Asheron's Call - Farewell After 14 Years.
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- After 14 Years, we take a look back at Asheron's Call as we begin to say goodbye.
Game Entered Maintenance Mode In 2014 when this video was made. This is a tribute to both the teams who worked on this game and the players who are off seeking new adventures. /Salute!
November 1999 - January 31st 2017
- Von
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I'd give anything to go back in time and re-experience my AC years... Best times of my life.... yeah that sounds sad but those who played back in 1999/2000 will understand... *nostalgia and tears* Best MMO ever created. That feeling of meeting a group of strangers who give you free items, buff you for the first time, and take you out hunting.. then afterwards relaxing inside an inn by a camp fire chatting away.... What a feeling. So much excitement, mystery, wonder.... What a great community the game had way back when... Each server having their own "hubs" and traditions and lingo. A lot of MMO's now advertise that "sandbox" style of gaming, no linearity, no right or wrong way to play, but they could never compare to AC. AC was that in every sense of the word. It was the epitome of sandbox. Someone invent a time-machine please. I could never regret all the hours of my childhood I spent playing this game. Nothing tops the nostalgia I get from thinking about those years... such a beautiful, warm, tingling sensation. Big shoutout to the original developers... you guys are the best.
heysatan8 Man i was there yessss VERY Nostalgic, this part touches my soft side lol... im speechless...i was on Harvestgain my sis was on the same server i can remember she joined "the forgotten" monarchy led by "TRU" he was the monarch and...Tru was about to join the U.S marines and i wonder if he is still around.........if any one ever met a lady who buffs you up to make your first atlant weapons... her name was "Kahni".....man very Nostalgic..
+heysatan8 Exactly my thoughts, and I even had the same experience. I was just a newb running down the road from the Lycanthorp(sp?) newb area and ran into some folks sitting by a campfire (Frostfell server). Turned out they were a monarchy led by a mage named "The Talisman" and they took me under their wing and made me a vassal to my first and greatest patron "Ross the Destroyer," great guy. They were so kind, I was just a kid(13 at the time) and knew nothing about the world of Dereth. Remembering these people helps to restore some small amount of faith in humanity.
I soon found out about Darktide and went over there for a little adventure, and it was absolutely amazing, tho extremely intimidating for my 13 year old self. I met another great guy who became my patron, helped me out, but like I said that server was not for the faint of heart so I didn't stick around too long.
No game will ever compare, and that's not just because of nostalgia. They literally just don't make games like this anymore, everything is designed around squeezing every drop of cash from the player as possible, and making everything extremely easy and convenient. There just isn't any immersion in modern MMOs anymore. The profit motive has completely taken over the artistic soul, and that is not merely limited to gaming, but nearly every facet of life these days.
@@andridarni I remember Kahni! That was so many years ago! wow
Was there, and loved every minute of it. Darktide.
This game changed my life. Instead of getting drunk and doing drugs until 3am then having to go to work, I became hooked on a game that I played literally 12 hours a day and still managed to keep a job. BEST GAME ALL TIME!!!!
Well put!
I cried manly tears. The only MMORPG that gave me a real sense of adventure. No exclamation marks over people's heads. No golden trail. No linearity. Camping the Hauberk in Glenden Woods. Making the run to Fort Tethana in the dire lands. Farming tuskers. Farming olthoi. Farming freakin' everything AND enjoying it! Getting 40% vitae from shadow invasions. Which lead to all-nighter corpse runs. Which led to learning your lesson and investing in death items. Learning life lessons of deception on DT. Getting buffed for the first time. Then subsequently berserking around on DT with a training wand at level 30 nukin' 50s. The connection link going red while in a fellowship, WHILE in the pits of "Her Dark Majesty's" lair. Getting my first Atlan. Enjoying the pleasantries of monarchy and drowning in XP gains from hundreds of vassals. Most of all it was the people that made Asheron's Call what it was. Without the community, it's just a bunch of empty programming and lonely drudges. A bunch Mattkars, but no Hide Coats or Hoary Robes. A Pleasant Ulgrim... An Asheron, with no one to hear the call... *takes a swig of mead* *hic* "I'll be the round-about" and see you guys the next time we hear Asheron's Call! *hic* Salute!
