Quote Originally Posted by Choyi View Post
idk how true that is, I stopped playing XI for over 2 and a half years, came back, found my account info and my chars and all was still there once i logged on, thats after not paying for the account or anything connected to XI for over 2 years.
Granted its almost 2 years since I left XI again, maybe it changed.
They don't delete data anymore. They even have a service to recover characters/accounts that had been removed due to inactivity. I can't say of the success rate, as I've never used it. You can even flag your POL account for deletion and even that doesn't work anymore.