Oh I feel your pain man,
Im in the same exact situation you are. I first found lock on via the demo and I was hooked.
it kicks ass, I immediately went to order it from newegg here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832208001 @ $27usd
not bad I thought, awesome... I got it in the mail, teared the shrink wrap and proceeded to install. everything seemed to go ok, then I tried to launch and as soon as the stupid starforce crap popped up and said "checking disk" my PC froze. It stays like that for over a minute and then it finally returns a "disk check failed" insert correct disk..
Dude, You have no idea how pissed I was, I was eagerly awaiting this and the stupid starforce check wouldn't autenticate my disc..
I scanned my cd's, box and invoice of purchase and sent to the addresses specified here.
They said my disc was sent out this past monday and I still dont have it today.
I feel like you. I just spent $30 for a game I can't play. How nice... It sucks, but I guess we can only wait, lets just hgave patience, at least they are trying to fix the issue even tough it sucks balls.
just a hint. I was able to play lockon 1.02 by just installing with the 1st disc and patching to the latest 1.02
the only thing I can't play is v1.1 or Flaming Cliffs exp if installed. So install with only first disc, then patch and play. it wont be all you bought, but at least you can play some of it.
:)