I would quite happily come back and play AC, old graphics and all, but it's next to impossible to connect to now. Everywhere in the forums there are players begging for help in connecting, getting past the various errors which are keeping us out, but unless the server tech that the game is based on see's a serious upgrade, you're never going to see a significant influx of new players into the game - a damn shame for arguably one of the most ground-breaking and enjoyable MMO's ever.

Isn't turbine supposedly working on another MMO? If so, here's hoping they go back to their roots.

I'm still waiting for a game that even remotely compares to the unintended brilliance that was AC1's PvP.  They may not have intended for it to become what it did originally, but it was by far the most rewarding experience I've had in an MMO.  That, combined with the incredibly long and in depth quest lines, still hold AC1 as one of my favorite games (not just MMOs, but games) ever.

AC was great no matter if DF fails or not. I still remember stareing at the store shelf choosing between it or EQ at the time and choosing AC. Great times had although not sure looking back I would go back to it either.

Originally posted by qbangy32

I can't bring myself to go back to AC with the bots so prevalent in-game, I just never liked how you could ask these bots for buff/teleports and other such things, it took away the challenge for me and spoiled what chance I ever had of truly competing against other players who would ofc use bots to enhance their skills.

If there where no bots in the game I would have happily carried on playing AC, I had no problems with the graphics at all, I even DL's the game again over the weekend but uninstalled again when I saw that Bots are still heavily used.

 

Sadly true.

As a note, DFO hasn't failed *yet*, there's still a chance that it'll take off or at least remain a strong niche game.

 God I miss Darktide.... nothing like trying to vendor 300k worth of junk armor/weapons in town and seeing a red dot pop up!!

Olthoi dropped some good vendor loot.