Originally Posted by Raze

then that is one less reason to back games on kickstarter and just wait for a pre-order.
They can't pre-order if the game is not kickstarted tho' that should be reason enough

Originally Posted by Raze
If Larian offers the game with alpha access for less than $75, there will most likely be people who complain
And if they offer early access for $75 or more, there will definitely be people who complain with all justification.

You can't even start to compare people complaining for paying extra for a game that is not finished yet and the privilege of working as a Alpha/beta-tester, to people complaining that someone got a better deal that a pledge which the principal purpose of funding the game, and receiving something as secondary.

I don't even think that is as "likely" as we are presuming, mostly because it already happened with the original sin kickstarter

Divinity Anthology add-on: $20
GamersGate (66% off 5 days ago) $10.18 USD
Steam (66% off 3 months ago) $10.19 USD

Divine Divinity add-on:$5
GamersGate (66% off 5 days ago) $2.04 USD
Steam (66% off 3 months ago) $2.03 USD

And the next steam sale is starting soon (hell, probably tomorrow) and if they were %66 off 3 months ago, i can easily picture a %75 discount this time.
Where are the "likely" complainers? if they exist, are they any close in number to the ones in the steam thread?