Mit zwei neuen Artikeln gibt es wieder reichlich neuen Lesestoff rund um das Thema Vanguard : Saga of Heroes. Vanguard Spheres befasst sich mit den Themen Twinking und Leveling up: Past, Present and Future.

Twinking

There has been some discussion on whether or not to allow twinking in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. It is one of those issues, much like Trivial Loot Code (TLC), that really fires people up quickly. Passions flare, and the next thing you know, you have Jim Ross and the WWE officiating a thread over twinking. The fact of the matter is, twinking is in Vanguard. The problem is, no one knows exactly how it will be handled. Lets take a historical look at twinking and what Vanguard might bring to the table.

Advancement, desperation, adventuring, grinding. In the end, it all boils down to a simple question: What would you do for a Ding? Forget Klondike Bars, this is the motivation we all face in MMOGs, though over the years it has appeared in many ways. In this article, I’ll try to define why exactly the sense of progression is so important for character-driven games, what has been done regarding it in the past, and what we will be looking forward to in the future.