Early Access for an Expansion is not Beta all over again. I do not expect near the troubles we had at 2.0 launch. Sure DDOS are not 100% preventable but the other reasons people are giving in this thread shows a serious distrust for SE and other MMO's in general. I think SE has learned how to handle servers just judging from the day to day and the interviews with Yoshida himself. We will see of course but I am planning on being optimistic about the early access.