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Heya Lae!

its seems you've never played a Perfect World Entertainment game before so allow me to give you some finer points and why your thinking is wrong... First off, there is no content blocking, or pay for content, ever... All area's and races, and class's are accessible. Next up, no gear in the shop, ever, just fashion or costumes. Now then, they *may* have items that you can buy to make say gems more powerful to socket into your gear, I think they called them fusion agents in Forsaken World, you can earn them in game as well, it just takes a little grinding to get it done. Granted that's if they follow the same philosophy as they have with all of their other games, and from what I've seen of beta footage and players talking about it thus far, it sounds like it has a lot of the same things as their other games. Also usually faster mounts and pets are in the shop as well, however, again, they usually have a method for you to get them in the game itself. Again, it'll take you longer but its completely doable.

Now then to straighten a few things out, yes if you buy one of their packs you are guaranteed to enter *one* of their beta weekends.. That's it... And early access, you're really complaining about people paying for a head start when the game release's? That's been going on now for a while, matter of fact with Guild Wars 2 if you pre-purchased the game you got I think it was a 3 day head start. To read about how the store and their philosophy about it is, check this article out http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/634/feature/7129/Neverwinter-Get-Everything-You-Want-By-Playing.html

here's a snip

type of currency used in-game to purchase gear and to bid in the auction house, Astral Diamonds 'are what we've dubbed a "time currency" (similar to Dilithium in Star Trek Online or Questionite in Champions Online). Typically, a player can earn Astral Diamonds by doing certain types of quests and missions. And, usually, this content is time limited so a player can only repeat this type of gameplay so often. In our Starter Packs, we provide players a treasure chest full of Astral Diamonds so their own epic tales can begin at a sprint.

But... Wait!?! Isn''t that pay-to-win! I need to buy one of these "Starter Packs" to get the gear I want?

No, no. Not at all -- that's the beauty of this system.

In-game, a player can earn Astral Diamonds from completing content (usually somewhat harder than normal quests, but not necessarily "1337"). No one 'needs to purchase Astral Diamonds... Ever. Play as as you' like and get everything desirable that way.
nd please note that last sentence -- you can get everything you want by playing. Everything. This includes mounts, costumes, etc. Why? How? Because you can put your Astral Diamonds up on an auction house and sell them for micro-transactable points. Then you can purchase anything you'd like in our micro-transaction store. Committed players never need spend a dime in Neverwinter. Anyone can bankroll a hero just by playing.

Think that covers everything you've mentioned so far, if you have any other thoughts or questions feel free to post them