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It spawned the first MMORPG sequel in history, ''Asheron's Call 2'', which after [[Screwed By the Network|years of mis-management by Microsoft]], was also one of the first major name MMORPGs to end.
The original game is sometimes considered a [[Franchise Zombie]] -- while monthly content updates continue, the active ''Asheron's Call'' player base has been shrinking for years. Many theories abound to why this is -- most people agree that at least one of the 100+ monthly updates fall under [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] -- but the answer may be more marketing than anything else. Whereas ''[[Ever Quest]]'' released its expansion packs as new titles (thus keeping it eternally inside game stores) ''Asheron's Call'' instead chose to release its expansion packs as free downloads. As such, the game propagates mainly by word-of-mouth, and not much by that since a lot of things are showing their age nowadays.
Regardless, ''Asheron's Call'' remains one of the most unique MMORPG experiences in the genre. There are rumors that they are planning on porting the game to consoles and/or launching "AC 1.5", a re-envisioned version of the original game with updated graphics in the upcoming year(s).
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* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: A long quest line rewards you with a... simple fedora that does nothing special. Also, the traditional Halloween mask festival.
* [[Another Dimension]]: There are at least five major worlds in the cosmology (Ispar, Bur, Tuu, Ezheret-Hazahtu, and the unnamed Olthoi home), besides the elemental planes and several eldritch places. All except Bur, the Burun (frogmen) homeworld, are inaccesible from Auberean.
* [[Anti
* [[Arrows On Fire]]: And frozen, and electrifying...
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Magaritte de Jacquette and Ned The Clever are N.P.Cs stand-ins for notable players Maggie The Jackcat and Ned Cleversun. Maggie The Jackcat ran for many years a [http://www.thejackcat.com/ famous reference site for the game]. Ned Cleversun was her vassal (an ''Asheron Call'' unique game mechanic, basically a guild member who generates experience points for another guild member), and he passed away in late 2008. (Maggie retired from the game after Ned's passing.)
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* [[Emote Command]]: "@atoyot" and ''Asheron's Call'' 2 "@gokart" being the most unusual.
* [[Enemy Civil War]]: The Virindi, of all people, had one.
* [[
* [[Everything Is Better With Penguins]]: Just penguins.
* [[
* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]]: Undeads love cold. It is good for their rotting bodies.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Bad guys have conflicting interests. Some want to destroy everything, some to lord over it.
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* [[Hugh Mann]]: Simulacra look like humans, but they surely don't act or talk like one.
* [[Inexplicable Treasure Chests]]: Why are so many funky shaped chests lying around in the wilds?
* [[Kill It With Fire]]: Or [[Kill It With Ice]], or with [[Elemental Rock
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: The "[[Monty Python|White Rabbit]]" monster which is level 666, has the most powerful piercing damage attack in the game, has one of the more powerful electrical attacks in the game and can cast the "Bunny Smite" spell which kills the target instantly no matter where the target is. To top it all off she'll attack you if you even ''look'' at her funny. (More specifically, you can identify creatures to see their stats without them noticing you. However, identifying the white rabbit will cause it to murder you; This is unique to the white rabbit.)
* [[Large Ham]]: Gaerlan and pretty much every Empyrean. And ursuins (an strange bear-like huge bunny/cat) are apparently aiming for an Oscar in their death animation...
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* [[Minmaxers Delight]]: Item Magic school. Don't leave home without it.
* [[Money Spider]]
* [[Muggles Do It Better]]: Somehow a bunch of enslaved humans managed to overthrow and kill an Olthoi Queen, something an entire species of powerful mages was incapable of. Lots of story background was added as [[
* [[Non
* [[Number of the Beast]]: Bael'Zharon is level 666, as the Killer Rabbit. Ulgrim the Unpleasant's lucky number, too.
* [[Ominous Floating Castle]]: Shadow Spires, Gaerlan's Fortress. All were shot down.
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* [[Snake People]]: Sclavus.
* [[So Last Season]]: Many, many, examples, due to [[Lensman Arms Race|bigger and badder monsters requiring bigger and badder firepower]]. For example: the Silfi Of Crimson Stars was originally an endgame weapon for Axe-wielders. Today, it's just a step above a newbie weapon.
** Its big brother, the Sword of Lost Light, has been upgraded at least four times and is ''still'' an [[Infinity
** Explorer gear, a low-level set of weapons and armor that requires a rather convoluted quest, isn't worth the trouble now that everyone gets Pathwarden Armor right at the start.
* [[Splat]]: Being a class-less system, group role is defined by whatever specialized skills the character has picked up.
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* [[Welcome to Corneria]]
* [[White Mask of Doom]]: Virindi "wear" them. Camdeth Martine wore one, too, to hide his [[Facial Horror|scars]]. Dolls are nothing but one giant floating mask wreathed in energy.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Camdeth Martine.
* [[Yeah Shot]]: Easy to do with the built-in emote command @atoyot.
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