Down the tube or what?

[SweetBippy]

Can someone please tell me what happends to your char.and stuff when you can't always afford to play more than one game at a time? My husband and I are both playing Lineage and EQ2 so we pay lots ( two computers four accounts). What will happen if we quit one or the other for a month or two? Do we have to start over every time or is it saved? Thanks in advance for any input.

[RedMan]

Basically all your stuff on most (there might be one that isn't) is stored on in a database.

SWG just left everything there till about 2 months back, where they decided that if your account had not been activated for the past 6 months then they deleted everything. So, for an example

Me, logon is "MyStationLogin"

I log into SWG, play for a couple of months, then cancel 'subscription' to SWG
4 months later, I come back for a month. Then again, cancel 'subscription'

This time, I stay away for 7 months. Starwars Galaxies says if the subscription isn't activated for over 6 months, characters are wiped (or possibly just their items).
So next time I 'subscribe' again there is a good chance I'm right back at the start.

EQ may have the same system. Look around or ask questions in their forums. Being new, they may not have a system in place. It depends on whether their database is filled with old, unused characters. As soon as that starts effecting performance, they'll implement a delete.

Overall rule though is they more than likely will try to give fair warning, and hold onto your precious characters as long as possible. Each game is different and SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Thats the scary part. I'd check the announcements once a month if you plan on going back.

[SweetBippy]

Thanks, sorry it took me so long to get back but I have been stuck in game land. You know how that is.

[Twiz]

I quit and restarted EQ1 4 times...characters always still there. In SWG, they sent me an e-mail for a character that I had on a server for almost a year after I quit!

Can't answer for L2...

[Smash]

Not sure about L2 but as big and busy as EQ2 is I would be cautious...they may be very strict about deleting things because of the server overload.

[Ryain]

A long while back the community guy for L2 stated that characters would remain on the servers for a minimum of 6 months after a subscription is cancelled.

So it sounds like a month or two off won't be a problem in many games.