I am currently a subscriber and I was wondering what what happened to my 8 characters if I go to preferred status. Will 2 be deleted?

Only 2? I think you can only use 4 of the 8 unless you buy extra slots. Nobody gets deleted though, just you can't use them (you'll have to pick which ones to make active I think).

I was pretty sure preferred members got access to 6...

Fairly sure as well preferred get 6, but what I'm certain of is that no characters will be deleted, just some that will be locked off

When you go preferred, the game makes you choose which characters remain active. 6 for preferred is my understanding as well. You don't lose any characters but you cannot make any new characters until you go below the limit by deleting or using character slot unlocks.

 

The biggest warning I would give to anyone dropping out of preferred is that any commendations you have over 20 planet, 60 ops, or 175 daily should be spent before you go f2p or they will be gone forever when the limit hits. Most other things are preserved until you unlock or subscribe again.

Edited January 19, 2013 by Tumedus