Is it possible to recover an old account? I played a LONG time ago, starting back with Verant, then SOE. I had a pretty good tank (for the time anyway) and I'd like to play it again.
im not sure how to recover an account, but in the event that you CANT, it is very easy to get started again, you will be in the 60s in a week and have way better gear than what you had before. any class now can use mercenaries to level into the 60s, once in the 60s mercs drop off quite a bit in usefulness, they arent worthless, but this is the point that they start taking damage from mobs. pre 50 a merc tank can solo mobs up to 15 levels above you, and take very little damage in the process.
There is an account recovery process it starts here https://help.daybreakgames.com/hc/en-us/articles/217481518-How-do-I-recover-my-account- Never had to use it so I am not sure how easy it is. Good Luck.