I personally wish it was closed Alpha to be honest. I get tired of repeating myself to those expecting an alpha like what other companies release. 75% of the game isn't actually in the Alpha yet, so there is a long way to go before it's representative of the final product.
That is the lament, the prayer of the alpha customer. What will happen is that one day the money will run out. Then the game goes live regardless of its current state. Maybe you get that 75% but far more likely you will get whatever the last patch was, plus a couple bugfixes. Hope for 75 but expect 5%.
I believe they have a goal release target and they will hit it if money doesn't run out. I am not as certain about monet running out because it's nearly impossible to know how far away their target is and they just keep adding to their head count.
I can easily defend the game itself and try to, but the project management is harder. Sure, we can see huge progress is happening and they are making two games at once hence the massive head count. But everything else is a bit opaque.
