The reason it was broken is because too many pirated copies were hitting the servers too early. Gamestop released the game early, then pirated copies were made and circulated. So before release, Stardock had production numbers hitting the servers that were set up for the beta. The production servers weren't scheduled to go online until the following week, but because of GameStop releasing early they had to push them out in rush fashion.
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The reason it was broken is because too many pirated copies were hitting the servers too early. Gamestop released the game early, then pirated copies were made and circulated. So before release, Stardock had production numbers hitting the servers that were set up for the beta. The production servers weren't scheduled to go online until the following week, but because of GameStop releasing early they had to push them out in rush fashion.