Originally Posted by
Aleth
That sounds a little shady for my liking... I'm surprised they didn't think of this loop-hole.
That said, I do think the 1.0 owners who never subscribed after the fees came in (ie. non-legacy 1.0ers) are exactly the people who they need to stay this time around.
If we had stuck around would they have had to go through this expensive re-development process?
My line of thinking then would be that perhaps they should have tried harder to court the people who left, yet it's the all-new players and the never-would-leave players who get early access.
I admit this sounds like it could be jealous whining especially as they generously give 1.0 CE players the in-game perks of the 2.0 CE as well as a "free" copy...
Perhaps to shoot my own argument down... One could say that they did think of the people who abandoned the original release due to it's flaws... and that's why we don't get early access but do get the game for free. Effectively meaning they see the early access as an extended beta where legacy and new players are ironing out flaws so that the 1.0 bolters experience fewer flaws on their first login. Thus they might prevent us from abandoning ship a second time.
So TLDR:
1) They should have thought more about us players who left over quality issues! By which I mean give us early access! (Waah! etc.)
2) But maybe they DID and that's why they didn't?! Early Access players are test dummies for our glorious arrival?!
I managed to cry and white-knight in one post! Not that I think I'm owed early access or that SE can do no wrong and are master tacticians. But uh you get the ideas...