Break the Rules, Go to the Prison Server.. Forever
If you tend to not behave in-game, now is a good time to start. Players caught breaking the rules will be account-banished permanently to a prison server called Drunder. Here's Holly's full explanation:
Later this week we plan to release a server we are calling “Drunder,” which is a “prison server.” What does that mean, exactly? Ultimately, players who are caught breaking our rules and disrupting EQ2 live server gameplay will be flagged for this server, and no others -- ever. Characters on these accounts will be copied to Drunder (the “prison server”) and can never leave or transfer to another server.
This is a server our Customer Service Game Masters have requested over the years in order to manage disruptive players. They will determine who goes there. As gamers, we recognize there are some players who like to step outside our rules.
Drunder will get no customer service support and it will require a maintained membership to access and play. Rather than disrupt live servers in an attempt to join the “prison server,” players can use our /petition system and ask to join Drunder. To be clear: You won’t be able to move individual characters to this server, while maintaining characters from the same account on another server. This is a ONE-WAY trip for an entire account forever.
Ultimately, players who break the rules – or want to – will have a world of their own to do… whatever they will.
As I said, this is an experiment. We wanted to see what happens given it's not a very common option.
Let's see where this takes us…Holly "Windstalker" Longdale
Executive Producer, EQ & EQ2