THIS! A thousand times this. What landon79 wrote is the single biggest issue I have with the POD floorboards. I've been using them in live band settings since the PODXT. Now I'm using the POD HD500 and I look forward to checking out the Helix. But failure to get SOLID, USABLE, NORMALIZED patches right out of the box is the products' biggest failing.
And what's even worse, this should be something that Line6 can fix pretty easily. It's just a matter of the experts at the labs spending time with them.
To get a good tone that works well in a live setting you have to work at it. Sure sitting in the basement each amp sound sounds great. But playing with a band and playing out brings out the warts. Is it "easy" to adjust tone and volume? Yes. Is it easy to find band-setting live usable tones that are all normalized across your setlist. Not at all. It's the main thing I've struggled with, and still struggle with, using Line6 products.
Address what landon79 wrote, and you have a major improvement to the product without any hardware or software cost, that will make your customers extremely happy, and make the product more usable out of the box.
