Well, if AoK is anywhere close to the hype, my RoR will probably sit on the shelf next to my Warcraft II, thus if not released prior to AoK would be wasted effort. Released earlier, depends on what it did. IMO, it would be better for a mini-release to be include such things as improving Greek and Carthage, toning down Shang (Aack, thump, pow, bang, crash, ow, ow, as Thorfinn goes down amid the slings and arrows of his readers tired of hearing about balancing patches...)
Keep... stick... ice.