Early acsess is not a launch

[RubyCirha]

Early acsess in any mmo is more like hey thanks for preordering our game here's a code to play it a few days erly and help us get it ready for the actual launch witch is on the 20th so stop saying it's a launch cas it's not if you Wana call it anything it's a stress test of sorts that we get to take part in for being loyal players and preordering the game let's be real here people and getting mad be cas you can't clear something asap is just unnecessary and unhelpful

[DemonwrathDeathreign]

Early access is a beta pretty much to all the ignorant, spoiled, crying and moaning people!

[Niraves]

I mean, to be fair, people have a right to be frustrated. It's not fun to pay for a product that doesn't function properly. But at the same time, it's not like these sorts of issues aren't rampant with every major expansion launch in basically every mmo.

It's still frustrating and I can understand why people are venting. But again, it's nothing that shouldn't have been expected. But SE will get it straightened out.. eventually. Please look forward to it. =P

[Rhysati]

Did I buy the game the day of 'early access', apply the code and get in? Yes. Can someone buy it today and do the same? Yes. It's not early-access when you can literally just buy it now and play the entire thing. Claiming it's so is just semantics at this point.

[Oscura]

Early Access is not launch, but to pretend that things will be magically different during launch is delusional. Anyone who wanted to play the game is already playing it or has access to early access. To those players it is launch. If anyone was on the fence or didn't preorder, they certainly won't with all the issues we're having right now.

[Xerxus___]

Its really annoying to see this constant crying, except does players who literally lost their char between servers wich i absolutely understand. But overall does players who complain 24h for shit reasons should stop playing for the next month. From my side even if i have long ques and get kicked from served to congestion, does not piss me off, i think it has to do with that players like us who play mmos for 10 years others even more know how it is. I do feel sorry for yoshida that pressure on his team and himself is kinda hard.

[Psycofang]

People are acting like thisll be magically fixed by tuesday. Tbh i stopped caring but if its a server issue the only way itll be fixed is if enough ppl literally stop playing. This wont be the case come tuesday.

[Ephemiel]

Early access, for a game that isn't released yet, is not launch.

"Early access" for the 2nd damn expansion IS launch by all intents and purposes and don't you dare deny this.

[Atlas-04]

This is launch because there is no restrictions on early access. Having a cutoff date would of definitely reduced the server strain. Instead they just open the flood gates for literally every player regardless of purchase date.

Crashes were garuanteed with this method. Everyone interested in SB was probably here.

[Felis]

Early Access is not launch, but to pretend that things will be magically different during launch is delusional. Anyone who wanted to play the game is already playing it or has access to early access. To those players it is launch. If anyone was on the fence or didn't preorder, they certainly won't with all the issues we're having right now.

They would wait until they finished the HW story, I guess

This is launch because there is no restrictions on early access.

You have to defeat Ultima Weapon for the 2 new jobs and finished the HW MSQ for everything else.
Without that it is just like without early access.