Yes, I'm let down very much by the delay, but if the game needs to be pushed back then by God push it back. Have any of you guys bashing the delay played Tribes2? I believe they are on their 30-something patch. Tribes2 has literally released multiple patches on the same day. They even had one released BEFORE the game was out. While I certainly don't mind patches when necessary, and they frequently are necessary AFTER the game is out, there's not much worse than paying full price for a game that is not finished yet.
As for the original release date, you must remember how long ago that was set, and it's a "target" date. I can assure you that with the team at GPG, this will not turn into an Anachronox or Diakatana.
With a game that will ship with an editor the likes of DS's, the game must be 100% finished when it comes out, or the fan-based mod community will not respond the way it did to Total Annihilation.
Better to wait a while.
As for NWN, if you really look into it, the games are targeting different groups. As for me, I'm biased quite a bit towards DS, of course.
And now for the plug... make sure to check out more about DS at
http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com-yonder