TO be completely honest here;
It feels a bit like a rip-off, don't get me wrong I like my A7. But I see no reason to switch to A8 because of what is shown.

I'm not excited at all, and frankly it feels a bit like conitec is putting another version out just to try and be able to fight against the other free engines out there... I'm very disappointed. The only thing that would make me switch would be a completely new set of Tools that aren't as crappy to use as the toolset we have had since A4. Seriously, fix that...
I love Conitec, and have been supporting to use it the past 10 years (I got my school to work with it and buy licenses), but it feels like you are slipping this time...

Ofcourse i'll wait till A8 comes out and i can test it, but this was the first feeling and idea that came to mind.

regards,