What I think IMC should have offered in the first place :
Bonus/price of option B
3 months duration
Option A’s starting dates (could be a bit more)
Keep selling founder pack until a week or so before OBT
Add a free (or small fee) one time transfert (char, TP, items) for non NA players to be able to move to regional server if wanted (can be time-restricted), also works in case of West Coast server
I think you missed the whole point of the previous problem. The main problem was the 3 month duration. No one wants that…
The issue is not only the money, they need time, preparation to cater the bigger playerbase. You can consider they had made the bonus like that because they specifically want people to choose B for the reason it would be beneficial for all.
The main problem wasn’t exactly the 3 months duration per say, but the fact you had to wait months if you weren’t able to afford $50.
Let’s say the founder access last for 3 months, but for $10 you will be able to play one week after it started. Do you really think it would have been such a mess ?
And why different starting dates ? Simply to avoid cluster in low-lvl map, and add a small priviledge for those willing to pay more.
The problem was the 3 month, read the topic…please, just no more bullshit 
Long story short: 3 month -> split the community and so on.
did u see the vote result? only 11% agreed on the 3 months advance i hope u guys realize it will be a ghost town doing dungeons and boss party will be very hard bcoz of the low population
For less than $10 you get more than $10 worth of TP and you can start only a week after the others, or anytime after (Keep selling founder pack).
If you aren’t willing to spend $10 in this game at all, not sure what community is that.
@Bhigzy Option C still has the month-scaled start dates, which I’m against.
What the hell are you talking about? How is the prices came up as topic when we spoke about that: “The real problem was the 3 month.”
Man, at least respect others that much, that you read their posts.
I’ll support a server transfer when the game is more stable. 
I don’t know if you noticed, but I used option A’s starting dates which means:
Day 1 - $50
Day 4 - $30
Day 7 - $10
As 160TP>$10 you basically get your money back + bonus as TP. Now, if you’re that concerned with headstart and plan to play the game for a while, but aren’t willing to spend at least $10, it’s another story. But don’t forget that IMC doesn’t have a publisher for this version.
For those who didn’t try the game yet and could be reluctant, IMC could have organised a third CBT during the second month or some week ends open for full stress test and create continuous hype.
I completely agree that 3 month is too long when the only way to start is $50, less when you have different options. As much as I want to see the game release, I think IMC could have use those 3 months to gather ressources and prepare for OBT with a better service.
@Harmy Fair point, but as EU player, I will be a bit reluctant to spend money in the NA cashshop until we got more info about regional servers and transfert…
I agree with all of this but i think it’s okay to start founders this way:
Day 1 - $50
Day 4 - $30
Day 7 - $10
But OBT still starts in one month. Just to avoid amount of lags in first villages.
That’s option A+B =)
I say B is the best because people can all start at the same time and break the server so it can get fixed sooner rather than later. Also, it allows anyone willing to pay 10$ to start with everyone. EA doesn’t need to be some kind of private country club imo.