
Conclusion of the Account Ordeal
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009I think I’ve got everything sorted out.
I’ve paid to transfer Brajana to my new account. Didn’t realize I’d be losing my guild affiliations even though I wasn’t transferring servers… it was a bit interesting when I had to ask another officer in Unemployed for a ginvite.
[W To] Barlo: Hey Barlo, could I get a ginvite?
[W From] Barlo: Sure, for who?
[W To] Barlo: me.
[W From] Barlo: huh?
Unfortunately, although I have 3 other characters I consider favourites, I felt I could only afford to bring over one more. I already spent $100 on the game, I can’t afford another $100 on transfers.
I chose Alouette. Sure, a mage is easier to relevel than a Priest, but I feel a much bigger connection to Alouette than Ferguson, to be honest. I’ve been playing her more recently, and I also cheated on Ferguson. He used to be my brother’s character, so I only actually leveled him from 52 – 71, rather than all the way from the beginning.
So I spent last night preparing my account, “making it as comfortable as possible” before the inevitable end.
I took many dramatic screenshots of me typing “DELETE” into the box overlaid on my naked level 71 priest… but I forgot them at home. So just picture it in your mind.
D-E-L-E-T-E.
Enter.
In fact, Hydraxis is now completely empty on my old account… it’s a strange sight to see! I created a new bank alt and decked him out with 16 slot Netherweave Bags (because everything else is too expensive). I sent him my stockpile of Outlands herbs and even passed him the lucky monocle that my old bank alt was donning.
The boyfriend and I are releveling Ferguson with a druid and using the RAF bonus. Now, Ferguson is a level 8 priest. Identical in all ways, except level and professions.
But what about Ghugh? My unexpectedly beloved Dwarf? Well, like I said, I can’t afford to transfer all of my characters… but being the great guy he is, Gadgets has offered to pay for me to transfer him across, because he knows how much I love him. Only problem is, since I just transferred him to Dark Iron I will have to pay an extra month of subscriptions before I can transfer again. More money! But since I am technically getting a free month on the new account, it’s not so bad.
So I’ve spent an extra $160 to get my account in my own name.
Was it worth it?
I think so. I didn’t necessarily have to do the transferring, since both accounts took on the same properties when I merged them… but it feels better to me anyway, to have them all on an account I created.
It could have been vacuous, maybe I never needed to do any of it in the first place. Maybe I’d never get in trouble for playing on an account that wasn’t technically mine. But now I don’t have to worry any more, I don’t have to feel guilty! And that itself is worth it.