CE Worst Case Scenario: 10 days, and CE hasn't arrived - Guild Wars Forums

Coolniceronguy · May 02, 2006, 12:06 AM // 00:06

Shortly after the pre-order came out, I went out and picked it up and put down the full purchase price for the CE.

Now that there are issues with CE's punctual delivery, will the Factions character that I have created be deleted, if worst case scenario, 10 days has passed and my CE that I have paided for has not arrived.

While I can understand, and accept, if a character were to become inaccessible until the Factions key has been entered, for my character to be deleted to no fault of my own, is a bit harsh.

If there are continuing issues with arrival times of the CE, will ANet extend the grace period?

Alias_X · May 02, 2006, 12:08 AM // 00:08

They definetly should. It seems very unfair that this can happen.

EternalTempest · May 02, 2006, 12:08 AM // 00:08

No they wont

http://www.guildwars.com/

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Ten-Day Grace Period Explained 1 May 2006

The grace period mentioned in an earlier news post will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT on May 8. During the 10-day grace period, if you have a Prophecies account and have added a Factions pre-order key, you can create a 5th or 6th character. After the 10-day grace period, if you have not added a Factions (retail) key to your account, you will not be able to create a 5th or 6th character. We will not delete your new characters, items, or skill unlocks after the 10-day grace period. However, you will need to add a Factions (retail) key to your account in order to play with any Canthan characters after the end of the Extended Head Start Event.

Coolniceronguy · May 02, 2006, 12:14 AM // 00:14

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Originally Posted by EternalTempest

No they wont

http://www.guildwars.com/

Thanks ET, it was my understanding from reading on the forums that a deletion would ensue, not inactivity.

/sighs with relief

h4mx0r · May 02, 2006, 12:40 AM // 00:40

hmm, this does complicate things even more... for me that is... IF mines does not ship in for some bizzare retarded reason, and I have to wait till June... is it worth the wait? O_o

Coolniceronguy · May 02, 2006, 12:54 AM // 00:54

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Originally Posted by h4mx0r

hmm, this does complicate things even more... for me that is... IF mines does not ship in for some bizzare retarded reason, and I have to wait till June... is it worth the wait? O_o

In truth, I am already a bit pissed off. I paid full price a long time ago (03/10/06), and as far as I am concerned, the property which I already own, is not in my hands, RIGHT NOW.

But, oh well, just venting.

radial · May 02, 2006, 02:36 AM // 02:36

i pre ordered mine from EB Games. As of today May 1 2006 they still have not recieved ANY shipment of factions in. Told me to just keep checking. I would be really mad to be unable to play the game because of shipment issues to the stores. I'm glad the 10 day limit is in, but I hope they will extend it if needed.

Forsythe · May 02, 2006, 07:18 AM // 07:18

I was told the CE would show up at EB on Friday here in my Canadian city, but sadly for some reason, my pre-order key has expired and I can't play my Cantha characters. I think the math for the "10 days" started when I entered the key, not when the Head Start began.

Arkis · May 02, 2006, 07:25 AM // 07:25

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Originally Posted by Forsythe

I was told the CE would show up at EB on Friday here in my Canadian city, but sadly for some reason, my pre-order key has expired and I can't play my Cantha characters. I think the math for the "10 days" started when I entered the key, not when the Head Start began.

It's not yuo.. Its all of us who were using the preorder to play.

Forsythe · May 02, 2006, 07:31 AM // 07:31

That doesn't make sense, their main site says May 8th.

Deceived!

Gnuz Tokomi · May 02, 2006, 07:31 AM // 07:31

Seems your worst case, isn't the worst case..

I preordered CE in .au - have been playing on the preorder key.. EB advises stock expected this Friday (5th). Local time is 5:30pm, Tuesday, May 2nd .. and I just finished a mission to be greeted with a code 165 'do not have access'

*edit - seems I'm not alone :S

Forsythe · May 02, 2006, 07:33 AM // 07:33

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Originally Posted by Gnuz Tokomi

Seems your worst case, isn't the worst case..

