http://eq2wire.com/2012/12/21/december-2012-eq2-winback-program-15-days-free-gold-sub/

Former EverQuest II players!

Get in the game now and take advantage of FREE GOLD MEMBERSHIP time from 12/19/12 – 1/3/13*.

Also, enjoy a FREE Adventurer’s Welcome Pack gift just for getting back into the game.

15 Days of Gold and Welcome Pack

Players who return during the 15 day window get the following:

Gold Membership until January 3, 2012

Adventurer’s Welcome Pack (a $29 value)

• (1) An Additional Character Slot
• (2) Superior Potions of the Advanced

To claim, click the EQII button in-game and select the Claim Rewards option. Click the Promotions tab and select the EQII Adventurer’s Pack.

Re-Subscribe and Get a Prize

Players who elect to sign up for Gold Membership before January 3, 2013 will also get to choose one (1) of these special items

• Blood Saber Corrupter Armor Crate
• Arcane Academy Deed of Ownership
• Magical Storm Whistle

Once you have reactivated a Gold subscription, click the EQII button in-game and select the Claim Rewards option. Select the Committed Adventurer’s Treasure and click the Claim button. When you unpack the crate in your inventory, you’ll be able to choose the reward.

NOTE: This item will not be granted until two days after the promotional period ends.

This kind of news for a well known MMORPG should be in the front page news box on a site like this...

You do good work though Nadia in covering the yawning gaps that MMORPG.com leaves in it's coverage of EQ2, keep it up :)

Hmm...I got one that had an EverQuest 1 border, but says the time was credited to my EverQuest 2 account. I logged in and have no credit on my subscription...was it a fluke or?

Edit: Nevermind, it didn't show until I claimed it ingame.

seems this promotion is ongoing for ex-subs in all soe games

-- at least for EQ1, EQ2, DCUO

nadia do you happen to know how they treat the sony access pass or whatever they call it?  would that count as gold for eq's 1 and 2?  i figured you'd be the best person on here to ask

thanks :)

technically the pass should count for being a past subscriber

but to get the items for returning as a sub, I doubt the pass will qualify as "returning" to all SOE ganes

 best to check w support Mon-Friday

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I read this just before Xmas and thought I'd give EQ2 another go, having been playing on-and-off since launch.

I'd just like to say to Nadia (in the most polite and respectful manner) I HATE YOU!

I had plans for the holiday break, but I've been running around Norrath instead. Discovering that I can now essentially 'play to pay to play' means that I've now paid for another couple of months and bought the latest expansion.

Crafting experimenting was a welcome surprise. I've now powerlevelled most of my toons to the new cap (it was 92 when I last played), and I'm having a great time in an MMO again, whilst my real life dwindles by the wayside.

*grumbles*