Much love to the fellowship of AC,
and 15 years of... fun
-Spazman, Soclaim
I agree with you on all that! ha'
Yes a real loss. I played in excess of 4000 hrs from 2000 to 2003. High point was getting autographed presents, furniture, and items to furnish my cottage. I cried real tears at my housewarming, and then never played again. This game was so much better than WoW or Everquest.
do you remember the drain drain drain harm harm harm behind walls for xp? lol old skoooool!
Randy Monte Yes!! Yes I do! Forgot what they were called or where it was, but they were the forts and high levels would debuff them for us! I remember doing that while wearing my PP Olthoi Helm! .... ah, memories...
Thomas Giboney lol good times.
After Asheron's Call, no other MMORPG can ever compare
bradford2211 true, maybe one smart company will revisit it, I'm game
hope that day will come
+bradford2211 wow. I was considering play Pillars of Eternity but I dont think it is a multiplayer game and I enjoyed visiting with the other players at the mansions and on quests. If nothing can compare to AC I dont know whether I want to play something else. I mainly played on Harvestgain although I started on Leafcull.
Everquest was better
My brother and I played on Solclaim from 99-2005, and it was the best gaming time of my life. So many memories, and great people met.. It's really too bad that my 14-year-old self was drawn away from AC into WoW... I sure do miss the old days
Played this in 1999 to about 2003. Started on Frostfall and ended on Darktide. Have so many great memories of this game, nothing has really filled that void since then. In my 30s now, glad I got to enjoy PC gaming at it's peak.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Your journey is not over sir. Check out Project 1999 the emulated EverQuest server, if you liked this game you will be glad you tried it
Amen Brother... NOTHING has filled the void =( Damn I miss the infancy of this game. I remember when camping at Bandy Tower was good XP, and spell research was something you had to slog through... level IV spells were amazing at the time.... DAMN I miss those times of discovery.
I also played in 1999 and for many years after with my cousin. I was a kid when I started so this game will always have a special place in my heart. When I reminisce I get such a strong feeling of nostalgia. So many fantastic memories. Meeting cool people, going on quests, collecting gear, dying matching sets of amuli armor... (and the one with the veins). I played World of Warcraft but that game sucks compared to AC, agreed that nothing has or ever will fill that void. It's just a shame that I can't bring myself to go back to it... it just isn't the same.
Jon Gaskill Oh man the early spell research was so damn cool. I remember printing spreadsheets of all the ingredients you need for each spell... and trying to discover new ones without using the internet... so much fun! And soooo many "fizzles."
Asheron's Call will forever have place in my heart that even WoW can't replace. It was my introduction to mmos. Since my original sub till the time when the servers go down for the last time and even far after that AC will be one of my top games to have played of all time. Till the servers go down for good i hope to see you in Dereth.
Man, the memories! Stirs up a lot things, amazing how much a part of ones life a game can be. I played from 2001-2008, and then off an on till probably 2012. Good people, good game... great times
Morningthaw /sherlong
Smilford No effin way!!! Sherlong... I was in Morningthaw... as Eradd, Oshiana, and others... I miss those days!!
Ah, my childhood. You even had the music from the trailers... This game ruined all future MMO's for me. None were as good.
hehe I have always felt the same way. nothing could ever compare.
Most PC gamers have that first mmorpg they really got into and Asheron's Call back in '99 was mine. Played daily for many years during its heyday and I still log in occasionally to see the sights. I've tried dozens of modern mmo's in an attempt to recapture that experience but it is gone forever.
This is..and will always be the finest game..played for eight years on day 1 of release
I spent so much time in this game running one side of the map to the other I occasionally dream of it. Scary.
played from beta in 99 til about 2003 when DAoC took over my gaming time. I still have so much love and fondness for this great game. the pure epicness of Darktide was unmatched. you were never safe!
WOW...amazing the memories come flooding back. What a life it was! (The music you chose for background was exceptional!)
after watching this to the end, I feel like an old childhood friend has just passed away :'( T_T
This is the only RUclips video that has ever moved me to tears. What is my life.
I really wish I could remember the old e-mail I had registered to AC. I miss this game so much.
Gragthor yesss man me tooo...i cant remember mine........
