Star Wars: The Old Republic early access explained

[Rushster]

The 'Early Game Access' offered to those who've ordered Star Wars: The Old Republic prior to release has caused some minor confusion, so BioWare has moved to clarify matters.

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[korialstraz]

Well that's not so uncommon is it? For Rift they opened up the servers slowly, and not all were online at the same time. Combined with login queues, it spread people out somewhat on the servers that came online later. This is just a more direct method to control the amount of people signing on at the same time.



I wonder how many on these forums have pre-ordered or plan to buy the game. I know at least 3 friends who have already pre-ordered the CE. I've not done so myself yet, but I guess I'll end up trying the game out eventually.