I remember it was big ....

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You moved around the map by using the Portals to jump from place to place.

Or you simply ran. One could run across a place that no one else might ever see.

As you note, there was no website with the maps exposed. You had to go find them yourself.

The Cave Men who only carried clubs was a great monster even though they were actually other players.

I do remember that characters were skill based rather than class specific.

As I recall, the "dungeons" were not all instanced. Meaning multiple could be in them at the same time. I did enjoy that.

It did seem more alien.

This was interesting:

While neither Turbine nor Microsoft have been forthcoming in releasing exact subscription counts, it is believed that Asheron's Call peaked in popularity in early 2002 at about 120,000 accounts and has since dropped to below 10,000. Dark Age of Camelot had 200,000 subscribers in May 2002, taking Asheron's Call's spot as third most popular virtual world.

I can't remember much of the game.

Yours,