I’ve been reading and listening to a lot of the fallout from SOE’s influencer’s summit (sniffle), and one of the things I heartily agreed with was Brent’s observations about Sony’s player support. The EQ 2 Players site is amazing, and I knew that they were talking about something similar for Vanguard. Indeed, the Vanguard Players page is a tremendous piece of work. What I didn’t know is that characters have individual, automated blogs. (Thanik, that avatar, is character of the day today.) The blog updates every time you ding, and takes a UI-less screenshot of your surroundings. Thanik is apparently a busy boy, because he’s also got numerous posts showing that he’s been the first person in the game on his server to explore several areas and find several items.

Thanik, accompanied by Fjir, Sapa and Izyrius, was the first person on Shidreth to discover the item Kullom’s Belt in Thelaseen.

Hats off to SOE for an awesome feature.