Hello again all -

We're finished with invite waves for today. The servers are filling up, player populations are growing, and we're monitoring the influx of players carefully. More servers will be opened up as we need them.

We're expecting queues, and at peak times you should be too. That's normal for a large-scale MMO launch, as the initial rush of players hit the servers at the same time. If you don't want to queue to play, it's best to try and login at non-peak hours - or possibly play on a different server. We understand the frustration that queuing can cause, and we're working to minimize, but a certain amount of queuing is to be expected during Early Game Access and launch.

Looking forward to tomorrow, I wanted to try and explain the invite 'pattern' you've seen this week. It can be confusing, because we've been inviting a growing number of people on a daily basis, but the timing of people's code redemptions might not seem to match.

It goes back to our pre-order redemption numbers. Our graph of redeemed pre-order codes looks like two mountains with a flat plain in-between, basically. There's a massive peak from back in July (when we announced pre-orders) and a smaller, but growing peak at the end (recently). In the middle, there was a long period where the numbers of people redeeming pre-order codes were steady, but lower.

Now, we've been inviting large numbers of people every day, with more being invited day-on-day. What that has meant is, because of the pattern of pre-order codes being redeemed, on Day One of Early Game Access, we invited a lot of people who had redeemed over a short span of time (late July). Yesterday and today, we invited a lot of people but over a larger span of time (all the way to early December).

The question I know a lot of you have is, why haven't we yet invited those who redeemed very recently? The answer is because of the volume of recent pre-orders that have been redeemed, which is spiking up very high. So, a lot of people have redeemed in a short period of time. Essentially we're in the same place we were on the 13th, where we invited a lot of people, but most had redeemed in the same short period of time.

TL;DR - We've seen a LOT of pre-orders redeemed in the last couple of weeks, and that means that even though we're really close (in date terms) to getting everyone in, we couldn't quite do it today.

Tomorrow's invite waves start at 8AM CST, and I'll start another thread then to track progress.

So question its 6 50 here on the West Coast if I drown my lack of old republic access sorrows in alcohol thats like totally not alcoholism yes?

Only if you do it 18 days in a row

Todays invites

 

 

 

Morning! We are entering into the final stretch for outstanding invites. Those of you who pre-ordered in December should be happy today - barring any major issues.

 

I'll update this thread as we send invites. As a reminder, we're also updating our official Twitter accounts (@SWTOR, @SWTOR_FR and @SWTOR_DE) with the invites as they sent; that'll be more up-to-the-minute than this post.

 

For anyone who's not yet been invited, remember to have the email address no-reply@bioware.swtor.com in your address book so it doesn't hit spam filters.

 

Assuming you have the SWTOR client installed, you can also periodically launch it. If you're ready to go your 'play' button will be click-able.

 

Wave One was sent at 8AM CST (6AM PST / 9AM EST / 2PM GMT / 3PM CET).

Thats good news! I just wish I knew what wave. If they continue a day at a time, it'll be... 4 or 5 waves later for me.

That sounds so WRONG!

How can it be wrong, if it felt so right?

Problem with most alchoholics is they think they drown their problems in alchohol, only to realize that their problems can float

So the question now becomes how buoyant is my desire to play this game only one way to find out....

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the Early Access dream.

 

I have a dream that one day the Decemberites will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all Decemberites are created equal."

 

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Tatooine the sons of former Early Accesses and the sons of former Early Access owners will be able to sit down together at the table of Flashpoints.

 

I have a dream that one day even the state of Novemberites, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of non QQing.

 

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the month of their Early Access code but by the content of their character.

 

I have a dream today.

I feel like a horrible person for laughing at this. TWO THINGS THAT DO NOT COMPARE I'M SORRY.

Well i am no raging kid well over 30 atm and a marketist myself.

 

Mr. Bioware ill tell you that: People WILL remember this when they cancel their accounts. I guarantee you that you will loose more in a few months time by not letting people in. Preorder codes are redeemed as we speak and you are just trying to show that people need to w8 until they play even a day or so... it wont work i tell u.

 

Let everyone in TODAY.

 

13-15/12 --> nearly 5 months of people in

 

16/12 --> 1-2 days of people in

 

Seriously how could you possibly think people will forgive that when the time comes?

****, whiners and haters are referred to "anywhere far away from Decemberist Haven"

Morning! We are entering into the final stretch for outstanding invites. Those of you who pre-ordered in December should be happy today - barring any major issues.

I'll update this thread as we send invites. As a reminder, we're also updating our official Twitter accounts (@SWTOR, @SWTOR_FR and @SWTOR_DE) with the invites as they sent; that'll be more up-to-the-minute than this post.

For anyone who's not yet been invited, remember to have the email address no-reply@bioware.swtor.com in your address book so it doesn't hit spam filters.

Assuming you have the SWTOR client installed, you can also periodically launch it. If you're ready to go your 'play' button will be click-able.

Wave One was sent at 8AM CST (6AM PST / 9AM EST / 2PM GMT / 3PM CET).

Looks like they are done inviting for today unless they put up a wrong post.

That post was from yesterday...

No sense in whining now and ruining the hard work and unity in this thread Lets remember why we are here for we are PROCRASTINATORS! You can always have a moan about it later!

Damn this is so true, but I will really think about it later, I am still working on things I was supposed to do a week ago.

That post was from yesterday...

I loled.

That post was from yesterday...

Indeed it is but under the date it says this morning.

I feel like a horrible person for laughing at this. TWO THINGS THAT DO NOT COMPARE I'M SORRY.

I had sort of the same reaction. So wrong. Yet so funny.

I swear I'm going to make a level one Sith Lord and call him Procrastintus Rex

And level one he shall remain..... until I get around to it.

im 12th here...

Im waiting to get in in the third wave or not...

That post was from yesterday...

Ya you caught it before I edited my post. My bad =)

some more info about the upcoming waves would be nice bioware...

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=26745

They have....