I've had some that were pretty tight but none that wouldn't light. Don't give up
As for the flavor, sometimes it's hard for a cigar's flavor to compete with all the hype

I was fortunate enough to have a FIL give me plenty of Opus before I even knew what they were. Therefore I wasn't consumed with all the opus hype. However, I have a about 10 CCs in my humi that I, and many others, have hyped up. Hopefully I'm not let down.