There are quests, clans, events, fun roleplaying & lots more to come!
The game is based on skills (not levels)
There are also ranks, which is really awesome.
If you like Astonia / Ultima Online, you will LOVE Astera Online.
It's going to be free forever too. It's in Open Beta right now, to test for bugs ect.

If you need any help the staff and most player would be happy to help you. my ingame name is tonymontana and i will be happy to help. the game is kind of hard till you learn how to play it right then its easy and alot of fun If you are wondering why you move so slow in game is because when you start you have low agil when you raise it you will move faster and faster.

This is also the old astonia game they paid for the license to the engine so all the old fans can play the best game ever.

Homepage: http://ratheart.biaonline.info