Hi guys, before I come to my original concern I want to say that I was very annoyed when I learned that v2 would be digital only and that I was even more thankful when I learned that you made it possible for people like me lacking the appropriate hardware to get a paper copy of the rules. I never complained about the waiting time and pre-ordered the book on the first day without watching or complaining about the price. I don't like how many people couldn't ever be satisfied by your efforts and I don't think those people deserve what you made possible to them....
...nevertheless I'm afraid I have to complain now that I've got my book today.
No, it's not just because I want to complain but because I really feel I didn't receive the quality that you announced here:
the printed proofs of V2 just arrived and look really good. We compared blind and we actually found people preferred the new version to the old version so that's a good sign!
Maybe I had bad luck and received a copy that doesn't match the standards. If you want, I can provide photos tomorrow when the light is better. Until then I have to describe the problem: In comparison to the old book, I feel like every text is written in bold letters now. This might be intended, and it's not that much of a problem. Second problem and a little bit more severe: I have some sort of stripes of a slightly different shade mostly on the right hand pages. It can be seen best in tables with green shaded cells. It's only slightly and only gives a hint the print quality wasn't that good. But the most severe problem and it really is one: All colored blocks seem to fade out into the nearby lighter areas with the effect being stronger depending on the colour. It results in (white) text inside coloured blocks nearly unreadable. It's worst with the dark blue like in the sections "Battle Groups" or "Joint Action Phase".
If this is the standard quality and it couldn't be better for the price, it's a little bit sad but I can live with it. But as other players from Germany report that they are really satisfied (I haven't seen any other copies for myself by now) I fear I simply received a bad copy. And if that is the case I think I've got the right to complain as I payed the same price as others and possibly received worse quality than others.
I will provide pictures tomorrow and perhaps I can get a replacement if it happens to be an individual case?!
Best regards
Sebastian