I thought early access started on the 15th, but I've just received this mail on my inactive account:
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.
Agreed i have had the same email. But mine starts on the 13th.
Will be able to give out server info soon woo hoo.
"The circle is now complete"
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:yahoo:
Had my email aswell! yippee cannot wait for this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:woot2::woot2::woot2::woot2:
And now for the bad news:
QuoteThe Game officially launches on December 20th, 2011 at 12:01AM EST (Pacific: December 19th, 9:01PM PST; European: December 20th, 05:01AM GMT, 06:01AM CET). There will be no ‘grace period’ post launch in which those who are in Early Game Access will be able to continue to play the Game without completing the following required steps for launch:
1. Fill out your contact information
2. Set up minimum 3 - maximum 5 security questions to protect your SWTOR account
3. Redeem a Product Registration Code (This is different from your Pre-Order Code. Your Product Registration Code is the code tied to the official Game.)
4. Sign up for a recurring subscription or enter a Pre-Paid Game Time Code
So if (like me) you've ordered a hard copy, you'll be unable to play if it doesn't arrive on the 20th. I wonder if the post service is going to be busy 5 days before christmas......:g:
Quote from: Tretholonia;339596And now for the bad news:
So if (like me) you've ordered a hard copy, you'll be unable to play if it doesn't arrive on the 20th. I wonder if the post service is going to be busy 5 days before christmas......:g:
Lol, at least we will be able to play, while you wait for the post man ;)
I have the same problem. I do hope for the company I bought the my copy from that they will send it and not chancel a few days before hand ... Because by god there will be thunder if I can't play during Christmas :p
Am in the early bird club which puts big grins on the face.
Quote from: Gortex;339605Am in the early bird club which puts big grins on the face.
Are you sure? My email reads like so:
QuoteEarly 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.
So Early Access starts @7:00 the 13th (12:00 UK time).
So we don't know what early bird club we're in until invited. I redeemed my code early August, so I could start on the 16th or later I guess. At this point, we just don't know.
My personal guess is that the final weekend of testing was purely to test what sized chunks they can invite people in to avoid hour long queue times.
Mmmmm, downloading client :D
i received the mail bout preloading the game now, says mails will be sent out. my guess is that theyll let people start the early access in groups to not overheat their servers
ive got my collectors edition delivered, no early access mail yet though :(
no email or notification yet, my game should be in dewsbury friday or thursday tho :D
Email received this morning, game should be arriving within the next couple of days.
Quote from: Deminion;339922Email received this morning, game should be arriving within the next couple of days.
The email with your game arrival date, or early access?
Game arrival, nothing about early acces yet, figuring end of the week, as i preordered in the start of the month.
I've not received anything yet either, and I pre-ordered late summer I think. I wanna play!
Just got a email saying its been posted, should get pre-release play tomorrow, and now we know the server good times :D
I fired up my launcher, and are currently dl'ing some 10gig file. But no invite mail yet.
Hmmm, I've been keeping mine up to date, and don't recall a 10gig download..... Maybe that's an indication of early access?
I know it starts in 1 hour, 35 minutes but damn. I can't help checking my mail, here and swtor.com frequently!
QuoteThe Game officially launches on December 20th, 2011 at 12:01AM EST (Pacific: December 19th, 9:01PM PST; European: December 20th, 05:01AM GMT, 06:01AM CET). There will be no ‘grace period’ post launch in which those who are in Early Game Access will be able to continue to play the Game without completing the following required steps for launch:
1. Fill out your contact information
2. Set up minimum 3 - maximum 5 security questions to protect your SWTOR account
3. Redeem a Product Registration Code (This is different from your Pre-Order Code. Your Product Registration Code is the code tied to the official Game.)
4. Sign up for a recurring subscription or enter a Pre-Paid Game Time Code
Point 3 might be why I am having trouble. I did the electronic version and downloaded (using what I believe is the pre-order code), but have not had any email with a Product Registration Code.
Quote from: TeaLeaf;339986Point 3 might be why I am having trouble. I did the electronic version and downloaded (using what I believe is the pre-order code), but have not had any email with a Product Registration Code.
