Character passwords

Is this possible with all the people sharing accounts, or letting people raise their skills on their accounts?

It's already possible to change account password via the Lost Password feature on the web.
Of course, one has to have a working account e-mail.

One problem with this is that I signed up for Faldon back when I was either using AOL or Compuserv dialup.  Both ISPs are defunct, rendering me unable to obtain a working email to the account. 

Hmm.

Pennywise, that's a real problem. I'm not clear on how we are going to fix all the many accounts with broken e-mails -- there are *lots* of them... If we allowed someone with a broken e-mail to change their e-mail upon login, that might work, but what about shared accounts?

1.  Complete server wipe and enforce no-sharing policy.
2.  ???
3.  Profit

lmfao 1. wipe would cause almost a total loss in profit.
2. ??? wtf does this mean?  sit behind ur computer for like an hour thinking of that brilliant idea?
3. stfu
should just give ppl who have access to current chars control of the accounts.

1. Um, no.  Some whiny bitches might quit because they lost their 3/4/5/6.. whatever level char, but eventually it would almost certainly lead to more people playing (and paying) for this game.  There was a time when this game had a lot more active players...
2.  Did you hear that?  That was the sound of his joke going right over your head.

As for the password issue.  I say remove them and give people the ability to change the account password and email in game and/or via the website.  I think all the provisions made for account sharing should just be gotten rid of.

Last edited by Aerius (April 21st, 2010 8:51 AM)

During beta of this client, you could share an account across multiple IPs (I shared with 2 other people  ) but soon after it came out of beta it was restricted to one IP.  So unless it has changed... you can't do that.  But either way, you really shouldn't be able to share an account with someone (even asynchronously).  Its bad for the bottom line and it does nothing but create problems.  How many times have people had everything stolen from them because they thought they could trust someone?

New client/server code has always provided a really convenient excuse for a wipe (which IMO Faldon needs every few years just to stay fresh, anyway).

I think you're right that most people would migrate if you branched off development and left the old server up and unsupported.  I also think you're right that you would get a lot of players returning to play a new client.

The one risk you run is losing critical mass on one or both servers, which could be bad news.