Originally posted by nikoliath

Originally posted by JonMichael

Another cancelled pre-order here too....  not just because of the early access fiasco, but more because of the way FunCom is handling it by blaming the retailers.  Who ever heard of a company that will restrict pre-order customers three days before launch?

Certainly doesn't sound good and definitely not a company I want to spend money on.

 

 

They are not "restricting pre-order customers" they had a limited number of early access spots, for whatever reason. You can pre-order and get the pre-order items.

When the pre-order  box from Best Buy CLEARLY states that you get the war rhino AND early access with no mention of a limitation until you read the code card inside that says "some restrictions may apply".... that's restrictive and clearly a scam.

Originally posted by JonMichael

 

Originally posted by nikoliath

Originally posted by JonMichael

Another cancelled pre-order here too....  not just because of the early access fiasco, but more because of the way FunCom is handling it by blaming the retailers.  Who ever heard of a company that will restrict pre-order customers three days before launch?

Certainly doesn't sound good and definitely not a company I want to spend money on.

 

 

They are not "restricting pre-order customers" they had a limited number of early access spots, for whatever reason. You can pre-order and get the pre-order items.

 

When the pre-order  box from Best Buy CLEARLY states that you get the war rhino AND early access with no mention of a limitation until you read the code card inside that says "some restrictions may apply".... that's restrictive and clearly a scam.

 

 

Are you talking about restrictions on the early access or restrictions on pre-ordering? You original post stated "Who ever heard of a company that will restrict pre-order customers three days before launch?"

scam... really...

git

I accidently got two early access keys from my retailer and I gave one to my friend yesterday to join in Hyboria tomorrow. He had no problems on registering and getting the client with all the early access goodies. Weird that there is some sort of limit for people to enter in EA, or did they just remove it?

Originally posted by nikoliath

Originally posted by JonMichael

 

Originally posted by nikoliath

Originally posted by JonMichael

Another cancelled pre-order here too....  not just because of the early access fiasco, but more because of the way FunCom is handling it by blaming the retailers.  Who ever heard of a company that will restrict pre-order customers three days before launch?

Certainly doesn't sound good and definitely not a company I want to spend money on.

 

 

They are not "restricting pre-order customers" they had a limited number of early access spots, for whatever reason. You can pre-order and get the pre-order items.

 

When the pre-order  box from Best Buy CLEARLY states that you get the war rhino AND early access with no mention of a limitation until you read the code card inside that says "some restrictions may apply".... that's restrictive and clearly a scam.

 

 

Are you talking about restrictions on the early access or restrictions on pre-ordering? You original post stated "Who ever heard of a company that will restrict pre-order customers three days before launch?"

As far as the pre-order box from Best Buy is concerned... Pre-ordering and Early Access are one in the same.

Originally posted by Minsc

 it was said somewhere at the launch that they had set up for 600,000 early access spots and those are sold out. I'll keep trying to find the article I read.

could be 20k or more -- who knows?

forums.ageofconan.com/showthread.php

We had to set that limit to allow the tens of thousands of registered players to download the client and get access to the game on the 17th of May.

Oliver 'Tarib' Kunz
Senior Community Manager

Whys everyone blaming Funcom? Eidos is the publisher, they are the ones that tell Play, Amazon ect what to put on there website they don't deal with Funcom.

Originally posted by JonMichael

 

Originally posted by nikoliath

Originally posted by JonMichael

 

Originally posted by nikoliath

Originally posted by JonMichael

Another cancelled pre-order here too....  not just because of the early access fiasco, but more because of the way FunCom is handling it by blaming the retailers.  Who ever heard of a company that will restrict pre-order customers three days before launch?

Certainly doesn't sound good and definitely not a company I want to spend money on.

 

 

They are not "restricting pre-order customers" they had a limited number of early access spots, for whatever reason. You can pre-order and get the pre-order items.

 

When the pre-order  box from Best Buy CLEARLY states that you get the war rhino AND early access with no mention of a limitation until you read the code card inside that says "some restrictions may apply".... that's restrictive and clearly a scam.

 

 

Are you talking about restrictions on the early access or restrictions on pre-ordering? You original post stated "Who ever heard of a company that will restrict pre-order customers three days before launch?"

