eq1 account recovery

[WarderX]

Let's say for some reason I'm interested in trying to get my old eq1 account back that I haven't played in maybe 5 years. I've forgotten the password, email address, don't have the credit card I used back then, lost my CD keys, etc... pretty much I only have the account name (which, even that I'm somewhat unsure of).

Is it possible to get it back?

Additionally, is there anyone who works for Sony on here who could arrange this for me? I rather dislike talking to CS people on the phone.

[fuffalo]

if the only piece of information you have is a possible account name, they aren't just going to give you a password. Odds are you can scrounge up some more information though - it must of been one of your old emails/credit cards - dig 'em up and find em.

If all you can muster is a login name, I would be kind of offended if they gave you a password :P

[Divinefactor]

ive talked with the CS people quite a bit in order to get my account info again... and they were generally very helpful, specially gareth.

they have records of almost all the charges from the creation of your account... and your credit card company should have the info for at least the last 5 years unless they went through a merger like mine did...

this should be all you really need

[WarderX]

I was like 14 years old when I made the account. It was my parents credit card, obviously. My email address was probably like GOKUsniper23523 @ aol.com, I have no clue. Now that I think about it, I'm actually pretty positive I know the correct account name.

I know back before WoW, this wouldn't fly at all, but EQ1 isn't exactly thriving any longer.
I'm pretty much saying that I want to give their company money, at least for a month. I'd expect them to try to help me out.

There MIGHT be a CD key laying around my parent's house, but I don't have a particular reason to head out there for a while.

[Believe]

Not really sure why anyone would want to play EQ1 anymore (unless they've been playing all along), unless you just love soloing.

I wouldn't think there would be enough low level players to make leveling up any fun.

And last I played my character, level 65 was max and 100 AA's was considered a lot. So catching up to the raid game seems pretty impossible.

[column]

Alot of people still play Eq, not sure why people hate on that game so much.

[Zarcath]

Originally Posted by WarderX

I was like 14 years old when I made the account. It was my parents credit card, obviously. My email address was probably like GOKUsniper23523 @ aol.com, I have no clue. Now that I think about it, I'm actually pretty positive I know the correct account name.

I know back before WoW, this wouldn't fly at all, but EQ1 isn't exactly thriving any longer.
I'm pretty much saying that I want to give their company money, at least for a month. I'd expect them to try to help me out.

There MIGHT be a CD key laying around my parent's house, but I don't have a particular reason to head out there for a while.

Important factor is if you filled out your account information accurately or lied. Also, was it filled out in your parents name or your own? If your parents, you'll need them to do it for you.

[Bristlebane]

Originally Posted by Believe

Not really sure why anyone would want to play EQ1 anymore (unless they've been playing all along), unless you just love soloing.

I wouldn't think there would be enough low level players to make leveling up any fun.

And last I played my character, level 65 was max and 100 AA's was considered a lot. So catching up to the raid game seems pretty impossible.

Surprisingly, when we were playing on FV a couple of months ago, I logged onto a couple of servers to see if anyone I knew was still playing.

I did some /who all level ranges, and there's still tons of people leveling characters. No, not as many as there used to be for sure, but the major hotzones and other good leveling places still have a good number of people leveling characters.

As for leveling up to do cutting edge content, I dunno how you'd fare with that. There are still many guilds doing stuff like Anguish, that'd probably be your best bet to start out.

Also, AA's are way easier to get now. I mean way easier.

[Nyuk]

Originally Posted by Believe

Not really sure why anyone would want to play EQ1 anymore (unless they've been playing all along), unless you just love soloing.

I wouldn't think there would be enough low level players to make leveling up any fun.

And last I played my character, level 65 was max and 100 AA's was considered a lot. So catching up to the raid game seems pretty impossible.

Catching up is easy. Don't believe guys who quit and don't play, believe the people who play now. If you roll on combine, you can catch up easy. If you roll on a normal server, all the people I hear from who actually play say it's easy.

If your account is 5 years old, I'm not sure why you're bothering to try getting it back versus just rerolling a new character, unless you plan to steal a character you sold that someone else has been keeping up with?

[kohl]

Originally Posted by column

Alot of people still play Eq, not sure why people hate on that game so much.

Define "Alot". Yes, people still play but it has nowhere near the name recognition it did 5 or 6 years ago, nor the playerbase. It's also been discussed to death how difficult it would be for a true newbie to pick up the game. I think that is all he was saying; not "hating" on EQ.

