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First, let me start with a bit of backstory. I registered with the game 7/28/2011 according to my myaccount page (this was just before U11), and I went VIP 9/23/2011. Expansions did not yet exist in the game at the time. I decided to go VIP, because the person I was playing with at the time was VIP and I wanted to make sure I could run all the same content he did.

Last year, SSG decided to give us players a few nice treats mid pandemic. First, they opened up all the content, including expansions for everyone for a limited time (see https://ddo.com/en/news/free-questing-coupon-and-vip-update-%E2%80%93-thank-you-standing-stone-games), and then they gave us a code that would permanently give you access to all non expansion content released prior to the release of the code. They…