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#1 Oct 14 2006 at 7:18 AM Rating: Decent
Hey everyone, I am trying to retrieve my old EQ1 account that i haven't played since early 2003. I had given the account to an EQ friend at the time, he asked to use it and promised to update it for me for whenever i would come back or if i ever did. I left EQ1 with the thought i'd never be comming back because i decieded to leave EQ behind me and was planning to join the Air Force anyway to pay for college. Shortly after i had quit back in 03, a week later i was in boot camp trainning for the air force. Now after 3 years a couple of close new friends of mine i have made in the air force decieded to try out their old EQ 1 accounts, and so i'm trying to get my EQ1 account back.

I lost contact with the guy who had my account, and seeing from the EQplayers website, it says he hasn't been playing in about a year or so. I called SOE tech support and they asked for the first 4 and last 4 digits of my credit card. At the time of registering my account i had 2-3 Credit cards because i kept losing them. I guessed my first 4 digits correctly out of memory, but I can't remember the last 4 since i had more than 1 credit card at the time. The operator told me to call my finacial records or whoever keeps track of that, so i called my bank. They said they don't know because i've cancelled my credit card back then. Some of that i really didn't understand myself, I'm guessing it's because the credit card is over 3 years old and was cancelled because i lost it. So i'm digging through all my old papers and stuff trying to find an old records linking my old credit card to my EQ1 account. It's been 4 hours now, still can't find anything. Tore my room apart, and now i'm on forums trying to ask for anyone else who's been in my situation for help or guidance. I still use the E-mail that was initially registered with the EQ1 account, so i tried to do a password recovery via website. The security question is changed. I'm guessing the guy changed it along with whatever personal info he decieded to alter.

My question is, can't SOE just send an e-mail to the e-mail that was used to originaly start the account? I mean that's my e-mail and my account, and all the info that was used at the time of registered the account is all my info. I can provide a passport, driver's licsence, or any other ID linking my name to my credit card and to my address that was used to register my account. I even have the CD keys that was used with the account when i purchased it. Ugh i'm going crazy lol. Any help is very much appreciated, thank you for taking your time to read my problem. Hope someone out there can help me.

Edited, Oct 14th 2006 at 8:30am PDT by Kaileoss
#2 Oct 14 2006 at 8:08 AM Rating: Decent
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To get your old credit card numbers:
Try getting a credit report. They're pretty easy to get for yourself these days and don't cost much. It may have the actual account numbers (or perhaps at least the last 4-5 numbers of it.)

#3 Oct 14 2006 at 8:46 AM Rating: Decent
hey, where can i get a credit report?
#4 Oct 14 2006 at 11:37 AM Rating: Decent
just type credit report on google's serch and you'll find a few of them. it will have all your cards on there up to 7 yrs ago . at least up here in canada, i'm sure the same for states.

i think you may have a problem though is your security question was changed, it's not suppose to be changealbe. but there is a trick to it, for those who buy and sell accounts. your friend who had the account would never need to change the question as he and you only knew it, but sounds like maby he stole it permitly or sold it off.

i ask what lvl was you characters? cus if under 50 then just get new titanum account you'll get 10 expansions out of 12 this saveing you hmm 3 yrs ago 7 expansions maby 8. and lvling from 1 -30 in new city only takes 4-6 hrs solo not powerlvled or twinked. drops og gear there i didn't see in regualr game until 40's so the low lvl zone has great gear for lvling
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#5 Oct 14 2006 at 11:37 AM Rating: Decent
oh hey what server were you on?
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To play well with others is to NOT GET THEM KILLED

5x eve online (Currently playing 2 accounts)
1x darkfall "worse game ever"
8x EQ 1 accounts char's lvl 30-52 7 years (3 accounts active)2nd fav
6x Asheron's call lvl 40-99 one lvl 132 (FAV GAME ALL TIME)
2 EQ 2
3 Horizons
3 WOW
3 DAOC
1 D&D online
4 FFXI
2 vanguard
4 anarchy
2 SWG
1 lineage 2
2 AOC
1 LOTRO
1 City of H / V
beta's AC2,lotro,eq2,aoc, lineage 2, darkfall, crimecraft, fallen earth, aion, Jade Dynasty
#6 Oct 14 2006 at 11:55 AM Rating: Decent
why do you ask what server i was on? lol
#7 Oct 14 2006 at 11:58 AM Rating: Decent
oh and my toon is lvl 70 now, my friend must have gotten him the 5 extra levels since i left. but the account hasn't been used since 05 and i can't get a hold of him. i had quite a bit of AAs and i was flagged for everything up till GoD, so i don't really wanna just make a new toon lol
#8 Oct 14 2006 at 2:58 PM Rating: Decent
https://www.annualcreditreport.com

Free credit report available right there. You may have to provide a checking account and/or credit card number, but they do not charge you for the first one.

Edited, Oct 14th 2006 at 3:59pm PDT by fatbass

Edited, Oct 14th 2006 at 3:59pm PDT by fatbass
#9 Oct 14 2006 at 4:02 PM Rating: Decent
thanks a lot dude for that site. i'm checking it out right now
#10 Oct 14 2006 at 7:43 PM Rating: Good
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so i called my bank. They said they don't know because i've cancelled my credit card back then


Get a supervisor and start ********* Your bank can get those records and it should not a big deal. For some ignorant operator to say they can't is jsut ridiculous. They keep all those records.

While you are waiting for the accuont password to be retrieved and given to you, you should download and patch to the lastest expanion, it will take a few hours, so might as well get that done now, you do not need an accoutn name and password to d/l eq and patch.

Edited, Oct 14th 2006 at 8:58pm PDT by fhrugby
#11 Oct 14 2006 at 11:37 PM Rating: Decent
There are many ways to get an old CC number. what i did when i needed mine was go to blockbuster and have them look it up for me, i got lucky cause my bank gave me the same run around.
#12 Oct 16 2006 at 7:34 AM Rating: Good
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If you keep your old checks you can start looking there. That is what Jonwin had to do when I wanted to transfer my Toons to povar and join in Aude Sapere.
He didnt have the CC info but it was written on one of the canceled checks.
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