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re: Asheron's Call 1 and 2 go free-to-play in August
 by Mithoron on Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:45 am
We are in the final months of a pay-for-play Asheron's Call, as Turbine announced yesterday that it will not be charging a subscription after June 31st. "As of August 2014, Asheron's Call and Asheron's Call 2 will no longer charge a subscription fee for players," Turbine posted. "The last payments will be processed on June 31st [sic], making July the final 'paid' month. Note that this means some players will technically receive some portion of July free as a result, as we have decided to absorb the cost and not run partial payments to cover it." The free-to-play version of both MMOs will continue operating, although new or lapsed players will need to pony up $10 to activate an account. Turbine also said that the forums will remain running, that help will be limited, and that it will no longer be doing MSN Zone migrations after May 31st. As for player-run servers, Turbine plans to offer up a "basic" Asheron's Call server and client download by the end of the year, supported by new sub-forums.
http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/05/20/asherons-call-1-and-2-go-free-to-play-in-august/
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re: Asheron's Call 1 and 2 go free-to-play in August
by kazzine on Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:09 pm
I just might have to check AC1 out again. Had some good times there back in the day.
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re: Asheron's Call 1 and 2 go free-to-play in August
by Syrex on Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:59 pm
I have gone back to AC1 a few times. Each time i said to myself, "WTH am I thinking?" lol
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re: Asheron's Call 1 and 2 go free-to-play in August
by Javagawd on Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:12 pm
Whoa, I just had a flashback of the first winter event, a buddy and I were exploring and the next thing we knew we were taking Force Bolts to the face by snowmen we were going to look at.... it was like "WTH just happened?!?!!? did those (*^&% Snowmen just faceplant us?!?!"
I still laugh at that memory :)
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re: Asheron's Call 1 and 2 go free-to-play in August
by Syrex on Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:32 pm
I like the fact that it is going F2P. I don't like the fact that Turbine will not be doing anything much more to the games. I like Ac2 much better. I have a lot of good memories for that game. It is still fun to play every now and then.
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re: Asheron's Call 1 and 2 go free-to-play in August
by Shroude LOTRO on Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:59 am
Ah cool... AC1 i had fond memories... but i have tried to go back a few times too... it is too watered down. No more challenge you can et level 100 in a matter of days (2-3 weeks for my slow but but even that is too fast). I missed classic days where it took me 6 months to get level 45 lol
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