yep, still have 2 paid accounts.

Will be a sad day when this game finally closes.

No other game like it anywhere.

What the...?

Damn. Now I feel old.

-Jn-

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.

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...

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.

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.

The new engine is out? Damn, I haven't been paying attention. I loved this game. Are there many people still playing? This is one game where you really need a lot of people playing.

New engine is pretty cool for shadows and lighting effects. But its not that big of a change.

I mostly play on the old engine still. I've never had an issue with the graphics.

LOC wrote on Jun 27, 2016, 11:15:
Man I used to play this so much when it was new.

Nobody played when it was new.. too laggy. I remember aiming at a wall and pushing forward, then waiting 30 - 60 seconds for it to refresh the screen and show me at the wall. Aside from that and the instance generator thing, I can't remember much about the game.

New'er engine but logged in for about 10 mins, can't remember how to do shit.

Rather see Anarchy 2.

This comment was edited on Jun 27, 2016, 13:53.

AO wasn't my first MMO but remains my all time favorite. I was there in the beta and for it's launch as the 'buggiest game launch of all time'. Was a founding member of 3305 Local (which sadly no longer has a presence in AO), but many of my oldest online friends are from those days and many of those old members still game together, we have a fair number of folks in Overwatch these days.

AO was among the first MMOGs as well to offer a large part of their game for free, no micro-transactions, 100% free. Only the expansion content requires a paid sub.

Fond memories. I still have a froob acount (free noob), I might consider dropping bye during this event, especially if I can get some of my old 3305 buds to do the same.

I missed out on this, think I was playing EQ back then dragging my dead bodies to graveyards, no doubt.

Would this be worth checking out now days, as a new player? Or maybe this is another bad example of Funcom F2P? I really liked The Secret World, so not just knocking Funcom round.

Acleacius wrote on Jun 27, 2016, 13:47:
I missed out on this, think I was playing EQ back then dragging my dead bodies to graveyards, no doubt.

Would this be worth checking out now days, as a new player? Or maybe this is another bad example of Funcom F2P? I really liked The Secret World, so not just knocking Funcom round.

If you can get past the 15-year old graphics you can try it out. But honestly, I could not... At the time, I absolutely loved it, and probably put 1,000 hours or more into it. But a couple years ago I tried and the graphics are just too bad. :/

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Jun 21, 2015, 14:28:
What the fuck? people talking like Anarchy Online was actually good? Was I playing the same shitty game as you guys or did you start playing years after launch?

On Launch:
-Engineer Class, Found bug that was /ORG BANK ADD -999999999 = unlimited cash.
level 80, using a level 120 battle bot because it was based off attributes and i had the best implants money could buy, still couldn't kill shit.

Second character,
One of those Brute Sledge Hammer guys where you would queue attack, end attack queue attacks because the weapons were 1.6 second attack 12 second recharge so if you cycled the attack it would be 1.6 seconds per attack.
Again, got to like level ~100, game was fucking pitiful.. I remember flying over the wastelands finding cyborgs and going "there's really not much going on in this game".

Those weird mission dungeons were boring, the combat sucked.. like was I playing the same game as you guys?

quit and never looked back.

Posted this over a year ago, it might have been a bit harsh at the time. Anyone care to comment why you think the game was so good? I only played for the first like 3-4 months after release but my memory of the game wasn't a good one.

I actually never knew about that implant buff to put in high level implants, kinda like that mechanic of gathering pieces and people to upgrade into something better.

Timmeh wrote on Jun 27, 2016, 10:29:
yep, still have 2 paid accounts.

Will be a sad day when this game finally closes.

No other game like it anywhere.

Agreed.

A game ahead of it's time.

I followed this game in development and bought it on release day. Tried playing the first two weeks, was an absolute disaster, never tried again.

What ever happened to the graphics engine update that was supposed to come in around the release of AOC?

OMG... I jumped in 2001 when PC Gaming magazine wrote a huge positive article about how AO has recovered from its initial bad launch.

I remember writing a java app for the community to twink implants. Implants were greatest for rewarding hard-core players with some extra fun.

Our 500+ player guild The Dojo held a "Newbie Race of Doom" where players tried to make it through level 110 area as a level 5 noob. We had "reporters" flying in their Yalmaha ships snapping screenshots of the most hilarious deaths.

I remember a giant Atrox in a purple Borat-style mankini who would dance in one of the main cities.

If people paid him enough in donations he would stop and put his clothes back on.

It is however you have to play on a new toon, no transfers.
Last time I check was an email from around new years.