[kohl]

Originally Posted by Nyuk

Catching up is easy. Don't believe guys who quit and don't play, believe the people who play now. If you roll on combine, you can catch up easy. If you roll on a normal server, all the people I hear from who actually play say it's easy.

I still chat with a few people who play (on whatever the new server is that Tarew Marr combined with). I feel bad for some of the because I know the only reason they still play is that they feel too invested in their toons or their virtual community/guild to quit especially considering the ever-shrinking playerbase.
I'm curious what your definition of 'easy to catch up' is. The difficulty most people probably have is the snoozefest of grinding hundreds and hundreds of AAs.

To put it another way, unless you specifically are picking the game up to play with a bunch of established folks, EQ has nothing going for it over current MMORPG offerings.

If your account is 5 years old, I'm not sure why you're bothering to try getting it back versus just rerolling a new character, unless you plan to steal a character you sold that someone else has been keeping up with?

Heh thats kinda what it sounded like to me, but some people are attached to their characters/names I guess.

[Nyuk]

Yes, it WAS discussed to death: people who haven't touched the game since late GoD / early omens claim it's hard with absolutely 0 basis other than speculation, while close to every person active in the game think it's actually as simple or even easier to get caught up now than it was during pop.

Show me where people actively playing eq still have discussed to death how it's hard to get back into - I have yet to see it.

[Nyuk]

Originally Posted by kohl

I still chat with a few people who play (on whatever the new server is that Tarew Marr combined with). I feel bad for some of the because I know the only reason they still play is that they feel too invested in their toons or their virtual community/guild to quit especially considering the ever-shrinking playerbase.
I'm curious what your definition of 'easy to catch up' is. The difficulty most people probably have is the snoozefest of grinding hundreds and hundreds of AAs.

To put it another way, unless you specifically are picking the game up to play with a bunch of established folks, EQ has nothing going for it over current MMORPG offerings.

I agree completely with the second part, and therefore assume it. If he knows 0 people playing eq, I can't imagine why he'd try to go back. If you ARE going back without knowing anyone though, I'm not sure what the rush is to get "caught up" to the end game. Caught up to who? People you don't know?

So, assuming he knows people playing now, and assuming he can play several hours a night most nights (if he can't, no rush to get raid ready, right?), I think he should be good to go in under a month. In 2 weeks I'd think he should be max level, handful of aas, and anguish signets etc done. In 3 weeks most of his core aas done, and most of the keying stuff.

I play on the progression server, so my view of normal servers has to come from old friends I talk to. On combine, 2 weeks of active play and class choice / ability to not be fucking stupid depending, he can be tagged with the #1 guild, no sweat.

[kohl]

Originally Posted by Nyuk

Yes, it WAS discussed to death: people who haven't touched the game since late GoD / early omens claim it's hard with absolutely 0 basis other than speculation, while close to every person active in the game think it's actually as simple or even easier to get caught up now than it was during pop.

Show me where people actively playing eq still have discussed to death how it's hard to get back into - I have yet to see it.

I discussed it the other day on AIM with a friend who still plays, or doesn't that count? It's EQ; it's not exactly a hot topic anymore.

Try this. Bust out a calculator and do some simple math on how long it would take someone with no AA's (ie, a newbie) to grind out 600 of them. You are talking hundreds and hundreds of hours. I don't really care if its easier than PoP, unless its under 5 minutes per AA most people are going to say "fuck that" especially if you consider, again, current MMORPG offerings. Obviously, someone who specifically has dedicated themselves to leveling up a newbie to go raid its a non-issue because they already have that goal in mind. I'm talking about people who are shopping around at what is out there on the market.

The numbers speak for themselves. Do you see the EQ population rising? Are they opening new servers?

[column]

Originally Posted by kohl

Define "Alot". Yes, people still play but it has nowhere near the name recognition it did 5 or 6 years ago, nor the playerbase. It's also been discussed to death how difficult it would be for a true newbie to pick up the game. I think that is all he was saying; not "hating" on EQ.

Well lets put it this way, I play on FV which is one of the lowest pop servers of EQ right now,and it easly has more people then any server had when I played for the first 3 years of EQ. If you want that oldschool fealing ,where everyone knows everyone..and rep acutely matters,then EQ's youre game.

Its amazeing that people think that 2-3k people at primetime is low pop.
WoW has just warped people into thinking if a games doesnt have 300k subs then it must be doing bad heh.

Also Kohl you dont even play EQ anymore so how can you act like youre the Expert on what is going on EQ today. EQ is a very fun game right now.