OMG this is amazing, GRATS

8th of august, no email but in!

Very high, estimated cutoff for today sits at around the 12th with no bonus waves.

Copied and pasted from the waves main thread. I urge everyone to copy and paste this below, bioware needs to to see this. Props to the dude that wrote it! This isn't a troll, and isn't exactly QQ although there is some of that involved. I just want to put it down for the record that the way this early access program has been implemented is truly one of the most poorly conceived ideas that I've ever personally encountered in over 25 years of playing video games. I've personally participated in launches of 6 other MMO games, and there is nothing in those experiences that compares to how ridiculous this process is. When you are dealing with a pre-launch even that is only for pre-order customers, after an extensive and massive beta testing period that was a huge success according to nearly all sources involved - it begs the huge question as to what is the limiting factor in the way you have chosen to roll out this game. I personally participated in the beta in a very limited way (not by choice, mind you, I just wasn't lucky enough to get a key) and was only online during the big Thanksgiving weekend test. That test was wonderful - there were a huge number of servers, and a huge population of testers. The game performance was amazing. So, EA/BW - what exactly are you afraid of? The ONLY way this should have been done is to have given ALL pre-orders (perhaps separated only by level of game purchased - i.e. CE customers get 7 days, SE get 5, e.g.) access at exactly the same time. Of course it will overload the servers and queues would ensue and all that - but that's what we all expect. Making your customers wait unknowingly with no idea how long it will be or when to expect an email is just adding insult to injury. A poor alternative would have been to send out emails with a set time and day that your access would be available. I read in the top post how you are monitoring the server performance and are rolling waves based on server performance. Are you seriously saying you have to wonder at this point if your servers can perform up to the task - when you probably still have 90% of the launch day players yet to even be able to play? That is not at all a good message to be sending at the beginning of an MMO franchise. At any rate, I love this game. I love BW. But I truly despise and am sickened by the way you chose to put your customers through so much stress for absolutely no good or justifiable reason. I truly hope you improve, because this is a very very poor way to start out.

This isn't a troll, and isn't exactly QQ although there is some of that involved. I just want to put it down for the record that the way this early access program has been implemented is truly one of the most poorly conceived ideas that I've ever personally encountered in over 25 years of playing video games. I've personally participated in launches of 6 other MMO games, and there is nothing in those experiences that compares to how ridiculous this process is. When you are dealing with a pre-launch even that is only for pre-order customers, after an extensive and massive beta testing period that was a huge success according to nearly all sources involved - it begs the huge question as to what is the limiting factor in the way you have chosen to roll out this game. I personally participated in the beta in a very limited way (not by choice, mind you, I just wasn't lucky enough to get a key) and was only online during the big Thanksgiving weekend test. That test was wonderful - there were a huge number of servers, and a huge population of testers. The game performance was amazing. So, EA/BW - what exactly are you afraid of? The ONLY way this should have been done is to have given ALL pre-orders (perhaps separated only by level of game purchased - i.e. CE customers get 7 days, SE get 5, e.g.) access at exactly the same time. Of course it will overload the servers and queues would ensue and all that - but that's what we all expect. Making your customers wait unknowingly with no idea how long it will be or when to expect an email is just adding insult to injury. A poor alternative would have been to send out emails with a set time and day that your access would be available. I read in the top post how you are monitoring the server performance and are rolling waves based on server performance. Are you seriously saying you have to wonder at this point if your servers can perform up to the task - when you probably still have 90% of the launch day players yet to even be able to play? That is not at all a good message to be sending at the beginning of an MMO franchise. At any rate, I love this game. I love BW. But I truly despise and am sickened by the way you chose to put your customers through so much stress for absolutely no good or justifiable reason. I truly hope you improve, because this is a very very poor way to start out. cmon bioware respond to your customers, why?

I have been trying to log in every hour since then, no luck.

Nope, they where not part of a guild, in fact one of them only did it a week ago because I convinced him to buy the game.

2 of my best friends, who both pre-ordered this game and submitted their codes AFTER ME, mind you, we checked and double checked this, and no I am not mistaken, both are now playing the game, while I am left alone, bored, and having wasted a whole day. Thanks bioware, myself like many of the people here on these forums have waited 3-4 years for this game, only to be screwed and watch through the window as others enjoy it. To the trolls, yeah I'm upset, so what? I have every right to be. Crying won't make it better, but I feel better posting this so whatever. Hopefully I'm not the only one who got completely let down.

I am not normally one to talk badly about a company like this, but this is a very bad idea. Think of it this way, not only are some people like myself who went with a day one preorder, and still have yet to gain access to the game, sitting here while others with preorders from last week (one of my very good friends is playing right now and I know for a fact he did it last week because I talked him into it.) waiting, and watching. Also, those in game right now, are kinda getting free game time in a way, and that is also pretty unfair to those of us still waiting. Whatever, /end rant

What a load of crap, that's all I gotta say. Preorder at the very moment its able to be done, register code asap, then bioware LIES about letting people in before me who obviously did so at a later date. I don't mind so much the Lack of access, but more the ******** they continue to spew out of their mouths about them not making any mistakes. Whatever man, I better not waste a full day off work..

Day one preorder here, my friend who did it less than a week ago got in, what is this?