Nystagmos is the great upcoming predecessor of Dragon's Era.
Both are custom MUDs written from scratch in VB6.

Nystagmos offers a player-written library for the creation of
gamelore, easy GUIs for builders, and amazingly enough, a trigger
system which builders can use to make their areas richly unique and
interactive.

The administrator of Nystagmos will be sharing 30% of all incoming
donations with the player assistants (builders, moderators,
ministers). The goal is for the players to make themselves a truly
remarkable MUD.

Features:
   * Item Forging system which will use procedural generation to
secure 'secret recipes' discovered by players.
   * Optional PvP resource wars oriented between race and class.
   * Triggers. Had fun making maps in Starcraft? You gotta check this
out.
   * Completely free! You will never be charged to play.

Nystagmos is a level-less system. Players are given a full amount of
stat points and training points from the very start, and can earn new
stat points and training points by completing quests.

No more grind - no more endless hunts, no more