Got this from a recent Gamespy articlae:
"Still, this is a beta that we're talking about, so not everything works flawlessly. After creating a Raki (one of the Fox people of Kojan) Ranger, I embarked on my epic quest only to discover that the bow-shooting animations that are the central feature of a ranger had yet to be implemented. Every time I went to shoot something, the animation that played had my character doing something that resembled hurling a stone. The next day, when I logged on again, the animations had been fixed, just one of the many tweaks and adjustments being made as development activity ramps up for
the game's spring release (that's as close as Sigil will come to revealing a launch date). " (emphasis mine)
The article is
here
Spring release? Well, the current state I see in Beta indicates that would be a good move on Sigil's part.