Yeah at least give us the opportunity to log in and create a character, i'm just so damn bored, I have installed every game i own and i dont want to play them at all. At least i am busy tomorrow and Saturday helping a friend move.
OP is right just look at SWG, the pre cu crowd havent forgotten it yet, and as part of the pre nge we still havent forgotten it yet. Most of the pre nge/pre cu players will never touch a SOE product again.
Thats why they need to give everybody access now, would you rather lose days in early access or after the 20th where downtimes comes out of you payed gametime.