Will Trion implement a "Head Start" option?

[Gauldar]

Getting a head start by a few days is always an incentive for myself to pre-order.

[lPATT]

i think the main reason people want it, myself included. is impatience. i want it now so any reason to get it a couple of days earlier would be nice!

yes i do agree i am impatient . but i still do not want people having head start . if i could play the game earlier by few day i would BUT i want everyone else to be able too and not only a few hundred

[rathb18]

It might not happen since you cant pick up a console game from the store before its release date. People will whine, and complain that PC players get to play before console.

Yea because consoles never get anything exclusive like early DLC's, maps and such. I say they should, consoles can whine all they want but we got the ability to have early releases since we have access to digital downloads.

[Caios]

It's not just that, there's logistical reasons why it might be beneficial to run a head start program. the head start allows a subset of your userbase to start moving through content early, which means when the floodgates of the official launch open a percentage of the players are not all crowding the same starting zones. Players get spread out more and earlier making the launch of the game easier to manage and generally smoother.

That doesn't mean that they will do it, however, they could just spend those last extra days fixing those last minute bugs instead. In the end it's entirely up to Trion how they want to handle their launch.

[Zoo]

I'm down for that.

[Kaoslion]

I think that is why they are running the Alpha and Beta's though. I would be shocked if there was a early start unless they use the Alpha as the early start with out deleting Characters. From what I have heard them say about alpha though there is so few people getting into the alpha that it isn't much of a early start at all maybe 1 shard worth of people.

[Dead_Phoenix]

yes i do agree i am impatient . but i still do not want people having head start . if i could play the game earlier by few day i would BUT i want everyone else to be able too and not only a few hundred

oh yea i agree with you on that one.

[Fiancee]

Depends on how they made server stuff this like, if its like in Rift, I really think they do. Also how many preorders they actually get, maybe they dont need after all playebase is splitted in 3, ps3, xbox, pc..

[Laughter]

Would love a headstart.. my guess it leaning more towards yes.

[Nev]

Trion did it with Rift. 3 day head start for all pre-orders it also shot their pre-order sales through the roof.