I hope this isn't true, Cryptic just isn't the same Cryptic as it was 5+ years ago. Now all they are attempting to do is just make a bunch of quickly developed bare minimum games with their new favorite tag line "We won't have that at launch, but hopefully down the line!" They're more worried about selling their game engine to other developers who want to make the "quick MMO", then they are about making quality MMO's these days. CO's beta is getting replenished with new Beta Testers every month, because every month there are a large number of testers who just suddenly don't want to login and test a free game anymore (which is pretty sad considering they only test 2 days a week).

A Forgotten Realms setting needs lots of time and care poured into it, fans of that IP are going to want to explore every piece of land they've read about. They're not going to want the new Cryptic arcade model they think is the wave of the future MMO, one DDO MMO already proved the hardway that style of game wasn't what the D&D fans wanted. D&D was a game about choices, so a MMO based on a popular D&D product should be all about choices.