Wish it was 10 days instead of 5...

I assume it would take me the whole 5 days to download such 40 GB... :(

THE LENGTH OF YOUR EARLY GAME ACCESS DEPENDS ON THE DATE AND ORDER IN WHICH YOU REDEEMED YOUR PRE-ORDER CODE AT THE CODE REDEMPTION CENTER. 

So you actually won't have a clue when you are allowed in, as you truly don't know where you sit in the queue. Seems like a sneaky way for EA to control the influx of people to a new game.

12/15 is only like 5 1/2 weeks away.

Oh. My. Jebus.

HA!!!!

Who said this from the very beginning???

Oh yea that's right meeeeeee

They couldnt have made it any earlier as the liscensing rights to SOE do not expire until the 15th of December.

Any sooner would have given Sony the right to sue for breach of contract.

Originally posted by Elikal

I assume it would take me the whole 5 days to download such 40 GB... :(

Heh, is your internet service really that bad? I guess I should count my blessings for having the service that I have available here, and it only costs me $30 a month. For cable TV and Net access. I can DL 40 gigs in about 2-3 hours.

Originally posted by Sorrow

HA!!!!

Who said this from the very beginning???

 

Oh yea that's right meeeeeee

 

They couldnt have made it any earlier as the liscensing rights to SOE do not expire until the 15th of December.

 

Any sooner would have given Sony the right to sue for breach of contract.

/cookie

But your reasoning is way off, SOE forfitted the license and didn't renew it. They would have no case at all. On top of that you have no idea what stipulations SOE's license awards them, as well as it is LA's property not SOE's.

Originally posted by coughee

What I'm curious about is how people who pre-ordered the CE / Physical copy will be able to get early game access. I understand you get a preorder code which more or less puts you in line for early game access, but in the preorder FAQ, it states you will need to also have the actual game code in order to play. So will they be shipping out the CE preorders / physical copys "up to 5 days" before Dec. 20th? (I'm assuming probably not.)

• Those eligible for Early Game Access will be able to download the game client before it starts.
• There will be a period after launch day in which those who have pre-ordered will be able to continue playing before entering their Game Code. More information on this will be made available closer to launch.

Oh.. I have a 20GB cap (sour face)on my ISP.  I order CE I hope that it comes before the early release and that I can just use the disks to load it instead and use the pre-order code without having to do  a monsterous download =/

To be honest if I wanted to download it I would have gotten a digital copy instead, come on let us use the physical disk to load please otherwise what is the point of having disks if I have to download it?

Just in time when I have my last exam for this semester :D

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by Elikal

I assume it would take me the whole 5 days to download such 40 GB... :(

Heh, is your internet service really that bad? I guess I should count my blessings for having the service that I have available here, and it only costs me $30 a month. For cable TV and Net access. I can DL 40 gigs in about 2-3 hours.

I live in BERLIN, capital of the Reich... err Republic. EVERYWHERE in the city people have super fast DSL, just in MY STREET not. Plus, with 5,000,000 people downloading SWTOR it probably will be a crawl.

*sigh*

Originally posted by Elikal

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by Elikal

I assume it would take me the whole 5 days to download such 40 GB... :(

Heh, is your internet service really that bad? I guess I should count my blessings for having the service that I have available here, and it only costs me $30 a month. For cable TV and Net access. I can DL 40 gigs in about 2-3 hours.

I live in BERLIN, capital of the Reich... err Republic. EVERYWHERE in the city people have super fast DSL, just in MY STREET not. Plus, with 5,000,000 people downloading SWTOR it probably will be a crawl.

*sigh*

HEh, that opening made me chuckle, sorry to hear that man, yeah you're right about the issue with everyone DLing at once, I'm sure there will be issues there. One reason I decided to just wait for a physical copy a few days after launch.

I'll start my Dl of the game (when it becomes avail) and go to work or sleep. Should be done in about 8 hours from where i am.

1st. -> depending on when you redeem your Pre-Order Code, you will gain Early Game Access up to five days before the official game launch date.

2nd. -> staggered over five days.

Guys read again .. 

Don't realy care about early access, if i'm not able to try beta first, i'm not buying until i get some solid info about the game.

I guess it is 5 days maximum, but most players will get something around 2-3 days of early access. While I would love to have much more - like 10 days :-) 5 days sound pretty fair. I still have no idea about how fast the leveling in TOR would be, but it really can't be slower vs  WoW (I hope much faster) - which means the hardcore/maniacal type players will hit the cap by the time new players with no early access arrive. Taking for granted  - most hardcore/maniacal players would pick up sith, the republic newbies would be under heavy ganking on PvP servers and would have trouble leveling, which might cause a lot of demotivation on their side :-) I for sure would be the one looking for some world PvP kills after I max level my sorcerrer =;-) so yeah - 5 days are fair *sigh*. 

Not sure I understand the whole "staggered over 5 days" part... can someone explain please?