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

[Abriael]

This guy way too go buddy way to go if the game is good and players like it they will come regardless if its not then they won't look at swtor had a great launch and then fell of quickly so long as SE puts good quality content for us to do out there like they said they will the game will do good plus they are more then welcome to try phase 4 for 2 weeks is that not good enough or what? Why do They need 2-4 months? Plus if u really read it does say limited smart guy which to me means wtf knows how long limited is one day a week 1 hour a day for 2-4 months u are being unfair to SE they busted there behinds to come this far and look at u raining on there good times u want your friends to play u offer to pay for there 4 months okay

God this post made my eyes bleed.

"Limited" just means that it won't be free to play forever. Making comparisons with other games doesn't hold water, as other games didn't have one of the worst failures of the history of the genre as a predecessor.

A Realm Reborn, as good as it can be, has to regain a lot of trust from a lot of disgruntled people, which doesn't apply to other games. It needs all the help it can get.

Except when you state it's clearly for 2.0 and they have it slated BEFORE their slated release date on the same document.

A free trial is open to everyone. A headstart is a bonus only some have access to. If it's a free trial there's no room for complaints.

If it was for 1.0 sure it may make no sense to you but they stated that since the game was so bad they extended the free period and said they would give another after billing had started, which could be said to be that, but I understand why you would feel it makes no sense but "why give a free trial for a failed game" why also did they charge for it the last 10 months it was running before shutdown?

The document clearly states that the free trial would come after 2.0's client is distributed.

What they did with 1.0 wasn't a free trial. It was letting players play for free because the game wasn't up to par.