 

As far as the pre-order box from Best Buy is concerned... Pre-ordering and Early Access are one in the same.

 

Then take issue with BestBuy.

Originally posted by JonMichael

 

Originally posted by nikoliath

Originally posted by JonMichael

 

Originally posted by nikoliath

Originally posted by JonMichael

Another cancelled pre-order here too....  not just because of the early access fiasco, but more because of the way FunCom is handling it by blaming the retailers.  Who ever heard of a company that will restrict pre-order customers three days before launch?

Certainly doesn't sound good and definitely not a company I want to spend money on.

 

 

They are not "restricting pre-order customers" they had a limited number of early access spots, for whatever reason. You can pre-order and get the pre-order items.

 

When the pre-order  box from Best Buy CLEARLY states that you get the war rhino AND early access with no mention of a limitation until you read the code card inside that says "some restrictions may apply".... that's restrictive and clearly a scam.

 

 

Are you talking about restrictions on the early access or restrictions on pre-ordering? You original post stated "Who ever heard of a company that will restrict pre-order customers three days before launch?"

 

As far as the pre-order box from Best Buy is concerned... Pre-ordering and Early Access are one in the same.

 

No they are not one in the same. Its funny that so many people here get it and understand this and you don't. I will admit that the box implies this but you NEVER go by what something says without reading the fine print.

Are you going to go complain about every company that puts the details in the fine print? I have been burned by this before but not for $10 but for hundreds. I do not understand the anger here.....ANYTIME you pre-order you take a risk. There is a risk involved and you should taken it upon yourself that you needed to read the fine print. 

And NO where on the box does it guarantee you Early Access. Period. The box tells you that details are inside. WHY Best Buy decided to put it in a box, I have no idea. Gamestop didn't, it was just a card. But regardless if you have an issue with the bix, take it up with Best Buy and not Funcom because the box seems to be Best Buy's decisions as no other retailer I know of used it.

wow, six whole people canceled AoC forever, the shock and pain and loss I feel is great :(

Wow its amazieng how many people DO NOT READ the fine print.

Originally posted by Agricola1

 

Originally posted by Chainsawhand

 

Originally posted by Agricola1

That key is for your in game item, it also gives you the CHANCE to get early access. It isn't promised and never was,

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That's nice and all that yours says taht, however the one I recieved explicitly states " Early Access is a benefit of the pre-order" Nowhere on here does it say that there is "Limited Access" or that you "might" be able to access it. Also, there was no announcement on the website where it says to look "registration page". So yeah, some of us have a right to be pissed.

 

 

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True, yet it says "You may begin downloading the game client software and installing as early as May 14th". The word "may" is a not a guarantee, then it goes on to say "Some restrictions apply, see registration page for details". Also after reading this "There is a nominal fee of $5 that covers the cost of the download and includes 10 days of additional game time". After reading that it should've been clear you weren't purchasing early access with your pre order, yes?

 

Most logical people would've thought "Hmm I may get it and have to pay for it seperately and restrictions apply, I probably don't get it guaranteed now". Even those that didn't check it and didn't get into early access would look back and say "Oh well, I should've looked harder". However we seem to have a plague of biblical proportions, not of locusts but whining punks screaming "Funcom gave me cancer WHHHAAAA!".

 

Never said I didn't know that I would have to pay for access. I read that when I purchased this. Had no problem with that. What i was under the impression of was that I was purchasing the Pre-Order, which a benefit of was the ability to  purchase the Early Access for the stated fee. Nowhere did this or the so-called restrictions, which were nowhere to be found on the registration page, state that there were limited numbers available. If something is a benefit then it should be available.

The phrase"This Key Also Unlocks..", which immediately follows the information about downloading and character creation, signals that you get the early access if you pay the fee. It shows that it will be available and that this code unlocks the EA and the Pre-Order Mount. 

What "May" indicates there is when you may begin to download it. "May"in that regard is an acceptable substitution for the word "can" (I.E. Can/May if you want to, or you can wait until you want to) . Had it said "you may be able to begin downloading..." then it would insinuate that you might not be able to for some reason. There was no information where it was state it would be about restrictions. You can't say that there are restrictions and then not give the information where you say it will be.

It may have been an error on Funcom's part. Mistakes happen all the time, I have accepted that there are and there isn't an