Well, I had finals this week, and after that, I installed AC2: Legions, the first expansion pack to Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings. Legions was released last Wednesday, and I finally got a hold of the game on Saturday. I had already opened the Pre-Order pack, but as I had Finals starting on Monday, I decided not to install it, lest I neglect studying.

When I did finally install it, Wednesday, after my last final, the x-pack had been in use for a week. It did take about an hour and a half to install, this from the four CD-ROMs, as there is a lot of new information, and I decided to go for the High-Res pack. It might have also gone faster had I been attending it the entire time. Legions adds a new playble race, the Empyrean, and a number of quests, as well as about 33% more land mass. Also, with the pre-order pack, we got a prestige race, the Drudge, which is unlockable. There will be a quest in the future, that will allow the Drudge to be unlocked, even if you didn't pre-order Legions.

Drudges are a staple of Asheron's Call, and have a lot to do with AC2. I'll go on to my entrance to Legions. Basically, Drudges are a common foe for all of AC1. They range from pitifully weak, to extremely strong, in both AC1 and AC2. In AC2 they are a nemesis race, primarily living on Omishan.

When I completed the task to unlock the Drudge, delivering something to a Drudge representative in Cragstone. I logged off and set about creating my drudge. First was the name, I chose Cucarocha, a modification on the scientific name of cockroach, and was surprised that no one else had already taken it. The only thing you control, as far as character creation, is color of fur, and general size. Even the largest drudges you can create are small. I then logged in.

Drudges get no training camp. Cucarocha was dropped on to Dereth with some rotting rags, a digging tool (melee weapon) and a board with nail (melee weapon). Drudges also have only one discipline, melee. I set about trying to learn how to play a drudge.

A thoughtful person had left a nice portal right in front of me, I took it, and wound up in Cragstone. From there I took the portal route to Cavendo. I tied to the lifestone there, and then made a Crystal map. I gave the map to the cartomancer, and I was in the Esper Reaches. I was killed by an npc drudge rather quickly. I decided I'd best run some starter quests, returned to Cragstone, and picked up the Purple Plague (by the way, this is the bug, but it is intentional).

I now had to figure out how to survive with the Purple Plague, no experience, and really weak weapons, not to mention without armor, or the ability to get it, and with every monster a higher level than I was.

It's a Drudge's life, killed by his own, and disliked by all. So where did I go. I'll let you know during the next entry. Tune in next time, same Drudge Channel, same Drudge Time, er well, later anyway.

Gueron