Preorder and early access confusion

You are now falling prey to the facebook phenom....that which leads one to believe that they are entitled to everything just because its them, no different then the belief (as we often see here) that everyone is interested in said individuals personal commentary on.....everything. LOL

You did not order before the early access deadline. That order, producing revenue for them well prior to the release of the expansion, was rewarded by granting early access to the game. You did not do that, you are not entitled to that which those individuals who did.

You are now seeking that, with no concern for those who did, effectively seeking to invalidate their contractual deal with the company because you "want" and feel entitled. In short, you fulfilled no part of the deal on your end, but insist on the same reward as those that did with no concern except your own and how it will work to your advantage.

Honestly, from my standpoint I'm truly amazed that you would even suggest such with a straight face.

I am just curious when the Jan 7 date was first designated as the cutoff. Obviously not in the text quoted on the first page as the release date was just announced a few weeks ago.

Personally, I preordered late, and will not have early access but am not really losing sleep over it.

My opinion is that I certainly don't recall anything in late Dec or early Jan that clearly shouted out "If you preorder before January 7, you will have 5 days of early access". I was under the impression - as someone who only casually glances at these forums and doesn't prioritize reading fine print in emails about games I play - that preorder = early access.

When someone mentioned to me a few weeks ago that the cut off date was January 7 I was surprised. I don't think it's a particularly big deal and will just use that time to finish gearing out my comps and queuing up some quests. I'll probably still get to 55 before some members of my raid teams.

My point is that it seems to me that something like this (the 1/7 cutoff date) could have been plastered all over the launcher for 3-4 weeks instead of the cartel drivel. I know a lot of people that preordered as soon as the option came available, I don't know anyone that preordered early specifically in response to wanting to beat a known 1/7 cutoff date.

WRT the OP, yes, I do agree a lot of folks are going to be pissed as they are under the false impression. Also legit CS requests are going to drag with all the nubs calling pretending they're sure they ordered 1/6.

Yeah I'm wondering the same actually, because I kept seeing that ad pretty often, but I only recall seeing it say "Pre-Order by April 13, 2013 at 4:00PM PDT / 11:00 PM GMT and receive two new in-game items* and a unique title". I'm fairly certain that the January 7th date only appeared when the release date was announced a few weeks ago.
I pre-ordered the game in March, and while I'm disappointed that I don't get early access, it's not a big deal. Though I'm still certain that the January 7th date didn't appear until a few weeks ago.

I understand your point but u don't understand mine. I'm not saying that's BW somehow fooled me or whatever . I'm saying that the their idea is bad. That's all.

You're wrong. It was there on Day One of the announcement. Not that it made much of a difference to the illiterate mouthbreathers on these forums.....

Yeah I'm wondering the same actually, because I kept seeing that ad pretty often, but I only recall seeing it say "Pre-Order by April 13, 2013 at 4:00PM PDT / 11:00 PM GMT and receive two new in-game items* and a unique title". I'm fairly certain that the January 7th date only appeared when the release date was announced a few weeks ago.
I pre-ordered the game in March, and while I'm disappointed that I don't get early access, it's not a big deal. Though I'm still certain that the January 7th date didn't appear until a few weeks ago.

It's not Bioware's idea. It's an old, old idea.

Loyalty perks have been around for centuries. Once you've got a chance to see how video games are sold, you'll see that it's very common. SWTOR did it. All the Mass Effects did it. Dragon Age and DA2 id it. I seem to remember Call of Duty doing it. Valve has given away loads of TF2 hats for pre-ordering various games. Guild Wars 2 had a pre-order bonus.

I've seen DVDs with pre-order bonuses ($5 coupon from Amazon). There was a pre-order bundle offer for the XBOX Kinect. I've bought computer hardware that came with an extended warranty if you pre-ordered. If you pre-order an unreleased car model you usually get some bonus from the dealership. A bakery near me will give you free customized decorations if you pre-order a cake.

Seriously: This is all over the world and its nothing new. It's an effective marketing strategy and it's only started making people angry now that hordes of entitled whiners feel that they should automatically have everything that anyone else has and everyone else should waste their time and money giving it to them.

The January 7th date cut-off for early access was announced clearly in the very first e-mail that went out as well as the very first pre-order screen put up on the website.

I pre-ordered the game in March, and while I'm disappointed that I don't get early access, it's not a big deal. Though I'm still certain that the January 7th date didn't appear until a few weeks ago.