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7/30/2025 6:42:23 PM
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Old D1 Account Recovery :(

Ok... So this is my last resource. I've been trying to do this for a few years now. But I really did my best this time. Recently, I came to visit my parents house. Here, there's a ps4 just collecting dust. I had nothing else to do and the Destiny 1 collection was really cheap on PSN, so I thought: "Why not?". D1 is a game that meant - and still means - so much to me. I just wanted to feel some of that old Destiny Nostalgia. Also, I play Destiny 2, and they haven't brought the 'Wrath Of The Machine' raid to D2 yet. I never did it because I had a ps3 back then, so I thought this would be a great opportunity. Man, I mean, Destiny 1 to me, is almost like a time machine to a specific moment in my life. I get goosebumps with only that title screen. And so I did it, I created a new account and was flooded with some good memories. After finishing the campaign on a new character however, I didn't feel like grinding out all of that gear anymore, since I had A LOT of stuff in the old account. Not only for the time I'd waste, but there are some things there that would be either very hard to do without friends, or are just unfeasible in today time, like obtaining the Trials gear or doing the quests for the exotic swords (which require Crucible at some point I believe, which is basically dead now, unfortunately). So I decided to, once again, try to recover that account. However, there's a big problem... It's a very old account, and I no longer own that ps3 (I selled it) nor I have access to that psn account and email (actually, that email doesn't even exist anymore, I've tested it - but the psn profile does exist). I tried contacting PSN for account support, but they were not helpful at all. I tried via chat multiple times, and then tried calling. But all they did was end the chat/call after a few questions that there was no way in hell I could still answer, like the ps3 serial number, or the transaction codes for the things I bought on the account (which were sent to the email I can no longer access). The only thing I was able to retrieve was the old credit card that I used, but it wasn't enough for them. I mean, I understand it, I really do. They have their own protocols and security standards. But we're talking about an account that isn't accessed for about 8 years, and the name in there is literally my name, which isn't by any means a common name (not even near). Shouldn't that be the porpuse of the support? To be useful, at least. They didn't give me anything besides "Sorry but we can't help you with the amount of information you provided" or something like that. Couldn't they make more questions? I can think of a million different ways that I could prove that it is indeed MY ACCOUNT. Anyway, I'm writing this is the hopes that, against all the odds, and amidst all of their current problems, Bungie would find me and would help me by migrating my stuff to another account or something like that, because I'm pretty sure that's a lot of game related things that only me and Bungie could know, things I've done in the game, or things that I own. This game is the reason I'm going through all of this trouble in the first place, I don't care about anything else in that psn account. Anyways... Do you guys have some advice to give me? Or have been through something similar? Even some Destiny 1 thoughts to share, I would love to hear it!!! That being said, that was it guys... I'm a little sad, because I don't really think it will be possible to recover that account. It will all probably just stay as a very cherished memory. But if you've read it this far, I bet Destiny is as much of a special game to some of you as it is to me, so it makes me a bit happier. And as a little "thank you", I'll share one of the only pictures that I have, of one of my characters at the time, for the sake of some that mentioned old Destiny Nostalgia, Hahahah! Thank you for all, Guardians...

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