When it comes to region blocks and no SWTOR on initial release to certain areas of the globe, there have been many, many questions. Allison Berryman, Senior Community Coordinator for SWTOR attempted to clear up some of the questions on the official SWTOR forums.
In a post from earlier, Berryman explains:
“Hello everyone. We know that you have questions about this topic, and we hope to have more clarification for you all very soon. For those who may not have seen Stephen Reid’s tweets from this weekend regarding some of these subjects, I’d like to share that information here.
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Regarding whether the game will block players from some regions by IP address: currently, there is no early access that is part of that pre-order.
We are continuing to investigate payment methods (specifically regarding credit cards billing addresses), and should have a definitive answer on the topic very soon.
I know you’ve probably seen this link a ton already, but please make sure to consult the pre-order FAQ if you have any questions related to pre-order (aside from these that we’re investigating). We really appreciate your patience as we get more information for you.”
But that’s not all well and good for some folks. Some people are looking for demanding answers that official statement on it at that time?
Some fans want an apology for the pre-orders being pushed to their region only to try to sign up and find out it was not available to them. Was there no way to filter the marketing so that it went only to people in regions that would have the game available to them at the time?
Some fans don’t feel the actions of BioWare on this BioWare have handled this whole issue better?
