Quote Originally Posted by Endariel View Post
The point is to launch new jobs and new races 1-2 weeks prior the actual expansion release.
As i mentioned earlier, this will allow for players to go into endwalker with their sage / reaper lvl 80 from the get go without wasting 2-3 days while everyone else is having fun in new dungeons / zones.
Also, let's be honest, everyone will start with early access. EA is here to justify the server instability at launch and potential major bugs that will be fixed right before the "actual" relase
I did this with SAM at SB release, it took a morning to level from 50 to 60.
I didn't missed anything due to Raubhan EX, but even if there was nothing like this, missing a day or two... Nah, no thanks.

I'd welcome a PTR that would allow players to try the jobs before release but they wouldn't be able to make changes before the actual release. At most for 6.1.
And we're not sure to what feedback they listen, so it's swinging a sword in the water half of the time.