to a slot A few can fit fifty or a hundred to a slot Qui ck BAR INFO SCREENS The six buttons on the right end of your Quick Bar are reserved for your Info Screens These screens Equipment and Character Quest Log Abilities Map Social and Game Menu provide a trove of essential information and functionality You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with all of them Each Info Screen can be minimized for easy access with the square button in the upper left corner of the window or closed with the X button in the upper right corner of the window 12 EQUI PMENT amp CHARACTER This complex but extremely important window contains a wealth of information about your capabilities an

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