To this day most meaningful gaming memories I've had have been playing Asheron's Call on Thistledown. Big thumbs up!
ill never forget the feeling of leaving yaraq, thinking this game was only desert, then find a line of statues and have my first incounter with an undead... my character is obviously gimped and i get wrecked, but the fear that if i leave the bubble of yaraq there are things stronger then me out there, not just cows.... shit nostalgia out the ass, its the only game that i actually read the lore in the book it came with and learned about the green mire armor from it and went to get it without looking anything up, it was the start of a new world, a great time to grow up with this game, started in 99 when i was 11 and it will forever hold a place in my heart till i die
23:55! I'm the tall white and red character middle left. Those first runs at Viridian Rise were furiously hilarious times that I will never forget. Love the Portal Storm guild, Gwyd, and many others. So many fond memories in AC. Thanks for being a great friend and Patron, Von.
What was your character name?
@@TheVonBlog Maybe not such a good Patron after all! XD. It's Umber!
Played from the beginning up to about 2010 on Icedancer's clan, Thistledown. My main was Captain Howdy. I loved that this game could have thousands of people playing at any time. Back then we were playing mostly Unreal Tournament and Quake 2 online, those types of things. Others at work were playing Everquest (I was working for Infogrames at the time) but AC seemed so much better, and it was! Over the years we lost a lot of people to other MMO's, but a LOT of them came back over time. Real life friendships were forged over forums, in game AND out of game marriages, you name it. My old room mate moved out to Seattle from Atlanta because I offered him a job... we met on AC, he met his wife from Mississippi on AC and they now have 2 kids together and are doing great living in the Seattle area. Amazing... the game relied HEAVILY on fellowship as it was near impossible to solo any significant quest. I never got into PVP and really didn't understand how it could function at all in such a fellowship reliant game.... but the PvE was fantastic. There was just nothing like the adrenaline of dozens of Olthoi swarming over you and the huge ring of dead corpses you would create in concentric circles around yourself. Some of the MOST EPIC moments came during corpse recovery.... people got themselves stuck in the most fucked up places!
I will surely miss it. I wish like hell there was a way to have a private server. I hope that becomes possible.
I played on Thistledown, what a great game, I still look back and it had me hooked. I played for 5 years. Such good friends, adventure. Definitely the most memorable game I have ever played. Thank you everyone for keeping it alive for so long!
What was your character name?
Cyrano de Bergerac / Von Hohenheim on TD.
This made me cry :) It was always a blast playing on TD -- it will never be forgotten
The original Insomnius from Thistledown here. I played a number of MMOs. Nothing NOTHING captured me like Asheron's Call. Thanks to the devs for everything!
There really was no game like it. I watched this video 10 years ago with tears in my eyes and watching it now in 2024 with a few more tears. So many fond memories, so many friends. Harvestgain for life - Darken Lore, Naate'tyn Pfasson, and other characters I played that don't remember. I played from Dec 1999 to around 2008 when life took charge. Hard to believe 25 years ago I made a character, left the town I was in and I was one shot by a level 5 bouncing snowman. I was hooked on MMOs since.
Long live the memories of AC...
such a great game and lots of good memories
Truly the best MMO ever made. I have yet to find anything that keeps my interest like this game. I played Darktide for many years. There was nothing like the clan battles and allegiance system. I joined Og, the greatest PK to play!
21:10 maggie the jackcat. couldn't have done any quests without her.
Hell yeah, her site was my bible way back when. I even met Maggie the Jackcat in-game when I made chars on Thistledown. I sent her a fanboy PM and it was like meeting a celebrity. :P
Yeah dude! She was my patron too! Aldorain, Skyhawk Star, and Zendris were my mains...
Asheron's Call was the best MMORPG ever. I started playing it in 1999. There has never been another game to replace the feeling of that original. I stopped playing A.C. in about 2010. I still have all my game pics, I would even sleep at night and have actual semi-lucid dreams where I was my A.C. character. Who can ever forget this game or the support networks like Maggie the JackCat.
What a great video of our game! Thank you! So many memories... Forgetmenot 12/21/16
Holy crap, nostalgia overload! Great video man. I assume that's you in the PP GSA and PP Olthoi Helm? Now that's boss!
