Quote Originally Posted by Grekumah View Post
We’re preparing many things as we head towards the release of Heavensward, and we’re considering offering early access, or a type of pre-order bonus that would allow players to play the expansion when the expansion service starts even if they have yet to receive their physical package.

We’ll let you know more in regards to this via the Lodestone once the preparation is complete and we have further details to share.
This sounds an awful lot like servers will be down for a significant amount of time, similar to how 1.0 lead into 2.0. I certainly don't expect the full year downtime, but enough to warrant early access to 3.0? Can you clarify on that detail please?