Questions

[Vizharan]

I am considering returning to Asheron's Call but I have a few questions first.

1) Are villas as rare as they were last April?
2) Has the overall player count risen or lowered since last April?
3) Did Throne of Destiny add anything worthwhile for new players, or is it all geared towards those who've been playing years and have level 100s, etc?
4) I've heard that the system requirements were raised with Throne of Destiny, and that older computers have trouble running it. Can a 500MHz, 256MB RAM computer with a 32MB video card run ToD well enough if it ran AC good?
5) Have there been any significant story-driven monthly updates/live events, or are these things of the past that I will never see?

Thanks.

[Vizharan]

There does not seem to be an 'Edit' function on these boards (after so much time has passed), so I will ask a question I forgot to in my original post: does Decal - and its plugins - still work?

[Gyes]

1 - Yes, there are no free villas on any server, from what I can tell.

2 - If you mean April 2005, it's higher. If you mean April 2004, I'd say a bit lower, but not by much.

3 - Although some of ToD is aimed at higher levels, many of the changes benefit everyone. ToD also makes it easier for people to get in the 100+ level range.

4 - Min Reqs are:

Windows 98 SE, ME, XP, or 2000
256K RAM
733 Mhz processor
2 Gigs HD space
32M Directx 9.0 compatible 3d card with hardware T&L

So your computer won't meet the processor specs and probably won't meet the video card req either (either you don't have a T&L capable card or it isn't 9.0 compatible - my old computer has about the same specs and its 3d card won't handle it either).

5 - Monthly patches went on hiatus from February 2005 until ToD's launch in July. There was a patch in August, but the Sept patch is in question because of the dev team move.

6 - Decal is broken because of the massive client changes ToD introduced. The Decal Devs are working on it, but don't expect it to be back for at least a month and a half. Also, most of the old plugins will require substantial changes for them to continue to function.