Seems just like yesterday when i was struggling to get the game to start, now Open Beta is over, it was definitely a fun, weird week, now it is time to get ready for the official launch, for some the 20th for others the 22nd, Pre Select will be the 18th, i wanted more time on beta wanted to try a cleric. Hope to see you all on live, and on Triniel!

Aye it was a good week, I had it off and indulged thoroughly...while trying to make sure I didn't wind up burning out on a game that hadn't even gone live yet.

This news item on the official site has details of Preselection.
http://na.aiononline.com/en/news/more-d ... ction.html

Starts 3 pm eastern US time friday, noon pacific...ends noon eastern sunday, 9 am pacific.

You can only preselect 2 characters? That took me by surprise. That gives you...22.5 hours to customize each one. (I was really hoping to make and name a few.)

Also, in case no one has noticed, in the preorder link on the official site, "more info" page, the bonus ingame items are now noted as no longer being available during headstart, but will be claimable (or however) starting with your region's official launch. See the striked-out line followed by the revision on this page:
https://secure.ncsoft.com/cgi-bin/Store ... tem_id=132

They had a similar issue at launch of Vanguard, preorder bonus items were only valid in the database as of the official launch. In Vanguard that was due to some miscommunication between the uneasy partners in that venture, Verant and SONY. Statement above seems to indicate a similar database issue. Point being, this sort of thing can and does happen in gaming, no matter how well people think things are planned out.

Still, the 20% experience locket would have been nice for those 2 days