Kingdom Reborn should be renamed Kingdom The Same, because that is what it is. This is exactly how the Third Dawn expansion went, right down to the release. A lot of people playing UO today were probably not here for it. At least they didn't make people pay $6 this time to join the beta.

I don't think there is a single person who will argue that Kingdom Reborn was ready for release. Even the developers know, which is why they didn't give any advanced warning that this was the release date. Kingdom Reborn is probably 6 months away from being in a true release state if the developers spent every single moment on it. But they are now switching to Stygian Abyss which means fixes will be coming a lot slower.

PS - How are those new 3D models, opps, I mean new female models coming? =[