Well we are still missing an answer on that front concerning GOG. Why I wonder? It's CDPR's platform... they should know whether or not they will preload the game more than 3 days in advance. Tbh it all seems a bit silly and rushed to me. No communication when exactly the patch will release, the log is basically delivered on the way out into a long weekend for Poland, no official statements concerning preload even on gog yet somehow all the reviewers ended up with a copy of the DLC and the Patch... I'm really not trying to be a pissy little ant about this stuff but it's getting pretty hard.
What is so damn hard about saying: the patch will release then and then that's that? It's not like they have been only working at it for 2 days or that it fixed issues like the EXP issue back in the day and the whole community was up in arms, it's a massive patch that even adds bits and pieces needed for the DLC. Why can no one make a statement as to the preload on GOG? It's their platform, they have had the game and expansion on sale from basically day one and ever since yet they can not say: No sorry, GOG will also not have a preload option or, unlike Steam GOG is fucking great so it will let you preload. Honestly I could care less about 90% of the stuff in the FAQ, I could care less about the reviews, the leaks, the screenshots, the trailers. I personally would prefer to have a proper gameplan like at least 1 week beforehand. Like: Monday 23.05.2016 release of the Patch log for Patch 1.20, Thursday 26.05.2016 release of the Patch 1.20 problem reports open until Friday 27.05. 2pm and beginning again from Monday 30.05.2016 9am. GOG preload available from Monday 30.05.2016 at 10am. Blood and Wine release and launch Tuesday 31.05.2016 1am (all times CET).
Instead we get: We'll try and maybe aim to maybe release the log on Friday, we don't know when the Patch will release but definitely before Blood and Wine (duh), there is no preload option on Steam and we won't tell you whether there is one for GOG even though it's our own platform and most sales of Witcher 3 digitally on PC are for GOG. To quote someone famous:
PS: I'm really not trying to be pissy... but this annoys me to no end.
PPS: This is in no way any criticism aimed at the mods who are not responsible in any way for me being a pissy little ant.