FYI for you guys, support got back to me, and they've refused to help. They said they're, "unable to give flight invites", and just told me to make sure I'm signed up to flights. So it's nuke. 343 mislead, actually, out-right lied again and are now just doing nothing about it. Top notch
After having seen you on the Reddit thread (you're actually the guy who responded to my initial post, heh), I'm quite let down to read this. I don't understand why the information given out beforehand wasn't correct; if there was even a slim chance of missing out, it seems terribly dishonest to claim that - as I've seen said in multiple places - you "will" have an invitation.
Thanks for the information, though. I at least know not to bother getting my hopes up.
Again bud, "AAA" studios/publishers. They'll say/do/show anything without a thought and damn the consequences. In the case of MS specifically, FH3 had a post-launch issue of false-positive bans. I was one person hit by that. Though if you brought it up in the forums, your thread was locked by a moderator with a cookie cutter response. Once it got to hundreds, they started swearing at and threatening users before banning them from the forums too (also occured to me. Was called a f***er and banned because I had made a second thread two days after the first was locked). Once it hit thousands, it took over Reddit and PCGamer and KitGuru made articles. THEN MAGIC! All of a sudden, there was an issue! And support could help after they said they couldn't!
That's the "AAA" industry. Minimum effort, minimum care, maximum profit. Until the plate gets too hot.