Out of pure curiosity, after following the game for a few months now:
This game (TSO) is essentially the same as the german version (DSO or Die Siedler Online). Obvious question is, while the latter has been around for a year already (with numerous players already at level 50, all the content explored etc), why is the english version in beta phase?
Also, as this seems to be a stand-alone game, are you planning to ever allow any option of moving the accounts from german version without losing anything (namely real money invested, lvel 5 upgrades or late game buildings and resources) or will you require players to start new accounts just to play another language version of th same game (regardless of the amount of time invested)?
hoping for a quick answer
BR,
S~