No chance on becoming a Legacy Member?

[Shougun]

The bottom line is the information about the Legacy Campaign was in plain view for anyone who cared enough about the game to keep checking back on it. E-mails were sent (whether you got them or not), it was plastered on the Lodestone. If you cared to keep up with the game you would have noticed this and taken advantage of it.

I have friends that played the first month and stopped playing it, but still kept up with the news. Many of them didn't bother with the Legacy campaign because they just weren't interested I guess, yet they keep up with news on ARR and still want to try it out when it comes out. At some point you just have to realize you failed to take the initiative and that a special case isn't going to be made for you.

They could have done a better job keeping the website up to date. When cut offs and such are. The initial requirements where only to get 3 months before Beta starts and yet alpha hasn't even started and people are still locked out of the campaign - this was poor on SE part. Though perhaps japan (SE) isn't used to being explicit with its writing, updates, and constant reminders - as a lot American companies are due to sue threat (if you can get over fine print of course :P).

Special cases shouldn't have to be made, SE should have either updated the website 3 months in advance to reflect a true and different cut off or technically Legacy should still be available for grabs. As of now I think the issue is not black and white like you and others are trying to make it out to be.

There is a section -now- informing that no more payments will be accepted but that was put up when it was impossible to make a decision or not if you would join for the carrot (they put it up when there weren't 3 months available to spend - so that if you joined two months late you were screwed).

(And don't get all "this is for loyalty" on me, loyal people don't need carrots to be loyal - SE gave everyone a carrot to buy us out - sure some of use would have played regardless but its not as much about loyalty as it is about incentivising just like a CE isnt about loyalty its about whats in the box - if it sucks people dont buy)