I realy hope the devs have MP netcode, balancing and stuff like that as least priority, since in the SP missions there seems to be ALOT to do.
From my limited MP experience with 1C games (SHOWW2, FOW) and the complains that TOW have slow downs even on high end machines, i'm almost sure what the MP will bring - BIG lag and alot of whinners, cheaters, and did i sed BIG LAG?
Possibly Lan games will be playable, but better don't get high hopes or you might get very dissapointed. FOW even claimed to handle up to 16 players and in the end even 2 player games were so lagy, especialy when plaing with the guys from Sibir .