If you'd like, I can send you a pair of welcome-back trial codes.
They usually do reactivation weekends in conjunction with Double XP weekends. We're supposed to be getting another 2XP weekend next month, but that's only to make up for last 2XP weekend when some servers went down for most of the weekend.
"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
Just to note, if you and your husband still have your old account info, you only need to restart them for 15$ a month each, you don't need to buy the game.
If you don't have the old accounts, then I recommend looking online or going to a store like Big Lots. There are lots of very inexpensive copies of the game out there (under $10). Any full version of the game comes with a free month of the game, so these discount copies end up being essentially free.
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Just to verify: you had a regular account previously? Just asking because you talk about having "enjoyed the trial period". Reactivation weekends only reactivate lapsed regular accounts; not trial accounts.
And I will do Lemur one better. If you never bought the game; I have two regular CoV account codes you can have gratis. That will give you and the hubby a month of play each. Just PM me.
No, I'm not a nice guy. I just have a few codes lying around since I bought a bunch of them from Big Lots at $4 bucks a pop, and I want to clean my closet. 
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Okay, editting again because the CoV codes will activate both sides in case you were going to ask.
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What what what? When? Did they say which weekend yet?
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We're supposed to be getting another 2XP weekend next month, but that's only to make up for last 2XP weekend when some servers went down for most of the weekend.
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What what what? When? Did they say which weekend yet?
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"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
IIRC, there's usually an announcement giving the dates for reactivation weekend within a few days after a new Issue, and it's usually 1-2 weeks after the Issue release, so that they can get out the post-release bugfix patches before reactivation.
I fully expect it to be the same weekend as double XP, but neither has an announced date yet.
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Oh, wow, you guys rock. Both times I've posted on these forums I've gotten such great responses XD
Yes, we Did play actual, real accounts before (there was a sale or something? We got 2 copies of the game for a total of $20 or something like that?) At present, we made trial accounts to fiddle around with it, but, as you know, the game makes a much better impression when you can, you know, team up and stuff. And we miss our old characters. Which were sexy. With awesome wings. And stuff.
I think I'll definitely have to PM some of the above people to discuss getting the activation codes. It occurs to me it'd be wise to wait a week (family visiting) before reactivating said accounts.
Anyway, thanks again for your answers! I really appreciate it. You guys are definitely part of the reason why we're increasingly thinking that we will end up paying the subscription fees. Thanks again.
Hmm, well, the codes I have are for the basic retail game (CoH/CoV). So, if you have either never activated with the basic game (as noted) or have activated with one of the 'specials' (GvE, Architect, CoV/CoH CE); you can most likely activate with the codes I have. As I said; PM me and I will dig 'em out.
Personally, I'd reactivate my old account for the Veteran Rewards time already accrued, but I am a greedy sonuvagun (and I dont go inactive, lol).
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I thought I'd put my question here, since my last question was here, sooo... basically, I'm wondering, approximately how common are the reactivation weekends?
I've enjoyed the trial period, and have fond memories of playing previously, but am not quite certain I'm ready to invest $30 into finding out if I want to spend $30 a month (me and hubby) because, well, finances suck.
If we could feel out our old characters, or actually be able to Properly play the game maybe we could judge it better. So, even a broad, rough, very guess-y sort of guess on approximately when it theoretically might happen again (I'm very seriously not holding anyone to a date range :P) would be awesome. We can do other stuff in the meantime.
Thanks