Early Game access

[transokio]

So when will the people that preordered start receiving the passes?

Also is the first month subscribition free?

[DarthNemis]

We’re happy to finally announce today that Early Game Access begins December 13th, 2011. This means that everyone who has pre-ordered Star Wars: The Old Republic and redeemed their pre-order code will have up to seven days to play the game early.

As before, when your Early Game Access begins will be determined based on when you redeemed your pre-order code. You will be emailed on the day you are being admitted to Early Game Access to confirm you can now access the game.

Early Game Access was extended to seven days to allow us to gradually ramp up the number of people in the game over a longer period. This allows us to ensure maximum stability and a good population across servers. It also allows us to have more flexibility on exactly how many people we admit per day.

With that said, we’re still planning on allowing a large number of people into Early Game Access on a daily basis. In our final Beta Testing Weekends, we had hundreds of thousands of players on the game servers – and we have additional server capacity for launch. However, we still need to remain flexible during Early Game Access, and this led to the decision to notify people on the day that their Early Game Access begins.

We know many of you expected and wanted advance notice on Early Game Access, but we made this decision to ensure that we could remain flexible and react to unforseen issues during launch. Our number one priority has always been a smooth launch, so this decision was a necessity.

The good news is that effectively everyone is being given two ‘extra bonus’ days as the EGA program is now up to seven days long. The bad news is unfortunately we cannot let people know on an individual basis when they will gain access until we are ready.

We do understand that you are concerned about when you will receive the email. To save your F5 keys, as well as being notified by email, you will also be able to check the Launcher for Star Wars: The Old Republic. When you have been granted Early Game Access, your Play button will be enabled. (You will need to restart the Launcher on occasion if you’re still grey.) Finally, you will be able to login to your account page here on SWTOR.com and check your status.

We absolutely understand (and appreciate!) everyone’s eagerness to play, but this plan will ensure that we don’t fall at the final hurdle – bringing people into the game at launch. We hope you’ll bear with us as we gradually grant Early Game Access to everyone who pre-ordered."



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[Deleted]

All answered on the homepage and in your mail.

[transokio]

Wow, didn't expect an answer so fast, thank you!

[Toralin]

I believe some have started receiving their confirmations already and yes you get 30 days free + early access.

[Jlena]

Nobody didn't receive there confirmation. They all going to be send on the day that you are allowed to join the early access. Starting on the 13th.

[Deleted]

Nobody didn't receive there confirmation. They all going to be send on the day that you are allowed to join the early access. Starting on the 13th.

Yep it was just people reading "Early access 13th" and then closed the mail and jumped around happily in circles. The mail was a general email notifying everyone that eraly access now can be up to 7 days, starting on the 13th instead of 5 days starting on the 15th.

[Deleted]

I believe some have started receiving their confirmations already and yes you get 30 days free + early access.

Nope, no one has received invitation yet, but everyone has received the notification email telling the invitations start tomorrow.

[terrahero]

Nope, no one has received invitation yet, but everyone has received the notification email telling the invitations start tomorrow.

Really? well, i havent. Did get the email about being able to preload and everything. :P And no, its not in my spam box. Maybe just americans got that mail so far.

[Deleted]

Really? well, i havent. Did get the email about being able to preload and everything. :P And no, its not in my spam box. Maybe just americans got that mail so far.

Maybe you read the email about the pre-load again?...

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.

[terrahero]

Maybe you read the email about the pre-load again?...

Ah... yes. People made it sound like there was a new email going around <.<