Would the cash from pre-ordering early help the development?

[travisarcher]

What I mean is, if people started pre-ordering the game now, would that be a help to the developers? I can't imagine the amount of time and energy you have put into developing AoD already, and feel like you should give the people interested in the game a way to show their support. To me, even if I end up not liking AoD, you still deserve to be compensated for all the fine work you have done. Anyway, thanks for taking on a project like this. As a software tester, I can appreciate how much each level of complexity multiplies the potential for defects, so I can understand why games have been shifting from well designed to pretty and soulless. Thanks for trying to make a game with a soul.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Thanks. I'm not accepting pre-orders at this point as I dislike selling empty promises, but we all appreciate your moral support. Really.

 

[Jedi_Learner]

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[travisarcher]

Hell yeah, I would buy some swag that advertised the game. Maybe as a hook to get people to buy what may end up being vaporware, the first X people to preorder get a hardcopy manual or something.