Jon Z. is optimistic, so that's a good sign. He's the only one commenting who has detailed and hands on knowledge about the development of Lionel command control systems. New systems can be problematic and people don't like change.
Editorial rant here: LionChief, despite all the bad mouthing by people who don't use it 
, was rock solid pretty much from the getgo and has remained that way. The Universal Remote and the remotes that came with the sets/locos were inexpensive and very reliable. LionChief enabled Lionel to keep set prices very low compared with the competition for many years. Time passes and stuff changes. MTH doesn't make sets at all. Lionel sets are more expensive. Not that anyone here seems to care, one way or the other. But dealers and average consumers care.
The Base 3 and whatever comes along with it down the road is targeted at this group--the folks with big investments in their hobby and lots of technical sophistication. Jon Z. uses his cab-1L and he's forgotten more about technology than 99.999% of the people in the hobby. So we'll just have to see how things play out. Some folks will be unhappy and some will adjust. When DCS/PS2 came out (and Legacy) there were all sorts of folks wringing their hands and complaining about various stuff, and the Base 3 will be no different. Change ain't easy. Stay chill.....
