Hehe, pretty much sums up how I feel about the game. :)

http://www.vgwalkthroughs.com/page/guides/4

SOE's been doing a bang up job on the game. I think with the first expansion, you're gonna see a lot of interest in it.

Got to say that looks pretty nice. is it still a monumental grind?

Ummm, adventuring is pretty easy to level up. Theres so much floating around, it's pretty decent. Crafting can be bit of a grind, but crafting is also where the money is at given the fact that 90% of the best items in game are player made. I've not done too much diplomacy yet. Overall, the main problem I have with this game is trying to decide what I want to do first LOL. There's too much to do!

Very nice.

They just released Update 6, which includes the trial island. Not sure if this means the 14 day trials are happening now, but it shouldn't be far off.

What game was this taken from? Does not look anything like the Vanguard I purchased and installed on the day of release and uninstalled within two weeks out of sheer frustration. :(

Actually that is Vanguard. When's the last time you played it?

I re-installed VG about 3 weeks ago and I have been enjoying it a lot. I have had some time issues being able to play. I have slowed way down the eq2 raiding and when I can find hte hour or two a day I hop onto VG. TONS to do even as the ultra casual player I am for the time being. I am really hoping to get deep into the crafting here shortly and take a stab at Diplomacy although at the moment it baffles me. The game even runs decent now on my POS computer. Hate to say this but SoE is doing a great job with it. I too play on the Xeth server.... Cleric of course..

I have a 50 monk on Xeth (named Selwen of course). Currently raiding APW and having fun doing it.Monks got hit with the nerf bat on this update,once again, but still fun.

Also have a newbie Rogue named Maxxximum that I started on the new Isle. Having a lot of fun leveling him up. Quests are giving good class specific armor.

I was impressed with the trailer so I went and bought the game. I have a buddy key for free 10 days (?) if anyone wants to become a Hero!

Be warned even with all the installation discs, I still had to wait 4 hours of downloading updates. I would anticipate much more than that for a digital download if you use the buddy key.