Originally posted by Reanim

 

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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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If you bothered to actually read the post you would see I purchased an early access Key. Not a preorder key. Gogamer requested Early access Keys. Eidos/funcom sent them Early access keys.

Mismarketing fine Print Scam

It doens't get more clear than that.  I don't really care about early access I just wanted a special mount.  Call me shallow.  I did pay $5 for the early access, but I actually think I'll be out of town for that weekend.  Too bad my laptop can't play AoC. 

Originally posted by miagisan

Originally posted by Itachi54

I was planning on going tomorrow to pre-order at gamestop, does that mean I cant play early!!!?

that would be correct

This might just be one of the ___est things funcom has ever done

Originally posted by Itachi54

Originally posted by miagisan

Originally posted by Itachi54

I was planning on going tomorrow to pre-order at gamestop, does that mean I cant play early!!!?

that would be correct

This might just be one of the ___est things funcom has ever done

It is not and its all one big miscommunication.

See my post here http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/179269 for details.

I bought the Best Buy Preorder and it clearly says Exclusive: Pre order and recieve the Best Buy exclusive in-game war rhino and 3 day early access to the game..doesnt say anything about you might get early access. So i'm sick and tired of people saying we were not promised early access.

Who had the boxes produced for the pre orders..Best Buy or Funcom.. 

Either way the whole misleading thing is total BS and seems to me Funcom by limiting early access is saying , We cant handle the server load and the game is going to run like s... What are they going to do when this thing goes live for everyone, limit the amount of people that can log on and play each day when the servers cant handle the load?

No one bought 'Early Access' keys, certainly not the OP.  They can only be purchased at the registration site and only during the time frame that FunCom made them available.  GoGamer, if they called them Early Access keys, were completely off the mark to call them such.  The only 'keys' they ever sold were the pre-order keys for the mounts, however they mislabeled them.  It  would have been nice if FunCom had perused all the promotional materials all the retailers used in selling the AoC bundles, but that didn't happen obviously.

Originally posted by Courte

I bought the Best Buy Preorder and it clearly says Exclusive: Pre order and recieve the Best Buy exclusive in-game war rhino and 3 day early access to the game..doesnt say anything about you might get early access. So i'm sick and tired of people saying we were not promised early access.

Who had the boxes produced for the pre orders..Best Buy or Funcom.. 

Either way the whole misleading thing is total BS and seems to me Funcom by limiting early access is saying , We cant handle the server load and the game is going to run like s... What are they going to do when this thing goes live for everyone, limit the amount of people that can log on and play each day when the servers cant handle the load?

On the back of the Preorder box about 10 lines down: "Your unique code to unlock both items and additional details are inside this box". This means read your card inside the box.

Card says on the bottom: "Some restrictions apply, see registration page for details".

Then you go to the webpage and gives you complete details/restrictions.

Thats all there is to it. I am not sure WHY its so complicated for some.

I posted that elsewhere and reposting it here because people aren't getting it. No where does it say that you are guaranteed early access by purchasing the pre-order box. People ASSUMED that they got the early access and didn't bother to read the details. Sorry thats too bad but we all know what happens when people assume.

Originally posted by templarga

 

Originally posted by Courte

I bought the Best Buy Preorder and it clearly says Exclusive: Pre order and recieve the Best Buy exclusive in-game war rhino and 3 day early access to the game..doesnt say anything about you might get early access. So i'm sick and tired of people saying we were not promised early access.

Who had the boxes produced for the pre orders..Best Buy or Funcom.. 

Either way the whole misleading thing is total BS and seems to me Funcom by limiting early access is saying , We cant handle the server load and the game is going to run like s... What are they going to do when this thing goes live for everyone, limit the amount of people that can log on and play each day when the servers cant handle the load?

You were not promised early access.

 

On the back of the Preorder box about 10 lines down: "Your unique code to unlock both items and additional details are inside this box". This means read your card inside the box.

 

Card says on the bottom: "Some restrictions apply, see registration page for details".

Then you go to the webpage and gives you complete details/restrictions.

Thats all there is to it. I am not sure WHY its so complicated for some.

I posted that elsewhere and reposting it here because people aren't getting it. No where does it say that you are guaranteed early access by purchasing the pre-order box. People ASSUMED that they got the early access and didn't bother to read the details. Sorry thats too bad but we all know what happens when people assume.

but the card is in the box and you cant return opened software! hehe

Originally posted by miagisan

Originally posted by templarga

 

Originally posted by Courte

I bought the Best Buy Preorder and it clearly says Exclusive: Pre order and recieve the Best Buy exclusive in-game war rhino and 3 day early access to the game..doesnt say anything about you might get early access. So i'm sick and tired of people saying we were not promised early access.

Who had the boxes produced for the pre orders..Best Buy or Funcom.. 

Either way the whole misleading thing is total BS and seems to me Funcom by limiting early access is saying , We cant handle the server load and the game is going to run like s... What are they going to do when this thing goes live for everyone, limit the amount of people that can log on and play each day when the servers cant handle the load?

You were not promised early access.

 

On the back of the Preorder box about 10 lines down: "Your unique code to unlock both items and additional details are inside this box". This means read your card inside the box.

 

Card says on the bottom: "Some restrictions apply, see registration page for details".

Then you go to the webpage and gives you complete details/restrictions.

Thats all there is to it. I am not sure WHY its so complicated for some.

I posted that elsewhere and reposting it here because people aren't getting it. No where does it say that you are guaranteed early access by purchasing the pre-order box. People ASSUMED that they got the early access and didn't bother to read the details. Sorry thats too bad but we all know what happens when people assume.

but the card is in the box and you cant return opened software! hehe

Not sure about Best Buy, but at Gamestop, all you can do is cancel your preorder and move the money to another game. They won't let you get the money back. So making a pre-order is a risk anyway...regardless if its in a box or not.

Everyone needs to chill out. The game is coming out in 6 days. It will not kill you to wait 6 days.

Originally posted by warror

Everyone needs to chill out. The game is coming out in 6 days. It will not kill you to wait 6 days.

Funcom shafted their customers and their retailers!  Bad business from a shady company.

I hope they go down in flames for shafting me and others for AO, and for those who got scammed for AoC.

Originally posted by observer

 

Originally posted by warror

Everyone needs to chill out. The game is coming out in 6 days. It will not kill you to wait 6 days.

"It's the principle of the matter" ....heard that before somewhere.

 

Funcom shafted their customers and their retailers!  Bad business from a shady company.

I hope they go down in flames for shafting me and others for AO, and for those who got scammed for AoC.

They didn't shaft anyone. There is no such thing as an Early Access key.

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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