It seems to me that we are all going to spend the next weeks and months trying to convince ourselves that what we have, which does sound great, is all we will ever need, whether than be an XL or an AX8. Then the new firmwares will drop on the 3 and the II series will stop progressing and everyone will desire the latest stuff. Surely within a year the sounds from the III will be vastly improved over what we have now on our II series.
If I were buying now, I’d absolutely get the III - knowing you’ll get updates for years to come and no wishing you’d just spent that extra 1k. Most folk here will upgrade eventually, we are just trying to convince ourselves we don’t need to, I can’t afford to, I don’t even gig, but I know that this time next year I’ll be selling my XL to go III.