Wow... I hadn't logged into this game since it first came out.  At the time it just didn't seem right to me.  And it ran very very very sluggish on my machine.  Years later here we are, and I'm trying the free offer till September.  So far I love it, and on top of that it runs great. 

Though I do have a couple of questions now that I've been away from it for so long.  I noticed on some characters you have the choice of starting in one of two places.  Example Dark Elves can start in Freeport or Neriak and the High Elves can start in Qeynos or Kelethin.  If I were to start the game as a High Elf in Qeynos (like when the game originally came out), am I going to completing quest and stories I couldn't do if I started in Kelethin?  Are there drawbacks to starting in one area and not another?  Just curious to find out.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry to hear you still haven't gotten it mate. Keep at it. I did and it worked! Best of luck to you.

Well after 8 hours of patching, I logged in to find I do not have access to any of the expansions or adv. packs. Dunno if this is a mistake or intended. Makes me a sad panda too, cause now I can't experience all the rest of the new awesome stuff like everyone else.

Originally posted by kinglog123

Lol he is right... i never got an email from them but i decided to check it out anyway since i still have eq2 installed on my computer.

 

Well i go to start it up and i get passed the login screen so i must have a subscription. I check the my account page to find that i have all the expansions and all the adventure packs now and my subscription lasts until September 15! Thanks for letting me know since SOE apparently didn't let me know.

You might want to check your account info to see if your email address is current.

Originally posted by Charisi

Well after 8 hours of patching, I logged in to find I do not have access to any of the expansions or adv. packs. Dunno if this is a mistake or intended. Makes me a sad panda too, cause now I can't experience all the rest of the new awesome stuff like everyone else.

Did you check the boxes on the login screen to download ALL files for ALL expansions?

Not sure if I missed it anywhere in the past posts...but you get a few months free, the latest adv packs and EoF...does that mean at the end of the free time you have to pay for the extra packs and EoF?

Thanks in advance!

Got it as well... my status (for those keeping track of who or why people are getting this offer)

1.  Played Vanguard 3 months then cancelled.

2.  Never Played EQ2 (But I did play the Trial long, long time ago)

I did receive the postcard because my EMAIL was old.  That was pretty kewl of SOE to track me down by snail mail to make sure I got the offer.  Its been a hella long download though... so prepare yourself.

Respectfully,

Originally posted by Charisi

Well after 8 hours of patching, I logged in to find I do not have access to any of the expansions or adv. packs. Dunno if this is a mistake or intended. Makes me a sad panda too, cause now I can't experience all the rest of the new awesome stuff like everyone else.

No disrespect intended, but ensure on the patcher you have all the items clicked under "Preferences" see if they are there and if they download.  Just an idea.

Originally posted by Crispin
It feels like a bad joke, they keep saying different things everytime(soe support) and im pretty disgusted with their treatment. If its random why cant they just say so? Instead of lying to me. And they dont agree with that people who have played Vanguard for one month(the free one) deserves it less than people who have played soe games for years. Well maybe you dont agree aswell, and thats a damn shame. Oh better put this behind me, its taking to much of my energy. I do enjoy many of soe games, but with this little incident, and that im not good enough for their promotion offers have left a foul taste in my mouth as what soe is concerned.(bad english). I hope im not the only one :)

heh , it is SOE. If it makes you feel better I beta tested the game and subscribed until last November and never received one either. Our guild still has a few active members left in the game and I was curious about the new area and also to see how it ran on my new vid card but screw em, I enjoy LoTRO more anyway.

What about people who play EQII and never played Vanguard. All they get is diddly-squat. What a great way to reward existing customers. I didn't mind Sony before this, but it seems they like to jerk their customer base around.

Originally posted by jellojuice

What about people who play EQII and never played Vanguard. All they get is diddly-squat. What a great way to reward existing customers. I didn't mind Sony before this, but it seems they like to jerk their customer base around.

Oh so this was only for people who purchased Vanguard, in that case I don't qualify. However  I do have to wonder why SOE would be trying to steer customers over to EQII unless they plan on shutting down Vanguard. Does not make a lot of sense, unless they just feel guilty about selling Vanguard  to people.

well eq2 is a better game ne wayz so just go play. its a free game with the free xpansions with like 3 or 4 months of game time lol why complain

Originally posted by monkeyspy

Wow... I hadn't logged into this game since it first came out.  At the time it just didn't seem right to me.  And it ran very very very sluggish on my machine.  Years later here we are, and I'm trying the free offer till September.  So far I love it, and on top of that it runs great. 

 

Though I do have a couple of questions now that I've been away from it for so long.  I noticed on some characters you have the choice of starting in one of two places.  Example Dark Elves can start in Freeport or Neriak and the High Elves can start in Qeynos or Kelethin.  If I were to start the game as a High Elf in Qeynos (like when the game originally came out), am I going to completing quest and stories I couldn't do if I started in Kelethin?  Are there drawbacks to starting in one area and not another?  Just curious to find out.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

As far as your starting cities, they each have their own quests.  My personal opinion is that the starting quests in Kelethin and Neriak are more entertaining...but that could be because I had played several characters to the 20s in Qeynos and Freeport.

Originally posted by Jackdog

Oh so this was only for people who purchased Vanguard, in that case I don't qualify. However  I do have to wonder why SOE would be trying to steer customers over to EQII unless they plan on shutting down Vanguard. Does not make a lot of sense, unless they just feel guilty about selling Vanguard  to people.

Their target audiences seems to be, from what I can tell, old EQ2 players who moved to Vanguard and Vanguard Players who never played EQ2.  So they seem to be trying to reduce the "leaking" of players from Vanguard to other games.  But not sure if they are after the Vanguard players that did not last past the first 30 days.

This also leads me to believe that the players leaving Vanguard are growing, but thats just a guess.

So because people wasted money  on Vanguard they get all 3 expansions and all 3 adventure packs free and get to play free to Sept...

Well thats nice, while someone like me who has bought all 3 exp packs, 2 of the adventure packs and been subscribing on and off since the game went live, doesn't get there account reactivated and free still sept.

I most have spent a good 250 dollars on EQ2 since release and people who spent 40 or so dollar on Vanguard get all of the exp and adventure packs for free and free time.

Wish I had bought a copy of Vanguard now would have saved me money.

I spent $100 on the CE of Vanguard and paid for 3 Months...so I'm quite happy with the offer.

I have 2 station accounts: Received postcard via snail mail with invitation.

Account #1: SWG/EQ/Vangaurd Beta/EQ2 Trial of the Isle
(Did not receive an invitation)

Account #2: Vanguard (Pre-Order)
(Account is flagged for special offer until Sept. 15th. Only played until free month was over)