he pending launch is for the Prelude, which is intended to last at least 6-9 months as originally planned.
recent update made me realise I don't really get the prelude even though I have read a fair bit of info on the game. For a start I only thought prelude would be a week or two, which would have meant alot of promised content would come soon

So can I get a summary of all the ways prelude differs from beta and/or proper release? since even after release content will still be slowly added.

I gather its like release in terms of the world becomes persistant, no more wipes.

is prelude pay to play? will it start using our subscription time?