-It's not game launch, it's early access, and that's how they're referring to it as.
-True, that banner did arrive a little too late in the day and should be removed now.
-They have a fixed release date, it's DECEMBER 20th 2011.
-Because they never intended to do so. They always aimed for a staggered launch and never told us otherwise.
-Elitists? Seriously? What do elitists have to do with this? If anything, it's elitist power levelers who are whining because they're not getting their precious server firsts.
You people are getting riled up about getting to play a few days later, SO WHAT? It's just a game FFS. It's not important in your lives or in the grand scheme of things in any other way than entertainment. Not to mention, YOU ARE NOT PAYING FOR THIS TIME. It's a perk we got, and you people are STILL whining.
Just suck it up and wait for your turn like the rest of us.