I agree with you John. I am all in with Lionel. I have no MTH engines. I have WAY TOO many Legacy engines and about 5 or 6 or Atlas O (TMCC). So of course I want Lionel to be (remain) successful. BUT I do not see any immediate advantage for me to unplug my Base 2 and plug in a Base 3.
I would love to be able to address Accessories, Trains, Engines with 3 digits but I will NEVER be able to do so with any of my current equipment. As I understand it there will be 1 engine that is able to be addressed with 3 digits for the foreseeable future.
The question remains, On day one of ownership, what will the Base 3 do that my Base 2 and LCS wifi module don't already do?