Like Mythic did with Warhammer, NCSoft is to a large extent limiting access to an early preview of the game to those who have already committed to buying it. To those like myself who are mildly interested and might decide to purchase the game if given such access, these sorts of marketing schemes are frustrating. I'd like to find out if Aion is the next MMO for me, but I won't pay for that privilege even if I can just as easily cancel a pre-order and get my money back.