I'm happy they followed my suggestion to give everyone alpha (well it wasn't exaclty my suggestion - i mean i did suggest it months and months ago but i'm sure the reason they are doing it is because of the effectiveness it had on dragon commander (though i wish they would re-think the RTS aspect of the game which I did not particularly like; but perhaps other liked). And yea I really hope my expectations are exceeded but I will be honest either way when alpha/beta starts.