Beta looks exactly like alpha to me, except with more bugs.
Weren't all features supposed to be in for beta, and beta would mostly be bug hunt/ balance work ? Or when are they gonna do the Bug / Balance work ? When the game is done and released ? How can you bug hunt/balance, if you add features ?
Beta means no ADDITIONAL features will be added. It does not mean that all features are 100% complete - there are still features on the list which are to come. Beta is simply the point where feature creep stops and finalization begins.
On one hand you complain about all the bugs around, and on the other, you're asking for more features, quests, reactivity... where do you think bugs come from?