What are Tokens? Tokens are a form of digital money used to purchase in game items, expansions, and character modifications in both Ashen Empires and Dransik Classic (as well as other games on the Pixel Mine Portal). Each token is US Dollars $.05 and can be purchased in. You can use tokens to buy these great products in the Ashen Empires Exchange or on the Pixel Mine Secure Site. → Read more about Tokens → Read more about the Ashen Empires Exchange (in-game store) For more detailed information and current token prices for all Ashen Empires store products, please visit the Pixel Mine Secure Site.
Ashen Empires is a two-dimensional massively multiplayer online role-playing game created by Jason 'Lothgar' Ely and now owned by Iron Will Games. It was released for a free, open beta in 2002 and later officially released in 2003.
The original Dransik game, now known as Dransik Classic, was built in honor of Ultima V by Jason Ely, one of the U8 developers and Doug Gesler. Its graphics resemble the tileset used in that game, but in SVGA. Dransik Classic is still available for play using the Pixel Mine launcher. The modern game was originally known as Dransik, and was an upgraded version of the original Dransik game, which utilized an older graphics engine. The game was first launched through an open, free beta in September, 2002, by its original publisher, Asylumsoft Inc.] After the beta-testing stage was complete, the game started following a pay-to-play model on March 10, 2003.
At that time, a monthly subscription fee was required to play (a business model seen in many MMORPG's, including World of Warcraft and EverQuest). Iron Will Games later decided to allow users to play for free, but with a limited experience. Until early 2008, players could only receive 10% of all experience gained, were limited in tradeskills they can use and couldn't perform certain tasks such as using the party system, trade table, pickup and drop objects/items to the ground or loot certain mobs. In early 2008, these restrictions were relaxed so that: non-subscribing players now receive 50% of all experience gained; can party with other non-subscribers; can table trade freely with other non-subscribers; can table trade with subscribers but only to receive, not give items.
In 2009, subscriptions were ended and the game became free to play, but added a pay system to earn in-game bonuses.
Accounts on Ashen Empires are able to contain up to four characters per server. When creating a character, the player can choose one of three races: human, night elf (also known as Astari), or Orc.
There is a total of seventy-one skills in the game; these skills include armed and unarmed combat, magery (spellcasting), and .Specific examples include Mining, Iron Forging, Baking, Planting, Harvesting, and Large Blades.
In a 2006 review, Blair Morris of OMGN praised the game, 'Ashen Empires is a high quality game that every MMORPG fan should try.'Among the praise was the world, the gameplay and the welcoming community
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Set in a sprawling open world, Ashen is a tight, 3rd person, skill-based action RPG about guiding your wanderer through a newly lit world. Fight alongside others, forge friendships and defeat the creatures of shadow determined to cast the world back into darkness.Explore mysterious dungeons, fight epic bosses and explore diverse regions filled with gorgeous vistas and mythical creatures. Meet characters along the way who will join you on your journey and turn your home into a lively town. In this new era of light, you must protect the Ashen and destroy the hungering shadows once and for all.