Inactive account

[Arlo]

I never much paid attention to 'achievements.' I never used perks much, either (not that I earned all that many during my active periods, whatsoever). When I'm active again it'll be from scratch (and that's fine). 

[DmonSlyr]

Instead of terminating the account and erasing all your data when you unsubscribe, at least your in game name and your achievements (which can take a huge amount of time to build up) should be kept. Pretty much standard in other online games.

Oh, and please implement this before this December

I agree with lusche here. If we have achievements and ways to gain value in the game, it shouldn't all be erased simply because a player hasn't resubscirbed in a few months. I haven't played BF4 in like 6 months but if I logged on tonight all my achievement and unlocks would still be there, which is nice.

There needs to be a name identity so that players do not get their original names taken, or their achiements lost if they unsubscribe. If Hitech allowed for longer names with 10-12 charactors, it would open for more unique names and a wider range of names to choose, thereby allowing people to keep their original names in a database for longer.

[Ack-Ack]

If I choose to do so I can install EverQuest and my characters will still be there for me to use.  I haven't had an active EQ account in well over a decade.

99% chance it won't be, especially if you've been inactive for a number of years and character was low level.  Some companies don't wait more than a year before purging inactive accounts, EA is an example with SWTOR.  Not even a year into the game and the database was purged of inactive accounts to free up character names after a server migration.

[Puck]

I would also have to give this at least a +1, if not more than that.  Without knowing precisely how HTC handles accounts it would seem to be a pretty small row in one table of the database.  I can go back to 2001 and pull up my scores, so THAT data, at the very least, is persistent forever.

[Karnak]

99% chance it won't be, especially if you've been inactive for a number of years and character was low level.  Some companies don't wait more than a year before purging inactive accounts, EA is an example with SWTOR.  Not even a year into the game and the database was purged of inactive accounts to free up character names after a server migration.

Can't speak to SOE, but Blizzard does not.  They did free up all the names for accounts that had been long inactive, but if one of those Vanilla WoW players does reactivate they will still have their level 60 characters, but they will probably have to give them new names.

[FLOOB]

If you're into that kind of thing you may want to check out project 1999. It's basically pre-luclin EQ, before EQ got all bastardized.

[Karnak]

I checked.  My EQ characters are still there, should I for some reason wish to play EQ again.  I don't and don't expect I will, but they are there.

[whiteman]

Would have loved this, burned a ton of perks a couple times when I had to go on leave

[flyndung]

I think the perks points  should have a time limit on them, reguardless if your active or inactive. use them or lose them.

[ASBATT]

does anyone know if our ID, perks & achievements will transfer to the new AH3 game.or is it going to be fresh start for all ?

[Lusche]

does anyone know if our ID, perks & achievements will transfer to the new AH3 game.or is it going to be fresh start for all ?

If not, the outrage would break the boards 

[Puck]

If not, the outrage would break the boards 

Why wait?  Beat the rush and be pre-outraged!  Nothing says "Internet Veteran" like pitching a fit over something that hasn't happened yet.

[RotBaron]

  +1

Lord of the Rings Online too...same as others, hmmm I haven't been there in awhile

[Karnak]

does anyone know if our ID, perks & achievements will transfer to the new AH3 game.or is it going to be fresh start for all ?

I would expect them to transfer.  Perks transferred from AH1 to AH2.

[Skuzzy]

Why wait?  Beat the rush and be pre-outraged!  Nothing says "Internet Veteran" like pitching a fit over something that hasn't happened yet.