Originally posted by Cap'n Bells:

This was this in the dev blog the other day
"If you’re concerned about the Ashlands taking a long time to develop, you can rest assured that we have some fun things planned for you between then and now." they have quite a few details to get through still if you read it closely so i doubt they will change much from "when its done" it is a labour of great love imho !!

Ah! So don't hold my breath for a near term release but sounds like alot of meats on them bones already :-) If someone starts now will their progression (ie: items, experience, etc...) carry over to the final release? Or is that something that's kind of a unknown?