I was one of those Amazon customers who did not have release day shipping available to me. My Collector's Edition arrived today and I want to thank Bioware's customer service reps and Amazon for their hard work. I've been a loyal Amazon customer since the year of its launch and never once have they let me down. Thanks Stephen and staff!

'Such prohibited third party software or devices can include, but are not limited to, those in the nature of “addons”, “hacks”, “cheats”, “trainers”, “mods”, or the like by any name.' Even though, I have a G13, I don't use the macro system but I would assume you can judging by the language. The old EULA used to include macros on that list but I guess they took it out from the confusion on whether or not products like Naga and the Logitech G series macro system would violate the game. But I don't know.

50 is fine. No I don't want to see pages and pages of your single crappy yellow crystal for sale.

Having a 50 Vanguard in beta, it is possible to solo boss level mobs equal to your level. However, by 40 most of the bosses are immune to slow and incapacitating effects. Also you can play hide n seek with alot of ranged bosses. Just plop your healing companion down and use line of site. Having said that, some kite and HnS fights can take literally half an hour to do. Its just easier to type LFG and save your fingers premature arthritis.

Having played a 50 trooper in beta, you won't be disappointed. You just hit a slow point in the story line. Without posting spoilers, it gets slow from 16 to 24. then the rest of the way it gets awesome. Let me put it to you this way, I wasn't planning on leveling a trooper til 50. But by 30 it was so good, I just flew all the way to 50. Some classes lull at different levels, like SW kind of drags a bit at 28ish to 34. So it just depends on the story. But it does get really good.

I feel for you guys who didn't get in yet. Nothing aggravated me more than those people coming on the boards on day 1 who were thumbing their noses at everyone else, when they should've been just playing the game. That being said, the OP is correct, you won't be disappointed. There are very few bugs. The only one I can think of in 12 hours of play is some sort of map FPS lag. I was a closed beta tester for the last 4 months and I'm even surprised. Its worth the wait.

I am in full agreement.

I haven't seen the preorder break down but you can definitely see the trend line on where the invites would lie. I wholeheartedly agree with you, despite what Reid says, it is a stress test. I'm also guessing that they are holding back some resources to see where they need it the most as the days progress.

The managers are even more at risk. Do you know that a couple of rating agencies upgraded EA's stock partially because they think this will be a smashing success? If the MMO pattern holds true and this isn't a success, you better believe some of the managers will be fired. Trust me, this is the career defining moment for alot of the people working on this project.

They are all sitting around a conference room and discussing how hot it is at the office.

Ever had a presentation due that could make or break your career? Well I have, and you don't work your normal 8 hours and go home to your family.

Considering the OP's forum name, more like avoid a blaster shot to the face.

I agree with you for the most part, but the implementation of the EGA shows a lack of experience that Bioware has with MMO's. What MMO does a staggered launch? It was probably some marketing exec who made the decision to get more money upfront to fund the game, not understanding what MMO launch is like. Personally, I'm going to just chalk it up as a learning experience for Bioware and move on.

I ordered the CE from Amazon as soon as it was available, but I didn't check my email because I went on vacation to Hawaii, Tahiti and Thailand a few days later. Came back a few weeks later and realized I had to enter the code. Its no skin off my back since I got friends who saved my name for me, and I was in closed beta for a while.

I think the staggered launch is going to be a bigger issue for the most populated servers. Guilds are going to be firmly set and their late arrival friends will join them. Because the EGA people will be less apt to move because they've leveled already, you might see some really big queues. But for some of the other medium sized servers, it shouldn't be an issue.

Well the community right now is like Fox news and MSNBC in a small room debating. Its basically a fight between, "We want to be on equal footing vs You MAY get 5 days access." It'll get better once 20th comes around and both groups are going to be complaining about queues.

I agree with this. And with people entrenched in servers its going to make downtime even worse.

100 x 5,000 = 500k

The Emperor = Newt Gingrich?

I think its safe to say that you'll never see another staggered launch again in an MMO.

Someone should make a name brokering site, akin to Stubhub.

I agree with alot of what you said but there is quite a bit of whining going on as well. But I think that Bioware's relative inexperience with a MMO has a large part of the rage. I don't think you'll see a staggered launch again in an MMO.

Yeah, I wanna play Kung-Fu Panda, Pokemon and Hello Kitty World rolled into one. Sorry I want Star Wars.

Depends on whether Kira is still bugged.

Working parts when you go off and romance your companion.