I played extensively from 2000-2007 but could never get the same feeling back after that. Such a great game, my first MMORPG and will always be the best. Hunted Eastham beach for so so long with no buffs and the weapons and armor I could find. Then on to the Lugian Citadel, then Metos to farm the liches. Getting my first Atlan. The crazy jumping schematics for the fire stone. The events! I missed Bael'Zharon, but I was there for Gaerlan and Martine who were both great.
The Hoary Mattekar and subsequent robe in your video brought back some memories too. Took me too damn long to find one of those bastards! Thanks again for the video!
Rendark, Thistledown
I went with the look alike PP GSA and Helm for the video - thought it would help put some former players that played back in the day in the thought of what it was like for them to play way back when. :)
Wonderfully amazing and comprehensive tribute video, well done!
Omfg I nostalga'd hard from second 0:01 -- I was there in 1999 with the rest of you. What a game.
Hi Darkened Matter MT, awesome look back over the years. Started in 99, still play :)
Thanks for sharing.
remember peeps, a lot of it was the game, but more of it was the friends we went through it with
Scott Rackley ure 100% correct tight on the spot...yess i miss my friends....
Awesome video, that took me back, WAY BACK!
I played on Thisledown for many years and even played in beta. Created many meaningful relationships back in the day. The graphics may not have been the best at the time but the story was awesome. The amount of lore you could read in game was incredible. The monthly updates and story arcs are still something I haven't seen to that level since. I wonder if they can recover my old MS account. Either way might be fun to start from scratch.
stonewall78 What was your name on TD?
Von Blog In beta I was Stonewall (surprise surprise). After a couple years I took a break and sold that account. Then played as Arikan for the most part. I need to dig into my file storage and find all my old screen shots.
Just had to add one more thing...
You hear distant laughter of delight and welcome, as you join the ranks of those freed from Asheron's protective shackles by Bael'Zharon.
You have become one of his Chosen, a Player Killer.
Darktide since 00
Hey what a great video. I played Leafcull from '99 to '04. Nearly brought a tear to my eye 😎
Played leafcul as well
Andrille from Leafcull says goodbye. :'(
I will never forget this game.
Gekk for life!
That old town portal really brought back memories...Best MMORG ever created. 15 year anniversary was this November.
Even though I haven't played since 2001 this will always be my favorite game. Nothing else has given me the sense of adventure. Made and miss a lot of good friends and enemies. Last song is perfect. Etac - MT
AC was my first MMORPG. I played it about a year till Dark Age of Camelot released in Oct 2001, (in which I played till about 2008 between deployments). Recently came back to AC. Though while in maintenance mode only, Ive been having a lot of fun in it again. So much has changed from what I remember back in 2000, 14 years ago. Always found it amazing that 1st generation MMO's like AC, DAoC and EQ has stood against the tests of time and has outlasted even their successors with many of the newer generation MMOs typically lasting 3 years before the servers are shut down. Long live the Grandfathers of the MMO world!
I remember beta testing this game way back in 1999. It was the first game I beta tested and started me on my journey of beta testing for Microsoft. Wow, it has been a very long time! I loved this game and spent many, many hours there. I'll never forget the "Drudge Dance"!
RIP Asheron's Call it was a fun 14 years!!! Will always be the best childhood game i have ever played!!!
no RIP more like LONG LIVE! been playing since 1999 beta and it is still running! FTP next month :)
Ah, the nostalgia!
Sent me back on a trip to Harvestgain in 1999!!
Played for several years as a kid on Solclaim (as Shadefire and Viper the Saint), along with my dad (Gesmo). My dad and I still talk about our adventures... getting lost in places that were extremely lethal, hunting iron golems and revenants in Metos, running along the beaches of Eastham and the Thieves Den. I still remember the exact coordinates of where our mule spot was along with the others in the group. I have never played an MMO I've liked as much... the closest thing I can think of was that Star Wars Galaxies game (can't even remember the name... LOL), but only for a small time.
I'd never figure out what I was doing if I went back :(
I can still remember the day it went live, I called off work, and sat in front of my monitor waiting in the chat room.......
the moment you ran into subway gave me chills, good times
I was on the Thistledown Server. Character name was Sacred Circle. Game was incredible for it's time. Many friends and memories were made.
