It would certainly have been nice to get the game downloaded before the 'General Release' floods the servers. It's gonna be a big and lengthy download (because of slow traffic from GOG). I also am dying to play the full game....and the sooner the better. Of course I've been dying to play it for more than 3 years now ;(
And I do have to say, even with faster release, it seems like Larian took something away from us...by revoking the 3 day EA. I am glad it's releasing earlier, but I still feel like I lost something by them backpedaling.