Anarchy Online Turns 15 [Jun 27, 2016, 10:04 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Funcom sends word that today is the 15th anniversary of the launch of
Anarchy Online, as their sci-fi
MMORPG first launched on June 27, 2001. At that time
the launch had some rough patches, they rebounded to the point where the game is
still running to celebrate the occasion all these years later.
They
announce an anniversary event is now underway for all current and most
former subscribers, saying, "accounts that have been frozen and/or gone unpaid,
and are in good standing, will be able to log in freely for the duration of the
event." Here's word on what's going on:
As part of the celebration, Funcom invites everyone who has ever played 'Anarchy Online' to join in the festivities between June 23rd and July 11th (regardless of current Membership status). New Membership offers, with brand new armor pieces, login rewards and the Desert Rider event are also part of the grand 15th anniversary celebration!
Included with the anniversary is an all new Game Update which changes the Player vs Player attack windows on Notum Tower fields, where players battle for dominance over the planet Rubi-Ka. The update also introduces a new Research Line for end-game players, with powerful skill increases, and adds new Veteran Shop rewards with bonus Veteran Points for existing members.
Timmeh wrote on Jun 27, 2016, 12:15:LOC wrote on Jun 27, 2016, 11:15:
Man I used to play this so much when it was new.
And have they ever switched over to the newer engine? I know they had it on the test server last year at some point, but I haven't kept track of the game really.
Yep, New Engine has been live for over a year. Can play wit new or old.
Nice. Maybe I'll jump in sometime this week then and check it out for the birthday bash.
LOC wrote on Jun 27, 2016, 11:15:
Man I used to play this so much when it was new.
And have they ever switched over to the newer engine? I know they had it on the test server last year at some point, but I haven't kept track of the game really.
Yep, New Engine has been live for over a year. Can play wit new or old.
I loved this game! It got SO complex when tiering-up implants. You had basically two sets of equipment; your armor, but also a set of implants. The check for requirements on implants was only checked at the point that the implant was installed. So you would have gatherings of every class that could buff a certain stat, and the best at it was a very weak/hard to play class that I think was called a Metaphysist or something like that. Then you would have them buff you, put a set of implants and armor on that would buff one stat, then swap to MUCH more powerful implants. Then even after all the buffs fell off your implants would still be there.
I remember I had like a level 14 sniper with some ungodly strong sniper rifle, and it took dozens of hours to get all the implants and people together to get him buffed like that.
AO also had my favorite class of all time... The Doctor! That ended up making my nickname for all future games...
I remember I had like a level 14 sniper with some ungodly strong sniper rifle, and it took dozens of hours to get all the implants and people together to get him buffed like that.
AO also had my favorite class of all time... The Doctor! That ended up making my nickname for all future games...
Man I used to play this so much when it was new.
And have they ever switched over to the newer engine? I know they had it on the test server last year at some point, but I haven't kept track of the game really.
And have they ever switched over to the newer engine? I know they had it on the test server last year at some point, but I haven't kept track of the game really.
What the...?
Damn. Now I feel old.
-Jn-
Damn. Now I feel old.
-Jn-
yep, still have 2 paid accounts.
Will be a sad day when this game finally closes.
No other game like it anywhere.
Will be a sad day when this game finally closes.
No other game like it anywhere.
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