Hi Hbasm, sorry missed your second question:

> Question #2: Assuming I can overcome this problem (and
> I'm beginning to doubt it) ... is this a good time to buy MoI
> or should I wait a few more weeks/months until version 2
> is officially out?

This is a good time to buy - version 2 is not very close yet, it probably won't be finished until sometime in the beginning of next year like 6 months or so from now.

There is a v2 beta version currently available for v1 users to test out and give feedback on, but it is still pretty early on in the v2 process. There will be a lot more stuff added before v2 is complete.

- Michael