Ah, AustinMUD. My first MUD. I played here on and off for maybe 5-6 years, and the only reason that I stayed was that I didn't know of the vast amounts of other MUDs out there. Here is what I think of Austin: Fairly repetitive game. There is little to no customization, and the skill/spell system is very dull and static. Updates and improvements are far between, often years go by with no noteworthy changes. Class balance is ridiculous, PvE was very pointless up the recent addition of "random items" (think Diablo2 items with random mods) and attaining the "best" equipment is easy. Easy enough that many people hoard piles of it in their bank vaults and give it away to their friends when they need it. The MUD has no economy, there are very few truly valuable and coveted items. Leveling up is boring - you kill a set amount of monsters, gain some levels, face new monsters that have basically improved the same as you, so you won't notice much of a difference. You cast the same spells (or a new version of your previous spell with a different name and a slightly higher damage). Melee-type characters can go through the entire game using maybe five different abilities, several classes are utterly useless or have uses in few specific situations. The IMMortal pantheon has changed countless times during the years. Players have the option of applying for immortality once they have reached the maximum (70) level. There are a handful of good IMMs, and a throng of IMMs who are abusive, oppressive, treat their mortal friends with favorism and go out of their way to punish their former enemies because they can now do it with no chance of retaliation. Usurpers, abusers, bullies and oppressors - several IMMs caused me to quit the game numerous times because they destroyed the joy of playing for me. Piss off a player? You risk having them turn IMM and follow you around an look for an excuse to punish you. The PvP environment was good once. It was fun, fairly balanced and somewhat easy to learn. However there is no reward for winning, except that you may gain experience points if your opponent was criminal/outlaw-flagged (which is easily avoided by hiding somewhere and waiting until the flag expires), and since there is a maximum level with no further advancement, this "reward" is fairly redundant. So, the PvP was fun until people started turning against each other. Spam-killing their enemies not for the PvP but to penalize them by causing loss of levels, punish them for offenses that had nothing to do with PvP, and basically blocking them out of the PvP game because you can basically force someone to log off by hunting him exclusively. In a game with spells that show you where your enemy is, and spells that take you to their location or summon them to yours, a PvP system that allows you to continually them... Read More

I have played on Austin for about 3 years now. for at least 2 of the 3 years i have been in the guild 'Ndrangheta. I currently serve on the Mortal Council. I encourage everyone to come to Austin! It is a great place. There are multiple classes and races. there are 92 areas, Some for low lvls, some mid, some high. Even some that are rough if you are lvl 70 ;). So come one, come all!

Great mud for those who are in to Medieval game play and exploring. This mud has extensive quest built in with interactive mobs. Exploring takes time and it's worth it. I find something new everyday. Class oriented mud that requires joint effort. Give it a try

Hmm, this review will properly taken bad by many on Austin - but they know it's true, well most of them. Sure Austin got a huge world (10000+ rooms), unique this and that. But you never know what gonna happen - that might sound nice as an adventurer, but sadly the coders got the habbit of changing stuff back and forth - and mostly to the worst I'm sad to report. Yet - somehow I can never leave this mud for long - believe me I'we tried (deleted myself four times - or so.) What brings me back is the people, the community of Austin. We do have our share of grief-players, but I do enjoy the company of my fellow 'Austineers'. So you better not come here, or you'll get trapped in this cataclysmic world - just like me ;) Consider yourself warned. Tautha

Austinmud is the only mud I think is worthy enough for me to spend my time on submitting my thoughts on. It offers every fantasy you can dream up not to mention the most kick ass people to play along with. No matter what the reason you are playing on Austinmud...you will be sure to leave with knowledge that you WILL come back. Maybe not in an hour or even 3 days....but you WILL return. It's inevitable.

Let me tell you a little of our world, we inhabit the central continent of the world of Austin, a vast and impressive landscape that stretches from the arid desert in the south to the barren polar mountains far in the north. The Pantheon (oh, they do work hard) keep the world evolving and expanding, with new places to visit being discovered all the time, and old favorites given updates. All kinds of folk live in our lands, Humans, Dwarves and Halflings as well as us Elves, of course. There are Gods who love to play as well as work, and lead us mortal folk on noble quests and adventures, and when they do, you can be sure that your hard work will be rewarded well! Blessings, Gilwen, Archivist of Khan's Troopers of the Night. http://www.ktnonline.org

Hello Everyone, I bid yee to come take a look at our fabulous MUD here. It's all original, no stock rooms, and some of the best written zones out there. We got many build in quests for you to puzzle with, 70 levels to conquer and 6 different classes to wield the power of. You can too be 4 different races if you want pointy ears, being half as tall as human or being grumpy, gnarly and a stump. I hear there's 20 races to be introduced so even more goodies to you all out there. The playerkilling in here is exceptional, the system is based more on tactics instead of the usual ROT or similar so you have to think ! Plus you can hide out in the 10000 rooms on the mud and with the unique Far Vision spell you can view the room and thus you REALLY need to know your way around here. It's a challenge and i've been on it for 4 years now and i'm not far from tired of it ! Come join us and be one of the best! Fafner has many strange titles and will keep making them

Greetings, i have been playing AustinMUd now for several years (infact 3 RL) and i am in no way tired of it. I have never seen a better MUD, ROT or whatever out there and i have tried some. AustinMUD may not be as large as some other muds but then again larger than many. What makes it different from the others is the spirit, it's not just a place you log onto and kill people for fun no, it's a unique world of it's own a place to explore and meet many new friends. If you want a place to roleplay this is the place. Furthermore Austin gives you a long list of player guilds all with unique histories and goals. AustinMUD is build out of roleplay so to speak, there's a time line with history going back many thousand years with gods fighting for power and with simple farmers struggle to survive. I hope you take time to join us on this magnificant adventure! I garantee that you will never quit on this game nor will it quit on you. /Aljaia Rosendust - Found the perfect Mud