Report: EQ2 Devs Breaking Rules, Show Favoritism

Massively.com reports on a scandal involving SOE's EverQuest 2. According to them, developers have apparently broken policy and allowed for a Test Server guild to be transferred to a Live server. They present quite a bit of evidence to back this claim up, including an admission from a SOE official. The excuse? Rewarding the Test Server players for their hard work.

Some cliffs notes on the situation:

* SOE employee(s) abused their power breaking various codes of ethics (confirmed & guilty)
* Numerous Test players accuse Unhallowed Triad with a history of exploitation and getting away with it in due part to their SOE connection (rumors)
* Someone at SOE made the call to transfer Test characters to a Live server breaking policy (confirmed & guilty)
* Not only were characters transferred to Unrest, but items as well. Unhallowed Triad's Guild level was also inflated to 60. (confirmed & guilty)
* Many Unhallowed Triad guild members admitted to transferring off test in Assassin's chat (confirmed)
* Several Unhallowed Triad guild members were transferred unknowingly (more than likely)
* Legitimately leveled characters belonging to several Unhallowed Triad members were transferred over from other servers or already leveled on the Unrest server (confirmed)
* Unhallowed Triad guild tag no longer exists but there other guild tag Unholy Trinity exists and their Guild level stands at 30 (confirmed)
* All players on the Test server have not been given the same opportunity to transfer to a Live server

The full details can be found over at Massively.