Anarchy Online

I played the game from pretty close to release to the release of AI. This game is definetly up there next to EQ1(the good one) as one of my favorite MMORPGs. I have tried SWG,COX and Lineage 2 since AO and none of them compare. I just liked the whole idea of becoming a warmachine by installing symbiants into every part of your body.  I liked how Good Vs evil was very well defined and obvious. If Funcom had done the graphical update years ago I belive this game would still be a major contender.  To answer the question im playing a little game called Dungeon Runners right now. 99% of the game is instanced but its still fun.

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Biological "Experiment83" Warmachine

Level : 146

Breed : Atrox

Gender : Neuter

Faction : Omni

Profession : Enforcer

MONGO SLAM

I had played Ao for just over two years. I left because I became tired of FC's bull****, and there constant patches fixing there last patches. I also did'nt appreciate some of the changes they made of things that really did'nt need to get changed. I'll never subscribe to any FC product again. Like many that have noticed, FC really does'nt give a **** about it's fanbase at all.

So  now I'm playing EQ2 at least until a gaming company releases a "completed" game 95% bug free. To which they also listen to there fanbase and works together to make a great game.........................................yea ok I'm dreaming, but it was a nice thought.

Me and my wife are AO vets several times over lol.  Still think the best part of it was pre-sl

now we play eq2 and Perfect World.

I will be patiently waiting for Age of Conan.  I have faith that Funcom is doing all the right things with this game.

I played AO from its release up until about 2 months after the Alien Invasion EP came out. I had played a lot of games before, during and after that period. I can't really say there are many that compare to the fun I have had playing it. I prefer the Sci-Fi element and not many good Sci-Fi MMOs are out there. One of the games I managed to stick with the longest after playing AO was FFXI. I still play it some today. I am also playing a few F2P MMOs like 9dragons and Voyage Century and waiting for Aion, Tabular Rasa and Age of Conan.

With all the new updates announced and slated to come out soon, I and several friends are looking to give AO another try at that time.

pr-sl AO was my first mmo and my best gaming experience ever. AO was pure magic back then.  it felt like a world and not like a quest-grind-job. i loved the complexity, the community of RK3 (the german server) and the random missions (best mmo gameplay idea ever btw.!!!) sl ruined it all for me. i re-installed AO yesterday. i´m just gonna do some sightseeing in the next days. i´ll record my tourist-journey on rubi-ka with fraps and delete AO after that. i still have the AO soundtrack on my mp3 player, the music brings back memories *sigh* lol.  i´m waiting for AoC now.

Wow, so many memories come back from reading this post.

I started Anarchy Online back when I was in grade 11. My cousin told me about this Sci-Fi MMO which I had never heard of. I remember saying "How can you shoot a ranged weapon at someone? A gun? Thats so unfair!" haha. At the time I was playing Everquest, or possibly Ultima Online, not sure. Anyhow, I was just told that my appendix was about to burst, and that I needed an emergency operation, so I had it done. During the time we were about to go into exam period before summer, so there was about 1 month of school left. Due to the fact I had a large incision in my abdomen I couldn't walk very well at all, and the drugs I was on made studying hard. I was exempt from all exams and has that month of school off to 'Rest and Repair'. So....I persued my chance to play this new Sci-Fi game.

Installed Anarchy Online after a long download and the first thing I did was make an Opifex Fixer. Farseen was born. I entered that neutral junk yard in Borealis and thought "what the fu*k is going on...". haha. I had a gun, and played it like a FPS game! In fact, now that I look back, I played it in First Person the entire time! Recently I've actually gone back to that....I feel more involved in the experience. Plus in AO you could see your gun hanging so it wasn't just a screen you were looking at, you were looking at the hands holding your weapon.

I ran around the junk yard a bit and tried to understand why I couldn't Riposte anybody....haha. It didn't make sense! Burst Fire worked fine, but damn Riposte wouldn't work. Ahhh, yes, the Neubie channel. Lucky for that I soon discovered that Riposte was only for MA's and what not.

I ran around for a bit and started earning my lovely credits. After finding the vendor in the Junkyard I had a new mission........must save up for new gun! haha.

Anyway, I remember the second I stepped outside of Junkyard 9 some crazy dude walked up to me wearing a full business suit. A beaurocrat. I told him he looked fuc*ing awesome, and he gave me 500k credits. Best day of my life? Maybe. First thing I went to do was buy  a Yalmaha! haha, who wouldn't? He stopped me though and said "woah woah buddy, you need Vehicle Air to drive a Yalm, and plus man, you're a fixer, why would you want a vehicle?" Well according to me, who the hell wouldn't want a vehicle? THEY COULD FLY. haha.

I only ever managed to get to level 70 to be honest with you guys, but I played that game for years, very casually. I was in the Org. New Movement and I never even pondered on going Omni or Clan, Neutral was my place. Witnessing the wars, not fighting them. I remember running through the Temple and fighting that god forbidden GoT for his memory belt. And for his tank armor, which I also wanted, even though I shouldn't have gotten it, hehe. I got my first set of MK1 Grid Armor and get a million buffs to get it on, oh I loved that. I also remember waking up at 5am one morning to defend our base from a clan attack, that was awesome, except fixers were no good in PvP. Well, I didn't bother to buy ensnares, haha, so I guess that would have helped somewhat.

Yeah...some damn good memories. i should go back -- that game was the best MMO I've ever played, hands down.

Level 70
Little "Farseen" Fixer
Opifex Male
- New Movement -

Maybe see you all soon? Sigh....

Founding member of 3305 Local here, one of the largest and earliest AO guilds, we are still going real strong. Xaielao the fixer here. :) Co-founder of the underground Fixer network (if you didn't play a fixer, chances are you didn't know it existed) and Clan supporter. Ah those were the days.

Anyway, I'm currently only playing City of Heroes/Villains (CoX.) I have a froob account with AO, but it's since lost it's luster.

I am EAGERLY anticipating Age of Conan and The Secret World, Funcom's 2 upcoming MMOGs. Funcom makes some of the best games out there, and AO was innovative, unique and really pushed the genre passed it's generic competition, even if it wasn't as successful. AoC is going to rock too, and TSW has an AMAZING concept going, I cant wait to see where they take it.