hmm...... I just went to the site, and the only additional info in the news section...... was the same press release we read here. No where does it say where or how to reactivate and get the 30 day trial. I had to go thru the forums there to find a post where an admin said all 'they' need to do is hit the big button in the launcher. I guess they assume everyone who quit still left the game on their system?? I imagine I can reinstall it, and hope if I hit the big button it gives me 30 free days.... and an awesomely huge update..... but I have better things to do..... and better games to play...... If Turbine wants people to come back, oughta make it easier for us....

I was under the impression that if you migrate your account, you get 30 days tacked on for free. That seems easy enough to me.

The only difficulty would come from Microsoft's records and what they have, and legally can, release to Turbine to authenticate accounts (needing to know Zone passport, character name, and server gets confusing with the merges).

I tried the "callback" offer.  Want to know what happen ?  I un-installed the game within 30 minutes of login back in the game.  Why ?  Well after playing games like WOW, GW, AO, COH, EVE, etc, etc... playing AC2 on my computer feel like i'm playing it on a 386.   I really don't know what they have done to their engine but man compared to today's game (see my example above) the performance i'm getting is pathetic.  

All the game above run flawlessly on my 3000+ Athlon, 1024 Mo of RAM, 9800 Pro with 256 Mo.  I install AC2, not even with the high resolution graphics, running the game on medium setting and i get like 12 fps in dungeons.

Maybe Turbine added lots of contents since launch, maybe they fix lots of bugs, but their engine absolutly sucks.   I don't know for you, but i can't stand playing a game at 12 fps.  Turbine fix your engine, it's not normal that an 2-3 years old engine, with todays computers perform so badly.

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Originally posted by Aguitha

I tried the "callback" offer.  Want to know what happen ?  I un-installed the game within 30 minutes of login back in the game.  Why ?  Well after playing games like WOW, GW, AO, COH, EVE, etc, etc... playing AC2 on my computer feel like i'm playing it on a 386.   I really don't know what they have done to their engine but man compared to today's game (see my example above) the performance i'm getting is pathetic.  

All the game above run flawlessly on my 3000+ Athlon, 1024 Mo of RAM, 9800 Pro with 256 Mo.  I install AC2, not even with the high resolution graphics, running the game on medium setting and i get like 12 fps in dungeons.

Maybe Turbine added lots of contents since launch, maybe they fix lots of bugs, but their engine absolutly sucks.   I don't know for you, but i can't stand playing a game at 12 fps.  Turbine fix your engine, it's not normal that an 2-3 years old engine, with todays computers perform so badly.

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Trying to get players to come back is good but they still have done nothing to fix what I think is a major flaw of the game. The world is empty and has a dead feeling to it. There is almost no life to the actual world itself. You have empty cities or villages. No NPCs and the ones you do have are only for quest or to sell player made equipment and there is no way to know where they are located other then trial and error it seems. The actual presentation of the world is still just plain bad.

If they want people to come back why don't they do something about the first thing players see and experience upon enterting the game world. Make the player feel they are in a living world and not just some environment with monsters to kill cause that's all it seems like at the moment. There is nothing to do. Even Asheron's Call 1 felt more alive then AC2 by a wide margin I feel.

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Originally posted by Effect
Trying to get players to come back is good but they still have done nothing to fix what I think is a major flaw of the game. The world is empty and has a dead feeling to it. There is almost no life to the actual world itself. You have empty cities or villages. No NPCs and the ones you do have are only for quest or to sell player made equipment and there is no way to know where they are located other then trial and error it seems. The actual presentation of the world is still just plain bad.

If they want people to come back why don't they do something about the first thing players see and experience upon enterting the game world. Make the player feel they are in a living world and not just some environment with monsters to kill cause that's all it seems like at the moment. There is nothing to do. Even Asheron's Call 1 felt more alive then AC2 by a wide margin I feel.

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Have you logged in since the March patch? The march patch added lots of NPCs in the main cities and minor towns, and provided quite a few more short quests. The engine is quite a bit better now than it was in the past, and with a system much lower than the one that you describe I'm able to play at 40FPS.

P4 2.8
9600 Pro 256MB
1024 PC2700
80GB 7200RPM HD.

Anyway, you should try it out again. Knorr is great, yes, so you should definitely try out the expansion, but you should try out the game as a whole. Come on, isn't it worth it to try it for free until WoW comes out with some real end-game content?

The whole thing about max settings in one game vs. max settings in another is that using that as a reference point is like having an amp that goes to 11.

As far as settings, turn up Adaptive Degrade, turn off AA and AF (or at the very least turn them down), and mess around with your settings. It's very idiosyncratic, but most people, I find, are able to find settings that work well with their computer and are very aesthetically pleasing.

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Come on, isn't it worth it to try it for free until WoW comes out with some real end-game content?

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I migrated my old account back, but what bothers me is I have to re-enter all my credit card information and re-activate my account 30 days free, yet nowhere on that page does it even say I'm eligable for the free time.

I quit AC2 long, long ago, and while I wanna give it a try, I don't wanna re-enter my info and find out that I've been re-billed. I think that's going to turn off a lot of other 'vets' like me who slugged out the game through beta and release.

I'd try it for *FREE* but I don't get the feeling of "free" when it's asking for my credit card info.

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Originally posted by Preyfar

Come on, isn't it worth it to try it for free until WoW comes out with some real end-game content?

I migrated my old account back, but what bothers me is I have to re-enter all my credit card information and re-activate my account 30 days free, yet nowhere on that page does it even say I'm eligable for the free time.
I quit AC2 long, long ago, and while I wanna give it a try, I don't wanna re-enter my info and find out that I've been re-billed. I think that's going to turn off a lot of other 'vets' like me who slugged out the game through beta and release.
I'd try it for *FREE* but I don't get the feeling of "free" when it's asking for my credit card info.

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That's just a security concern. If Turbine bills you, anyway, after you've started the free trial, I'm sure that you have plenty of places to complain to (BBB, Turbine, etc).

Gruff has said at forums.ac2.turbinegames.com that anyone that had not yet migrated and reactivated their account will get the free 30 days automatically.

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Originally posted by Preyfar

I migrated my old account back, but what bothers me is I have to re-enter all my credit card information and re-activate my account 30 days free, yet nowhere on that page does it even say I'm eligable for the free time.
I quit AC2 long, long ago, and while I wanna give it a try, I don't wanna re-enter my info and find out that I've been re-billed. I think that's going to turn off a lot of other 'vets' like me who slugged out the game through beta and release.
I'd try it for *FREE* but I don't get the feeling of "free" when it's asking for my credit card info.

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I would just make sure to go into the billing section and make sure your account is listed as cancled.