Yes, now I was finally able to get an import working as well. After an update some time ago there was a fix where you had to enable icloud for the game, then it would detect saves from the first game in the series. Seems strange, but there you go. The only remaining issue is the frequent crashes in survival mode. It works fine if you exit the app after every battle, but kind of a time waster. Perhaps with a newer device it would not be a problem, but it stinks to lose restarts for memory related crashes.
So, Im finally getting to the game. There have been some high points, but overall I just dont seem to be enjoying it as much as the first. For one thing, Renown is WAY too tight in the game. Even with doing almost all of the training missions, and buying very few items, I basically have all my characters able to level up, but Im not able to do so because of the renown. Its pretty ridiculous.