To be honest, I am disappointed to see they will be using Steam's Early Access, because of all the reason's I & others have stated. I really hope that it doesn't burn them by doing this.
I hope they have ppl ready to actively mod the Steam Discussion forums, because guaranteed there will be lots of threads being made bashing the game and/or Larian for going Early Access, bashing Early Access, bashing the price (no matter what it's set to), etc.
InXile have stepped up moderation of the Wasteland 2 Discussion forum, but they are still getting threads daily that they are closing because they are whinign about the price, whining about early access, etc. I am also still seeing new threads/comments of similar nature being made on other Early Access games discussion forums as well.