It makes me really happy to see this, IMC. I personally thought the 3-month option was fine, and provided players with tons of opportunity to get into the game early regardless of schedule. However, I can understand why it might be TOO MUCH time & would let dedicated players essentially blast so far ahead that they have no one to interact with.
However, 1 week is far too short for YOU guys. You need the time/ability to look at whatās working and what broke, to adjust for the load and prepare for the true full release. 1 week is not enough, it isnāt fair to your team.
I feel very confidently that the 1-month option (Option 2) is a very fair compromise for both the players and for IMC. The pricepoint does not affect how soon players can access content, and this also means you will be likely to see the true server load much much sooner. I am also MORE than prepared to spend $50 to not only support a game I have had immense amounts of fun with already, but to also get a Hoglan āfree of chargeā and not have to worry about spending in-game currency on it.
I hope many other players will also see the genuine effort you all are putting into this community, and will vote for either Option 2 or 3, but not Option 1. 1 month or more is plenty of time to acquaint ourselves without also putting unreasonable deadlines to your QA team.
(Also, please start the OBT after end of March, because I am on vacation until April 4th and want to play this from Day 1 if possible!)