a very big and interesting patch indeed.

who says you're the only one from val checking this forum Leo
erni3 is somewhere around here as well

i'm waiting for a more concrete date of their release.
another thing is that, this is actually the first game i've encountered which allows you to buy this game even before open beta.

any other games which does this in testing as well?

Somehow i don't find it an issue whether a person pre-purchases it now or later. I don't know for others but i for one is basically waiting for a confirmed release date.

Yeah, by pre-purchasing you help the developers 'develop & maintain' the game right now but shouldn't they have thought about this even before development of the game? Why get into this financial problem when it is foreseeable? Bad management or just plain complacency?

It's just a bit fishy to me and would rather wait and see how things progresses on
Whether or not gamers buy the game now or later shouldn't be judged solely. My 2 Cents