Free Anarchy Online

What's this? Anarchy Online for free????

I played Anarchy Online after I got out of Everquest last year. It is safe to say that I quit Everquest to play Anarchy Online. I downloaded the 7 day free trial, loved it, and decided to continue playing the game. I know I talked about it on this site, in fact there were even a few posts talking about what I did the night before. Fun times.

Anyway..

I had to quit back in September. One of the reasons was a new expansion was released and it required a massive patch. Unfortunately, I did not have enough hard drive space to Accommodate this patch, so I had to say no. Sad I know. My old hard drive was partitioned into several parts, and each partition was rather small. They worked ok about 4 years ago, but now? No. That of course has since been taken care of. Sadly, I could not say anything to the members of the organization I belonged to. I have since checked my characters profile(Kendax), and he is still listed as a member of the org, so I know that when I go back I should have people to play with.

Another reason was time. With taking care of my son, I just had no time to play. I would frequently go AFK(Away From Keyboard) for a few hours at a time. This was just not doing me any good, since it meant that I could not play with the org when I wanted, and it affected my solo time because I could get nothing done. In these MMORPG's, I mainly play solo classes. I generally do not like having to rely on others for everything(I am looking at you Everquest).

I always said I would give Everquest another month or two of play, just to play with a few people one more time, but I doubt that will happen now. I really have no desire to go back, even for a month, and it isn't worth it to me to pay for a month just to play for a few more hours.

I do want to play Anarchy Online again, and this could very well be the way I can play. FOR FREE!! Unfortunately, there is a catch. Read on, dear reader.

You only get the original game for free. You don't get the booster pack or the 2 expansions. Vanilla AO is not too bad at all, in fact, I really was not a fan of the Shadowlands, but there are things you will miss out on. I played vanilla AO for months before I bought Shadowlands. SL gear made my life a lot easier though. You can get the expansions, but once you do that, the game will no longer be free. Because of the expansion limitation, I could not fire up my old account and play. Sucks, cause I really would like to play those characters again.

Normally monthly fees do not bother me at all, since you are paying for server upkeep, patches, new content, etc. This is really the only time they bother me, since I can't play these two games at once(I also play World of Warcraft). I am looking forward to Guild Wars cause it will be free to play, and my wimpy computer meets the specs.

I know I am going to register a free account, since AO is one of my favorite games. I just wish I could access my other toons.