Will NCSoft's servers overload as everyone tries to buy GW:EN from the ingame store?

I predict chaos!

Of course I pre-ordered from Gameplay UK. Same as me. Should be here tomorrow, since they usually send things out early. My order has actually just changed to "being picked"

I've been wondering about this for a while now, hoping that ANet would make GW:EN available to buy a day or so before the 31st to avoid this, but now it seems that won't be the case.

Will the NCSoft servers overload when thousands of people try to buy GW:EN online @ 12:01?

The reason I fear they will is because when the pre-order pack came out, I, like many more, tried to buy it the moment it became available. I was online when the update came which added the pre-order pack so thought "ooo might as well get that while I'm here". I entered the store, put all my details in to buy it and click the button to send the transaction... only for it to time out a couple of minutes later with a message saying something like "unable to complete transaction". So I decided to leave it until the next morning when the server load would be a bit less. When I got up next day I had received a mail saying my transaction completed, so I logged on to check and I had actually bought the pack, despite the store appearing to time out and the transaction appearing to fail.

Now, that was just for the pre-order pack.

So what is going to happen when MANY more people try to buy GW:EN? I really fear the servers will overload and we'll all be sitting around trying to get the store to work, or worst still, end up getting multiple charges because we had transactions we thought timed out on us but which actually went through.

What do you think guys?
What you described is a common issue with the store, had you tried to purchase again you would have paid for and recieved 2 keys...beware when buying game that you do not try to buy it again and get charged 2 times or more for the same game. (this is also the reason for the change in EULA that says credit card "charge backs" will get you banned. If you cllick 10 times and every time it says transaction failed, then you find out you just bought the $40 campaign for $400 you are screwed. Because a-net will not refund and if you charge back they close your whole account...pretty shitty if you ask me)

What you described is a common issue with the store, had you tried to purchase again you would have paid for and recieved 2 keys...beware when buying game that you do not try to buy it again and get charged 2 times or more for the same game. (this is also the reason for the change in EULA that says credit card "charge backs" will get you banned. If you cllick 10 times and every time it says transaction failed, then you find out you just bought the $40 campaign for $400 you are screwed. Because a-net will not refund and if you charge back they close your whole account...pretty shitty if you ask me) Yeah, thats the exact thing I fear will happen. I just hope I'm wrong.

What you described is a common issue with the store, had you tried to purchase again you would have paid for and recieved 2 keys...beware when buying game that you do not try to buy it again and get charged 2 times or more for the same game. (this is also the reason for the change in EULA that says credit card "charge backs" will get you banned. If you cllick 10 times and every time it says transaction failed, then you find out you just bought the $40 campaign for $400 you are screwed. Because a-net will not refund and if you charge back they close your whole account...pretty shitty if you ask me) OK, can this actually happen?

As far as I know, you can't buy the same Game from the online store more than once, can you? I mean, once you buy Nightfall, it says "Already purchased."

And even if you get 10 "account pending" charges to your credit card, one should go through, the rest should drop off.

Does anyone have a concrete example of their account actually being withdrawn multiple times for the same product?