So 1.0 owners have to start paying the monthly fee immediately?

[Keku]

and at no point does it say the game will be active during this time. It would all be pre-release notice how the trial ends after "release" and starts months before?

Client goes on sale in Jan, which means oct-nov would all be prior, considering you are saying early access is completely different this would actually state we get 2-3 months early access and a trial of undetermined time after the release. (which we are obviously not unless you include beta which I also agree is not a trial period. There is so much in that original roadmap that is not even close.

"Post-January 2013 – Version 2.0 client (PC and PlayStation®3 system) goes on sale" notice your free period you think is "clearly" for 2.0 is before release of 2.0 by 3 months? (based on original dates)

I agree it would be good marketing to get people who quit back, that I am not arguing.

It states from "October-november" to "post-January". That's "months long" under every possible definition.

They gave the free period from oct-nov as I posted and the game was down after that, which may be what they intended and then another free period after of undetermined time. I don't see how that's months as they never state the game will be up, technically they haven't charged for 9 months by release but yes there is no game to play and the free trial did start oct 2012 in which we did get 1 month free.