Special Edition?? come on, just give us what was promised for the original game!!
Here's a radical concept for you Funcom: Just give us what you promised when I opened up the first game box I purchased!!!
I'm still mega-P.O.'ed about the lack of organizational abilities for clan guilds. Now you tell me I need to buy a booster pack to get what the original manuals and all the website info hyping the game promised?? What are you thinking?? And you have no plans to give existing subscribers the free month that every new player gets?? Wow, no wonder a lot the EC folks think none to highly of Yanks!!! Personally, I enjoy the worldliness of the servers, and will miss many of the folks if there are EXclusive servers to ostracize outsiders. That is a little incongruous for a MMRPG promoting a high degree of social interaction. Of course, it is also easier than building in some of the good translational software available now into the game, and Funcom has shown a tendency towards the easy way out of things.
Everyone and Company has a right to make money, and at the end of the day the consumer ultimately decides whether or not to buy. This is a superficial out though, as there is also (dare we say it??) responsibility to the consumers who have already bought the product and an account and great deal of sincere consideration to these often loyal folks should be given!!! Let's be fair. I can understand why a company would not want to provide a large number of existing accounts to suddenly get a month free, any business savvy person can realize the potential disaster to monthly cash flow. But aren't you guys supposed to be creative geniuses?? Just spread it out, stagger the free months over a year's time by some scheme (Alphabet breakdown, subscription origination month, etc.), but don't bank on any expansion's success by unfairly taxing your current customers!!!
BTW, I'll probably buy it just to have all the stuff handy in one place, and a cool map. Too bad it won't have all the features promised in the manual. :-(
Keep trying guys, you'll get it right yet!!