You nailed it.
The Elite founders will get the DLC in its beta form.
We're going to need their help too. There's a ton of balance to be done. It's a feature that is both obvious and yet one we have never done before.
We like the underlying concept so much that we are talking to Ironclad about doing a SIns expansion with something similar.
Let us know. I am sure you will get an interesting range of participation. Some of us, possibly many of us, are here for the long haul and all this development chaos is just part of the expected fun. The way I look at it, I have gotten to play 4 or 5 different games so far, all under the same title, what with changes both broad and subtle. It's like when we used to make up new rules for Monopoly as kids. Or later in life with D&D and modding and all of that. It's all good stuff. This is gaming as it should be!