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Star Wars: The Old Republic [Early Access: December 13th] Thread 2
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rukland
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Yeah the early access e-mail coming the day of is silly. Hell we have seen how many e-mail fuck ups they had just trying to get beta stuff out, here is to hoping this goes smooth.
Gunmonkey36
Member
I am waiting for the mass email to go out on the 13th for everyone and then complete customer support meltdown when everyone calls to ask why they can't log in.
I'll start it in about 2 hours.
BattleMonkey
Member
Hmm looks like I should be getting release day delivery still, but guess it wont matter, have to work during launch anyways meh
LowParry
Member
I don't see why not.
Spiritreaver
Member
Oh man I can't wait for the OT. All tanks can MT.
Gunmonkey36
Member
I tried reading the past ten pages, but I just got so annoyed with seeing the same questions asked repeatedly. And the whining! So, Early Game Access starts on 13th @ 7am, goes until 10pm on the 19th, and it's staggered entry based on chronology of pre-orders. Also, no grace period according to the FAQs, but during conferences devs had stated that may change. Other than that, did I miss anything?
Also:
Oh, I will.
Also:
Oh, I will.
Lol yea I live in Adelaide Australia and I was driving through town today and the occupy adelaide movement is down to like 2 people with a tent in a park out of the way not interrupting anything.
Stormwatch
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I think the email coming on the day you get access makes sense. That way you won't have thousands of people hammering the server at the same time because they knew about it in advance. If there is advance warning of your entry time then the servers will be slow and crowded.
Vargavinter
Member
Hmmm, got two copies of the CE today in the mail, but i cant finish the install correctly. When it asks for disc 3 it just stopped and prompts to re-insert the disc.
Tried with the other disc from our second CE but got the same problem there. Gonna try and reinstall, anyone else got this problem?
Tried with the other disc from our second CE but got the same problem there. Gonna try and reinstall, anyone else got this problem?
RoninChaos
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I'm pretty sure I'm going to sell the Malgus statue. Wonder how much I can get for it.
Jbird34
Member
You in the US Canada or EU?
Gentle giant statues are quiet expensive, so i reckon a limited edition will be worth even more.
Thsts good news bc im selling mine for sure.
BattleMonkey
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Alot of people are going to be trying to sell their Malgus statue during the launch, so I wouldn't bother as the prices are going to go to crap. Hold onto them till the initial stock diminishes and the value of them should go up. GG statues of that size usually go for about $80, so down the line you possibly will be able to get around that much for it unless it really ends up being limited enough that collectors will pay through the nose for it. Unlike alot of CE statues for games, the Star Wars fans should keep the future value of the statue fairly high, just don't try to sell it right away.
Vargavinter
Member
EU. Seems like it just was a snag in the installation it seems to be working fine now.
Hmmm, strange.
Wait, you got yours in the mail already?
Lucky guy. Too bad I can guarantee Canadian retailers won't send it out early =(
Outdoor Miner
Member
I got an email about preloading the release client but was wondering if thats necessary since I still have the most recent beta build on my desktop?
Vargavinter
Member
Hah yeah I got a text message on my phone telling me to pick up a package today, so i went to the post office and picked it up.
I thought it was some xmas presents i ordered but when i got home and opened it it was me and my wifes CE's.
The Elite
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I'm good. Although my folder is Electronic Arts instead of EA... OMG... :\
DimmuBurgerKing
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I hear they're designed more towards "off tanking," but you should ask Giolon just to be sure.
Yes.
StUnNeR H2K
Member
Pre-loaded and ready to go.
Was in the beta from March through the end, and still excited. Loved seeing the game progress from the crappy state it was in back in March to the final build. Didn't play as much near the end, after seeing my characters wiped multiple times I just couldn't handle watching my level 40 something characters deleted again.
Was in the beta from March through the end, and still excited. Loved seeing the game progress from the crappy state it was in back in March to the final build. Didn't play as much near the end, after seeing my characters wiped multiple times I just couldn't handle watching my level 40 something characters deleted again.
To all the people complaining about no grace period I ask this. When exactly would you be able to play if there was no early game access? Thats right, not until you get your copy of the game. So you are getting up to a week to try the game prior to ever giving Bioware a dime, just for preordering, and you are still complaining? This is crazy. When can you play any other game that comes out? When you buy your copy. This game gives you a week free some of you whine.
