As Hingus said they are there for ur companions.

Half the ingame BH have a rifle strated to their backs. So did all of them in the movies

So you dislike tweeter, facebook, insert social media but are ok with forums, another type of social media... interesting.

They never said all pre-orders will get early access. They said depending when you registered your pre-order will determine WHEN and IF you gain access to early access. edit: Oh and Euro servers are up. I could log in at 12:10pm GMT time and had all listed EU servers avaialbe except 1.