You're so cute. Like watching a little salamander taking its first steps out of the swamp.

Your Extensions do not define your personal abilities at all. If you have trouble navigating your character around obstacles in the game, an extra 200k EP won't help you.

Oh darnit, I can see you still don't understand. Don't worry about it. Why don't you run out and play while the adults talk. So cute...

Yeah I don't see a reason why devs shouldnt do this, it sure is appreciated by everyone ( except the one with a pre-order, who are very very very happy now because they are stronger then the rest ).

May as well just put in an option for everyone to buy 100k points for cash, or make it all even, no matter when you start your char you get the same amount of points as everyone else, oh, and may as well make it easier, and give away the phat lootz, heck, WoW gives everything away (and they have a ton of subscribers, they have to have it right), you can be max level in a week or two, just give max points to everyone, then it can be the scifi WoW..........

If people in would quit whining about how everyone else is better than them......then everyone can get down to trying to make themselves better without having to nerfbat the world.

Most of the people on the most dangerous list are from the same corp, not because of head start, but because that corp was one of the most active and succesful in pvp through out beta. They have a ton of game hours logged already, many have been playing for well over a year.  Its knowledge and experience with the game, not EP. 

They don't have a monopoly though.  There are a couple of alliances made up of many guilds that are at war.  No one is dominating.  And if someone does become too strong, the other guilds/corporations team up against them. 

Alliances are what keep things in check and make long term monoplies impossible.  Short term monopolies may be possible, but can't be maintained forever. 

Alliances are the key here. 

Join a pvp focused corp.  Don't try to pvp on your own, this game is not solo friendly. It doesn't matter how much EP you have.  Join a team and you'll be fine. 

You can pvp from day one and contribute enough to make a difference if your part of a team.

For a game centered on PVP, this was a silly pre-order bonus and they might aswell have thrown in sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their frickin heads.

If I'd have had the pre-order bonus, I would still understood this situation and would expect Avatar Creations to hopefully do something about it. Getting to keep your alias, an early start and the chance to put your stamp in the game before it went officially Live is always a big enough incentive to preorder the game, and the fact you liked it anyway to consider playing it outside of beta.....

So when does this stop exactly?  Do they need to keep upping the amount of EP you start with so that people who start 3,4,5, or 6 months later are not at a disadvantage?  People who discover the game 6 months from now shouldn't even bother because it will be impossible to compete?

There are a lot of people right now who did purchased the head start are now keeping an eye on these topics because of how the devs react too it, if they fold on under the whining and start handing out EP they stand to lose some people (myself included on this).  People who leave due to some perceived imbalance due to other people being ahead of them in EP in all likelihood are not going to be long term subscribers in my opinion.

Why close it? It's a genuine problem with many of this games players.

Please don't start down this path....

EA people got about a month of EP extra. So you suggest that we should, for the following month, get double EP to balance things out.

What about the people joining in a month from now? They're 2 months behind. Should they get 3 times the EP for the first month? Double the EP for 2 months?

What about people joining a year from now? They're a year and a month behind. Should they get 14 times the EP for the first month? Double the EP for a month and a year?

What about people joining 3 years from now? They're 3 years and a month behind. Should they get 38 times the EP for the first month? Double the EP for a month and 3 years?

Where does it end? Where do you draw the line?

You didn't know about EA, so it isn't fair that you didn't get the advantages that come with it. A decent argument. But someone starting a month from now may also not have known about the game. Someone starting 3 years from now and fresh into the MMO scene may also have not known about the game.

And no, I did not have early access. The line has been drawn on early access for the EP bonus. Don't start moving that line or it will never stop moving and completely ruin the current EP system.