What will make or break this optic is what the actual street price ends up being. People that want to be first will always pay a premium which it seems you will be if you buy from George for the initial run. Im sure since he essentially designed it and is very happy with it, it will deliver a very high quality fit and finish. I think most understand what MAP is and its there for good reason but as most have noted we as consumers could care less what MAP is. We care about what comes out of our bank account.
For me personally I was interested in this scope for a 6.5CM whitetail gun as I genuinely like the features it has. In particular the large elevation knob, I love that about the USOs but Im not ready for a 2K scope. There are a ton of features that many are interested in but at the end of the day for a 1500 street price at this time, for 200-300 more you will be able to get the new 3-18 vortex razor. It will have at least as good of glass as this scope, higher mag range, illuminated reticle, more elevation(not really necessary in a hunting scope but would be nice should I decide to strap it on an ELR rig) and a better warranty. That's a lot of for only a couple hundred more.
This scope will be a success or failure depending on what the actual street price is. George is shackled by the MAP and in all honesty will probably be able to sell all 200 units for 1500. There is a large group on here and his customers that have to have the newest thing immediately. There is a large group of us that sit back and wait for reviews to be good and the price to settle to the market value. Im of the latter group and Im sure many are as well. If this scope comes down into the 1200ish range then I will buy one. At 1500 its too close to even better scopes, just my useless opinion as someone who is slowly dumping his lower end vortex scopes for higher end stuff.
I don't think anyone means any disrespect to George and Pat(well maybe turdcutter but hes being his usual abrasive self) with all their work that has gone into this scope, I just think most were counting on it being closer to HDMR territory. Again this initial offering seems to be due to MAP, street price will dictate the success of this scope which sounds like we wont find out til late next year.