I apologize if this was answered already but it's bugging me a lot.

I would like to know why those who pre-ordered the Digital Imperial Edition $79.99 can ALREADY use the Imperial Items such as the horse in BETA and why they even have their codes already for these items.

While the ones who purchased the Retail Imperial Edition $99.99 will not be able to receive the Imperial codes until launch day because they are in the box.

With this reasoning this means that those who pre-ordered Digital versions will have their Imperial Items BEFORE the 5 day early access and can use them during the 5 day early access

While those with the retail version have to wait till launch day to get their game and get the Imperial codes making it impossible to use any of our Imperial Items during the 5 day early access. Indirectly making the 5 day early access useless to those that want to play as Imperial Race.

Now I play in the BETA at the moment and I have already seen 2-3 Imperial Horses running around. I have confirmed that these people pre-ordered Digital copies of the game.