Vanguard is just a bland piece of generic crap, with all the RPG detail stripped off, a disconnected mess of game-systems borrowed from other MMO's like Trivial Loot Code, Bind on Equip and other gamey and restrictive mechanics, so much loot that you loose interest in all magical items whatsoever, invisable walls, no secret areas or trapfloors, ho-hum faction and a lackluster Racial political landscape, the most bland and boring newbie experience ever, all sorts of ezmode features like knowing the exact level of mobs and how much of a challenge they are and lots, LOTS of missing cool features like Fishing, Baking, Merchant diving (merchants do not stock the goods that other players sold them) and many, many more. I have a 19-page Word doc full of rants, but I just can not bring myself to post it. The beta-forums are buzzing with disappointment. They are trying to capture part of the WoW fanbase but they are so inconsistent in their style and approach that the end-result is one of the blandest game-experiences I have had so far in a MMO.