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• • Funcom marketing Scam

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    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 anything that can be done, I'm just venting a frustration. Is there something wrong with having somewhere to vent? I thought that this is why this thread was started. This is not a "plague" as you call it, it's merely people using their right of free speech to speak out  and vent.

  • Posted: 5/15/08 1:00 PM
    Age of Conan
• • Funcom marketing Scam

  • 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,

    http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3968/aoccardob5.jpg

     

    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.

     

    i14.photobucket.com/albums/a321/Chainsawhand/AoCPre-Order.jpg

  • Posted: 5/15/08 7:54 AM
    Age of Conan