General Discussion

Due to a new promotion, dubbed "The Living Legacy", former players (in good standing) of EQ and EQII will be able to play the games for free until the end of July.

SAN DIEGO, CA – June 2, 2008 – The EverQuest ® franchise, the groundbreaking, award-winning fantasy series that redefined massively multiplayer online (MMO) video games for a generation of gamers around the globe, is bringing a near decade of success back to millions of fans with a new Living Legacy program from Sony Online Entertainment LLC, which will feature in-game events, promotions, game updates and more.

Living Legacy, announced today, is a brand-new initiative aimed at the millions of players who have experienced the vast, engaging online worlds of EverQuest ® (EQ) and EverQuest® II (EQII) since the original EQ game was launched in 1999. The celebration starts today and continues through the end of September. As part of the promotion, both EQ and EQII subscribers with inactive accounts who left in good standing will be able to log back in to the games and play for free until the end of July.

“The EverQuest franchise has touched so many lives since the launch of EverQuest in 1999, and with the 10th anniversary of EverQuest just around the corner, we felt it was the best time to give back to all the players who made it the cultural phenomenon it is today,” said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. “We are grateful for the continued support from our legions of fans and are extremely excited about the groundswell of interest surrounding Living Legacy.”

While the Living Legacy program is aimed at former EQ and EQII players, the program also offers a perfect way for new players to experience the world of Norrath. Nostalgic NPCs and group PvE encounters, as well as brand new raid content, will commemorate EQ’s hardcore heritage. The program features bonus XP weekends, several live events, new content updates and the introduction of new zones all taking place in EQII. Returning EQII players will also be able to experience Rise of Kunark, EQII’s fourth expansion, which just became the game’s best-selling expansion of all time.

Key features of the Living Legacy program include:

All qualified returning EQ players will receive the EverQuest Secrets of Faydwer all-in-one compilation and bonus in-game items at no additional cost.

All qualified returning EQII players will receive the EverQuest II Rise of Kunark all-in-one compilation and bonus in-game items at no additional cost.

All software provided during the promotional period will be credited to any EQ or EQII account that is converted to a valid, paying monthly subscription.

Current EQII players who recruit a friend to play the game who converts to a valid subscription will receive free gameplay-time added upon conclusion of their then-current subscription .

In the spirit of honoring the players, the Living Legacy program is supported by an online and print advertising campaign that features real EQ and EQII players.

More on the promotion here.

Yes! Woot! Awesome! Hurray!  This couldn't have happened at a better time considering summer just started! Plus, when I left EQ, I was missing 8 expansions which have now just been handed over to me for free. And I used to play EQ2 as well where I owned 0 expansions. So now I own all the expansions for EQ2 as well with a free 2 months. Pssh, I'm loving it and already ingame w/o spending a penny! =D

GODDAMNIT! I just bought SoF last week and re-activated my account. Oh well it was still pretty much free, paid with Best Buy Reward Zone certificates. Well at least the EQII stuff will be free.

 I was just about to buy RoK and return to EQ2.  Won't have to now.

Although when I try to make a new character, my pc crashes, and at the moment, I am only able to log-on as my old characters.  Anyone know why this is?

Might be a good time to play again, since AoC is bugged to hell.  But damn, that's going to be a huge freaking download.

Where's the EQ:OA Love <^_^>

EQ1? Its been years and I am not going to buy the double digit expansions just to play for free, The DDL would take two days.  - pass.

There is no cost to get every expansion up to now.  Actually if you go to the site... they are giving $5 to spend on later exp as well as everything until now.

Thats the good news.  The bad, though not mentioned anywhere, is that the account have to have been inactive for a good long while.  My account expired in May, no free time for me :(

Originally posted by Solude

There is no cost to get every expansion up to now.  Actually if you go to the site... they are giving $5 to spend on later exp as well as everything until now.

Thats the good news.  The bad, though not mentioned anywhere, is that the account have to have been inactive for a good long while.  My account expired in May, no free time for me :(

Interestingly, the tiral account I made back in 2006 when the SWG servers were down for a major update and only played for 2 hours is now reactivated with this promotion...