Better is the enemy of good, but haste is the enemy of perfection. Look at what happened with Rise of Flight - publishers rushed it and they had to release a buggy version that caused disappointment between many flight simmers, and only recently they started their comeback.
Nobody - and I stress nobody - except the developers themselves need the game released in an X date. You might think you want it ASAP, but trust me, you don't.
For evaluating the package in key areas you have experienced people that know exactly how things should look, sound and feel like, and they are to point that out to the developers - that's what beta testing is for.
Early unfinished releases are never good; it has been proved throughout the years.
It's a matter of being professional. Releasing an unfinished product to see the reaction isn't professional at all. Releasing a small beta demo is a different matter, but publishing it? That would be just rushing things out to satisfy a bunch of bored geeks. It's summer, do like Oleg and Ilya and take some days off, relax and forget about this whole thing for a while.
From what I know about the developer's philosophy, they would never release anything unfinished. It's easy to guess by their position about features - it was stated over and over by many members of the development teams that, if they can't implement a feature with 100% accuracy, they just don't include it until it's done.
That's how it should be
C'mon guys, just chill out... You don't need a buggy and rough Storm of War just for having it earlier.
There's nothing to worry about, we can wait as much time as the developers need. Just enjoy summer and be happy, SoW will come someday
