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It was always my impression that early access would be split into 3 phases, being the 15th, 16th and 17th.
TBH no one would be happy with a 1 day early access so I never believed that they would go with a straight 5 day split.
IMHO this move is just a way to space out thier server load more. I would imagine that the new "waves" will be the 13th, 15th and 17th. Giving people 7 / 5 / 3 days respectivly. The 2 days between waves will give people time to level out of the starter area's and spread the server load for Bioware. Good move IMO.
Net result, again IMO, this is guess work based on all the previous EA's I've seen, the people that pre-ordered very early get an extra 2 days, people in the middle get an extra day .. and late orders remain unchanged.
Early Game Access* for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is only a few days away! Starting December 13, 2011, The Old Republic will begin emailing invitations to start your Early Game Access. Invitations will be sent throughout the Early Game Access period offering rolling access to the game in the order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code, so be sure to check your email inbox!
That link only says that they will start mailing the invitations on the 13th, it does not say that access will start on the 13th.
yea saw that just thought its funny banners on the main page say upto 5 days early.
Unless there plan is first phase 13th, second 14th, last 15th so anyone who pre-orders now still gets 5 days. Im thinking they may be going this route since so many complained about the staggering
Early Game Access* for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is only a few days away! Starting December 13, 2011, The Old Republic will begin emailing invitations to start your Early Game Access. Invitations will be sent throughout the Early Game Access period offering rolling access to the game in the order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code, so be sure to check your email inbox!
That link only says that they will start mailing the invitations on the 13th, it does not say that access will start on the 13th.
Early Game Access* for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is only a few days away! Starting December 13, 2011, The Old Republic will begin emailing invitations to start your Early Game Access. Invitations will be sent throughout the Early Game Access period offering rolling access to the game in the order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code, so be sure to check your email inbox!
That link only says that they will start mailing the invitations on the 13th, it does not say that access will start on the 13th.
Re-read at the bottom of the link posted. It states "Early Game Access may be up to 7 days. "
Early Game Access* for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is only a few days away! Starting December 13, 2011, The Old Republic will begin emailing invitations to start your Early Game Access. Invitations will be sent throughout the Early Game Access period offering rolling access to the game in the order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code, so be sure to check your email inbox!
That link only says that they will start mailing the invitations on the 13th, it does not say that access will start on the 13th.
very true it does only say will email invitations
Ok I fail.
If you read all the way to the bottom of the update it does infact say that early access will be upto 7 days now.
Teach me to just read the quoted segment people keep posting and not the bottom part. FYI the bottom segment (that people should be quoting) reads as follows -
Early Game Access may be up to 7 days. The length of your Early Game Access depends on the date and order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code. In order to continue playing the Game after the Early Game Access period, you must redeem your official Game Product Registration Code at the Code Redemption Center.
Re-read at the bottom of the link posted. It states "Early Game Access may be up to 7 days. "
Aye I caught that. There are a few threads floating around atm and people are mostly quoting the top part only, hence my confusion. Upon reading the full update I came back to correct myself, you just snuck in as I was typing my update
If you read all the way to the bottom of the update it does infact say that early access will be upto 7 days now.
Teach me to just read the quoted segment people keep posting and not the bottem part. FYI the bottem segment (that people should be quoting) reads as follows -
Early Game Access may be up to 7 days. The length of your Early Game Access depends on the date and order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code. In order to continue playing the Game after the Early Game Access period, you must redeem your official Game Product Registration Code at the Code Redemption Center.
yea just saw that also heh.. anyway I'm gonna say 13th, 14th, and 15th for starter days I predict. Will keep all the late pre-order people from blowing a gasket cause they only get 3 days or whatever.. just a guess obviously but seems logical
It was always my impression that early access would be split into 3 phases, being the 15th, 16th and 17th.
TBH no one would be happy with a 1 day early access so I never believed that they would go with a straight 5 day split.
IMHO this move is just a way to space out thier server load more. I would imagine that the new "waves" will be the 13th, 15th and 17th. Giving people 7 / 5 / 3 days respectivly. The 2 days between waves will give people time to level out of the starter area's and spread the server load for Bioware. Good move IMO.
Net result, again IMO, this is guess work based on all the previous EA's I've seen, the people that pre-ordered very early get an extra 2 days, people in the middle get an extra day .. and late orders remain unchanged.
Again all my opinions only.
