This Could Be A Vanguard Fan Site

Vanguard LaunchesHoly crimony, I forgot that Vanguard went live yesterday!

I’ll probably saunter over there, eventually, after the noob areas have cleared out. And after I buy a new video card. Of course, I’d have to buy the Vanguard box too. And upgrade my EverQuest subscription to the All Access sub. So after all of that prep work and $$$, I’ll check it out. Probably.

Meanwhile, I’m looking for a regular guy (or gal) who’s blogging about their Vanguard adventures. Not a rabid Vansite or Vanboi/Vangrrl please, just a straight shooter who’s ad-van-turing. Leave a comment or send an email and I’ll read.

And speaking of bad Van puns, how long until someone “invents” the terms: Vangrind, Vancrack, Vancrash and Vantastic? I’ll bet someone already has.

(Image credit: Vanguard wallpapers, available on the Official Site)

The Evil Quest NPC

I have found the most evil quest NPC in all of World of Warcraft, Elementalist Lo’ap of the Throne of Elements, Nagrand.

Here he is.

The Evil Quest NPC

This guy is like an old fart down the block who asks you to deliver a few packages, what’s the harm, he’ll make it worth your while — next thing you know, you’re stabbing some made guy in a car trunk and seeing black helicopters flying over your house.

To wit: First, he wants you to pick up some animal shit. A LOT of animal shit. (A Rare Bean) Then, he wants you to eat the shit. (Eat shit, then kill stuff)

You’ve now lost your e-dignity, it’s time to test your limits: Go burn a village.

I checked it out: those creatures aren’t bothering anyone, they keep to themselves — they’re fishermen, naturalists of a sort. TOO BAD, they’ve pissed off Lo’ap somehow and he wants it burned to the ground: every hut, every house.

Lastly (and thankfully, ’cause who knows how far this guy would ask you to go), he wants you to clean up some lake pollution. All of a sudden he’s concerned about the environment — never mind the HOMES you just BURNED.

I realized, after I had done his bidding for an hour or so, I’ll do just about anything for a few experience points.

Craftable Fake Loot

WoW Item CreatorA newer World of Warcraft toy to play with: WoW Item Creator.

Comes with 22,000 options — I’m estimating — a submission gallery (searchable and browsable) and a viewer rating/commenting system.

Some of the top-rateds:
Dick Cheney’s Hunting Rifle — heh, that’s funny even before you look at it.

This week’s Submission of the Week, Roll Hax. We used to have a guildmember that we all SWORE had a roll hax running. Stupid b… girl would roll 95+ anytime it was something she wanted. SWEAR TO GOD. Even now, when a guildmember has a good streak of rolls we’ll ask them if they’re running her hack.

The Burning Crusade Expansion — the text states that one of the equip effects is “-Women you could have gotten with that $43.67”, and really, you can’t get A woman with $43.67, much less more than one.

Please. Dude. Wake up.