For a lot of people, this is what counts... What does this MUDBase bring to the table that the others do not? For many of the major modifications that people make to their MUDs, it's obvious you need to mess with the source code. I realize that. However, many of the smaller mods have been made possible on this MUDBase without touching a single line of source. Here is a small list of the things one can alter via configuration files... (actually a sample config file from AR v2.0):

year:1219
month:7
day:21
autosave_time:7
level_can_shout:2
holler_move_cost:20
max_npc_corpse_time:5
max_pc_corpse_time:10
immort_start_room:1204
mortal_start_room:3001
frozen_start_room:1202
newbie_start_room:1900
nameserver_is_slow:1
bin_socials:0
auto_save:1
use_autowiz:0
min_wizlist_lev:72
requirelongdesc:1
mailcost:20
maxnewbielevel:5
minforarenawin:5
maxfleeexploss:100000
maxdeathexploss:500000
shortmudname:AR
longmudname:Aurealan Realms
currency_name:domar
currency_name_plural:domars
impname:Elohim
cimpname:Merlon
aimpname:Ulutiu
godname:Spirit
avtrname:Shade
trustedname:Wraith
ambassname:Ambass
spico_path:/home/someuser/roa/lib/edits/spico
www_page:csc.aix.cc/aur
www_mailto:jssmith@csc.aix.cc
www_contact_name:Mouseglove

Change any of the above values, even while the MUD is up, type "config load" and voila. There are a few other configuration files (with more on the way), but most of those are OLCable. HMM, OLC? Nearly every piece of the RoA MUDBase is indeed OLCable via the highly integrated RoAOLC...