Returning player and kinda lost.

[NovawolfX]

I have a silver membership, and not sure what that means. I saw something about being grandfathered in. I am not sure what the last expansion I bought was. Currently level 95 in Cobalt Scar. I think I remember the cap being 90, so at some point I came back and played for a month or 2. I have a mercenary with me, but am unable to change my exp/aa silder. Is that a membership thing or not having the latest expansions? When I logged in all adornments were removed from my gear and it said I had a new skill. Can't remember what it was. Also my membership info says I have do not currently have Daybreak All access. Any input would be appreciated. Seems quite alot has happened in my time away.

 

[Bakual]

Silver membership was something in the past where you could buy 500 Daybreak Cash and then you got a bit more freedom while still being free-to-play. Eg you got (and still have) more character slots. See https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Free-To-Play for a bit more details.

The XP/AA Slider is fixed for Free-to-Play players, you can change it if you make a subscription.

The adornments were probably popped out due to some change they made during your offline time. You can also buy an ability "Adornment Reclamation" from your class trainers, which allows to remove adornments form an item without destroying them.
I'm not sure what skill you may have gotten, but you should see it in your ability book. The last one in there should be it

The Free-to-Play currently allows you to play up to Level 110. You can have a look here at what options you have: https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Soloing_Timeline. With lvl95, the "Altar of Malice" quests (https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Shattered_Seas_Timeline) would bring you to level to 100, afterwards its Planes of Prophecy.

If you want to play the latest, you can also buy the latest expansion "Ballads of Zimara" which has the max level raised to 130. It comes with a character boost to lvl125 for one character. You still can play that for free if you want with the regular Free-to-Play restrictions.

If you want to play the game more seriously, you will have to make a subscription. That's called Daybreak All Access and allows you to play EverQuest 1 & 2 and some other games. You also get some ingame benefits like double coins and monthly 500 Daybreak Cash. And of course no Free-to-Play restrictions anymore.

 

[NovawolfX]

Silver membership was something in the past where you could buy 500 Daybreak Cash and then you got a bit more freedom while still being free-to-play. Eg you got (and still have) more character slots. See https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Free-To-Play for a bit more details.

The XP/AA Slider is fixed for Free-to-Play players, you can change it if you make a subscription.

The adornments were probably popped out due to some change they made during your offline time. You can also buy an ability "Adornment Reclamation" from your class trainers, which allows to remove adornments form an item without destroying them.
I'm not sure what skill you may have gotten, but you should see it in your ability book. The last one in there should be it

The Free-to-Play currently allows you to play up to Level 110. You can have a look here at what options you have: https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Soloing_Timeline. With lvl95, the "Altar of Malice" quests (https://eq2.fandom.com/wiki/Shattered_Seas_Timeline) would bring you to level to 100, afterwards its Planes of Prophecy.

If you want to play the latest, you can also buy the latest expansion "Ballads of Zimara" which has the max level raised to 130. It comes with a character boost to lvl125 for one character. You still can play that for free if you want with the regular Free-to-Play restrictions.

If you want to play the game more seriously, you will have to make a subscription. That's called Daybreak All Access and allows you to play EverQuest 1 & 2 and some other games. You also get some ingame benefits like double coins and monthly 500 Daybreak Cash. And of course no Free-to-Play restrictions anymore.

After using the show account features I have everything up to Planes of Prophecy. The skill was Strike of Consistency (I think) I have 7200 Daybreak Coins. I see it can be used in game for things like shortening research times. Thanks for the detailed response. Guess it's time to hunker and get back to the grind.