I think it has more to do with the amount of pre-orders they have. They upped it to speard them out more. Originally they claimed that there was not enough pre-orders to max out the first day. But now....
Hehe I'm still going with 13th 15th and 17th ... a 2 day stagger would get *most* of the people out of starter zones each time and allow for a smoother launch !
Hehe I'm still going with 13th 15th and 17th ... a 2 day stagger would get *most* of the people out of starter zones each time and allow for a smoother launch !
I was actually thinking the same thing! Means my invite should be some time on 12/17 which is not a big deal. Time to get my holiday shopping done early!
i pre-ordered 8/25 wonder which group that puts me in...
Pretty much the same for me. I know I pre-ordered about a month after it became available. I'm assuming I'll get in a day or two after early access starts, which will give me a full 5 days and that is more than I originally expected, so I'm happy.
i pre-ordered 8/25 wonder which group that puts me in...
Pretty much the same for me. I know I pre-ordered about a month after it became available. I'm assuming I'll get in a day or two after early access starts, which will give me a full 5 days and that is more than I originally expected, so I'm happy.
a month after? i wouldnt plan on getting in any sooner than 12/17.... 75% of the preorders happened within the first month.... they had like a million preorders digital and hardcopy within a month.... some say it has around 1.5 million preorders digital and hardcopy now.
my point? there is no way they are letting in 500K people a day, that would completely bomb out the authentication servers. hell, auth servers bombed out when early access started for Aion and only maybe 150-200k people were trying to log in then.
take-away: there are a LOOOOT of people ahead of you.
Early Game Access* will begin on December 13th at 7:00AM EST, 2011 and ends on December 19th, 2011 at 10:01PM EST. During this time, we will be emailing invitations to join Early Game Access based on the order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code. Pre-load the game client now, so you're ready to play when your Early Game Access invitation arrives. Note that download time can vary and may take awhile.
Will begin on December 13.
code redeemed: 07.21.2011
So glad they are adding 2 days of headstart. I was thinking they were going to need more than 5 days for as man pre-orders as there are.
The reason they moved it to the 13th was because everyone will most likely get a minimum of 5 days, just the earliest of orders get the bonus 13th and 14th but its likely everyone is in on the 15th. They have been advertising on their site(and still are) that if you pre-order now you may play up to 5 days early.
Are they still giving out earlie access codes? I just pre ordered from Game Stop and never got one.. When i called them they said i had to pre order months in advanced to get that code.. But on SWTOR.com it dosnt mention of any time limit and I remember Rift gave me one and i pre ordered it like a week before launch.. Anyone know if they are still handing them out on orgin?
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Damn.
I originally booked 20 & 21 Dec off work, then moved it to 15 & 16 Dec. Dont think Im gonna be able to move it again
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You want the "News and Updates" part: http://www.swtor.com/news/news-article/20111207
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It was always my impression that early access would be split into 3 phases, being the 15th, 16th and 17th.
TBH no one would be happy with a 1 day early access so I never believed that they would go with a straight 5 day split.
IMHO this move is just a way to space out thier server load more. I would imagine that the new "waves" will be the 13th, 15th and 17th. Giving people 7 / 5 / 3 days respectivly. The 2 days between waves will give people time to level out of the starter area's and spread the server load for Bioware. Good move IMO.
Net result, again IMO, this is guess work based on all the previous EA's I've seen, the people that pre-ordered very early get an extra 2 days, people in the middle get an extra day .. and late orders remain unchanged.
Again all my opinions only.
Extra 2 days headstart and no grace period
From that link -
Early Game Access* for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is only a few days away! Starting December 13, 2011, The Old Republic will begin emailing invitations to start your Early Game Access. Invitations will be sent throughout the Early Game Access period offering rolling access to the game in the order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code, so be sure to check your email inbox!
That link only says that they will start mailing the invitations on the 13th, it does not say that access will start on the 13th.
yea saw that just thought its funny banners on the main page say upto 5 days early.
Unless there plan is first phase 13th, second 14th, last 15th so anyone who pre-orders now still gets 5 days. Im thinking they may be going this route since so many complained about the staggering
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/339443/Video-FollowUp-Guide-For-Enhancing-Graphics-and-Performance-in-SWTORSorry-still-Nvidia-Only.html
very true it does only say will email invitations
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/339443/Video-FollowUp-Guide-For-Enhancing-Graphics-and-Performance-in-SWTORSorry-still-Nvidia-Only.html
Re-read at the bottom of the link posted. It states "Early Game Access may be up to 7 days. "
Ok I fail.
