The points in Friday's Dev Stream about testers doing Let's Plays with a potentially ugly combat viewer are, I think, good ones. And I'm totally in support of Stardock keeping it out of an actual beta release until it's good to go.
But if the devs know it looks ugly, then it must look like SOMETHING, which means that it's possible to put up a video of it. Could we see one? It could be edited for beauty if you're THAT worried about negative pre-release reviews.