EverQuest II is F2P as of today. (12/7/2011)

[peonyu]

no longer be disappointed. old players rejoice.

Smokejumper:

"Hi, folks,

We’ve been listening to you since we launched the Free-to-Play service across all servers. One of the most frequent issues is from folks that used to play EQII Live and are now coming back to the Silver membership level and becoming very confused because they’ve never played under those restrictions. “Why can’t I play my characters? Why are they locked?”

Of course, the reason is because those players are returning to a Silver membership (which is free of charge) and those older characters are often locked behind the Silver membership race/class restrictions. There are two easy ways to get around those restrictions: Upgrade to Gold, or buy the race/class packs.

But, we don’t really want to force those decisions on returning players. It’s not a fun experience to come back to something that seemed exciting (F2P) and then get hit with a bill as soon as you arrive, just for the privelege of using your current characters.

So here’s what we’re going to do.

*Every* character that was created before 12/06/2011 at 12:01 am will be grandfathered in without race or class restriction. This means that regardless of your membership level, you will be able to play any character created before 12/6 without paying for race- or class-pack unlocks.

For any player that previously subscribed to EQII Live servers, or as a Gold or Platinum member on EQ2X, we will also refund all the class/race pack purchases made after 12/06/2011 at 12:01 am and before the time of this posting (12/08/2011, 4:30pm) so that no one loses any SC due to this change.

Of course, this doesn’t affect new characters created from now onward. If you are playing at Silver or Free membership levels and want to create a *new* character, you’ll still be subject to the regular membership class and race restrictions.

We think this should make a lot of folks happy and we’ll get this done as soon as humanly possible, either today, or first thing tomorrow.

See you in-game! Enjoy!"

Nice change, i downloaded the F2p and my character is there. I cant complain since its free, but my toon has no armor since it was all fabled. Gotta pay to unlock that! Sony might have a good business model here afterall, since if you loot a fabled upgrade in a dungeon you have to pay to be able to equip it. Its either that or just wear mastercrafted gear forever [or just man up and pay per month]..

 

[SunnyD]

Nice change, i downloaded the F2p and my character is there. I cant complain since its free, but my toon has no armor since it was all fabled. Gotta pay to unlock that! Sony might have a good business model here afterall, since if you loot a fabled upgrade in a dungeon you have to pay to be able to equip it. Its either that or just wear mastercrafted gear forever [or just man up and pay per month]..

Fabled requires a subscription to be able to use. If it was just a one time unlock, I'd be much happier.

Also, take a look at the prices in the SC store for the various things. We're talking nearly $10 just for one or two races or classes at a time.

 

[Shmee]

cool, might get into this now. one of my buddies faxon used to play it A LOT.

 

[Lumathix]

Damn, all my old characters are there, but all their stuff is gone.....hacked?