Feldon 
From the EQ2 Forums:
Attention Fan Faire Attendees and EverQuest II: Extended Platinum Members: We have some hot news that we think will make your day!
You’re already slated to receive the EverQuest II: Destiny of Velious Digital Standard Edition on 2/22/11 as part of your EverQuest II: Extended Platinum Membership or Fan Faire 2010 attendance, but we understand that many of you wished to upgrade to the Digital Collector’s Edition of Destiny of Velious so you can enjoy the bonus items and content.
Here’s the great news! It is now possible to pre-order the Digital Collector’s Edition and pay an upgrade cost of just $20.00 (USD). That’s right! You will not be charged the full $59.99 for the pre-order, but rather pay an upgrade cost of just $20.00.
Here are a few things you’ll need to know:
- Those who have already pre-ordered the Digital Collector’s Edition at the $59.99 price prior to this offer will only be charged the $20.00 upgrade cost on February 22nd.
- HOWEVER, during the pre-order purchase process on our website, the price will still be listed as $59.99, but your account will only be charged $20.00.
- Limited time offer: You must pre-order before 11:59pm PST on February 21st to get this offer.
Click the link below to upgrade to the Collector’s Edition now! If you choose to accept the Standard Edition as your free copy instead of upgrading, that will automatically be granted to your account during the server downtime while we put Destiny of Velious on all of our servers. You don’t need to do a thing except log in on Tuesday! (Or whenever you’re able to log in!)
The entire EverQuest II Team at Sony Online Entertainment thanks you for your continued support. Adventure On!
Holy upgrade batman!
That’s put a smile on my face today as I felt like I was kind of throwing something away I was given at fanfaire before to get the collectors edition.
As an aside, if anyone wants a lot of good information on Destiny of Velious and to hear and understand how one of the EQ2 devs thinks (Gninja), then I recommend checking out episode #17 of EQ2Talk ( [LISTEN] ).
Its the best podcast I’ve listened to for at least a year.
What about People on Line that have the Year subscription, which i understand to be the same as the EQ2X Platinum subscription?
The yearly subscription on Live costs less then the X Platinum sub. Part of the reason that the X platinum is more expensive is because the current expansion is included in the price. On Live its $144USD per year, and on X it’s $200USD per year.
Yay! Took a while but at least this is out there now.