If the Beta was pdf like OW, then the person just chooses to pay some of the cost up front to get an early look. Like where you preorder the hardcover and get a free pdf. If anything OW was easier on the consumer, because if I thought the system was fucked, I just don't buy the hardcover and I'm only out the beta price. With the traditional Pre-Order hardcover and get pdf for free, I can't just cancel the order if the pdf sucks (well not always, depends on seller).
Hmm, that is a very interesting choice - no Force Users right away. Ballsy to be sure. I'm guessing they must be setting the game around Episode 4 time? If they focus the game on Smugglers/Bounty Hunters, the "Han Solo" campaign, I think people will eat that shit up. There's a decent section of the SW playerbase that is sick of Jedi. A Twilek exotic dancer can't swing her head penises without hitting a few hundred of them.