Funcom is letting cancelled members come back

[CarLBanks]

Former Players Invited to Trial of The Notum Wars
03 March, 2003
Editor

We have today unlocked cancelled Anarchy Online accounts for a 30 day free trial of the The Notum Wars. The reason for this is to allow former players to try out the booster pack with their old characters.

From the press release:

"We’re extremely proud of the product and the unique gameplay it adds to the game," Funcom CEO Trond Aas explains, "but we feel our regular free trial is more a trial of Anarchy Online, not The Notum Wars. Land control and organisation warfare can take a little time to get into, so we wanted to let former subscribers log on their characters and get straight into the action without having to level up a new character first."

E-mails have been sent out to all former players who are eligible to take advantage of the offer. Some people might have changed their contact information since they had an active Anarchy Online account. More information can be found here.

Wow this is good news! This way we'll see some of our old friends!

[Jynne]

This is less than good news, in my opinion... it looks like a desperate move.

[CarLBanks]

it's nice so people can see NW if they cancelled.

[________________Java]

Originally posted by Jynne
This is less than good news, in my opinion... it looks like a desperate move.

Sony has sent out similiar emails to cancelled subscribbers offering the same for EQ, so calling it a act of desperation is a little unfair. Even UO, when it was still at the top of it's heights did a similiar offer.

I honestly hope that some of my RL friends who cancelled very early on will decide to take advantage of this and try out the game again, as I have.

[Vixentrox]

OOC

I'd like to see some old friends come back. A lot of people cancelled when the game was very buggy. You have to admit that AO of today has a lot less problems and a lot more content than AO of a year ago. Of course...I wish I could get a free month for being a LOYAL customer since game launch but that's the subject for another debate.

[Duzytato]

Originally posted by Jynne
This is less than good news, in my opinion... it looks like a desperate move.

It looks like a pre-emptive "Strike", to try to sway former AO players back before they go try out a certain new MMORPG.

I wouldn't call it "desperate", its more strategy than anything.

-Tifanyx

[____________Marlamin]

Bluh, A Shame banned accounts wont be reactivated, Would be cool to see Silkex ingame again

[Vixentrox]

Well...I have no sympathy for most baned people 'cause they deserved it. Silkex was an...interesting...person though. *meow*