You won't as that code comes in the CD box. The digital download CD codes will be mailed out, starting on the 16th if you bought from Origin.
The Early Access Code is completely different.
So I awau yet another email then for a 3rd code? Jayzus, how complex can they make it?
So in summary, I am awaiting a Product Registration code (expected to be emailed from 16th) and another email for the Early Access Code.
Why the heck not have one code which delivers what you bought? Grrr......
Quote from: TeaLeaf;339989So I awau yet another email then for a 3rd code? Jayzus, how complex can they make it?
So in summary, I am awaiting a Product Registration code (expected to be emailed from 16th) and another email for the Early Access Code.
Why the heck not have one code which delivers what you bought? Grrr......
There are only 2 codes at this point, the Early Access code and the Product code.
You have already applied your Early Access code to your account and now you just wait to get the email telling you when it's live. It's that simple. I guess I'm not in the first wave.
My head hurts, I think I'll go and play WoW. LFR anyone?
I just got one :) woohoo not sure it I can enter yet lots of info about dl the client etc and pre order we shall have to see. Not that I can play tonight :(
I'm lost here too.
When i bought the game,it came in a dvd box by post.(No disc 0nly Code)
Inside was a Redeem code.
That code i have used.
I dl the game client after reinstall windows(Finaly).
What do i need more?
I'm getting code from the early access by mail?
Quote from: KKND;340011I'm lost here too.
When i bought the game,it came in a dvd box by post.(No disc 0nly Code)
Inside was a Redeem code.
That code i have used.
I dl the game client after reinstall windows(Finaly).
What do i need more?
I'm getting code from the early access by mail?
Yes, in short
code 1: is the code to being able to get the early acces.
code 2: is the code you get by mail to get the early acces (to start playing before the 20th)(where we all are waiting for at the moment)
code 3: is your final product code that you will need on the 20th to fully activate your account and play the game.
Quote from: Ice Hawk;340013Yes, in short
code 1: is the code to being able to get the early acces.
code 2: is the code you get by mail to get the early acces (to start playing before the 20th)(where we all are waiting for at the moment)
code 3: is your final product code that you will need on the 20th to fully activate your account and play the game.
Now i get it thnx Ice.
i just got a mail that our guild has been deployed to Hydian Way server. Cant be long to go now!
Quote from: Ice Hawk;340013Yes, in short
code 1: is the code to being able to get the early acces.
code 2: is the code you get by mail to get the early acces (to start playing before the 20th)(where we all are waiting for at the moment)
code 3: is your final product code that you will need on the 20th to fully activate your account and play the game.
Loving your work ICE :)
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=1731
(http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=1731)Thread about the waves coming into the early access. Base on the latest I have seen someone who has gotten in registered preorder on July 23rd. Might be a few days later.
only one more wave today I think.
You can check your preorder time by logging in at swtor.com then under my account and code redemption. There is a historic there under. My date is 30th of September so don't expect to get in today
Quick Question about our server..Hydian Way server showing as a US server and no European servers up at all as yet, are we on a US server or is it likely there will be a UK/Euro Hydian Way ? surely if it is a US server the pings should be pretty cac ?
Quote from: Drazila;340020http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=1731
(http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=1731)Thread about the waves coming into the early access. Base on the latest I have seen someone who has gotten in registered preorder on July 23rd. Might be a few days later.
only one more wave today I think.
You can check your preorder time by logging in at swtor.com then under my account and code redemption. There is a historic there under. My date is 30th of September so don't expect to get in today
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FB where you getting the list from mate.
We dont have to stick with the one they have put us on to, we can always chose another one and build from there.
From the seraching I have done I am seeing it as a EU server
http://www.darthhater.com/articles/swtor-news/19789-guild-deployment-server-assignments (http://www.darthhater.com/articles/swtor-news/19789-guild-deployment-server-assignments)
Quote from: BrotherTobious;340023FB where you getting the list from mate.
