The thing is, I really don't see how anyone can possibly accuse SE of not pandering to their loyal fanbase enough. I mean, those who played the game for a certain time in 1.0 had the chance to get their very own rare gobbue mount, one that was not available to get for a short time before the servers went down and will NOT be available to anyone afterwards, especially those starting in ARR. And then you have the Legacy perks, which are up to and including paying a cheaper price for a monthly sub. Every time I turn around SE is doing something to reward their loyal sub base for being loyal. Yet, because they don't let everyone who has been a long time sub into alpha, they suddenly don't treat their loyal sub base right? You have got to be kidding me.
As I said before, I am also a legacy member who has been with 1.0 since before all the revisioning started. And I am also disappointed that I didn't get into legacy. But does that mean I should accuse SE of "doing it wrong" because I didn't get into alpha? Or that I should believe they are not "nice to their loyal subscribers" because I didn't get to test the game out in alpha phase? With all the perks I've gotten from SE for being a long-time sub, I should now flip out and go all conspiracy theory on them for not letting me into alpha? I'm sorry, I just can't agree with that. I just can't. And I'm not trying to "White Knight" SE or anything, it just doesn't make sense to me.