Sad to hear about the toolkit not getting released during late alpha or even beta, coz I'd love to have meddled with it, but I do understand, as they do have their plates full as it is.
As for a good release date and an avid Steam user, I have to strongly agree on not releasing it in December. Late February or something would be much better. Whatever you can say about Kingdoms of Amalur, their sales were massive at that point in time.
