Services (EQ2)  

This guide is no longer applicable as of the full Free-to-Play launch in December 2011. It is being retained for historical purposes.
Please see Membership Matrix instead.

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EverQuest II offers two different types of services: EverQuest II Live and EverQuest II Extended.

EverQuest II Live, commonly referred to as either "EQ2", "EQ2 Live" or "EQ2 Legacy", is a normal paid subscription model service. Players can choose from a standard $15/month subscription plan, or one of the 3, 6 or 12 month plans instead.

EverQuest II Extended, or "EQ2X", is a free-to-play service with optional subscription plans. The EQ2X Extended matrix works as such: Bronze level is completely free-to-play (but with many restrictions), Silver level is a one-time $10 fee to unlock a few extra features than Bronze, Gold level is a $15/month subscription plan that unlocks most of the game features and Platinum level is a yearly plan that unlocks all of the game's features.

Active SOE All Access accounts have full access to EQ2 Live and Gold level access to EQ2X. ^[1]

We've made a list of the differences between the services and the various featured offered by the game. The information is valid as of 6/28/2011.

Game Feature	EverQuest II Live [2]	EverQuest II Extended [3]
Game Trial	14 day Free Trial available. 14 day Refer-a-Friend trial available.	No trial necessary, players start with a free Bronze account.
Default Expansion [4]	Ruins of Kunark Can purchase the latest expansion to fully upgrade. Can register a Bronze EQ2X account for free upgrade to Sentinel's Fate.	Platinum: Destiny of Velious Gold/Silver/Bronze: Sentinel's Fate Can purchase the latest expansion to fully upgrade.
Player Classes	All classes are unlocked.	Gold/Platinum: All classes are unlocked. Bronze/Silver: Only 8 classes are available; the other classes must be purchased to unlock.
Player Races	All races are unlocked excluding Freeblood.	Platinum: All races are unlocked excluding Freeblood. Gold/Silver/Bronze: Only 4 races are available; the other races must be purchased to unlock.
Default Character Slots [5]	1, 3, 6 and 12 month plans: 7 slots per region [6] available.	Platinum: 10 slots available. Gold: 7 slots available. Silver: 4 slots available. Bronze: 2 slots available.
Equipment	Full access to all equipment upgrades.	Gold/Platinum: Full access to all equipment upgrades. Bronze/Silver: No access to Mastercrafted Legendary, Mastercrafted Fabled, Legendary and Fabled equipment. [7] Bronze and Silver players can purchase equipment unlocks to allow the player to equip one piece of higher quality armor per unlocker that is normally restricted by account level. [8]
Abilities	Full access to all tiers of abilities.	Gold/Platinum: Full access to all tiers of abilities. Silver: Access up through Expert ability upgrades. Bronze: Access up through Adept ability upgrades. Bronze and Silver players can purchase ability unlocks to allow one ability per unlocker to be upgraded that is normally restricted by account level. [9]
AA Experience Slider [10]	Alternate Advancement slider can be freely adjusted.	Gold/Platinum: Alternate Advancement slider can be freely adjusted. Bronze/Silver: Alternate Advancement slider is locked at 50%.
Quest Journal	Full access to 75 quests in journal.	Gold/Platinum: Full access to 75 quests in journal. Silver: 40 quests allowed in journal. Bronze: 20 quests allowed in journal.
Inventory Bag Slots	Full access to all 6 bag slots.	Gold/Platinum: Full access to all 6 bag slots. Silver: Access to 4 bag slots. Bronze: Access to 2 bag slots. Bronze and Silver players can purchase inventory slot unlocks to open up one additional inventory slot per unlocker, up to the normal maximum of 6 inventory slots. [11]
Personal Bank Space	Full access to all 12 bank slots.	Gold/Platinum: Full access to all 12 bank slots. Silver: Access to 3 bank slots. Bronze: Access to 2 bank slots.
Shared Bank Space	Full access to all 8 shared bank slots.	Gold/Platinum: Full access to all 8 shared bank slots. Silver: Access to 2 shared bank slots. Bronze: No shared bank slot access.
Broker (World Market) [12]	Full access to the broker system.	Gold/Platinum: Full access to the broker system. Silver: Purchases allowed; sales can be made with Marketplace broker credits. Bronze: Purchases and sales not allowed but can be made with Marketplace broker credits.
Player Housing	Both services have full access to all housing types and all vault slots inside the home.
Guild Halls	Both services have full access to using their guild's hall and all amenities their guild has purchased.
Coin Limitations	Unlimited coins per character.	Gold/Platinum: Unlimited coins per character. Silver: 20 gold per level per character. Bronze: 5 gold per level per character.
In-Game Mail [13]	Full access to the in-game mailing system.	Gold/Platinum: Full access to the in-game mailing system. Bronze/Silver: Can only receive in-game mail; cannot send.
In-Game Chat [14]	Full access to all chat and custom chat channels.	Silver/Gold/Platinum: Full access to all chat and custom chat channels. Bronze: Restricted to /say, /group, /guild and /tell.
Guild Creation [15]	Full access to join or create a guild.	Silver/Gold/Platinum: Full access to join or create a guild. Must purchase a guild creation charter from the Marketplace for 1000SC to create. Bronze: Can only join guilds.
Station Cash Marketplace	Excludes any items that would impact gameplay, such as armor with stats.	All items including those that can impact gameplay.
Content Updates	Both services have identical game world content and are updated simultaneously. The only content difference is the gameplay-impacting items that the EQ2X service offers on the Marketplace.
Customer Support	Full access to SOE customer support.	Gold/Platinum: Full access to SOE customer support. Bronze/Silver: Only knowledge base access unless it is regarding a transaction-based issue.
Pop-up Advertisement	No advertisements.	Bronze/Silver: In-game pop-up reminders to upgrade to Gold. When game is exited a browser window to an advertisement is forced open.
Discontinued Subscription	No access to the game.	Access to either Bronze or Silver level of the game, depending on whether a one-time Silver upgrade has been purchased from the Marketplace. [16]
Yearly Plan Bonus	For $119.88/year (works out to $9.99/month) you receive 500SC (a $5 value), one Steed of the Blazing Sun, one Nizaran Assassin Armor Crate and one Cloak of the Storm every time your one year subscription renews.	For $199.99/year (works out to $16.67/month) you receive 500SC every month of your yearly plan (total value of $60). Platinum membership will also grant the player the most recent expansion without a need for additional purchase while this membership level is maintained.
6 Month Plan Bonus	For $71.94/6 months (works out to $11.99/month) you receive one Nizaran Assassin Armor Crate and one Cloak of the Storm every time your 6 month subscription renews.	No 6 month plan available.
3 Month Plan Bonus	For $38.97/3 months (works out to $12.99/month) you receive one Cloak of the Storm every time your 3 month subscription plan renews.	No 3 month plan available.
SOE All Access [17]	Gives full access to all Live servers.	Gives Gold access to the Extended server.
Veteran Rewards	Currently offers veteran rewards up through 8 years of account age.	No veteran rewards at this time. Account age from EQ2 Live does not count toward EQ2X and does not make these rewards available on EQ2X. [18]

