It's actually kind of funny to read all these posts from people offering "different" perspectives and failing to see that; at the root of it, you're all saying the same thing. 1) Bioware put out a promotion that is perceived to alienate a number of it's paying customer base. 2) Subtext with the promo is that they recognized once a player hit the level cap they really had nothing to do other than dailies and FPs (if you could find a group), so this free time was to keep those players around so that they would be here if they could manage to get the content to satisfy them out soon. 3)Due to #2 you've created a perception that other paying customers who have many many toons (i have 15 spread across different servers myself), but not a single 50 yet are less valueable, and this takes us back to the first point. it's not about the $15, it's about the perception of what was said and the principle behind that message. The one simple solution to this was - if you had an active subscription on xxx date, you get 30 free days as a show of gratitude for your business. Done. Sure you'd get people complaining that, hey I've been here since launch so I should get more, but those arguments would hold a lot less weight than those posting here. From a PR perspective they've dropped the ball a bit here and added to their notorious reputation (EA that is) of being arrogant and uncaring of their customer base.

Lol I can't help but laugh at the people who're complaining they didn't get access, and that they took a day off work/school or whatever just to play this game. No one from Bioware ever guaranteed that you would be given early access today, you need to take a moment, remove your head from your *** and learn to read descriptions of promotions that you're paying for. It's amazing the hating going on for that person's own stupidity.

I don't really care either way when I get in, I'm just grateful to have early access, either way I was going to pay for the game so it's not big deal. I just find it curious that Bioware would give reason for haters to hate by not sticking to what they're announcing. For example, they announced that early game access will be given based on when you redeemed your code, yet I see people who redeemed pretty much from day one of pre-order still waiting while some others I know personally who redeemed in like late August have already gotten their notice for access. Like I said, thanks Bioware for giving us fanboys early access but...why would you fuel the haters that way? Very strange.