AJMTL Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 The game looked like an unpolished turd until I saw live streaming of it and actually had a go in BETA. I was bitten hard previously by the FFXIV fiasco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hakkology Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Origin did not allow red-zone countries to preorder. I feared there may be ip blocking. I learned the truth later. Too late, EGA failed. Lack of communication... Edited December 14, 2011 by Hakkology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthCosmin Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Romanians were able to order about 6 weeks after pre-orders started. Bulgarians even later.. Not fair.. Edited December 14, 2011 by DarthCosmin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunnd Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Vegas>ALL Was there during first few days of pre-orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelos Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Because i didnt rly pay attention to this game until November, iam SO SORRY. And now iam punished for that by having 2 or 3 days EA while these guys are already LvL 40 on day 2...come on... i wouldve rather fight for a mob with 10000 people like in WoW first day. I wouldn't prefer to fight with a mob on first Day. I'm really glad that I pre-ordered the first few hours that ordering was made available (afair) and I'm in smoothly and leveling out of the starter zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necrotura Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 i didn't like the look of the NZ/AUS hate situation so i waited for things to pan out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilin Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Red Zone...no retail launch. I wanted to buy it retail . However in Nov i'm smacked when the retailer says it expects the launch to be in March. Didn't want to go with Origin > more expensive + IT'S ORIGIN (i hate it to hell). Finally pre-ordered when I got the money on my credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakc Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) i work but i did not have any spare money at the time, so had to wait i am now waiting again it seems ..... Edited December 14, 2011 by Dakc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon-se Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 1) Wasn't sure if i would buy SWTOR at all, not until there was a release date, NDA was lifted and I got into the stresstest beta weekend to try out the game myself (and even then, the game does have issues and not really any gamebreaking features. Will probably buy GW2 once it come out as well. And D3. SWTOR basically got the *old* version of WoW-talent trees, the same target-lock-button-smash combat and a quest-system with go there, kill 10 of them and come back that we all seen before. Voice acting and multiplayer dialog are great though(!)) 2) Didn't know about the pre-launch would be related to when i pre-order my game (never seen that one before tbh). 3) Was happy spending lots of game time on battlefield 3. Then MW3 a few days after that. And over 100 hours playing Skyrim weeks to follow after that. 4) Once I did preorder i never recive a pre-order key. I had to file a ticket a ticket (however, when they finally realized their competitors send out pre-order key when you preorder they got scared and send out pre-order keys w/in a few hours - they also send out the retial box so you would recive it by the 13th - i have it on my desk as i type). So entering the pre-order key was a bit late because of this as well. 5) I work. Got a spouse. And kids. Don't really have time to play the game until the 16th. Hope everyone get in by the 15th. Or very least the 16th. No matter how late you pre-ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saithene Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Australian, didn't want to preorder if they were going to lock off the oceanic region and was hoping that they would give us some information about when it was being released out here, did not redeem code till the 9th, I'm more concerned that blaspheming is censored, I'd rather have stars then god damn(sorry bioware i have to remember where you guys live). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naitaka Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 because I have experienced Hellgate London's mess of a launch. I would not pre-order anything before knowing exactly the price model and having seen extensive amount of gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gymnotiformes Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I didn't know whether the game would be region locked until maybe a month ago. I followed the game a lot but was outside the US for work so I didn't know if I'd even be able to play. When I got into beta I looked into it, they said it wouldn't be region locked, tried it out, of course they were lying, and so I stopped paying attention again. Then recently the region lock became a non-issue, so I preordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasarith Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Becouse i dident know about it -Untill i bought the SW Blu-ray in September (on the same page -Play.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atuerstar Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Australian - was waiting for information on wether or not I could buy an amazon copy and still get to play. Oh and spent some time rather upset with being called a redzoner when I thought our countries were military allies. Basically - all my own fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheneria Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) i test games (livestream,videos, beta) before i preorder, and look i got punished for doing so Edited December 14, 2011 by Sheneria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacantstare Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I ordered from Play.com and was never sent (and didnt realised) I needed to redeem a code, eventually chased them for it and they didnt have any! So, it ended up being October, not the start of September for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I was having my hand and wrist tendons redone in July and gaming was not a list of concerns at the time even though it was a big hobby etc. Okay, you win! I didn't have the money to set aside, myself. Btw, does anyone know if they stated your invite to early access would depend on when you redeemed your code when pre-orders were announced? I'm sure I didn't hear anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelst Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I pre ordered it in Mid August as a belated birthday gift to myself (August 2nd) so I had to wait till I had money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkflame Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) yeah i also was a bit sceptical abaut an EA game i realy dislike EA games they are all about the money and dont have anny feel for ART or for customer satisfaction all they care about are the numbers. so i waited till i was certainly i would play it that was 11 nov also wanted to know the release date befor i pre orderd Edited December 14, 2011 by TheDarkflame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KakitaHoshi Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I tired like crazy to get a CE from a local store. almost gave up and bought online, but found one on 31st of july. So i bought and redeemed then I like to support local stores if I can. Iinternet sales are only a fallback option for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisel Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 i preordered when i felt like it, this bullcrap "staggered" lingo wasnt thought up till well after. in the early weeks of preorder, the term was just "up to 5 days"... didn't say anything about others getting ahead of you so far that economy and pvp balance would be whack... anybody claiming the "staggered" lingo was from the start is a liar and needs to back it up cause i suspect ALOT more peeps would have raged long before this week had they knew about it. early access language was kept vague just enough not to raise questions as to HOW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekkoclarky Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) It was a $5 deposit, I've still not paid the full amount... You can cancel a pre-order... I see poor excuses. Yes, the staggered invites were said from the very start. It's not Biowares fault you can't read. Edited December 14, 2011 by Tekkoclarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggiepoo Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Didn't hear about it. Went on Vacation before preorders started (dammit!) and when I got back I got swamped with work. When I finally heard about it it was November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necrotura Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 looks like allot of us are red zone and OD have a valid reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyrloc Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) I preordered and have access (playing right now). However, my family/friends have multiple accounts that are not in the EGA period yet (bought October-December). I think there is an argument to be made (and that was made by my friend) that game developers let people down so often, that preordering a game 5-6 months in advance doesn't make sense. A person may want to see the game is in a state in which they support more fully before committing to a preorder and that period is likely 2 and no more than 3 months or so before release. In a way, it wasn't necessarily the most thoughtful players that got early access, but the most reckless (this includes me, but I love Star Wars ). Edited December 14, 2011 by Xyrloc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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