I went from a 2015 13" to a 2018 15" and I love everything about this machine. Even the controversial parts: I like the keyboard. I like the gigantic trackpad. I like the Touch Bar. I like the lack of touch screen (I'm not going to pay extra money to smudge my screen up with fingerprints). I like the super-thin design even at the expense of USB-A; I bought a Bluetooth mouse and a dongle for the odd occasion when I want to use my drawing tablet or a flash drive or something. No big deal. MagSafe was nice, but being able to charge from both sides of the laptop makes up for its absence.
The screen is gorgeous. True Tone is a nice touch. The speakers are amazing, no other laptop on the market comes even close to this. The overall design is so sleek, and the Space Gray color is really pleasing on the eye. I haven't had time to test the battery life yet, but from others' reports it should be very good. The six cores are insanely fast. The SSD is insanely fast. The Radeon Pro 555x is not the fastest graphics card out there, but it's fantastic for my gaming needs. It won't play the latest first-person shooters at ultra settings, but I personally prefer strategy/simulation/sandbox games, and it handles those with ease.