Thrawn2787 takes one

rawr

Contact sales@stardock.com -- see what they have to say?

That could certainly make things very interesting... I myself encountered an issue like that with my local telecom(thought they'd already charged me, but they hadn't, had to get a new CC#, ended up getting billed 2 months at the same time by the time I got everything straightened out).

While I appreciate the concept of this attempt at customer friendliness, when I pre-order something I want the money to be GONE so that I can't accidentally spend it on something else. This is the entire reason I pre-order, not to ensure I have a copy(because I know I can get one eventually, somehow, even if I have to wait a week or so), but to ensure that I have it paid for and no longer have to factor it in to any kind of thought processes in the future.

I'm also going to agree with the gentleman that said its much, much better to be blizzard than valve in the release date situation. A "Its done when its done" approach with a guesstimate(and make sure its VERY CLEAR that its a guesstimate) as to the month that its going to be released is far preferable to the "Its coming out xx/xx/xx" and then going "Well, we know we SAID it was coming out xx/xx/xx, but now its not, we'll let you know when we feel like having you play the "are we lying to you again" game in a little while."

Good news about the additional beta testing, very, very poor way/time to announce it .

Isn't having a public beta for preorders essentially the same as receiving it when it comes out? I mean really beta not beta... at least I get the game! And have my voice heard. Kudos to stardock!

Just PreOrdered it and am looking forward to the Beta...

So I was lookin on impulse to preorder entrenchment, and it says that the release date is January 1, 2009. Dont know if thats definate, but aint anywhere near as close as I was hoping.

That date isn't definite. The beta for Entrenchment will start sometime soon and the release will depend on the beta's progress, but it isn't likely before January anyway for the full release.

I am so looking forward to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re....le....as...e...da....te.......pl...ea...se?

After the massive (and unreasonable) shitstorm that hit them over a one day delay of the patch, I don't think they're going to give a release date.

You guys are great!  Do it right the first time then let us help you make it better!

I have no clue why people complain about impulse/stardock.... if it gives me this close and personal a relationship with the developer then like any friend, I don't mind the possibility that I would lose update ability in the future should something happen...friends don't do that to each other...  there is no reason a patch could not be made available if something like that happened....  

Anyways THANKS for the great game and superb support!

I had pre-ordered the entrenchment but how do i beta test it!? Serious! Its public...and i pre-ordered.. i wanna try

We'll all get to try it once the beta is actually released

Dude, I concur.

I have preordered the game.  When is the beta test and where will I be able to download the Entrenchent update?