I've watched the live streams and even the starting areas were empty. This is really a mess, but BW could fix this by loosening their grip a bit and letting more on the servers.

I hope it is. Completely ridiculous way of starting an MMO.

Right. This certainly bodes well for the future!

Would like to know this as well

Prepare to be flamed, and rightfully so, about your spelling and grammar. But your point is a good one (once it can be determined).

Yeah, I had the same experience. Another guy in my unit called them about a 360 game he was having issues with and got the legal threats thrown at him. Too bad the media never bothered to pick that up.

Funny. It's ridiculous marketing speak like these examples that gets people all up in arms in the first place. Sure, people should read the small print but most do not, especially when its being sold at retail establishments as "Preorder now so you can play 5 days early!". Yes, it's on the consumer to double check, but pretty dang crappy to be practiced in the first place.

I'm really starting to agree with this more and more. I'll probably get access today due to my redemption date, but the whole idea of the staggering is just a false security blanket. Maybe staggering over a period of a couple days would be ok, but to pretend that this will prevent all of the issues that are going to pop up on the 20th is just insanity at its finest.

My favorite part of this entire debacle is that their front man Stephen Reid has been selling this as the best way to prevent issues and keep stability. Come the 20th, it's going to be a cluster anyway. That being said, I'll just wait it out like everyone else. Just think that the way it's being presented is a tad bit disingenuous.

Single digits August would be my guess. While I understand the staggering rolling release, this "4 waves and we're done" thing is just annoying and mind boggling. A constant flow of access invites would be better. If they are dead set on limiting server load, they could even make sure that constant flow slows/shuts off if some issues do arise.

I preordered on 8/1, but didn't get my code for almost a week afterwards from Gamestop. I completely understand the staggering, but all the live streams I've seen - even in starting zones - have been almost completely empty. Just an odd way to go about things, but I'll just wait it out.

What's the criteria for that? Is it solely based on pre-order redemption date? Or is there another metric that they are going to put into play?

Absoloutely. I have no problem with a staggered invite system, but the small numbers invited so far and then the "welp, we did our invites see-ya!" from Bioware really is mind boggling.