Are we seriously supposed to preorder with this little info?

Except that isn't true.

There's plenty of people that have never bought Gambling Packs.

People used to say the same about people leaving (that people complained, but no one was leaving), yet the reality was 2,000,000 people did leave.

I seriously doubt most people are worried about a mere $10.

It's not about the cash. It has to do with BioWare not giving out much information that has people a bit uptight. You figured, when a company has something they feel is awesome, they'll shout it out from the heavens. Much like other gaming companies do, but this is not happening here.

Why? This is the real reason why many aren't buying beforehand.

The only thing that I spent money on in this game were the ship upgrades. After buying them with CC, they are not showing on my mission list so I can't do them. No help, tickets closed, no response on the forums. That was something fully disclosed and active.

Are you seriously calling me a whiner because I wont give them the chance to do it again, sight unseen, without first correcting the previous transaction? LOL

I'm expecting an e-mail shortly with a virtual bridge from fleet to black hole they want me to buy. ;p Its not the money chief, its the principle and deception.

correct. for me anyway.

Yes, and contrary to the poster that stated that they would not miss our 15 per month....they went FTP exactly because they missed 15 a month, from around 2 million subs.

Here's a little something from the CS board, from someone pre-ordering and then trying to download it.

Check your inbox. Due to experiences both in-game and with EA/Bioware's supposed CS, I have changed my stance on the the way this game is heading and RotHC.

Precisely. I see people complainging "Oh you only get 5 days of early access" but if you pre order you get it for $10 bucks. Not worth complaining about. Half price is half price since I know I am going to want it anyway. I ordered the day they put it up for sale.

Seriously? Why preorder anything then?

Nail on head, even though you didnt mean it.

There is no reason, not for downloadable crap, unless you want whatever bonuses they are throwing in. Pre-orders are and have always been a cash grab upfront for retailers. It had some justification when physical copies of these things were indeed limited, so you could get yours reserved. But now?

It's purely a "Hey, we want to lock in your money so we can report a good quarter to the investors" strategy. That's all. And it's a dead end, because then they have to do it the next time, and the next time, etc... corps, not looking ahead? Imagine that!

Feed the cashgrab corps if you like. Show me an actual product. Not the now typical EAware vaporware. Until consumers grow up and exercise some actual intelligence (long shot, I know), these companies will continue to get away with shipping promises for profit.