First this is a forum , so it's an open place to put our opinion and feelings. If you just want to hear that acclaim is a wonderful company that always keep their promise then go to acclaim's forum.
I personnaly participated in many close/open beta like hero online , iSro , Cabal Eu , 9dragons (etc...) , and participating in some others (metin2 e.g)
Now even a greedy company like joymax didn't implement item mall in open beta stage , i'm ok with the fact that an item mall must be secure BUT , at this time this isn't the main problem , they could put OB on line and implement the item mall in the gold version.
Why am i a bit sarcastic with acclaim and 2moons ? Well i registered an account for 2moons in august 2006 , when i saw no evolution i just left and forgot it (no mail , no update...) . Then a friend had a CB key and invite me , so i registered a new account in february , too bad i didn't got a key ... At the end of CB i was waiting and reading annoucement from acclaim , first it was planned in april then delayed , and delayed again , and again . Then they at last called the korean devs to help after .... 4 month !
This "stay tuned" policy is really irritating because , first the CB client was totally different than the one planned for OB and gold ; secondely , instead of this "stay tuned" policy they should say "ok guys thanks for the info provided , now we need several monthes to bring it back" instead of thoses constant lieing , it should be more professional...
So now what could we expect from a company that always try to find excuses for their incompetence and lie ? What will happen with game's update ? What about the future communication with the game's community ? What about the customer service ?
If acclaim keeps this kind of behavior , well i think it's gonna be worst than iSro...
Edit: i forgot to mention that they can't even update their website homepage ! How pro is that ?
hmm maybe becuase there actualy putting time into the game?i doubt they want to go bankrupt a second time.Its good to know there taking there time on this game, not releasing another crappy asain point and click.When this game FINNALY launches its going to be huge.And before you said what updates we are getting, and i seriosuly doubt you now that,so you learn to read.