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they are letting in friends and family of the devs, and the friends of the devs families, close relatives etc. for this day.

 

I had no idea I was a friend and/or family of the devs. I was just a guy that stayed up until 3:00AM EST on 7/21/11 to pre-order a game I'd waited forever to play. Guess that paid off, since I was wave one, built my characters before work and will enjoy playing them all night tonight.

 

Now, to track down that friend/family member that works at EA/BW...

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Cant you guys even wait till the release?, jesus your going on like there is nothing else in the universe and you need to play the game or you will obliterate into a thousand tiny ashes that will be scattered across the corners of the universe and be burned again until there is nothing left but the sweat from your nerd raging.
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When you really think about what stevo is saying, he is right. No one ever controlled logins like this; they would just drop servers when load was too high. Then down for days.

 

Launches are usually a disaster.

 

All the moaners who are mad they didnt get in, would be moaning about how the servers all crashed and talking about 'worst ever' experience since the company couldnt keep servers up.

 

So to all the moaners, moan on! Im glad u are here greebling instead of greebling things up for people in the game HAHAHAHA!

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I'm amazed that anyone that has been through other MMO launches is upset about this. If the game is stable when I get let in, I'd call the wave system a success. If it isn't, then complaints are justified. But I definitely don't want to have to deal with the laggy unplayable crap you get from most MMOs on launch day. If it means I have to wait an extra day or two, I'm okay with that.

 

THANK YOU! WIN. Although you won't see this response...but yeah...so much THIS

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Also to everyone worrying about being the first to 50 and pvping and being the best... yes one day will make a differance...

 

just not one that will matter at all in 2 weeks time, yes theyll get to 50 and then what, be all awesome and cool with the handful of others who got to 50 in one day? cause im sure there will be a huge amount of them, so theyll of course be able to do endgame content and get the best gear months ahead of you?

 

grow up all of you its a game, so what if someone gets in a day ahead of you

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I love how the media and game reviewers, press etc.... got in first.

 

I won't claim or cite sources, but I know of some people in the industry who are in.

 

This is not Early Access. This is favoritism.

 

Early Access is supposed to be for everyone. Not to mention, it's continously being called LAUNCH by Bioware. Explain that crap.

 

Those kinds of people would have preorder and REDEEMED their codes first so they could get in first.

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this says it all!! Copy and paste so they get the message!

 

Originally posted by kinegos

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. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Why i play a game that prefer player more than other and give them an advantge when me and them pay same price all player must be on same state

now some player have an advantge over the other

 

shame .

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