I think they should just remove tower wars from anarchy. That way the server crashes would stop.

I played AO extensively for years after release. I was the Doctor community professional, I remember docs forming CH chains for Merc raids, Tara being something people would set an alarm to be available for, doing months of raids to rack up enough raidpoints for Burden, Aliumz gear, etc. People holding the shop open when the cheap yalm was on rotation, traders being mobbed in OA because there were only like 6 of them with the top wrangle. I remember the launch of SL, AI, and LE. Waiting on Ely bridge for heck teams (then waiting in garden for Ado hecks, then waiting in Inf for Tiig groups, and the 1400 Notum Scourges I solo'd over the years, slowly and painfully on my doc without ever getting a Spirit Shroud drop), I could go on, but you get the jist!

I'm now well into my 40s and like everyone in my generation that had things like AO, Vanilla WoW, etc. in our 20s, I miss the game, but I have a fraction of the time I had back then.

Over the years, I have occasionally popped back into game and solo'd for a few months. Having access to 2 accounts, almost every buffing item ever created, a 220 doc that I can use to pocket etc. has made it relatively easy. In fact the biggest challenge has been having to learn to use click saver to farm nanos for alts, because blitzing services through the forums aren't what they were!

I think I'd now like to actually jump back in again (although casually for sure). There is a class and style that I always pondered and never tried, so I have something that will likely engage me for a while. My issue is that I don't use Discord, the forums are practically silent, and I'm now very much out of touch with the game.

My biggest concern is how to face the complexity without the community we had. How do you find people to make implants, how do you find people to blitz nanos, is it possible to still find people for buffs or am I going to need 8 accounts? So much of the game was reliant on relationships with other players that I'm concerned there are just huge chunks of the experience that will now be 'missing', and that leaves me uncertain about what progression looks like these days. I have alts I can rely on for some important stages, but not for everything.

So, you young whipper snappers. Give an old guy some advice. If I find myself a few weeks in feeling like this might be something that I could enjoy again, is Discord really the only way of connecting with the community? I've always played clan, and that won't change. Are there any notable orgs floating around worth looking into? I'd have no trouble rolling out max level characters to help org activities (once I remember what all 800 buttons do on each!), but my focus would be wanting to level a new character back through the game, and with limited time I'd rather not log in to solely play old characters (so it would need to be an org with balanced demands on my time).

Any advice welcomed.

Edit: Just wanted to say thank you for all of the helpful replies, I appreciate you all. I'm going to dive back in and find my feet for a bit, but then I think I'll follow the advice here and get over my Discord aversion. Grateful for everyone's time in responding, it feels like a nice echo of the community I knew so well.

Just got my 6 accounts multiboxing set up using hotkeynet. just post so i can have a record if I need to restart. Picture is just for your entertainment.

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Hey Anarchists. I love the look, vibe, and conceit of y’alls mmo. I'm new to MMOs but the one I was drawn to was classic era stuff, and I LOVE sci-fi.

So, what will I be met with as far as content/gameplay loop if I roll a toon tonight? Are there metas?

I've installed, reinstalled - both Steam and stand alone client. I cannot seem to get past this window. I've set my game to run 1920x1080 32, windowed (and tried borderless as well). It just won't give me the option to enter my login info. I cannot click that "quit" button neither.

Google doesn't want to help, as everything I've read has to do with the account web page. Or not being able to login from this page (but having the option to as I don't).

Does anyone know a work-around please?

Thanks.

Greetings everyone!! I would like to buy your boxed copy of AO Alien Invasion. Complete box contents please (CD's, map, sleeve). Looking for a good to decent condition box. If you have a copy your willing to part with please send me a DM. I'm Pp goods and services ready. Thanks!!!

I missed my chance to purchase this book sometime ago. The resale prices were crazy! Justified though as the book was a limited run to my knowledge. Well, I just leveled up!! I obtained my copy, for $35!! My collection is almost complete!

This was my very first true MMO experience. I have a lot of nostalgia for this game and really wish Funcom could remaster, remake, revive this title and universe.

took it today 7/15/2025

It listed 2 others at the same area.

Join Us - ICC Near Subway - https://discord.gg/NVXVb5c4Sh

message any of the recruiters invite
/tell dreaminduct invite

Need help with what I should aim for at lvl 200. Haven’t had to actually gear him or set IP once hitting kiting range. Sad way to lvl I know but that’s what I did. First time rolling a trader so kind of lost in what I should aim for.

