I'm Returning ....Do I reinstate my account or start anew?

I was convinced by a friend to return to COH. Since I couldn't get into my old account(I have no recollection of the username/password), and because I wanted to take advantage of the 14 day free trial, I am currently using the new trial account. I'm loving what I see, and how the game has evolved, and am planning on continuing the subscription.

I pre-ordered the game at release, and played for a year before retiring. I don't really have any characters of merit above 20th level or so, and I gather that I have lost any cool or interesting names that I had back at release. My only loss there is Shillelagh (I can't recall her AT) and Windrose, a grav/Storm controller(I think). I liked both of those names, but I'm guessing those are lost.

In any case, as my trial nears expiration, I'm wondering if it is worth a call to support to activate that old account, or if I should just stick with the new account. Does the old account have any intrinsic value, that I'm missing?

If you don't have any characters of merit above 20 then you probably don't have much influence you would want to transfer.

There is the intrinsic value of the veteran rewards you achieved from your first subscription. You should look up what veteran rewards you earned from your first subscription and make the calculation if those rewards are worth the trouble.

Well depending on how long your old account was active, you probably accummulated some time to count towards Veteran Rewards.

And you can harvest any Inf you had on your old characters. The in-game email system can now have attachments.

Well you'll have about a years worth of Veteran Rewards on your old account but other than the character's that's about it.
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Veteran_Rewards

Welcome back.

Personally I'd talk to customer support and see if they can reinstate your account easily. If you remember the email address you used to register it, they can probably ask some identifying questions and take care of it. Shillelagh is a good name, I'd hate to see it go to waste.

But realistically, if you're not that invested in the old characters .... meh, up to you.

The original policy was after a while names were unlocked and if a new person created the same character on the same server you lost the name. Over time they protected most characters. I think only those under level 5 or something like that are vulnerable now. And if no one else made such a character, you'd be fine anyhow.

The vet powers are totally worth it, so are the vet costume pieces. I would re-instate your old account if I were you.

Character Naming Policy

At one point is were characters under level 35 that were effected. That was changed to level 5 and under.

Here's the original Announcement that the info on ParagonWiki was taken from.