I think Brad is being unnecessarily harsh on people asking him to delay the game. Most of us are aware we can choose to wait to play until February when the game has had 6 months of Stardock's awesome updates, but we want to see the game do the very best it can on the market. It's ultimately Stardock's decision to make and they (probably) know better than their fans when it's best to release the game. But I don't think anyone is lobbying for a delay out of some sense of being cheated out of their money or some other entitlement-related thing.
Personally, many things I want out of Elemental have been relegated to post-release updates or expansions (deeper combat, better dynasty system, dungeon exploring). I have absolutely no problem waiting for post-release patches to have all these nice things and I don't even mind paying another $30 for an expansion that gives me the features I want. But gamespot and IGN and the average joe would look much more favorably on a game that has these nice things in the intial release.
In the end, it's not really my or your business whether they delay the game or not, but I think Brad should acknowledge people clamoring for a delay are just trying to be helpful.
