My ConfessionFollow

Dear Everquest Toons,

Please forgive me for I have sinned. I am not sure how I can look myself in the mirror. I beg forgiveness for my grevious crime....

Late Tuesday night I was surfing the internet and checking the various Plat sites and Ebay because I was bored and a little drunk. So far I have resisted temptation but I was weak. I noticed a certain account for sale that was really cheap. It was on my server and was a huge improvement over my present level 54 Character. Being intoxicated and just recently the receiver of a nice bonus paycheck, I submitted a bid. It was a more of a joke bid since the starting price was only $50.00. My max bid was only $55.00. I fully expected this particular toon to bid well into the hundred's of dollars.

Late last night the auction ended and to my surprise when I got to work today, that I had won the auction! My feelings have swayed from elation to guilt.

The person has emailed me the account and we have exchanged emails today at work. The character is level 68 with 300aa points. This person has not played EQ for 10 months or so and has moved on to other mmorpgs.

I spent $50.00. If the account does not work then shame on me. I am out of a small amount of cash.

What would you guys do in this situation? I don't have the time to play much and this would allow me to visit zones that presently kick my enchanters *****

Please be gentle...


Bub

Just be prepared when that person yanks their account back in a few months after you've geared / leveled.

Nothing you can do about it.

The problem I've always had with buying an account (money and ethics aside) is that what happens when you get the account, play on it for 6 months getting all sorts of AA's/levels/gears/flags and then the former owner suddenly decides they aren't done with EQ after all and gets Sony to get their account back?

It's happened, one of my former guildies on another server as a matter of fact. Now you're out the cash you dropped for it and you're also out all the time you spent on the toon.

Didn't realize they could yank the account from under my feet. I figured I just used my Credit card and change the password.

Of course, I really don't know what I am doing since I really wasn't expecting this.

However, I will practice and study up before attempting groups.

At level 68 - what do Druids do besides heal and dot???

The 2 boxing thing intrigues me. My Computer is fairly new and can handle it. I will check out EQWindows.

Thanks for the replys.

and JoltinJoe. I never said it was a druid.....

/shush!!!

At level 63 I am using DoTs less and less in groups. Now, I nuke, heal, buff and most importantly...PORT hehe.

Try solo charming. You should have practice with your enchanter. Druids can do more or less the same with animals. You wont have mez to get control but it's not bad.

Nice recovery!

I am not a fan of buying and selling of anything for real money in EQ. Seems to cheapen the game for me. I hate joining a group and finding out its really just 2 or 3 of us and a bunch of bots. It's dissapointing to group up with high level toons only to find out they've bought the account or PL'd their way through most of the levels and don't understand the finer details of their class that can only be obtained through years of play.

But I also realize I'm playing a game that has moved on. It's not the EQ I remember and never will be. Times have changed and I'm just one of a few dwindling relics still mired in the old mindset of how things ought to be.

I don't begrudge you for playing the game how you see fit. I miss the game for what it was but I can't say I hate those who have made it what is now.

I'm of mixed opinion on the whole buying and selling issue when it comes to plat and items, but I'm totally against buying an entire puppet.

Since you've apparently already done that (and had the yarbles to actually admit it here), the only advice I'd give is that you play the hell out of that Druid solo and learn it VERY VERY well before taking it into a group situation. No one should be learning a 68 puppet in a group setting yet it happens everyday, to the detriment of all who play.

Two-boxing for a few weeks is a great way to do it, and don't forget to learn the importance of every spell (and AA!!) in your book.

Edited, Fri Nov 11 16:54:10 2005 by Gladestrider

Enjoy the new toon. Make sure to study up on the class if it's one you've not played before.

As for worries about the original owner trying to take back the account there are several steps you can take to reduce the chance of that.

Change the password. (duh)

Access the account on the Sony website and change EVERYTHING on it to your information. Most especially - CHANGE THE EMAIL ADDRESS. The simplist way for someone to take an account back without a valid password is to have a new one sent to the email on the account. If it's YOUR email it goes to you instead, and let's you know they are trying to take it back. Obviously, also change the credit card info, SOE pays a lot of attention to who is currently paying the bills. Poke around, make sure you have changed everything.

Call CS and change the secret question. Be polite. Tell them you want to reset it. If the CS rep says no, thank them, hang up, and call again to get a different rep. They can do it for you if they want to.

With no password, any communication going to your email address and not theirs, no answer to the secret question, and no current credit card info the original owner will have a hard time taking it back. Possibly they could do it with the original credit card info if they still have it, but it would be difficult and they would need a sympathetic CS rep. It's still good advice to keep any loose pp, and droppable gear on your original account.

Something I heard awhile back. It's pretty dirty but in a twisted light it makes sense.

Some guy (like you) purchased a toon. He geared and levelled the toon. One day he logged in and the screen said there were a bunch of unsucessful attempts to log in.

After some digging, the purchaser found out the toon he had purchased had a history of being purchased only to be taken back by the origional owner.

Well, the purchaser talked to a necro and offered up the purchased toon as a sacrificer. After getting sac'd as much as possible, he deleted all the no drop gear and gave away all the gear he couldn't sell reasonably fast. The purchaser then sold all the plat and deleted the toon from the account. After deleting the toon, he made another toon on that server with the same name. Doing this really messes with restoring toons from back up.


If you don't want to be that nasty, there's always the option of moving your new purchase to your main account. If you want access to both your current main and the new toon just go down and buy the EQ box and move the druid to that new account. That way if the origional owner ever does take the account back at least you'll have the high level toon.

I do not see anything wrong with buying a account. People say this crap like "Oh you won't know how to play your charactor". I have jumped on friends accounts and played several high end accounts. I have played 60+ enchanters, 60+ druids, 60+ clerics, 60+ tanks, etc from friends and relitives. Each time I was just as valueable group member as the others. You take about 5 minutes and look over the spells/skills and see what you got.

So grats on your new high end account.

if you thinking posting here will cleanse your soul, think again.
soe read these boards.
did you give them a cut? was it a soe unofficial site?
if no cash is forthcoming, you gonna be sleeping with the fishes.