Rhinoplat Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Zones aint really empty. I still dont belive why people will whine about this, this has been known since the first day of preordering, that this is how its going to be - There is enough people around to group up with, they will also add more and more people each day. So dont you worry. For people who ordered november / december, sucks - you should have ordered earlier if you wanted in before. Game launches the 20th, be happy that its possible to play before that. Game launched today don't be delusional. The gold release is 20 Dec., those are 2 very different things. I knew there would be a stagger, but I fully thought it would be a 24 hour stagger with invites every 2 hours, so that they could get everyone in the first day and allow them to play for a good solid 4 days. BioWare has not earned any trust by pulling these stunts and continuing to cover it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VettoRyo Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) That is logic. How dare you. That not logic as it not the same scenario. This scenario is as if McDonald’s promised everyone who comes in and get a Burger also gets a free fries... but then after everyone bought there burger told everyone "hey you get you free fires 3 hours later then this first people" That a more logical analogy. What you are claiming as “logic” would make more sense for the idea of queue on servers for it would be he who walks to the register first gets a burger first. Edited December 14, 2011 by VettoRyo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voqar Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Zones aint really empty. I still dont belive why people will whine about this, this has been known since the first day of preordering, that this is how its going to be - There is enough people around to group up with, they will also add more and more people each day. So dont you worry. For people who ordered november / december, sucks - you should have ordered earlier if you wanted in before. Game launches the 20th, be happy that its possible to play before that. Don't bring logic into a pity party...the butt hurt emo's might wipe a tissue on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scythian Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 lame I cant believe this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivanwarder Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Well it is sort of frustrating the come December the mainpage still advertised "Preorder NOW and you can get up to 5 days early access" when in reality if you preordered then you were never going to get 5 days. It is misleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traft Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 He said: 'You'll still get Early Game Access; at least a day.' To someone who asked who redeemed his code on the 5th of December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazardOOI Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 It seems that many of you have missed the entire point of the thread. Just to get you guys up to speed; no, it is not unfair that the later you pre-ordered, the later you get in. There is a thousand and one threads you can discuss that in. The point was to discuss the effects of giving a negative impression to all those who pre-ordered late, and why are BioWare not letting in more people when those who are already playing are saying that the servers are empty. I could have sworn this was about some misinterpretation of information making the OP think they stated certain people would definitely get only 1 day instead of one day being the minimum you could possibly get. I dunno, I just figure that cause of the thread title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jotgeek Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 When I go to McDonalds, I pay the same amount for my big mac as the guy 3 spaces in front of me in line, but he gets his burger first. *** McDonalds, y u no fair?! ROFL, that made my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolakToma Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 So without the extra 2 days, those of us that pre-ordered in December or late November probably would not have gotten any Early Access time? One would think with them pushing things back 2 days, we'd at LEAST get 2 days. Bummer that I will get to play for one day, then get to wait for 2-10 days to get my game in the mail. There is a chance that people will be playing for 17 days before I get to play for 2. WOOHOO! Exactly, we are promised ONE day at least, and then them adding 2 more days to the whole EGA, youd think we would all get 3 days if you pre-ordered and put your code in before December, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogblaster Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Hey guys, It's come to my attention in a recent tweet by Mr. Stephen Reid, that those who pre-ordered in December or maybe even November are atm. looking at getting to early access one day before the launch. Now, personally, it wouldn't make or break my world whether I'd get to play in early access at all. But what buggers me, is how they've told us that they are letting more people in than was planned, and that everyone would get atleast 5 days to play in early access, but then when the early access actually starts, they only let in a minimal amount of players (livestreams I've watched only show 5-20 people in a zone at a time!) and then throw this new tweet at our face, that those who got the pre-order in late will probably only get one day! It's pretty much a slap in the face. And that is my problem with it. It's insulting your customer base. These people who pre-ordered late paid just as much money as those who pre-ordered earlier. Yet, their welcome to the game is Stephen Reid slapping them in the face and laughing at them. Ha-ha-ha, should have pre-ordered earlier, suckers! While I partially acknowledge why you decided to do this, I question your methods. Is it really worth it to give everyone who pre-ordered late a very negative gaming experience right off the bat? First impressions are everything in MMO's. If you only get in 6 days later than others who pre-ordered, that's by a mile worse than having long queues for a couple of days. I understand your policy on server balancing and I am extremely happy you're taking it so seriously, but perhaps you need to take another look at the numbers and let more people in, earlier. Fact is that even the starting zones are empty. There is no denying that. Since there's really no reason to not let more people in, why not do it? If everyone were to get that five days for example, I bet the majority would come out extremely satisfied. Yet, if you push it further, it will create an outcry. People will get a very negative impression. That's just how it is, no matter how unjust it might sound. If anyone from BioWare ever reads this, I would like to request clarification on why are you not letting more people in even though the zones are mostly empty? If there was a good reason behind it, perhaps people would be more understanding of the situation. You've been great with informing your playerbase to this point, keep up the good work +1 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justinjedi Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 It seems that many of you have missed the entire point of the thread. Just to get you guys up to speed; no, it is not unfair that the later you pre-ordered, the later you get in. There are a thousand and one threads you can discuss that in. The point was to discuss the effects of giving a negative impression to all those who pre-ordered late, and why are BioWare not letting in more people when those who are already playing are saying that the servers are empty. Did they push people into preorders at the last minute by offering early access? You're damn right they did. Every commercial I've seen features early access and ORDER NOW! They save themselves legally with the fine print. I'm am still disappoint though. I knew when I bought it I would probably get screwed out of the early access when I heard they were doing a staggered process. Sorry to all of you that wanted to be the first to 50, get server firsts or even the name you wanted. Maybe next MMO? Whole thing stinks like the