Winter 2001 but that could mean anything.
I'd hope that they got it right before releasing though, look at what happened to Ultima Online, that had so much potential but now the whole image of the product in the marketplace has been irrevocably tarnished. I'd rather they waited and made sure it all worked the way it's supposed to before releasing.
I bought the new Forgotten Realms Campaign sourcebook from Amazon.com last week and some of the Prestige classes and Feats available for Faerun-based campaigns looked excellent. If they can implement some or all of those (Red Wizard, Shadow Adept, Archmage, Divine Champion, etc) this game will kick some MAJOR ass and will revolutionize online gaming.
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