this is way to funny  trying to push ToC on a DarkFall forum

^^^^^ what a crock of shit ^^^^^^

Originally posted by zaxtor99

Asheron's Call. Released in 1999. Very, very small amount of advertising over the course of its life. Hardly ever seen on store shelves, even the expansion packs like the last "Throne Of Destiny" not seen on store shelves of stores like Best Buy, CompUSA, and Walmart.

In the 8th year now, Asheron's Call still churns along, seeing Turbine continually adding monthly content to its already over-flowing full-of-content game. Despite the aging 3D graphics, the game is still holding its own and making Turbine a decent monthly profit as it has paid for itself many times over now.

Some people, like myself, still view Asherons Call as one of the best ever PvP mmos on the infamous Darktide server. The lore and the quality of quests in AC is STILL unmatched by newer, shinier games. Asherons Call quests always seemed to have a purpose other then the typical kill 10 rats or deliver X to so and so for me style.

While it's graphics may lack what todays mmo's flaunt, almost no other mmorpg can compete with the truly relentless action found in AC. Dungeons where swarms of mobs, sometimes in the hundreds attack a player at once, all trying frantically to get a piece of the player and creating a huge circle of maddening chaotic mobs at once!

The treasure system in Asherons Call in my experience with mmos is also unmatched. The loot of mobs is VERY random. The colors and materials in the armor seems different every time. The armor level is almost always different, the requirements to wear it or use certain abilities of the looted weapon or armor also change from one item to the next. This makes almost every player look truly unique. The crafting system allows one to change a piece of armor or weapons statistics furthermore, but is difficult to pull off unless the loot and skill levels of the player are great.

The number of dungeons is also unmatched. I don't think that any mmo has nearly as many unique dungeons to explore as does Asheron Calls world of Dereth.

The monsters experienced in AC are also very unique on not the typical wolf/troll/dragon variety seen in so many mmos today.

The world and landscape of Dereth in Asherons Call also has the feel of a vast land where every mountain and lake and river were handmade with utter care and careful placement. The world is seamless, and running from one end to the other produces no load times at all. The only load times experienced are when traveling through a portal or into one of the many dungeons.

I wrote down server populations of ACs servers last summer, and today every server I looked at has more players then last summer at the same time and same day of the week. So it's not dwindeling in population. I am not saying that millions of players still play this game, nor am I trying to say that the populations are growing. But what I am saying is that it sure looks like this game is "holding its own".

Over the past 6 years now, ever since the release of Dark Age of Camelot... I have heard constantly that "AC will soon die" and that "AC won't make it another year". And every year, many more people are wrong with their predictions of the death of Asherons Call.

I still hold my prediction I made over a year ago that the lifespan of Asherons Call will atleast double that of World of Warcraft. From beginning to end, from birth to death, these games will help touch the hearts and imaginations of many. World of Warcraft will ofcourse take in a thousand times the profit of Asheron's Call. No doubt there. But Asheron's Call will live a longer, and in my opinion a much grander, richer, and special life.

It is a unique game with a spirit unmatched. And the way that I see it, it is a very special and a needle in a haystack. The needle being a rare mmo gem. The haystack being what seems to be endless production of lack luster mmorpgs that are developed not ready, uninspired, made only for quick cash, and so many simply lack a heart & soul. Asherons Call has what so many mmos today seem to be missing. A true heart and soul.

Asherons Call lives on. Few players today truly know of this little gem. And that's ashamed. It really is.

- Zaxx

Emadeowa Haosko

Master Bounty Hunter

Flurry Server

Played since servers went Live

Stopped 1yr later

I'm not too sure about that but I can redirect you to Turbine's forum's http://forums.ac.turbine.com/

I played since early beta/retail on HG, stopped 6months or so ago no time to play

Asheron's Call, Coh/Cov, Eq, Horizon's, The Matrix online, D&DO thats about it might be a  couple more but cant remember... hhhmmm old age

*edit* but none of the said games here though