First off im an experienced MMO campaigner. Never before have i seen a pre-game launch like this one. RIFT did it right, EVERYONE who preordered got early access. If the servers cant handle it like BW is afraid of well kowing that sooner, rather than on the actual launch date of the 20th would probably be in their best interests. I pre-ordered on the 21st October so i know i most likely wont be playing for another 3-4 days, im also aware of how far people can level and own the auction houses in that amount of time, not to mention if my character names are taken im going to buy another monitor after i throw this one at the wall. They have shot themselves in the foot by only allowing a certain amount of people to play as the days go by, especially closing up shop so early in the day, if there are no issues continue the waves rolling. If their issue is server balancing they did all they could by pre-launching guilds which was a good concept, they cant control everything and they need to realise that or see the game go down in flamesIn the end people will play, but there will be a bad aftertaste in peoples mouths and after a few months if the game isnt 100% up to their expectations they will look to other alternatives again.