Mikuchu
Member
Vanguard is a unique profession that was created to fill the gap left behind from the profession purge that happened when the game transitioned into the NGE.
For NGE standards Vanguard falls someplace between Officer and Medic. But if you played PRE-CU/CU then its more like a Squad Leader with a dash of Combat Medic mixed in. It is definitely a support class, but with the right expertise you can have big heals and also do some pretty impressive damage.
On the profession wheel as a Vanguard you have the choice of using a melee or ranged (pistol) weapon. As you level up you will also receive a heal, debuffs, a DOT, an AOE special and a few unique abilities.
The expertise is broken up into two pages, Bodyguard and Warlord.
The Bodyguard page is where you will find most of the buff/support abilities
Warlord is where you will find more combat related abilities.
Vanguard has three heroic jewelry sets, Praetorian, Kismatos’s Wrath and Shield Specialist.
BM accompanies this class beautifully. If you choose your expertise carefully, you can find the right mix between support, and BM damage.
Vanguard is our first unique profession and we think it’s pretty amazing! But we also want it to be perfect, so you may find that we fine tune and tweak things here and there, but the spirit of the profession is everything it was designed to be.
We are always looking for constructive feedback from community members, so if you have any suggestions or comments about Vanguard we would love to hear from you!