We dont have to stick with the one they have put us on to, we can always chose another one and build from there.
From the seraching I have done I am seeing it as a EU server
http://www.darthhater.com/articles/swtor-news/19789-guild-deployment-server-assignments
swtor site.
I just checked the server list from swtor.com and there are only US servers up no EU server up and running....
Why do i have a feeling that today was US only?....
Server lists can be found at: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=254 (http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=254) The third post is the European servers.
Hydian Way is showing as European - English - PvE, so all good :)
Few lol
Yeah and also what i found is that on most sides you get the info that most server lists arn't correct and are slowly getting updated.
yup saw that http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=254 (http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=254) list, but then from http://www.swtor.com/server-status it just has a massive list of running servers with current status, Hydian way is listed as a us server that is up and running with a medium (now full!) population.
Like Icy i'm kinda guessing with all thats going on on launch day something hasn't quite ironed out yet. Fingers crossed all will be fine but defo worth checking i reckon as it would be a major pain (for the admins !) to get all setup and then find your on a us server
still waiting for ma code...hurry up !!!
I am in :)
Quote from: BrotherTobious;340032I am in :)
Still no mail :(
Boo the guild is set up and awaiting your arrivels. See you sometime soon I hope
Quote from: Vargen;340033Still no mail :(
Dito here..
You are looking for a mail with the subject "Your Saga Begins"
Quote from: BrotherTobious;340032I am in :)
someone kill him and steal his code :narnar:
Quote from: Ice Hawk;340043someone kill him and steal his code :narnar:
That can be done!!
Last wave of the day has been sent out. Good luck in the morning.
Looks like my saga is about to begin. Mail has arrived.
If it helps anyone with working out when you'll get in, I think I registered about 5 days after the pre-order started and I'm pretty sure I was in the 4th or 5th wave of invites.
I am starting to really dislike this thread as people log in and start to play. Stupid people send me my invite now.... Grrrr
Quote from: Gortex;340066I am starting to really dislike this thread as people log in and start to play. Stupid people send me my invite now.... Grrrr
:withstupid:
maybe we get it tormorrow ;)
Been spending lot of time on the official forms, damn a bunch of whiners.
To be honest though, I don't see why they do it this way. Are they trying to please people by having short queues when they do get access? Because I'm just gonna consider this a 24 hour queue and counting for myself. Sure there would be queues if everyone had access all at once, but 2 hours queue time would be better then days of waiting with no ETA at all.
Way to face plant on the release... Just hope EA doesn't manage to mess it up even more. Xmas is the time for miracles and all!
They do it so that starting zones aren't flooded all at once and to keep the login server from being flooded and out of service( all servers were empty for an hour or two on warhammer online because the login server was down, account registration server was down for hours at release of AoC not to mention WoW and Ahn Quiraj launch). Besides this is 2 days before the maximum announced early access.
My expectations are that everyone that preordered in August will get in today maybe a few that don't.
As far as I see it there have been almost no issues except for those that are complaining about not being in the game seven days before release and 2 days before early access was supposed to start. Though how it goes doesn't really show until tommorow or the day after.
First wave of the day sent, 6th of August the last to get in it seems. I might have some hope of getting in with my 30th of september today after all.
Don't expect to play today though, more likely that I get in so late that I can't play or early tomorrow so I can play as soon as I am home from work.
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=15840
(http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=15840)link to thread that is keeping tabs on dates for those that got inn.
This is true, but it still is kinda annoying. Starting zones are instanced though, so they won't be too crowded anyway. The login servers won't take any more load then they usually would if everyone has already done their account config, so they can just log straight in to the game and go. Sure you will have some people drop off and play other games, but you will still have heavy loads when people get home from work. If you just spread it out a bit so that the different continents got access at times relevant to them, you wouldn't have the whole world trying to log in at once. You could also say that, if you haven't set up your account info by now, you don't get in.
The thing that annoys me about it most, is that it gives some players 2 days head start economically. Well, and the fact that I've been sick for 3 days and not getting access ;)
I've got the email, I just hope my connection is working ok when I get home!
yup just got mine aswell... can't wait for the working day to be over!
