I agree about the timing. That won't bother me too much though. I think once they release the beta and start gathering feedback an announcement will be made that they want to take a bit longer to incorporate some feedback. That's all speculation of course. Although, they had made a lot more progress with the E3 Demo than I thought they had. That was a pleasant surprise.
The only thing I fear about a delay is the negative press that comes along with it. Not everyone can be expected to be as patient as myself. Of course, not everyone put multiple hundreds of dollars into supporting it though. I want it to be as good as possible, so however long it takes is however long it takes.
Anyways, it's cool hearing about the Runic Forge tier backers getting to design their weapons now. I hope they feel their money was well spent. I certainly appreciate those who are so passionate about IGA's games that they can back it like that.