Vanguard: Saga of Heroes - Game Updates

Game Updates

Game Updates (GU) were once a regular upgrade of the game, once about every two months. Between the GU, random smaller content updates are added to the game as well. Players can try out new content on the Test server, before they hit the regular servers.

• Game Update 3 - Released Oct 16, 2007 (Phase 1), and Dec 12, 2007 (Phase 2). Introduced Raiding. Also added Holiday content such as the flying mount Randolph, the flying reindeer, which were disabled again Jan 9 2008.

• Game Update 4 - Released Mar 11, 2008. Introduced permanent flying mounts (Griffons and Wyvens) and changed the Riftway System again. Removed Character Customization to allow helmets.

• Game Update 5 - Released May 28, 2008. The main feature of this update was racial mounts. Shortly afterwards, city faction armor and the Pegasus permanent flying mount were introduced.

• Game Update 6 - Released September 10, 2008. Features a trial island where new characters can start, new customizable character models, class balance fixes and over 1,500 bug fixes.

• October 7, 2009 - Mentoring system was introduced.

• July 7, 2010 - Vanguard gameplay servers were merged to two servers. Please see server listing for server information.

• August 10, 2011 - The first "Bug Bash!" update was released which fixed several bugs.

• August 24, 2011 - The second "Bug Bash!" update was released which fixed several bugs.

• August 14, 2012 - Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is now Free to Play (F2P).

As for future improvements and updates, Vanguard players on the official forums have created a list of improvements to be made. These can be seen at the official Vanguard: Saga of Heroes forum.