Physical copies of Heavensward from SE Store

[Twilite]

2 day shipping. No email confirmation or anything like that.

[Shinji2787]

I pre-ordered on the day it went up on the store, I was charged/validated about a week or week and half ago, still haven't gotten a email notifying me about it being shipped yet. Got the cheapest standard shipping option.

[Estheim]

Now I'm worried about shipping since it never even asked me about it

[Brundlefly]

Have you considered some people want that game disk so they don't have to endure large downloads across multiple systems (more than one player per household), and can do the install knowing that whatever patch their might be from when the game went gold will be smaller than the full download.. having that before early access is why I paid for that super over priced shipping and it looks like i'll probably get stuck trying to download anyway.

Well it is poor judgment on your part to expect it before the 19th or even before the 23rd for that matter since physical stores like GameStop won't even put the product on the shelves until the 23rd. There are laws (at least in the US) that companies have to abide by or they get fined.

[Rhas]

To be quite honest, the only reason they have different priorities of shipping is to help alleviate congestion. It is not so you will get the product faster. Everyone will be getting the game at the roughly the same time whether you paid for 1 day shipping or the cheapest week long shipping.

The extra money you may or may not have payed isn't actually going to SE but to UPS as the fee to them for priority shipping. While it may help for some things like replacement parts, etc., its absolutely useless when it comes to a preorder where everyone is supposed to get it at the same time. You aren't going to get the preoder 4-5 days earlier than anyone else.

It just helps SE send out groups of packages which are more manageable by the carrier UPS. They are not going to send the product to UPS early, they are going to sent it so you get it either in time for early access (if required) or the game launch.

*edit* I have in the past worked in the transportation industry

[SulwynCaliope]

Well it is poor judgment on your part to expect it before the 19th or even before the 23rd for that matter since physical stores like GameStop won't even put the product on the shelves until the 23rd. There are laws (at least in the US) that companies have to abide by or they get fined.

I agree that it was bad judgment on my part. It doesn't make it sting less. That's all. I'm just going to learn from this experience that the next time I order something from their store to always select the cheaper option or maybe to even go elsewhere.

[Rhas]

I agree that it was bad judgment on my part. It doesn't make it sting less. That's all. I'm just going to learn from this experience that the next time I order something from their store to always select the cheaper option or maybe to even go elsewhere.

I learned that the hard way before too lol That's why I only choose the cheapest shipping for any preorder game If the game is already out, though, that is a different story

[JillyBean]

Any US east coasters received shipping email/tracking yet?

Me - nope still

[Sartori]

Mine shipped out already.

Scheduled For Early Delivery On:
Thursday, 06/18/2015, By End of Day

Departed - Hodgkins, IL, United States, Saturday, 06/13/2015

Hmmm, well thats interesting. Thats what I was hoping for so I wouldn't have to download it. Where did you order it at, what version, and what shipping?

Thanks

[KaijinRhada]

Snip.

This here makes sense.

I had thought I chose the longer shipping time, but I apparently got two day shipping for some reason (since my friend and I went with whatever was cheapest, maybe we were drunk that day). Totally side-eying it now since I end up being anxious for my email telling me it's shipped. I live on the west coast of Canada, so I shouldn't be too worried with two day shipping on top of it, just very high amounts of anticipation upon hearing people getting notified of shipping.