I preordered CE in .au - have been playing on the preorder key.. EB advises stock expected this Friday (5th). Local time is 5:30pm, Tuesday, May 2nd .. and I just finished a mission to be greeted with a code 165 'do not have access'

*edit - seems I'm not alone :S

I feel ya, my situation matches yours. Friday just got a lot further away.

Gnuz Tokomi · May 02, 2006, 07:50 AM // 07:50

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Ten-Day Grace Period Explained 1 May 2006
The grace period mentioned in an earlier news post will end at 11:59 p.m. PDT on May 8. During the 10-day grace period, if you have a Prophecies account and have added a Factions pre-order key, you can create a 5th or 6th character. After the 10-day grace period, if you have not added a Factions (retail) key to your account, you will not be able to create a 5th or 6th character. We will not delete your new characters, items, or skill unlocks after the 10-day grace period. However, you will need to add a Factions (retail) key to your account in order to play with any Canthan characters after the end of the Extended Head Start Event.

Is it just me, or does the above actually not say anything about whether we can actually *play* our characters in the grace period? As I read it, it merely advises we can create characters; playability is implied, I guess, by reference to 'not deleting characters, items and unlocks'; but of being able to play them during and to the end of the 'grace period' it makes no mention at all - only that to play them afterwards we'll have to add a key. There is zero mention of when our keys would actually expire and stop us playing Canthan characters... I wonder whether it was written by someone in marketing, or legal... -_-

Kamatsu · May 02, 2006, 07:51 AM // 07:51

Forsythe - They extended the period that ppl with pre-order key's could access the game. Originally it was meant to only last the 24 hours before the game went live. However they changed it so that pre-order key's gave access to the end of the 1st - a 3 day extended head start.

The 10 day period comes to an end on 8th of May.

Gnuz Tokomi · May 02, 2006, 08:01 AM // 08:01

.... if someone adds a preorder key *now* - they'll be able to play for three days

How this corrects Anet's inability to supply on order in a timely manner eludes me. Net effect - no access to factions until the (late) stock arrives, starting this evening local time. Compensation? Nil. Unhappy customer? You bet.

Forsythe · May 02, 2006, 08:17 AM // 08:17

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Originally Posted by kamatsu

Forsythe - They extended the period that ppl with pre-order key's could access the game. Originally it was meant to only last the 24 hours before the game went live. However they changed it so that pre-order key's gave access to the end of the 1st - a 3 day extended head start.

The 10 day period comes to an end on 8th of May.

So you can imagine my confusion having my characters inaccessible 6 days early.

Hockster · May 02, 2006, 08:23 AM // 08:23

As much as people want to blame Anet for not having enough CE versions, how much of the blame should go the the stores? They're the ones selling preorder CE's without a clue of how many they would actually get.

Gnuz Tokomi · May 02, 2006, 08:32 AM // 08:32

Anet's undersupply isn't the issue. Their disabling our preorder keys before the game is available *at all* is. By that logic, in Australia, *no* preorder packs should have been sold. Why were *those* shipped?

Forsythe · May 02, 2006, 08:42 AM // 08:42

The preorder pack is not exclusive to the normal or CE version of Factions.

However, look here for explanation.

mega_jamie · May 02, 2006, 11:07 AM // 11:07

The headstart was exteneded by 3 days of play...

The "grace Period" for making new characters si what was extended to 10 days as far as I understand it, so you shouldn't be able to play with your characters, but you can make them....:S

May 02, 2006, 12:06 AM // 00:06	#1
Coolniceronguy Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Guild: Amidst A Sea Of Darkness[Star]	CE Worst Case Scenario: 10 days, and CE hasn't arrived Shortly after the pre-order came out, I went out and picked it up and put down the full purchase price for the CE. Now that there are issues with CE's punctual delivery, will the Factions character that I have created be deleted, if worst case scenario, 10 days has passed and my CE that I have paided for has not arrived. While I can understand, and accept, if a character were to become inaccessible until the Factions key has been entered, for my character to be deleted to no fault of my own, is a bit harsh. If there are continuing issues with arrival times of the CE, will ANet extend the grace period?

