The people with the money hats say NO.  Release it now, patch it later.

Look at what's happening with Diablo 3.  Who cares about the short term reviews, let's make the money.

Lets see the next patch and we'll have a better idea if it's even needed.

Seeing as the balancing process will require months and months and months anyway (assuming that it ever becomes balanced) I don't think 1-2 weeks will make that much of a difference...

For those already in the Beta, final release really means nothing other than a different version number...I mean, it's not much different than an update when it comes down to it...

As for those who aren't in the Beta, idk...I just don't know how most people feel about this whole "release ASAP, patch later" philosophy...my feeling is, SD is best just sticking to schedule...

I think we have two different issues....

We have the issue of whether another update should be released before final release....

Then we have the issue of whether the final release should be pushed back....

To clarify my position, I think SD should stick to June 12th....however, I do think one more Beta update would be nice...sorry SD but "fixed internally" doesn't mean a whole lot until we actually get to see it...

Going into release as is will be a mistake.  First impressions are important, and right now balance will scare many potential new multiplayer players away from the game.  If you need to ban certain races from being used, the game is NOT ready for launch.

Releasing one more update and delaying release for another week or two is the right call.

Agreed. And since most game sales actually are implemented in the first week of release, it should be dealt more carefully.

And I never doubt about that, were the games of Blizzard always on time, they would also have tons of bugs and imbalance issues.

That's more my concern...I'm fairly confident that if SD says they got a bug "fixed internally", they probably do...

But balance changes need to be vetted...the devs are fully aware Beta 3 has serious balance issues, but their first wave of solutions I feel should be vetted before going into a final release...

Quar has a perfectly valid statement here^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

... so more will be lured into the trap?    Are you sure they won't be scared by the huge contents of the "RTS" game?

But I still hope another patch before release. I guess the space games are always less popular, comparing to the bang-bang-bang games.

Like u sad , games have "issues"with crashing.

This one doesnt. It crashes 90% MP games. Some people cant play it at alll cause they drop or desynk in 100% of their games!!!. this isnt an issue this is  "not working"

If they think they will release a patch in lauchday that will fix some problems, it wont work .

It will scare MP like it scared in vanlilla. Then they had no competition. Now, they have a lot.

Its a shoot in a foot

Legends of Pegasus, Novus Aeterno, Endless Space, Gemini Wars.... all viable options if Rebellion fails.

I agree with Quar: it needs more time in the development oven.  It's far from being ready for prime time right now.