So the other day while in game (FFXIV), a friend of mine and I were talking about how she was thinking about trying EQ2. I started playing in 2006, and suspended my account about two years ago. All the talk we were doing brought out the explorer in me, and I decided to re-activate my account so that I could show her around Norrath, and see the sites again for myself. I had a blast in my EQ2 days, and really only stopped playing because my at-the-time GF stopped playing, so it wasn't as much fun (SOB story, sorry!)
Anyway, I go to log into my account after updating the launcher, and get the message "THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN BANNED". I'm thinking, ok what's going on here? So I send them a customer service ticket regarding the banning of my account. I get a reply back which said that my account had been banned due to fraudulent activity. Right before I check the status of my ticket, I see a ticket for this previous September in which a GM had noted possible fraudulent activity on my account, and had suspended it pending verification of ownership.
So the CS rep asks me to verify all of my personal information, and at this point I'm already surprised. I'm sad to say that the experiences with Square Enix that I've seen regarding banned accounts is never good. Basically, banned = for life, no answers given, no reversal possible. I'm happy to say that after verifying ownership of my account, it looks like it's going to be restored!
I only hope that nobody actually did access my character and stripped/deleted it... I started receiving a bunch of Emails a few months ago (September I suppose it must have been) saying that I'd requested password resets. I had just assumed they were phishing attempts, as I'd not played in years and made no such requests. Apparently they were the real deal, and I should not have ignored them!
I have no plans on leaving FFXIV, I'm having fun there and looking forward to the upcoming updates, but every now and then I like to re-kindle the ol' love of exploration in an MMO, and re-sub to past games. I've done it with Star Wars Galaxies (Naboo is my absolute favorite planet), even DAOC. And of course, I'll never really leave Vana'diel (FFXI). UO, however... is a bit sacred. I want to leave my memories of that game (my first MMO) as they are now.
So anyway, if anyone 'round these parts plays on Everfrost, drop a line! I keep weird hours as it is just for FFXIV, so I won't be in game a lot, but every now and then!
-Os