Hey, don't shoot the messenger. They are trying to be as fast as they can. Also pre-order does not guarantee 5 day early head-start. Never was that stated anywhere. It said UP TO 5 day access. As for launch day, they said they will try to let as many in as possible and bring up as many servers as can be done if needed. But if they run out of equipment and ability to handle untold millions of people trying to get in, they will have to start staggering the influx or else everything may go down and no one gets to play. They are hoping to have everything in place and setup so they don't have that problem, but there is nothing for sure in life. Which is why even the box will state that uptime is not guaranteed either. Just like your internet you purchase doesn't guarantee 24/7/365 uptime. Shit happens.
Again fucking nothing but bullshit..
NO OTHER MMO IN HISTORY has had to do this.. the staggering is done by who picks up their game and patches faster than the others.. which is what makes Midnight MMO launches so popular..
If I get my ass up and go stand in line to get my copies and play that night.. that is my staggering..
to have people get up get their copies and get home and then tell people sorry we cannot play till next Wednesday but this other guy can play today is total and utter horseshit..
This does nothing but piss people off.. people want to be FIRST and people want to group with their guilds from the first day..
No other MMo in history has staggered their early access.. it takes people days to download so that builds in a a staggered affect as those with high speed get in first.. and those that take days to get it are the late bloomers..
in a game that we have proven that power gamers can reach L50 in under 5 days ( not played btw 5 days...) this is a game killer..
The greta thing about MMO launches is everyone starts at 0 ALL TOGETHER.. then it is off to the races.. to stagger that and give people a head start over others that paid the same money is flat fuckign retarded. I know it was in the terms.. I I bitched about it then too.. as most of the power gamers did..
but now to hear that if my friend Bob doesn't have a PO and decides he wants to get a copy on launch day that even he may be further staggered? shows me BW has no business running an MMO.
they are already instancing TOO much in the game as it is.. it's a royal pain in the ass to have INSTANCED Cities.. let alone instanced play areas... to have guild members spread through 4 different zone instances is ridiculous..