No xtra key for me yet lol , my mate ended uo buying it so it worked out for you guys haha,

Just an update.

If you're a lifetime member, you should have your key. If not, check your spam folder.

If you're a standard founder, you will receive a key that will work during early access and will go out once the ranked MP is ready.  The lifetime founders will also get an additional early access only key too to share.  The first key they received will work permanently.

Is there a rough estimate when the ranked MP should be implemented?

"Soon".  Or, "By October 20, 2015".  It's running late.

Haha, ok gotcha! Just checking that it is not something like March 2016 .^^

So. Its nearly 2 months late. Are you guys getting any closer?

I never have any key was cheking now but....

Friend will have to buy i guess.

Better have it done and good and then open the flood gates for the friends

Yeah, but the idea is that they would lose it when its released

We've sent out keys to all the lifetime founders.

The beta keys will go out when it goes into beta (currently slated for January) which all founders will get 1 to give to their friends. Those keys will only last until the end of the Beta.

Fair enouth,at least will give them an idea of the game.

And maybe they bring up good points.

When do Lifetime founders get their second key?

I guess this is happening when the Beta starts which is supposedly 28th of January.

i have about 20 clan members that are awaiting to get in the game, any more keys for founders ?

Premium Founders should get two keys in total. One was for just the Beta and the other a permanent one (I think). Founders who just got the game instead of all the expansions/DLC should get a extra key just for the Beta. (sorry if you knew that) Keen to get mine to play with my brothers. They will get the full version at some point as they like TA and supcom too, when just depends on price.

Devs, despite my attempts I could not entice any of my friends with this game. If I can determine that my extra key has not been used, would you be okay with me giving it to another founder So they can distribute it? I'm thinking it would be better to have another beta tester than to have the key go unused.

That is a shame. The game is fun to play, and should get more so, but as something to watch, with its slower pace, it is not so immediately evident for some I think. I.e. Once you get into it and play it then it is a lot more hectic and fun than it looks from just watching someone play. When you just watch it you also notice how plain the terrain maps are. I don't mean textures, I mean things which visually break the terrain up,  like bodies of water, rocks/boulders, interactable forests etc. When you play and are deep into it then it is not so obvious and less important (Though definitely wanted and still important!).

All that makes it a bit harder to pitch to people. With the faster Air coming in, visually more dynamic battles with the 2nd race mixed in and perhaps the slightly faster unit speed (not sure on that yet) it might help with the pitch effort.

Edit: Do you remember in TA you could suck up rocks and boulders for metal. No bad thing and a perhaps underutilized game mechanic. 

We're running into some challenges in getting keys.  I'm on my way out to visit VAlve to see if we can create temporary keys.

THe lifetime members were supposed to get 1 permanent key and 1 beta key and regular founders were supposed to get 1 beta key to give out.  But the beta key thing is what we're running into problems with.

I'll keep you up to date. I should be able to learn more this week.

Awww, too bad but thank you for the heads up. Good luck!

The core reason they are not interested is that their primary genres are FPS and MOBA games. It's nothing against Ashes, it's just not their genre.

Fair enough, I would have added it could be a genre thing but it had turned into talking about possible promotion problems with the game rather than your specific circumstances.  

Got an update this evening.

They can't do the temporary keys. This is definitely a bummer as we used to do this with Impulse with great effect.  I apologize for letting you guys down.

Well to my recollection you promised us one extra key and we got that, so in my mind we're square.

These things happen.  I already bought the game for one of my brothers so he's been enjoying it.

If you're in Seattle/Bellevue territory, I'm sure a few of us would love to meet up for drinks!

Well...darn I understand it is out of your control so no hard feelings but...darn,  I was really looking forward to getting it to play with brothers.