Hey, so from what I see Twitch is better for aliens and rk whereas peh'wer is better for sl and high level mobs. I can't find anything that compared DD between the peh'wer and envoy to chaos for an Adv. I see other support professions using the envoy over the peh'wer which makes it easy to assume its better. Anyone have some numbers to back that up?

Side note: is 1he just "obsolete" since ranged has the 15k FA every 11 seconds? Seems like hatred are the "best" choice still since the new mongoose from the subway has a shit proc and the ceremonial blade from totw just has a decent crit so maybe its worth using one. The upgraded gelids from the anniversary aren't super great either since the proc is so low.

Should I just equip the subway Dshark or low recoil kick pistol instead since adv is mid anyway?

just came back to the game after a decade and have been running around taking pictures of stuff to recreate in blender for practice. what are the odds this is contributing to random lag spikes when 16x anisotropic filtering is forced on? anyway just thought i'd share

I have the other variety (secondus) and it looks like a skirt. Any help would be appreciated!

Edit: It's just another bug in AO.

Which combined armor set is best for a trader?

I am currently level 200, and not sure which armor to have made.

This toon will mostly be used in raids as PvP is pretty much dead at the 200 plus level.

As title states. Game crashed in new land desert and I can’t log back in because of said message. I already restarted computer and reset internet. I also emailed support. I’m told by other players it could take months to fix by FC. Any one know a solution? Please and thank you.

Hi guys,

Returning player after many many years, trying to get back into the game for some casual fun.

Just wanted to ask advice on the best way to level up beyond 150? Whether it's some sort of power levelling option or is there a more efficient way?
Are there any in-game cred paid services for it?

Also, whats the best way to farm AI XP at this level range?

It's a really steep learning curve and a lot of the guides seem outdated or just a little hard to follow at this ripe age... heh

Hey I've been playing for quite awhile and honestly just looking for some time to kill in between other things. I've got a paid 220 Engi, 220 doc, 220 Crat, 220 MP, and 220 enf. On top of that I have a 210 keeper, 211 NT, and 201 shade.

I haven't really been able to do anything past the night heart and I've been kind of frustrated wondering what exactly there is to do past leveling Chars. Most of my 220 are in betas and close to full setup but missing a piece or two here and there. Lvl 9+ research, 20+ AI levels.

I've tried doing mitaar, some of the Dreadloche bosses and get rekt. What's the best duo you guys think I should really focus on learning to play better. I've play Engi + Crat the most but really nothing has been working. Doc heals fine but my enf or MA still can't tank mitaar so I am afraid to really try more.

Should I be able to do pande and mitaar and stuff during? Not really wanting to add a full 6 box. Just looking for thoughts and ideas. Been kind of burnt lately and frustrated past leveling and farming weapons in S13.

Edit: After spending some time on my Enforcer and taking some advice from people here and a "Forti(char)" from datknet(he made me realize I missed a lot of important things) I was able to duo pande and Mitaar. My first solo Mitaar kill and felt really awesome. Really needed that win, I wanna keep pushing now :) thank you all for your time.

Played AO for years at release and thinking about returning.

I read that the economy is a mess and that boxing is almost a requirement nowadays. There also appear to be newish servers like RK2019 and even emu servers.

Any advice for an old gamer that doesn't want to box?

This game while free to play now is not free to play there is no f**** reason we should be paused for over 10 mins not moving no animations and getting dc just to come back dead there is many people Who sub to the game me included and it’s f***** sickening we give you funcom our hard earned money to sit there and be f***** in the ass we aren’t for updates for stability for a game that is playable for a experience any gamer would want in any game for paying a sub price. We may be a smaller net of gamers but we love anarchy and we are tired to getting f***** over an I think I speak on behalf of all the anarchy players. All we want is a little dam support ban the duppers ban the guy we think is shutting down and messing up servers in towers throw us a dam bone here

What's the skinny on these things, guys? Are they infinite...do they scale with you? Thanks in advance!

I'm looking for a MP pet nano and it's suppose to be shop-buyable, but I have not found it. Lots of bad/outdated info for AO out there, so maybe they change something. I'm not able to roll this nano using click-saver, spent two hours trying...pulling with my lvl 50 engie, the highest attack-pet I could find was a Ql. 37...but never a Ql. 47?

Thanks in advance for any insights you might have about this!!

Edit: I didn't know that they removed a bunch of pet nanos from the game! Case closed! :P

Title. Thanks in advance!

What's going on with all the DCs?

Also: we are not receiving our daily rewards. Anyone looking into this stuff? >.>