business end of a bantha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoreObsessed Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Zones aint really empty. I still dont belive why people will whine about this, this has been known since the first day of preordering, that this is how its going to be - There is enough people around to group up with, they will also add more and more people each day. So dont you worry. For people who ordered november / december, sucks - you should have ordered earlier if you wanted in before. Game launches the 20th, be happy that its possible to play before that. Actually, it wasn't known or stated that they would only allow a very small amount of the player base. The way they originally sold it was "up to 5 days" now if anyone that purchased in nov/dec get 1 day then BW should just straight up sell insurance, or get into politics. They would have effectively worded things in such a way to give people the expectations of early access, while providing one day? Now i am not trying to complain and whine here, i am more than fine with not playing until the 20th, however don't word things to attempt to con your player base. Also, to counter your point, if everyone who ordered in nov/dec order instead on july 21st when it came out then would you make your same point? "Oh you should have camped out the website until midnight to get your order." Arrogant, elitist, *****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewbacasBro Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I submitted my pre-order code Dec 2, 2011. I'm not going to complain. I'm not going to lie, I would have LOVED to be in the first wave. But, eh, sometimes taking a leap of faith pays off. Personally I had to play the game for myself before I pre-ordered. Those who were faithful enough to pre-order before getting their hands on the game should be allowed to play it. Those who ordered in Jul-Jun and didn't get in...well that's unfortunate, but you can wait. EGA is a privilege, not a right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KypDurrron Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 When I go to McDonalds, I pay the same amount for my big mac as the guy 3 spaces in front of me in line, but he gets his burger first. *** McDonalds, y u no fair?! McDonalds would cook them all when they get the order and serve them not tell you to go f yourself they already served 3 bigmacs today come back at 8am CSt tomorrow we have patties but we aint cooking fer j00! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justinjedi Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I submitted my pre-order code Dec 2, 2011. I'm not going to complain. I'm not going to lie, I would have LOVED to be in the first wave. But, eh, sometimes taking a leap of faith pays off. Personally I had to play the game for myself before I pre-ordered. Those who were faithful enough to pre-order before getting their hands on the game should be allowed to play it. Those who ordered in Jul-Jun and didn't get in...well that's unfortunate, but you can wait. EGA is a privilege, not a right. Actually when they sell it to you as part of your preorder it's sure as hell is a right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeviuosOne Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 When I go to McDonalds, I pay the same amount for my big mac as the guy 3 spaces in front of me in line, but he gets his burger first. *** McDonalds, y u no fair?!and you get yours minutes earlier not days:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merup Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Its not so much that I only get a day (okey it is)... but its also the fact that I did this to get a head start.. HEAD START so I could get around the level 50 noobs killing low levels on low level grounds because they think its fun... Now even tho I have head start some have a better head start O.o that is soooo ********.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowy Posted December 14, 2011 Author Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) I could have sworn this was about some misinterpretation of information making the OP think they stated certain people would definitely get only 1 day instead of one day being the minimum you could possibly get. I dunno, I just figure that cause of the thread title. Actually, it's not a misinterpretation. I get what he said. However, since we kinda have these things called brains, we might as well use them to connect one dot to another. The fact that he even mentioned one day, and the fact that people are being let in the game at the rate at which they are (which is slow), together point out to that it will indeed be one day that the late pre-orderers will receive. It's better to discuss an issue from the most logical standpoint than to try to cover all the angles when they can't be covered. Edited December 14, 2011 by Jowy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiftymh Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Well it is sort of frustrating the come December the mainpage still advertised "Preorder NOW and you can get up to 5 days early access" when in reality if you preordered then you were never going to get 5 days. It is misleading. It still says that right now. It's misleading at the least. It's like paying someone 50 bucks to kick them in the nads 'a minimum of 1 time' when I have every intention of kicking them 7 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pubbs Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I am going to assume that since the EGA started early and 6 waves a day that everyone will be in on the 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attilious Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 this game is played 24/7. According to bioware it is also monitored during the early days 24/7. Why are they not giving early access in waves 24/7. Im sitting here waiting and 12 hours nobody new gets early access this is starting to suck big time. this is WRONG i was charged the full amount on the day i bought since when do you not get charged until the 20th? Product Name: STAR WARS(TM): The Old Republic(TM) Digital Deluxe Edition (Pre-Ordered) Anticipated Released Date: Targeting Holiday 2011 Qty Ordered: 1 Amount: $74.99 Product Name: Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ Digital Deluxe Edition Pre-Order Fee Qty Ordered: 1 Amount: $5.00 dont really care but ive read numerous posts oh you dont pay until the 20th i payed the day i ordered from origin in the full amount and i payed 5 dollars extra for a pre order code it did say discount 5 bucks but 84.99 came out of my account ive seen before frankly if i dont get 1 day at least or 1 minute it is false advertising and im sure they will refund that 5 bucks they scammed me right hahahah SubTotal: $79.99 Shipping & Handling: $0.00 Tax: $5.00 Total: $84.99 Discount: $5.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewnagurra Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 but I fully thought it would be a 24 hour stagger with invites every 2 hours, so that they could get everyone in the first day and allow them to play for a good solid 4 days. Just out of curiosity, where did you get that information from? It would definitely be unfair if that was truly how it was promised to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aithen Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 My question is since mine went in on July 30th when the hell am I supposed to get in. Hell I'm still waiting for my access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turukano Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 I am going to assume that since the EGA started early and 6 waves a day that everyone will be in on the 15th. Are you serious? They have not even let everyone that ordered within three days of the first sell date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viikuna Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 When I go to McDonalds, I pay the same amount for my big mac as the guy 3 spaces in front of me in line, but he gets his burger first. *** McDonalds, y u no fair?! I use drive in's only, and that other guy gets it first because he's before me in the line. Not because he paid before me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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