Anyone else looking at Vanguard?

[Rinnhart]

I don't know if they just got rid of it or changed their FAQ, but I swear that a few months back when I looked at it they basically said the focus was on small and large group content, with little to no solo content.  I also remember something about raids being a big part of the game, but again looking back it isn't there now.
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No, that's exactly correct. The game will probably end up very similar to EQ as far as how friendly it is towards the solo player (not very). Many people I know dislike the situational grouping of WoW, either because they feel it makes the game too easy to be able to solo quickly all the way to 60 or because they miss the social aspect of long parties.

Parties in WoW are brief affairs, tossed together only because instances are generally well beyond any individual's ability to solo. A couple hours, at the most, and it breaks. EQ parties were nearly as static as the game environment.

Looking at it now, there is a lot more comments along the lines of "we want to be accessible to everyone" as opposed to the previous line of thought of "we want to cater to a group that we feel get less stuff than they should've in games like WoW".

Seriously, browse the Graffe's threads on Vanguard, there's alot of discussion about exactly this.