This was my first game, and I still think about how awesome it was. Ive played others after it, but this game was my true love. From attaining a Sword of Lost Hope, to fighting Lugians, Virindi or Tuskers....I had so much fun in this game. Plus the PvP in this game is STILL unrivaled by the modern mmo's. Solclaim, represent!
Great video! Returned to game one years ago and it is still a blast!!
wow been years since I saw this video. And I still play today.
Great video, fantastic memories.
Man, I made so many friends through this game, including several rl friends. I remember camping the tusker and lugian dungeons, olthoi in the dires(among many other nasty things). quiddity ingots. the one only suit of GSA armor. So many more memories. I haven't been able to play in awhile but may reactivate to get some nostalgia play in. I sure miss all of my friends. My main on Morningthaw is Tahoe . If anybody sees me give me a shout. (wave to all of my AC friends). This actually chokes me up. This game became a part of my life.
I was on frostfell as Jtd. No MMO compares to the way I felt playing this.
+Iran Cruz I was on Frostfell too, such a great and open world. The mechanics with mana pools for areas, discovering magic, and getting better at skills by using them was just awesome and not present in today's scene. My character just naturally development with my personality and style of play so immersion in the game was so deep. I miss AC,and I don't think we will see anything like it mechanically again.
also from FF. Soulbutcher/Amplified. nothing will ever compare to this game...really wish it aged better than it did, i cant go back anymore
I feel the same way. AC never made me play a role. My character template developed toward me. I could say with AC that if I ever ended up in a world such as it, this is how I would live and grow as a person. Never meet another MMORPG in the fantasy genre that captured that. It is really sad that the skill tree mechanic became dominant on the scene and I don't even know if it is a more viable alternative. The closest I could get to the experience was EVE. Whenever I played AC, I never felt like I was playing a game. I was playing an alternative universe me.
I think one of my most memorable moments in AC was when I was in Black Hills hunting and I saw Hellhawk. I couldn't believe my eyes that he was level 102 then. Just wrecking everything. It was the craziest thing I've seen lol.
NPCs leveling is a mechanic that I am surprised other games have not mimicked and improved upon. It is so smart. Rather than just slapping a boss orc in an area, having an orc kill players, gain experience, and developing a name would be so awesome.
What I would do to go back to 2000/2001 and play this again.
im with you on that.. everyone had a sense of survival in the early days.. very little gear and very few high level characters... i really hope something comes out soon that can re-create that
I myself never got the pleasure to have an account but watched one of my best friends play it from 2000-2006.I made a few characters on his account a UA.I always loved the virindi masks...I tried to install it on my laptop a few years ago but I can't seem to run it.I would like to actually succeed at this game before the servers shut down some day
I'd love to go back to then and play it all over again as well. Took me 4 years to hit the old 126 cap. Gonna miss this game when they close the game down in a few weeks. :(
So much for player run servers. =/
They should let zenimax do a version for ps4...I just want a virindi mask :(
I wonder how dread og feels knowing its ending
The feels, man. I've played on and off since ~2007, first as Inferneon of Morningthaw, then later as Megithor of Morningthaw. I wasn't there for a lot of that, but that was mostly me being too young to play it and understand it at all. This game came out a year after I was born. My dad played it since it came out, or shortly thereafter, after "winning" a free copy as part of a contest when he bought a new computer. He went in, checked it out, and... got stuck in it for fourteen years. I wanted to play it ever since I saw my dad kicking some major butt in the Obsidian Plains, back in... 2004? I think? He finally caved, like I said, in 2007. We only quit because our internet provider sucks and is too unstable to play it. Which raises some serious questions if this game still runs happily over a 56k line like it used to, but whatever.
My one regret is that I wasn't around (well, I was, but you try asking a one year old to get immersed in a game world complete with its own culture and storyline and tell me how it goes) for most of the story-changing events. I came around a little after people... sort of stopped caring. Literally the only live event I was around to see was the latest shadow attack on Tou-Tou or whatever, and I couldn't go because the event was tailored toward maxed characters with godly gear and Lum augs, and my guys have none of that. My highest character is 208. My dad's highest is 268, and he has about 8 years over me. For most of his life, Arklin (who was created in Oct. 2000 and is my dad's main) stagnated in his 130's. Because Dad was too busy actually having fun instead of powerleveling. Now it seems that all of the new content is geared toward people who have entire accounts full of minor gods. Perhaps it's for the best that AC is closed down, lest the problem get even worse. Don't get me wrong, I'm sad to see it go. It was a big part of my life for... well, now just over half my life. But I think it's time to move on.
