Zzero.7819 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Came back to game after years of inactivity to find everything wiped from account, characters, achievements...etc. Any idea how can I retrieve them? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) Then you most likey created a new account. If it was just characters you could have been hacked but noone can wipe your achievmenets away. Edited February 28, 2023 by Linken.6345 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzero.7819 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Single thing that makes me wonder it was that I struggled a bit to obtain any valid answer on account recovery for years after I become inactive. Can a single email address hold two accounts on it? Because I don't remember creating any other account, and the game had 2 way auth binded since I've start playing. I had to respond to their questions to have old auth removed and installed new one on phone afterwards. Another thing was that back in the days I remember my account was directly on their site, nowadays I start the game via Steam, could this have anything to do with it? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseofGilead.8907 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 If you're starting the game via Steam now but didn't before, then you have created a whole new account. And no, you can't have two accounts under the same email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzero.7819 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Let me get this straight, the old way of logging in stil exist? I mean not Steam one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoseofGilead.8907 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Yes, it does. You have to download the game launcher from the GW2 website, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuickFox.3826 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Zzero.7819 said: Let me get this straight, the old way of logging in stil exist? I mean not Steam one. Yes! Download the game from GuildWars2.com and you got the old ArenaNet client. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzero.7819 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Darn! Any idea if I still access my old stuff that way? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuickFox.3826 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Just now, Zzero.7819 said: Darn! Any idea if I still access my old stuff that way? Log in with your e-mail address and password that you had then. Nothing has been deleted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzero.7819 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 1 minute ago, TheQuickFox.3826 said: Log in with your e-mail address and password that you had then. Nothing has been deleted. Sweet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahckheuhl.7549 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 you can also have steam launch the game with the command line argument '-provider Portal' to launch it into the non-steam login (this should let you use steam overlay iirc), but keep in mind that you still would not be able to make purchases through steam for your old account. 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eco.6280 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 See the note from Grahckheuhl.7549.. From library you right click on the game, select properties and then put that statement under launch options... All my old characters were visible once I did that. Thanks Grahck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy.3728 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 6 hours ago, eco.6280 said: See the note from Grahckheuhl.7549.. From library you right click on the game, select properties and then put that statement under launch options... All my old characters were visible once I did that. Thanks Grahck! What's the advantage to have to load Steam before GW instead of just launching GW? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Lucy.3728 said: What's the advantage to have to load Steam before GW instead of just launching GW? None whatsoever. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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