A question

[Meneldil]

This level of the TW community is a bit more "mature" and I think we are happy to wait a little longer for a product that has less bugs.

Err, there's no question of maturity or not. If EB release an open beta, it will likely mean that bugs will be found and fixed faster, that game balancing will probably also be achieved faster, and hence, that the final version will be released earlier.
I'm not trying to make fun of RTR, but most RTR version are bugged as hell, and no one complain. Knowing the EB team, I doubt they would let us dl a totally unbalanced version that CTD when you conquer a 50th province.

[Copperhaired Berserker!]

I think you should do a poll to see if you fix it up or leave it be.