When can we online Pre Order?

[Narginia]

This may be answered way down deep in the discussion if online or retail is better...Its getting close to one month till the game is released, and I was wondering if anyone has heard when we can pre order the game for online down load from SOE??

[cr0wangel]

Same question, I saw no adds or nothing yet, I usually download the expansions online.

[Thunderthyze]

Can already pre order on Amazon...may be quicker in the end.....avoid the launch day bottlenecks.

[Catria]

<cite>Holymoly@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote>Can already pre order on Amazon...may be quicker in the end.....avoid the launch day bottlenecks.</blockquote>I think that's for the box version.  The OP was wanting to know if there was someplace a digital download could be preordered yet.

[Macross_JR]

I was also wondering when the pre-order d/d of the expansion was going to be available.  It is getting dangerously close to try and put out a d/d pre-order package.

[Catria]

<cite>Guham@Permafrost wrote:</cite><blockquote>I was also wondering when the pre-order d/d of the expansion was going to be available.  It is getting dangerously close to try and put out a d/d pre-order package.</blockquote>ROFLMAO!  Ummm, far as we can tell they haven't even started beta testing in earnest yet. 

[Narginia]

<cite>Lyssia@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Holymoly@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote>Can already pre order on Amazon...may be quicker in the end.....avoid the launch day bottlenecks.</blockquote>I think that's for the box version.  The OP was wanting to know if there was someplace a digital download could be preordered yet.</blockquote>Yup, I wanna know when SOE will make it available to pre order for digital download.I am too impatient to wait for them to ship it to my house or the store...

[Thunderthyze]

<cite>Lyssia@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>ROFLMAO!  Ummm, far as we can tell they haven't even started beta testing in earnest yet.  </blockquote><p>Actually....they are.</p><p>The other point is that the dd may well end up being slower than the retail box due to launch day bottlenecks when EVERYONE is trying to download. The retail patch SHOULD be significantly smaller and therefore faster.</p>

[Iseabeil]

<cite>Holymoly@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Lyssia@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>ROFLMAO!  Ummm, far as we can tell they haven't even started beta testing in earnest yet.  </blockquote><p>Actually....they are.</p><p>The other point is that the dd may well end up being slower than the retail box due to launch day bottlenecks when EVERYONE is trying to download. The retail patch SHOULD be significantly smaller and therefore faster.</p></blockquote><p>Only if you are able to get the boxed in time for launch. My only choise for a reatil box would be to order from the other side of my country and pray that they get them from SoE in time and then send to me in time. Somehow I expect that to not be the case <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p><p>But yeah, if you are able to have a copy in your hand by launchday, it shouldnt be too much to patch, on the other hand it shouldnt be too much if you have had it download in advance either. No matter that, there <i>will</i> be bottlenecks when you get ingame and everyone and their grand niece are gonna squeeze into the same zones. <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/e8a506dc4ad763aca51bec4ca7dc8560.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Syndic]

<cite>Holymoly@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Lyssia@The Bazaar wrote:</cite><blockquote>ROFLMAO!  Ummm, far as we can tell they haven't even started beta testing in earnest yet.  </blockquote><p>Actually....they are.</p><p>The other point is that the dd may well end up being slower than the retail box due to launch day bottlenecks when EVERYONE is trying to download. The retail patch SHOULD be significantly smaller and therefore faster.</p></blockquote>If they follow the same as they have in the past you'll actually start downloading the expansion in the last week before launch (or there abouts), which will mean on launch day you actually have less to patch than the retail box (at the worst it would be the same).Well they have done it in the past I see no reason they couldn't do it again.

[narcoleptic_l]

I tend to remember them doing this as well... a background download over a few days to get the brunt of the package to the clients.

[Lightstrider]

<p>Yes, I cannot imagine they would not continue to do these background downloads, as they so greatly reduce the patch time.  If I recall correctly, a new option showed up on the patcher that allowed you to select whether or not you wanted to download those files, and this happened 1-2 weeks prior to launch.  I remember everyone speculating as the background downloads occurred--they would open up the game folder on their hard drives and examine the music files, especially, and debate what they signified.  Fun stuff.</p><p>I am anxious to pre-order the download as well.  The 13th is a Tuesday, I note.  As I work during the day, I will launch the patcher when I get up in the morning before I go to work.  When I get home, I will close the patcher and then relaunch it to see if there were any panic patches during the day, and then I should be ready to zone in a Sarnak.  Worked like a charm on EOF.</p>