Jamie... Shush. Right now it's quiet because everyone that has the program has gotten used to how things work. Yes I agree that N3V has done an outstanding job fixing many of the problems there were before, but remember there will be a bunch of newbies receiving the program for Christmas.
The floodgates will open soon enough while N3V is on their holiday shutdown!
No it isn't! Place the consist accurately once, then just add another mile-long consist to mark the second milepost, then add another for the third milepost etc. That's faster and more accurate. And if that doesn't work - reinstall....