That said I have yet to see anything implement character levels, skill levels, and experience in quite the same way as AC.I don't think anyone ever will.
I hope they let people make private servers. I imagine they'd all have to have different storylines, as the main storyline to AC is intellectual property of... I imagine WB now... and they don't like other people using their stuff. But the game engine could probably be released.
Had to do a double take in one of the shots, because one guy was decked out in dark blue platemail and that looked exactly like Megithor, white staff with purple end and all. Then I looked closer and realized this guy has a white beard. My guy has auburn hair, and beard.
God, I miss this game. What I wouldn't give to be able to go back to it. Or better yet, have been around to see its glory days. Who knows, maybe if I had started just a little while earlier, I'd have been more on a level playing field with everyone else.
Even with all of its little bugs, quirks, and overall oddities mostly caused by being a full-3D open-world MMORPG in 1999 (I mean, come on, they had to compromise somewhere, right?), this is still one of the greatest games, if not the greatest, that I have ever played and probably ever will play. Thank you to everyone who made my experience one of the best I have ever and probably will ever have had!
It's not closed down. Anyone who says different is a liar
And I'm back in-game now.
And the game is closing down. Wow.
2015 still the best MMO since 1999. Primuss
this was my first MMO.. oh i loved it.
Crazy that almost two decades later, NO OTHER mmorpg has been able to provide this type of mechanics. Almost as comparing the mechanics of FIFA to the mechanics of a random 2D web browser soccer game, the only reason people play today's mmorg is because of graphics. Same goes for the lores, my gosh, vulnerabilities, skill and stats buffs and debuffs for creature magic, magic with countless of different elements, war magics with different war spells(rings, walls, bolts, arcs streaks), life magic for elemental buffs/debuffs and stats manipulation, alchemy for imbuing arrows with those same elements, weapons and armor stats buffs and portal recalls/summons with item magic. Countless of weapons for unarmed, swords, spears, staffs, daggers, bows and xbows and they were all its own skills. Alliances, HUGE map with countless of towns made from different ethnicity and the quests... instances was almost unknown, you could reach anyone in the game anywhere if you knew where. The number and type of creatures, loots and dungeons. The possibility of dropping your precious weapons/armors if you did not carry more expensive shit loot to cover them on death and to win against odds even if you were under-leveled according to your skills. (Before housing) Town wars. Never has another game achieved anything beyond better graphics. Gaming mechanics, lore and world still unrivaled.... So sad. Just like Age of Empires and its first expansion Rise of Rome if comparing to other strategy games.
wow i truly share your thoughts the pussification of MMOs is saddening.
Awesome Video, Thank you for the Memories!!!!!!
Yeah, guys, Turbine Producer in a recent interview said they will NOT be closing Asheron's Call. No more monthly content and no more subscription fee but they will continue to monitor the servers, fixing bugs and balancing as needed.
LEAFCULL! oh how Ive had many journeys and met amazing cool people while questing...started playing this back in 2000, played on and off over the last 14years.... life happens and we've all seen many faces come and go. Thanks for all the good times, I still till this day keep a small lil part of AC in my heart. PP-GSA, PP olthoi helm, Comp Bow ftw! BuffnPluck - OG Archer.
Perfectly done.
Spazmo the Odd - Frostfell
I played in Morningthaw as a UA / item magic player. Back during beta. I remember Yuri armor was very sought after. Arwic was not destroyed. And portal storms were common. The world was undiscovered... a wonderful time. Then after 1 year of playing Morningthaw I joined Darktide... saying farewell to my carebear days. I played as a UA still. had my matty coat. And I joined the ranks of Khao and his valiant anti-pk monarchy vs the evil Blood monarchy. First MMO I ever played... and the best one.
