MMO Ryzom Decides To Preserve Usernames And Levels. For A Price.

Last week we reported that Ryzom, also known as The Saga of Ryzom, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) will ~~reset all user accounts~~ commit suicide on 09.22.12. Last night they changed their mind.

From the forums:
Overview of options
With the merge, you have several options available to you. Below all options are explained..

If you have a paid account, you have the choice between:

Doing nothing: In this case, all your characters on your account will keep their levels and each will start with a Basic Pack.
Register one of your characters to the “List of the Reckless”: the levels of this character will all be reset and it will start with a Premium Package (other characters of the account keep their levels and get a Basic Pack). You can register only one character per paid account. You have until the close of servers to register. Your account must be active and paid at the time of registration.

If you have a free account, you have the choice between:

Doing nothing: In this case, all characters of the account will be deleted.
Involve one or more of your characters in events before the servers close: In this case, their levels will be reset and will start with a Basic Pack.

If your character should win a Silver Pack, it will replace the Basic Pack.

All characters and accounts that will be created after the server merge begin as before, without any starter packs.

Basic Pack