I remember Fractal posting a youtube comment on one of the vid reviews, correcting what was said by one of the reviewers - with the shroud you refer to, at the back, there is still the ability to place three SSDs or two HDDs at the bottom.
Great case, many nice features and thought put into it. Would have liked no metal grille by the rear fan, it cuts the air and makes plenty more noise than a circular wire fan grille. Would also have liked to see a solid panel option (like the top has) for the bottom, if you don't need/want the vents down there (except for the PSU fan). Vents on bottom leak a lot of noise from drives etc. It's one thing to design a case that's quiet. Another to take into account noisy components and design around that, as well. Plus more modularity with the panels as has been mentioned, i.e. if you're using a 240 rad up top, then seal the rest of the gaps on the mounting bracket and also for the solid panel above.
More thought from manufacturers as to HDD vibration and decoupling them from the chassis as much as possible would also be welcome. Why not incorporate a bungee cord solution from the beginning, for example, as many later do to cut down on noise. Doesn't have to look ugly, could be done tastefully. Keep the trays, but add four short bits of bungee cord to each corner of each tray, which then connect to the chassis.
Find it peculiar that they offer the USB type C as an add-on but didn't do the same for the fancy fan controller, when most won't use the fan controller as motherboard control will suffice. Could have helped trim the price a bit.
The glass/steel side panel is just like I'd been wishing for.
Almost my ideal case (for an ATX/E-ATX), and tempting, but not quite.
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