"Are we to expect some sort of compensation for not being able to play the game for 2 months in the way advertised or are we just shit out of luck?"

Are you suggesting that larian has the resources of microsoft, or what are you expecting?

Also: I had the same problems with my preordered MCC, but because I DIDN'T PLAY ONLINE (couldn't get connected, so just played offline) during that problematic time, I didn't get ODST. You had to be signed in online to get the game. I'm piiiiiiissed about that still. Thanks a lot MS.

So MS handling MCC is not really the best example.