Yep, that is part of why I bit early and for the Hero of the North pack, to access the beta as early as possible - as on old line pencil and paper D&D player I hoped this would be as good as the early look promises so far - and provide my little slice of the market signal that says 'Bring it!' to the folks at PWE.
I take this as very promising - the response to public beta has the server racks smoking, turning red and threatening to burst into flames - and the company is taking the necessary steps to fix it now rather than try to poor-boy it. The only thing they might consider doing differently is work their communication channels a…