Rashley said:

There was one new addition to the Corp side, a way to remove Virus counters.  That however, cost a Corp player 3 action (aka his entire turn) to do so.

I don't think Viruses and Virus removal is new.  That was in the original and very thematic.  It was also good to see the old 'Tags' still in it as this led to more actual direct contact with the Runner.  One of the old ways of gaining 'Tags' was by 'Tracing' the Runner after it did something specific like make a run.  Some ICE had Trace sub-routines that the Runner had to avoid, or risk a 'Tag'.  I would be interested in seeing how this will be 'simplified'.

The old method was a quick 'In the hand' bidding mechanism using 'Bits' - the 'currency' in the game.  The Corp usually had an upper limit, while the Runner didn't, but needed cards in play that gave that player 'Links'.  It led to another great bluffing element to get/avoid 'Tags', and use up your opponents 'Bits'.  Of course, both players needed 'Bits', but the game was usually about getting a steady supply of them.  It was always a big advantage to have the biggest pool of 'Bits', so an alternative way to 'hurt' your opponent by removing their 'Bits' is fundamental to the theme.

We can speculate for years over these changes but it will all be revealed when the rules are published.  Old players will instantly know what is different, but new players can't really know what the game is like until they play it.  No doubt there will be hundreds of reviews and articles to help.  I am still eagerly awaiting this arrival as my 4 old decks - 2xCorp/2xRunner - are getting worn.  I havn't changed these decks for years and used a limit of 1 of each card.  The decks were 60 card ones and still gave a great many different, but close and exciting games.  Beat that if you can FFG!  Cheers!

 The virus removal got changed. Previously, it was "Forgo three actions at any time" to remove virus counters. Now it's "Take three consecutive actions".

I stand corrected.  Any 3 Actions is different to consequetive ones.  However, that is reducing 'choice' a bit, although I usually did it in one go once the Virus got too nasty.  Probably wont make much difference overall.  I was interested in the card mentioned that moved Advancements from card to card.  Never saw that in the original.  Boy, that's a doozy!  I suppose that it is reason why ccg changed to lcg.  Everyone gets the same and eliminates some cards becoming like printed money.  Cheers!

ffaristocrat said:

before it was already 3 consecutive action but they could be paid and delayed from one turn to another . 

the corp could use this ability during runner's turn and wipe out his virus to leave runner more weak . 

Now as far as i can understand the wording "cost: effect" the action needs to be "in pool" in order to be paid as a cost so the ability can only be used during the corp turn . 

the big difference is that runner viruses will be reinforced  since runner will potentially have 3 more actions to load them …

 I think that if they're trying to reduce the complexity of tracking and the like, they need to keep the corp's actions on a turn by turn basis, that is to say, skip your turn, remove all virus counters…  

Also, I know there were resources that could be trashed to avoid a tag, but did the runner have any way to remove a tag inherently, say the same way a corp can remove virus counters?

The runner could spend an action and pay 2 bits to remove a tag. 

 Awesome, I thought there was something, just couldn't remember for the life of me what it was.  Thanks.