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1. ^ SOE All Access is a $19.99/month plan that gives access to many SOE games. For EQ2, it gives full access to EQ2 Live and Gold level access to EQ2 Extended.
2. ^ EverQuest II Live Subscription Models
3. ^ EverQuest II Extended Subscription Models
4. ^ The most recent expansion can be purchased to unlock any missing expansions.
5. ^ Additional character slots can be purchased in the Marketplace for any type of account level on both services. Character slots are limited to per region, not per server. Slots purchased in EQ2 Live do not unlock extra slots on EQ2X and vice versa.
6. ^ Regions on EQ2 Live servers are U.S., EU and Test, giving a total of 21 default slots if characters are made in all three regions.
7. ^ Legendary and Fabled pieces purchased in the Marketplace should be equippable by Bronze and Silver players. At this time players have stated that Legendary and Fabled mounts that do not need attuned can be used from their inventory.
8. ^ The equipment upgrade unlockers are restricted to allowance of adding an UNLOCKED attribute to a single piece of armor, per unlocker, that is normally not able to be equipped at that player's account level. If the armor was tradeable before the unlocker was used it remains tradeable afterward.
9. ^ The spell upgrade unlockers are restricted to allowance of one ability to be upgraded that is normally restricted by account level per unlocker.
10. ^ The Alternate Advancement slider controls how much of your adventuring experience goes toward alternate advancement experience. It first becomes available at level 10.
11. ^ The inventory slot unlockers are restricted to one additional inventory slot per unlocker, per character (NOT account).
12. ^ Players on PvP servers must use a black market broker to see items up for sale in cities that are opposite of their alignment.
13. ^ Players on PvP servers cannot send mail to players of opposing alignment to their own.
14. ^ Players on PvP servers cannot communicate with players of opposing alignment to their own. PvP players also cannot chat on non-PvP custom chat channels.
15. ^ On EQ2X servers a guild charter must be purchased with Station Cash to create a guild. On EQ2 Live servers a guild is made by forming a group of 6 players and speaking to an NPC.
16. ^ When a player downgrades to from Platinum or Gold to Bronze/Silver, they will retain any ability upgrades but will be forced to unequip any Legendary or Fabled equipment.
17. ^ SOE All Access gives access to many SOE games for only $19.99 per month, with multi-month plans available. Some games require purchase of software before you can play them.
18. ^ Though veteran rewards from EQ2 Live are not able to be claimed on EQ2X, characters who transfer from Live to Extended are able to keep some rewards that were claimed before copying.

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