I know that many think that the Synchron legatos aren't "good". I think so, too. They are very agile, but lack the expression the silent stage samples offered. Everything else is top-notch.
I never used the "espressivo" patches, because I thought they are meant for specific parts. But: Wow! This is exactly what I and, I think, the majority of users may want. If VSL could make new legato patches with this longer, expressive slur, but without this swell building up. Or maybe a little bit of swell that would give some kind of "progessive" vibrato patches, because I'm missing these. Especially in faster passages it's not realistic to have this instant vibrato.
I also have the feeling that the vibrato in general is always the same across the dynamics. I miss the behaviour of the VI samples where the vibrato gradually increases / decreases with the dynamics. I know we have the vibrato crossfade options now (which is implemented well), but it makes everything bigger and also isn't that realistic, because we haven't a "middle" vibrato.