On hearing Everquest 2 had went f2p and had merged the old live version with extended I thought I would relive some old memories and login using my old account but just go free for the time being, but when I try to log in I get an error saying "You need to setup a subscription." er I thought it was free?!? can anyone assit me as I get this error when I try to log into the official forums too..

Make sure you downloaded the right client.

I guess I should have mentioned I had downloaded the correct client and I made a new account and can play this, but thats not the account with my lvl 70 on - SOE seem not to work weekends so by Monday it will be nearly 3 days and I haven't been able to play, such is life :)

thas a bummer - you are correct the weekend support is nonexistent

if it helps

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Originally posted by locherbread

On hearing Everquest 2 had went f2p and had merged the old live version with extended I thought I would relive some old memories and login using my old account but just go free for the time being, but when I try to log in I get an error saying "You need to setup a subscription." er I thought it was free?!? can anyone assit me as I get this error when I try to log into the official forums too..

Hmm interesting. I have the same issue. I was able to login last night fine, and my account was basic access. But today it gives me the same me error "You need to setup a subscription."

*Update*

Problem solved, I went onto Live chat this morning and the TSR had it fixed literally within 2 mins. I really cannot fault the customer service with SOE. On a non related matter they had my account fixed back up in less than 2 days.  Looking forward to getting back into Eq2 again ! \O/