AC 2026 Status
Well a big hello to everyone! Love my fellow AC peeps. Just wanted to give a quick update for returning, new (yep!! there still are some), and people I know with whats my view of 2026 AC.
Where I was: ended Retail on WE with Umbra and co. had played TD as Nae' as well as several other servers under that name, DT as Yaksnot with Carlton and Will ect. Under Marty when the EMU's first came out, then Scribble with his first few servers, finally ended up under Deus Ex on CE as Chaos. Started Leafdawn with Umbra years ago, played ILT for just short of a year, and now on Conquest. What a ride its been.
When i came back from a break I noticed that quiet a few people had left Leafdawn, but it had a core player base, with many other servers experiencing the same thing. I reached out to several server owners, and bigger guilds on quiet a few servers to see about getting all together on one server, as it would be (in my opinion) way more fun for everyone involved. After about a month and a half, i gave up. Everyone said the exact same thing, would love to have everyone come here, i will not switch.
The infinite servers are a breath a fresh air for AC. there are several now. the ones I am most familiar with are ILT and Conquest. ILT i played for awhile, but eventually got really bored with, which is nothing against the server and the devs there. after a bit it just got stale and (to me) boring. Coming back to AC I am now playing Conquest server its and its alot more my speed. Which is surprising, as they only let you have one active account out hunting. but it works with the added tink skills thrown on for free.
Not sure where AC emulators will go from here, I would imagine at some point we will be able to generate a pretty good rendition with improved graphics, while still being able to break for slides ect. that would be amazing. and I dont see alot of people who have played on the more infinite AC side of things going back, so it seems thats where alot of people will be going forward, kind of an AC 1.8v
In summery I think the community is tight enough where we can keep it going, and if people want to try something different, you can always try any of the countless variations of servers people have up now. Having dabbled, created, and helped with several different kinds, I would really encourage people to try the infinite AC kind of servers, and if you do holler at me any time on Conquest, I play as Caesar. But happy to answer any questions about AC, or any of the servers I am familiar with.
Happy Hunting!
Letterz