If you read all the way to the bottom of the update it does infact say that early access will be upto 7 days now.
Teach me to just read the quoted segment people keep posting and not the bottom part. FYI the bottom segment (that people should be quoting) reads as follows -
Early Game Access may be up to 7 days. The length of your Early Game Access depends on the date and order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code. In order to continue playing the Game after the Early Game Access period, you must redeem your official Game Product Registration Code at the Code Redemption Center.
Aye I caught that. There are a few threads floating around atm and people are mostly quoting the top part only, hence my confusion. Upon reading the full update I came back to correct myself, you just snuck in as I was typing my update
yea just saw that also heh.. anyway I'm gonna say 13th, 14th, and 15th for starter days I predict. Will keep all the late pre-order people from blowing a gasket cause they only get 3 days or whatever.. just a guess obviously but seems logical
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/339443/Video-FollowUp-Guide-For-Enhancing-Graphics-and-Performance-in-SWTORSorry-still-Nvidia-Only.html
I think it has more to do with the amount of pre-orders they have. They upped it to speard them out more. Originally they claimed that there was not enough pre-orders to max out the first day. But now....
Hehe I'm still going with 13th 15th and 17th ... a 2 day stagger would get *most* of the people out of starter zones each time and allow for a smoother launch !
I was actually thinking the same thing! Means my invite should be some time on 12/17 which is not a big deal. Time to get my holiday shopping done early!
when did pre-orders first open? I don't remember
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/339443/Video-FollowUp-Guide-For-Enhancing-Graphics-and-Performance-in-SWTORSorry-still-Nvidia-Only.html
UP TO 7 days..
Greetings!
You have been selected for early access! You will be able to play 11:45 pm cst Dec. 19 2011..
7/21/11 I preordered 3 hours after it started so I'm sure I will be on the first day.
i pre-ordered 8/25 wonder which group that puts me in...
http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/339443/Video-FollowUp-Guide-For-Enhancing-Graphics-and-Performance-in-SWTORSorry-still-Nvidia-Only.html
Me too!! WOOHOO!!
good god people... its pretty black and white. straight from the email being sent out RIGHT NOW:
Early Game Access* will begin on December 13th at 7:00AM EST, 2011 and ends on December 19th, 2011 at 10:01PM EST.
notice the bolded, underlined section. Early access starts on the 13th. people will be playing on the 13th. end of thread.
i preordered 7/24.... pretty sure im in on the first day.
Pretty much the same for me. I know I pre-ordered about a month after it became available. I'm assuming I'll get in a day or two after early access starts, which will give me a full 5 days and that is more than I originally expected, so I'm happy.
a month after? i wouldnt plan on getting in any sooner than 12/17.... 75% of the preorders happened within the first month.... they had like a million preorders digital and hardcopy within a month.... some say it has around 1.5 million preorders digital and hardcopy now.
my point? there is no way they are letting in 500K people a day, that would completely bomb out the authentication servers. hell, auth servers bombed out when early access started for Aion and only maybe 150-200k people were trying to log in then.
take-away: there are a LOOOOT of people ahead of you.
Cut and paste from the email sent:
Early Game Access* will begin on December 13th at 7:00AM EST, 2011 and ends on December 19th, 2011 at 10:01PM EST. During this time, we will be emailing invitations to join Early Game Access based on the order in which you redeemed your Pre-Order Code. Pre-load the game client now, so you're ready to play when your Early Game Access invitation arrives. Note that download time can vary and may take awhile.
Will begin on December 13.
code redeemed: 07.21.2011
So glad they are adding 2 days of headstart. I was thinking they were going to need more than 5 days for as man pre-orders as there are.
All die, so die well.
The reason they moved it to the 13th was because everyone will most likely get a minimum of 5 days, just the earliest of orders get the bonus 13th and 14th but its likely everyone is in on the 15th. They have been advertising on their site(and still are) that if you pre-order now you may play up to 5 days early.
Are they still giving out earlie access codes? I just pre ordered from Game Stop and never got one.. When i called them they said i had to pre order months in advanced to get that code.. But on SWTOR.com it dosnt mention of any time limit and I remember Rift gave me one and i pre ordered it like a week before launch.. Anyone know if they are still handing them out on orgin?
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