Haven't played in a while...

[Okasai]

I don't what topic this falls under but I tried my best.

I haven't played this game in a long time. I think the last time I got on was maybe last year, october maybe. I'm wondering if there is anything I should know that I've missed.

Do I need to get a more recent version of the game? Any patches I need to download? Anything significant I should know about? Things of that nature I would like to know so I can return to the game.

[steuben]

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=3492866417215400000 is a good place to start

but current version is 3.18, download and you don't need to update

[Okasai]

Ok, so the current version is 3.18? I think I already have that version. How do I check?

By the way, the server is never up. Is that regular maintenance? Or am I just not up to date? That's my real fear....not being up to date. 

[Karyuu]

When you run the client, the version appears in the top left-hand corner of the game window.

And the server is up a good amount of the time It could just be that you have the wrong client version (previous client versions cannot connect) or that you have a firewall or router blocking your connection. Check that you have UDP port 7777 enabled if you think that's the case.

[Okasai]

Wow! I'm stuck in the past! 

My current version is 3.015b, or atleast that's what I think I saw.

So do I just uninstall and then reinstall the new version? What should my next step be?

[Karyuu]

Uninstall, check that you have no folders remaining from the old version, then install the new client and you're ready to go. No need to run any updaters.

[Okasai]

Ok, thanks for your help. It's downloading as we speak, I mean type.

My only concern now is adjusting to the new community. Will I be better off creating a new character?

Sorry if that was a little off topic.

[Karyuu]

It's really up to you I don't think there are any advantages nor disadvantages to either choice.