I am inn in wave 3, ordered 30th of september
Right, game has arrived, productcode redeemed, payment fixed, ready for the 20th. Now i just need my early acces, sadly i redeemed dec. 1st, so gonna be a while still.
If you see the char named Varg, ask him how much he wants to delete the toon :(
Possibly good news for November kittens (like me !) the official site is saying that the invites today will be from the beginning of October through to the last week in November...so i'm sweating on this one a bit as i'm a Nov 22nd redeemer and theres 30 days in November so hopefully lastish wave today will be EGA invite.
Sods law says that because they are American there are only 29 days in the American November (after the famous November peasent revolt in 1798 they actually executed November the 30th for treason) and i will miss out by 5 invites and have to wait till Friday !
Everything crossed i can join you all later tonight !!
I'm not expecting anything until the last minute, mainly because I bought it at the last minute, so I'll be in the very last batch. Mind you, that keeps Thursday night raids alive!
Quote from: FatBob;340136Possibly good news for November kittens (like me !) the official site is saying that the invites today will be from the beginning of October through to the last week in November...so i'm sweating on this one a bit as i'm a Nov 22nd redeemer and theres 30 days in November so hopefully lastish wave today will be EGA invite.
I redeemed my code on the 16th, so hopefully I'll get to play tonight also!
2nd wave completed - now upto the 10th of November, so wave 3 shold be the kiddie (seems about 2 weeks per wave at the mo) which is 16:00hrs uk time.
/crosses more things
any luck mal?
Dammit 16:00 wave 3 only went upto the 17th of November so hoping next should cover me on the 22nd will find out in 15mins and counting
BOOM !! 22/11/11 and in just logging in now once i post on the offical forums so they can update wave dates etc see ya soon kittens fattys coming !!
Ah really already shucks there goes the universe. Have mate :)
Okay Hydian Way - Check
Sith - Check
Bounty Hunter called BobbyFatt - Check
Sith Sorcerer called Maldaror - Check
go..go..go
Quote from: FatBob;340174Okay Hydian Way - Check
Sith - Check
Bounty Hunter called BobbyFatt - Check
Sith Sorcerer called Maldaror - Check
go..go..go
got your toons into the guild?
Right, mail arrived yesterday, but seeing as i was at work till 00.30 this morning, not much playing to be done, so will have a look at it today.
Got my mail this morning! But logging in not possible yet. They got maintenance! Old man is excited!
Noreia/Anachronis
Quote from: Deminion;340189Right, mail arrived yesterday, but seeing as i was at work till 00.30 this morning, not much playing to be done, so will have a look at it today.
nice one mate, see ya in game.
Still can't figure out how to join the guild is this still locked off until proper launch as i can't apply to join from the main swtor site
Quote from: FatBob;340199Still can't figure out how to join the guild is this still locked off until proper launch as i can't apply to join from the main swtor site
If you are online tonight give me a /w then i will invite you.
What is your main toon name?
You can find me under the name: Valdania
Quote from: Ice Hawk;340207If you are online tonight give me a /w then i will invite you.
What is your main toon name?
You can find me under the name: Valdania
His name is Bobbyfatt.
BTW how the invites work to the guild cant find any option for that under "G"
K i will give it a go tonight if they havn't had an invite yet.
For all others the swtor guild site aint working anymore for invites into the guild. That site will be taken down in so far i know in January 2012.
So it all has to go via our own forum etc.
Quote from: Ice Hawk;340219K i will give it a go tonight if they havn't had an invite yet.
For all others the swtor guild site aint working anymore for invites into the guild. That site will be taken down in so far i know in January 2012.
So it all has to go via our own forum etc.
Guild invites are working like this... /ginvite namehere
Now what do you know, after 5 minutes in the game, my PSU died, went and bought a new, but apparently it took out the motherboard at the same time, so now i got myself a new pc, and installing the game as i write this.
ouch demi! things really are working agains't you for playing swtor!
Finaly, im in and good to game,