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I preordered the game from Direct2Drive yesterday.
when I will be able to play ?
when I will be able to play ?
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8/31/09 Champion's Online Download Please click the download buttonto retrieve your key.
8/31/09 Champion's Online Pre-Order Bonus and Beta Access Download Please click the downloadbutton
to retrieve your key.
I guess the first on is the real game and the 2nd is the beta?
In the 2nd one i got a download button that also works and im downloading it right now, but the first one i only got a red "pre order" button and i cant download it? Can anyone help me out?
As the Special offers of extra items was tied to the Early access it was supposed to be included with the entering of the KEy in the box... updating your account when the full version was installed and activated.
So buying in advance gave you a beta like key for the days after open Beta to 1 Sep 09....
To have all the items credited to the account it takes the Key from the box or D/L full version.
Which goes o n the NA shelves on 1 Sep 09.. EU as adverted...
Some NA partners like Best Buy had early bonuses that were included right away.. other you could order early and get nothing...up front..just know you had a copy waiting under the counter if the shelves were empty [allegedly]
still others ran out of early access keys and pre-orders.. or told clients that well thats the date its supposed to be here..come back later..
I have sent a message to the D2D crew but never know how long they will take to replay back,
Just wondering if anyone of you got experience with D2D and how it works?
Yeah but the problem is that I don't have a "download now" button after the game. I can only download the open beta. The full game only got a "pre ordered" button and not a download button.
The faq in D2D says I should be able to download the full game but it will be locked untill the game is released.
I pre-ordered on the the day it was available like so many other fools lol
Hope it's up soon. I'm having the worst of luck getting this game so far.
1st I pre-order from play.com , but i look on the site last night and it's not even been dispatched yet, so i cancelled it. Went into town today and nobody stocks it. Now I have the game from D2D but don't have a flippin retail key! Argh the frustration!
was the first and the very last time i ever buy something from direct2drive.
try getting in contact with anyone from d2d they will just send you to the pathetic support question & answer page with no direct contact.
DONT buy from Direct2drive.
if that wasnt enough i have to pay more taxes just because im from EU.
same. :mad:
We at cryptic are aware of teh situation and deeply regret any dissatisfaction that our vendors may have caused. Altho it is out of our control as to the practises of direct2drive or any of our vendors, we sympathise with your complaint and will be contacting d2d with regards to this issue.
=D
damn you cryptic! i have to wait a few hours more than i thought so now im not even going to buy it! ! its all your fault!!
"server down" and "No shards found: You have a ticket with 1 permission pairs, but no shards..."
what is the problem ?????
you dont have your retail key yet. wait a bit till you get an email.
Did you pay in $ or £? First time I was thinking of ordering from D2D I didnt see that you could chose english version of the site, not the american as the defult is. In the american version I had to pay $12 tax, but in the english version there was no tax
And I payed for 6month and was able to play all night yeasterday and all morning untill the server went down about 1hr ago.
anyone know what timezone d2d uses?
I preordered the game from Direct2Drive saturday. how many time for receiver a mail ?
I have a e-mail "To play the beta, you will need the following unique key..."
I will receive another e-mail with another key ?
Another question: there are a timer on direct2driver web site.
theoretically they should send you an email with your retail key once the game goes live...
That's how I interpreted it, but kinda sucks the moment that keys will start to get sent out is the time I have to leave for a 3 hour class followed by a 6 hour. -.-
This game has been hyped up to be the big WoW killer and thousands of people have been itching to get involved. Those of us who werent lucky enough to get into the beta, have been on the edge of our seats. and due to not being made clear that d2d didnt offer early start until AFTER they started selling it, and now to be made to wait even though the game is live, is just irritating
can some dev from crytic solved this problem asap ... or you will lose a lot ... .and i mean a LOT of players !!!
indeed it is annoying, about the wow killer thing im not sure about, im very hard to impress for CO, i played City of Heroes for years and judging by the movies and the screenshots CO has taken alot of elements from coh (names, characters, builds, superpowers, travel powers etc.) im expecting to know alot about this game when i log in for the first time.
I have the same Problem
But rly guys, timer is huge and on the main page, hard no to notice :P
You've got to be kidding, right?
The game HAS not gone live. Early Access has, but the game does not go live till like 10am PDT.
Thats when D2D will release your key.
This has nothing to do with cryptic.
Take a step back and think about it.
Dude, this is the tastiest morsel of troll bait on any MMO forum. You drop those words about any game that isn't WoW and you'll have pages of twits jumping in to tell you JUST HOW WRONG YOU ARE.
That said, I bought the 6 month sub so I can play with my beta key but ... yeah, this whole d2d thing is a mess. I will never buy from these people again. 8:30AM here and no key.
I think you will be suprised then, I did COX off and on since Beta and other than being super hero based its quite different mechanics similarity of power names aside (which is sort of like going I will know all about this game since my last fantasy game had swords and armour as well...).
I have taken a step back and thought about it, you should read all posts before making snide remarks.
The timer on the advert on d2d is all well and good but for those of us who ordered weeks in advance from d2d its as much use as boobs on fish. And my remark about early start is valid. Nowhere on the d2d site when i ordered did it say NO ACCESS TO EARLY START. but that isnt my gripe. My problem is that the official GO LIVE time was not made clear enough, and if 18:00 is the official start time for all players then it should have been made clear so that people such as myself who have been desperately looking forward to getting online didnt have to sit here wondering what is going on.
As for my WoW killer statement, i think CO combined with Aion which is released in about 3 weeks, Pretty soon you will see lfg channel on most realms being much less populated. CoX is dead by most standards as nowadays 99% of the playerbase is idiots whi just like seeing the level up animation when they power level in AE Farms.
Thats the reason i stopped playing
I know that me making WoW killer remarks is asking to get flamed by the trolls. But to be honest i couldnt care less wha the trollers think as most people ignore them anyway. Lets face it people who spend all day on the forums flaming other players know absolutely nothing compared to people who actually play the games.
A large part of the wow player base is miffed that blizz has once again overlooked the HUGE list of bugs that are being complained about constantly, in order to raise tthe level cap once again, thus making all of the work people put into maxing out their alts, a waste of time. Now i know that the Shiny Shiny brigade will love the new expansion when it comes out, because its new. But i too love new content, just not really sure what the point of another level cap raise would be.
ANyway back to my original train of thought. CO is, as i am well aware, an updated replacement for CoX, argue for or against that point if you will but lets face it thats how most people see it. A lot of CoX players defected to wow purely because NCSoft really lost their way with regard to keeping players happy. they just made CoX easier and easier, and made it even easier and easier to power level and farm, that even the most die hard fans lost interest. Those players will no doubt come flooding back to the super hero genre now there is a new flavour on teh shelves. And with Aion coming out soon, which has far better Gfx and gameplay then WoW we could be finally looking at the demise of the over advertised, over glorified fan boy magnet that is WoW.
funny i was thinking the same thing whilee i pulled my hair out of anger. But i will learn from my mistake and never buy from d2d again.