People really do defend anything.
Not being able to play a game you don't own yet is not that hard of a policy to defend.
The Elite
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And the sense of entitlement amongst some gamers is ridiculous.
Game releases on the 20th. You get to play it early if you pre-ordered it. If you don't pick up the copy on release day, you don't get to play it again until you do.
Makes sense to me and that's how it works for 99% of games on the market. And with those you don't even get early access.
I would have loved a bit of a grace period too to try it a little longer before I buy, but that's what Early Access is for.
Considering almost every MMO with early access has a grace period and the fact that months ago they said there would be one, and the fact it's releasing during the busiest mail time of the year... no excuses. It needs a grace period.
Alex
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Early access is a marketing bullet point, it's not like they're not showering you with their benevolence by allowing us slovenly mortals to access the servers early. 
The best way to handle early access is to not do it, it's so obnoxious and this has got to be the worst handling of it yet.
Shoulda just shipped out early or just had everyone wait until the 20th. Meh.
The best way to handle early access is to not do it, it's so obnoxious and this has got to be the worst handling of it yet.Shoulda just shipped out early or just had everyone wait until the 20th. Meh.
BattleMonkey
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Wow my GF's office is closing for the game launch since 90% of the staff including her boss are in the same guild lol
Did you miss the part where the said there WOULD be a grace period 2-3 times? There would be zero compaints if not for that fact. Obviously some people take it too far in their rage, but it's still annoying.
The Elite
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Wish that was the same for me.
BattleMonkey
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It should be a fairly big launch, but the owner of the business my GF works at is the guild leader and they got over 200+ members. Most of those in the local office are guild members so hes closing that day for the launch lol. There business is not really affected by holiday sales and such so they can close and not really care about time of year. The 2-3 employees not part of the guild are gonna stay behind to do some repair work lol
It's standard operating procedure for a MMO. They're going back on their word which screws people up who had planned around the grace period. They're releasing on the busiest mail week of the entire damn year.
You know what? I might have been fine with it if they could atleast say that Amazon would be allowed to do release date delivery or ship early but they can't even do that. Some people are reporting on the forums that Amazon isn't even GETTING the game till the 20th.
They need to do a grace period, this is bad form. Period.
The grace period isn't really for 'trying before you buy'. Anyone that's in the early access has should have already committed money towards the game (whether it be a pre-authorized transaction or a full payment in advance). If you have early access for an already cancelled order I'm pretty sure you have no logical basis to care about the grace period at all.
For all intents and purposes, the game releases on the 13th. They aren't doing "early access" out of the kindness of their hearts. They're doing it because it's necessary for them. The best way to get an MMO rolling is the stagger the player-base in. The last thing they want is 2 millions people all logging in at the same time. Pretty much every MMO since WoW has done it this way, and they had grace periods. Nobody is asking for a free pass, just a few reasonable days to actually get a hold of their copies. I don't get why some people are insistent that this is some type of charity on Bioware's part. I'm personally not that invested in the game, that a couple days of being locked out will kill me, but I don't understand how people are defending this.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Wow I can't believe this game is less than a week away for people who preordered. For a while there (well, a couple years ago anyway) I was thinking doomed vaporware.
If it launches as smoothly as Rift, I might pick it up first week, otherwise I'll wait for the traditional MMO first month shitstorm to clear before I jump in.
After trying the game, I'm confident I'm going to enjoy at least playing alone, but I'm even more sure now that what's going to make or break this game is patch frequency and customer service.
If it launches as smoothly as Rift, I might pick it up first week, otherwise I'll wait for the traditional MMO first month shitstorm to clear before I jump in.
After trying the game, I'm confident I'm going to enjoy at least playing alone, but I'm even more sure now that what's going to make or break this game is patch frequency and customer service.
Exactly, versus someone like me who is.
I preordered a physical copy for about $35 during a sale awhile ago, and when they announced a grace period, I knew that keeping my physical copy would be fine and I wouldn't bother with a DD.
Now, I have to either order a DD and hope that I still get the same amount of early access if I do this, or go out at midnight in freezing cold weather and hope that I don't miss any play time. (Hoping the server maint they say they're doing at midnight lasts longer than expected.)
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