PS: Who else remembers when magic was not on scrolls... and you had to randomly guess at tapers to find the right combination? Sitting for hours in a taper shop.... fizzling away :D and keeping your magic a secret so no one else could cast and lower its efficiency.
ganthore I remember that well. I had a mentor guide me thru the game when I 1st started and Char creation. Goatman, some may remember him. He had me set specs so toon was not playable solo at all until lvl20 I think. He had to tow me to that point. He gave me a few basic combinations and told me to just sit and keep doing them, after the 1st few worked after much time fizzling I was hooked!! Man memories!!
ganthore I did, right out of beta, hours in mayoi tower
remember the constant fights for Fort Teth and the awesome loot you could browse at the merchant there? I was Lo-Pen, war magic gimp under Padishar. anti-pk for life! lol
Harvestgain from 2001 to 2010 absolutely the greatest MMO of all time! It took skillz to pay the bills in this game and Asheron's Calls PvP was the best ever!
I just recently bought the lifetime sub... Played on Solclaim from 99-2005 "Whiteshark"....This game made me miss 5 years of my kids life and then they started to play with me and my wife:) Weve played lots of games together since then but AC was some of the best times together:)
Best MMORPG of all time. By far the best loot system. Finding that perfect UA or shield was a thrill...still ever found that perfect shield. So many different variant of items. Most games these days you have the same weapons / gear as everyone else.
Bah! this brings memories... Still my favorite MMO of all time (although I played well over 30 MMOs since I quit this one). Good times on SC with the Family... never found a community like that in a MMO since.
been playing this since 2000, no one will understand how fun this game is unless they've tried it. i remember making my own spells i remember hunting the beach on eastham and mayoi, and losing my armor and weapons. after the patches they made the game too easy, then on the higher levels they made it too hard to compete unless you could devote 8 hours a day to play. thennn the most resent major patch where they totally reworked and combined classes made the game unbearable. after that, i gave up and i was in for the long haul to see it through, but that made it unappealing was the last straw... greatest game ever until the changes
oh man all that fizzle fest when trying to learn to new spells without scrolls or ac wiki to help with comp combos...those were the days!!
hahahah exactly, but that was the fun of it, the thought of the unknown made it appealing. towards the end they simply tried to clone other mmo's like WoW. asherons call had its own thing going and it worked for a long time
Randy Monte splitpea was the thing to use
Brendan Royal yeah, I remember lol
Michael Myers yeah they watered it down way too much :\
Rest in peace, Asheron's Call.
its still running. FTP next month!
I have searched many times for a game to even come close to AC. Still nothing:) I played as "Ruben Hood" on Thistledown and made many good friends. I remember Tim the Enchanter reaching level 126. I played when my first child was an infant and he is graduating high school this year. Dang I sure miss it!!!!!! Everything from popping through that first portal with nothing all the way to hitting my first level VII Flame Bolt Spell!!! Giff/Gaff, you still out there? My wizard was "Hairy Pooter".
this game is my fav and i must say i didnt want it to go
I imagine this will get another spike of views since they announced that AC1 & AC2 are shutting down next month =(
Loved and still love this game to bits, best times gaming Ive ever experienced.... First time coming face to face with an Olthoi was something else!
Wistiu-Leafcull 99'
This game is what made me like video games. If I ever become rich then I will personally see to the funding of AC3 or a resurrection of it's play style.
All the original creators moved on.. none of them work at turbine anymore..
Ian Steele Sean Huxter, last I knew and last time I went to the turbine offices a few months ago, was still at Turbine. He hasn't been under AC directly for a while, but still at Turbine and was under "Additional Artist" for AC.
I used to play MT as Oggie and DT as Absolute Chaos and Unstopable Fury, video gave me some greats feels lol, I started playing this back when I was still a kid haha, thanks alot for sharing such a nice video.
I was a darktider. You buncha carebears!!! *sniff* I miss this game and the bloods/patryns vs tlc. Sagacious and Rims.
Watching this brought back many happy memories! Great Job! Thank You.!
Many, Many, Many, (probably way too many) hours spent thru Dereth!
Two things I remember vividly about AC.
One - I learned the one of the most important global economic principals by playing this game. When they eliminated the burden of money.. Instantly, you could carry as much money as you wanted.. Overnight, the entire world economy crashed… things never were the same….
Two - One of the last (if not the last) game, that actually punished you HARD for dying.. How many hours did you spend running back to that dungeon to try to retrieve your most cherished sword & armor.. Did not make it back… Too Bad! Someone just found a new toy!
