Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Preview

GameSpot has put together a preview of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, based on some firsthand time they recently spent with Sigil Games’ MMORPG. An excerpt to follow:

We had a chance to do some low-level hunting and quest-solving of our own with new characters on the continent of Thestra, a green and mountainous land that will occasionally fall prey to the game’s impressive weather effects, which allow for rain and snowstorms. We were able to choose new characters from a selection of fantasy races and professions–such as clerics, rangers, paladins, and dread knights–right from the start, like in the original EverQuest, rather than choosing a basic profession that would change later, such as in Dark Age of Camelot or EverQuest II. The full list of character classes that will be available at launch hasn’t been finalized, but from what we can tell, Sigil’s designers are making sure to revive some of their personal favorites from EverQuest, while adding some new professions such as the pacifying psionicist.