May 02, 2006, 07:31 AM // 07:31	#11
Gnuz Tokomi Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: House Jurai [HJ]	Preorder expired - already???? Seems your worst case, isn't the worst case.. I preordered CE in .au - have been playing on the preorder key.. EB advises stock expected this Friday (5th). Local time is 5:30pm, Tuesday, May 2nd .. and I just finished a mission to be greeted with a code 165 'do not have access' *edit - seems I'm not alone :S

May 02, 2006, 08:01 AM // 08:01	#15
Gnuz Tokomi Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: House Jurai [HJ]	So... .... if someone adds a preorder key now - they'll be able to play for three days How this corrects Anet's inability to supply on order in a timely manner eludes me. Net effect - no access to factions until the (late) stock arrives, starting this evening local time. Compensation? Nil. Unhappy customer? You bet.

May 02, 2006, 12:08 AM // 00:08	#2
Alias_X Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2005	They definetly should. It seems very unfair that this can happen.

May 02, 2006, 12:40 AM // 00:40	#5
h4mx0r Academy Page Join Date: Apr 2006 Guild: Asian Fanatics [AF] Profession: A/Mo	hmm, this does complicate things even more... for me that is... IF mines does not ship in for some bizzare retarded reason, and I have to wait till June... is it worth the wait? O_o

May 02, 2006, 02:36 AM // 02:36	#7
radial Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Dec 2005 Guild: Kitsune's Cunning Profession: E/Mo	i pre ordered mine from EB Games. As of today May 1 2006 they still have not recieved ANY shipment of factions in. Told me to just keep checking. I would be really mad to be unable to play the game because of shipment issues to the stores. I'm glad the 10 day limit is in, but I hope they will extend it if needed.

May 02, 2006, 07:18 AM // 07:18	#8
Forsythe Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In a pup tent near your house. Guild: [DOJL]	I was told the CE would show up at EB on Friday here in my Canadian city, but sadly for some reason, my pre-order key has expired and I can't play my Cantha characters. I think the math for the "10 days" started when I entered the key, not when the Head Start began.

May 02, 2006, 07:51 AM // 07:51	#14
Kamatsu Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia	Forsythe - They extended the period that ppl with pre-order key's could access the game. Originally it was meant to only last the 24 hours before the game went live. However they changed it so that pre-order key's gave access to the end of the 1st - a 3 day extended head start. The 10 day period comes to an end on 8th of May.

May 02, 2006, 08:23 AM // 08:23	#17
Hockster Banned Join Date: Jul 2005	As much as people want to blame Anet for not having enough CE versions, how much of the blame should go the the stores? They're the ones selling preorder CE's without a clue of how many they would actually get.

May 02, 2006, 08:32 AM // 08:32	#18
Gnuz Tokomi Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: House Jurai [HJ]	Anet's undersupply isn't the issue. Their disabling our preorder keys before the game is available at all is. By that logic, in Australia, no preorder packs should have been sold. Why were those shipped?

May 02, 2006, 08:42 AM // 08:42	#19
Forsythe Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In a pup tent near your house. Guild: [DOJL]	The preorder pack is not exclusive to the normal or CE version of Factions. However, look here for explanation.

May 02, 2006, 11:07 AM // 11:07	#20
mega_jamie Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: UK Guild: Warlords of Ruin Profession: A/Mo	The headstart was exteneded by 3 days of play... The "grace Period" for making new characters si what was extended to 10 days as far as I understand it, so you shouldn't be able to play with your characters, but you can make them....:S