Trailblazer was equivalent to a pre-purchase of the completed game, ie. the game at 1.0. We originally targeted “late 2015”, but during development you learn more about what is required and it is now looking like “later in 2016”. The date was always an estimate, I believe the site even said “Estimated late…”, where as the release version at 1.0 was the true trigger for access.
There could be an argument for giving Trailblazers access before 1.0, and instead respect the “Estimated late 2015” attribute.
When we renamed Oort to Boundless, we removed the Trailblazer tier but this has caused some confusion as supporters who bought Trailblazer are mistakenly thinking they bought Explorer (as this is now the lowest tier.)
Our current positions is to respect the Trailblazer is a pre-purchase of the completed game, and hence don’t think players would want access to the current incomplete version. (This would be my own personal logic if I pre-bought a game - I’d happily wait only wanting the final version.) After all, players can upgrade at any point if they want instant access.
Happy to consider alternative options is the community felt strongly about it.