It will be a pre-order for me.

I pre-ordered back in mid-January

This. By the time the 11th rolls around, I'll know enough to decide whether to do a midnight release type thing, or wait for the price to go down and for mods to have been made.

Pre-order from 2-3 stores, and then I'll "camp" outside the local game shop also, to make sure I get it.

Pre-order no doubt.

I'm going to rob the armored truck transporting the game to gamestop.

It will be a pre-order Steam download for me.

Hopefully I will be able to install in advance and have the game unlock at midnight (or whatever time it will be), as Bethesda chose to do with New Vegas.

I imagine I'll be playing the game for a few hours while people are still waiting in line to buy the boxed version from gamestop.

Ive already pre-ordered my collectors edition at EB Games XD
So whenever that shows up I will

First Day

Pre-order, of course. Fingers crossed that that will get it to me a few days sooner than 11.11.11 :thumbsup:

voted 1st bug fix. but I actually am going to wait until goty edtition (there are like hundreds of goty given out, yahoo even has one of all things, so its safe to say that skyrim will go goty.) or if it doesn't I'll wait until all the dlc is wrapped up with the game in a discount eddition. I am tired of buying the vanilla and then buying the goty again.

Pre-order and pick it up on first day.

Apparently 80% of people around these forums are true fans of Elder Scrolls. :celebration:

Yeah I'm going to end up playing it no matter what reviews say(they won't be bad, pretty much impossible), and I definitely won't wait for any discounts, and I can't possibly pirate it 'cause I <3 Bethesda.
So pre-order it is.

All the people saying they won′t buy it if spell creation isn′t in kinda make me feel like buying extra copies for every single such threat, if I only had the money for that.

"I don′t get a feature that could possibly screw up any resemblance of challenge in the game so if Bethesda tries something new with spells and ends up having to scrap spell-making for the sake of not enforcing this feeling of 'I could be overpowered if I wanted' on those that want to strive to become stronger without getting power for free, then I am not going to buy the game!"

People really need to consider if the new magic system works in the same spreadsheet way it did in Morrowind and Oblivion where every spell was the same just a globe that could hit stuff or a touch spell or a self spell. I′d rather have the ability to have AoE spells and cool spell effects such as push-back than to just have the same boring un-imaginative spell globes with different stats and colors.

I will be buying it on the first day if there is a midnight sale BTW.

I'll preorder, but only after I hear about some sort of collector's edition.
I want it ALL.

I want to get it the first day It comes out, but I never have any money.

What you call "a feature that could possibly screw up any resemblance of challenge in the game" I call a multiple pathways to a solution.

As for addressing power imbalances, the funny thing is Bethesda has already used the solutions to that in previous games. They just did not offer some spells for enchantment in Oblivion and they could do the same. Or as a variant, they could prohibit elemental combinations as I recall there was some issue about fire and cold spells. Alternatively, in Morrowind they made the chance of certain spell combinations impossible or, again, they just weren't offered. It would be cool if I could target a mark spell and recall myself there or send some NPC to a place I marked in the middle of nowhere, but Bethesda didn't let me do that.

The real solution is readily available, I don't see a problem with using it again.

I'll probably wait for some patchs and some mods that make the game less casual, to enjoy fully the experience.

Pre-order and next day air.

Bought it last month.

I'll preorder it on steam.

Assuming it's a good game with acceptable DRM, I'll buy it once the $60 price tag wears off and a patch or two comes out. I don't preorder anymore. It's too risky, and I have a bit more patience nowadays. :biggrin:

I'll pre-order as soon as the Collector's Edition is announced and available.

I've already pre-ordered (pre-purchased in fact). Once a CE is announced, I'll upgrade my pre-order and pay whatever extra I need to.

I'll pick it up when it won't tempt me to blow off finals and term papers.