When is eq free to play

Once you select a character and press "Enter World," the items for that character in slots that you no longer have access to will be sent to you through the parcel system. Other characters will be untouched. Also, new characters won't have anything in those slots, so you could also create a new character and safely play with it.

A: There is a display of your membership level at the top of the screen on the character select screen. Q: I paid for the Seeds of Destruction expansion pack for the Mercenaries. Why should that now be limited to me if I go free?

A: Previously if you purchased Seeds of Destruction and had no subscription you wouldn't be able to use mercenaries. Now you can use some mercenaries without a membership. A: The Mercenary just suspends itself. Then the player can make whatever decision is appropriate for their situation. Q: If we already have the J5 mercenaries before it goes free-to-play, can we continue to use them or will they be downgraded to apprentice if on the Silver pass?

Q: What is the cost to unlock journeyman mercenaries and the subsequent awesome quest line in Seeds of Destruction to upgrade them J2-J5?

You do not have to complete the requirements of a previous tier to get the next tier, but Seeds of Destruction is very linear.

In order to do the quests and missions or raids, you may have to do the previous ones. A: If you go to Silver from Gold and have Rank 3 spells already scribed, the effectiveness of that Rank 3 spell used will only be at a Rank 1 level. You won't lose the spell. You'll only get the effectiveness of a Rank 1. A: Shared bank slot items will be mailed to you through the parcel delivery system. You also will not lose any platinum that you already own.

You will not be able to gain any more platinum if you are over the limit. A: Prestige items are basically a subset of items that are limited to Gold members. It's a new flag that can be added to items, similar to lore, no-trade, no-rent, etc. Currently prestige items are upper tier items from the last two expansions like raid or top tier group items.

Mostly all augments are prestige excluding House of Thule zone augments, epic augments, and quest augments from the Heroes Journey, and the vendor melee augments in starting cities. A: Seeds of Destruction is where we started making items prestige. The higher tier items from Seeds of Destruction and on are prestige items. The lower Tier gear in expansion from Seeds of Destruction and on are not prestige, so there are some useable items from each expansion.

A: House of Thule augments are prestige. Defiant augments are prestige at release. We will change that in the April patch, and they will not be prestige. Q: What happens when a raider quits EQ and has all the prestige items equipped? Do those items just disappear when that person comes to back to raid again? A: Gear you are ineligible to use will go yellow. You don't lose it, you just can't use it. There will be no benefit from wearing it.

Q: If you do this retroactively to items that are already dropping, can you give us a big time-frame warning? A: If you remain Gold they will remain usable. Previously, if your subscription lapsed, you would be unable to use any gear. Now, there is some gear available to you if you are not subscribed. A: Lower level tier items from Seeds of Destruction should be equitable.

If an item can not be equipped it will turn yellow and you will be unable to equip it. Items that are already equipped will turn yellow and you will gain not bonuses from using them. Items will not be destroyed. Will the auto-granted AA count against their limits? Q: Is it possible to include a returning player pack or token that allows a returning player to hire one mercenary for free?

A: All players will receive some form of welcome pack. All memberships will receive a free mercenary and Bayle marks. Silver and Gold memberships will also receive a new mercenary skin. A: Veteran Rewards will accumulate regardless of your membership level as long as your account is eligible to play. So if you have an account, and it goes Silver, it will continue to accumulate Veteran Rewards.

Similarly if you start up a new account after going free-to-play it will start accumulating Veteran Rewards right away, even if it doesn't convert from Free right away. A: You won't have to activate them; we'll do it for you.

As of our conversion to free-to-play, this account will become a Silver account, and will start accruing veteran time. A: Yes, they will. We want them to have the same level of participation in the community as every other player. Q: Will we still get free Legends of Norrath cards each month, or has the SC replaced that with the reoccurring subscription? A: Yes, if you sign up for a reoccurring subscription you will still receive the monthly complimentary Legends of Norrath cards.

Q: If a character is in the range of say when the new quest "Hero's Journey" is released, will they be able to join the quest line mid way? Will it be easy to find where and how to pick up the quest line?

A: There will be a new site launched with articles and information. The player inventory and stats portion of EQPlayers will come at a later time. A: The new EQPlayers site will be completely rebuilt. This will take some time; the player data portion will not be available on release. The news portion of the EQplayers site will be transferred to the upcoming EverQuest. A: There will not be a special free-to-play LaunchPad. Patching the game will still occur though the current LaunchPad.

We have updated our Privacy Policy. Here is a a brief description of some of the most important aspects of the different subscription tiers:.

Base game plus all expansions except the latest two Able to choose any race and class 2 character slots per server Spells of Rank 1 Maximum of AA points per character May not use items tagged as "Prestige" Access to the weakest mercenaries May join, but not create guilds Restricted access to chat channels Unable to play on the progression servers In-game "spam" promoting subscription upgrade.

Obtaining a Silver subscription level costs a one-time fee of 5 USD per account. Thanks man, multi-boxing I really want to do it on one of the new Time Locked Progression servers, although they require subscriptions so I would have to sub multiple times. It might be worth it for me though. When the server first comes out, it'll have a lot of people to group with.

It's sad to see the multi-boxing is the new way to play EQ, but I don't blame ya.