Good Times… good times
Dr Sparky - Harvestgain……
So many memories...*sigh* Played from Beta through 2001.
My favorite time in the game was during the "Martine" storyline arc.
Best Game I ever played. Started playing in December of 99 on the Morningthaw server. I remember sitting out side the mage shop along with many other burning thru tapers trying to learn new spells. The first time I seen someone cast a portal spell I thought that was the coolest thing ever. If they ever make a new one please make it like AC was when it started.
Amazing game. I still play a bit from time to time.
Who DOESN'T remember hunting golems for Motes, Shadow Armor, or when Fort Teth was the CENTER of commerce in Dereth? Oh the good ol days!
Played on Leafcull as Hyku Olafsun :) this video brought back so many memories.
+anderj235 I played as Marlio but it seems I have heard your name.
Man good times on leafcull
Great Vid. Definitely a blast back to Leafcull, with Protectors of the Golden Flame. I still fondly recall being a volunteer Advocate and later Sentinel. Good times.
*Salvo/Dark Father*
+Rich Le Blanc You gotta be shitting me bro. Its Jack Daniels... your airforce buddy from SJ AFB. How ya been? This guy started my mmo addiction... damn you Rich! :)
LMAO! Damn Bro how you been!
+Rich Le Blanc shot you a message on FB, even tho I don't do the FB thing anymore. Hell I even thought about d/ling AC for old times sake lol, you still into mmo's?
Pff Like always! LoL, there is still some old Leafcull about last I seen, a lot went to LOTRO some went to WoW. PoTGF site went down awhile back. I dabble in the SWtoR, and Archeage.
Gosh I loved this game back in the day! So fantastic, so wonderful, the nostalgia...
I have been playing a game called Ryzom lately, it is quite similar so if anyone is looking for something more old school thats more event oriented I recommend checking it out!
Yes it is still alive and active. Only Frostfell and Darktide really though.
I think the best way to say goodbye to this game is to play it to the bitter end.
I plan to!
Saturday - March 22nd - Asheron’s Call - Thistledown Server - 24 Hours of Questing.
portalstorm.net/?p=386
i think what your doing with the video and the stream is REALLY cool. i actually attempted a 24 hr AC stream. Lasted about 10 hours but could have easily gone 24 if my co-streamers were interested.
wow, I seriously almost cried at the end ;)
If anyone who no longer plays feels nostalgic and longs to walk through the original lands of Dereth before Arwic and the other towns got destroyed, I've got a copy of the original map server that can be loaded up and walked through. No items, enemies or players. Portals work though...
I wouldnt mind a copy of that :)
deubie do I'll send you a link to the archive later.
deubie do
Link sent.
Detman101 I would also like a copy of that. :)
scrubby4130 i will send you a pm link later when i get home.
Ho god, i just took a trip down memory lane there, played this game for so long... ...
I just hope i'll see again such a bright/free RPG ruleset.
Darktide FTW! (Hyn, Fishstick and others, hello !!)
I played from 2001-2012 then on and off and am starting up again tonight.
It's still active??
A great unforgettable game.
farewell my ass.. i still play and love it! best mmorpg ever!
I beta tested this game years ago. Brings back memories.
I played this game from Beta until 2006. I would have never stopped except I moved to the country and my internet couldn't support it. I lived on Leafcul as Tevoi-la. I'll miss AC.
+Michael Shouldice Yup I remember. One of your characters, Tevoi-la's Sherpa was under me or one of my mules. I was on Gerrald Tarrant most likely, or Tapestry. Not sure how I came across this video but I had to watch the entire thing!
I know I had to as well. I miss that game. Shame I had to move to the country and lost connectivity so missed out on AC post 2006
This game was fantastic. So much better than WoW or other MMO games. I enjoyed it greatly. It is sad to see it go into the "death knell"
Having just left Ultima online which was fun as hell from day 1 1997 until late 99 due to trammel changes I jumped into AC beta for a few days and knew it would be very good. Day 1 Darktide player for a good 4 years until I felt things got stale even with the awesome monthly updates. For sure those 3-4 years were amazingly fun times.
Guys..
I found back my little AC jewel video.
The TDorks.
TDorks
Best AC video ever.