Marceror's original post may have seemed a bit harsh for an early beta but I can not blame him in the slightest. I agree with each point, that there is a large amount of work to be done and that makes me hope for a delayed release rather than a buggy game. There are many people with far more knowledge of game design than my self who say it can be done in 4 months but the historical track record begs to differ. Many people have posted about how these crowd-funded games really need to be near-perfect at launch as all excuses have been removed, and they are absolutely correct. There are a mass of non-posting gamers out there who have been burned numerous times in the past by unplayable launches and are waiting and watching how this turns out. They are professionals in their 30s and 40s who have played every crpg and pnp rpg in the universe and who don't have time or inclination to sift through known launch bugs. Treat them well and they will put sizable funds behind future projects and we get the games we really want. Burn them again and it all goes away. It is not hyperbole at all to say that the future of crowd-funded true crpgs is hanging on the success or failure of PoE, WL2, and a couple of others. We all want to see this work. Take your time and get it right or we all suffer. That is why I payed extra to get in on the bb so I can put my money where my mouth is and help get it right.
That being said, for me personally, I'm waiting for the next build. I have tried 7 different characters and have been so crushed by the legion of bugs that I just don't have the stamina to keep going. I'm not going anywhere, I'm committed to try again at each build, but this first one has shaken my confidence for winter 2014.