This, would be great indeed. Though I fear the reason is for the latter. 
I didn't really mean it in a hopeful way. Like I said earlier in the thread, I read Berserk for its masterful storytelling first and foremost. So I do not want, under any circumstance whatsoever, to see that storytelling be offloaded to someone other than Kentarou Miura. But it's what's going on here. And to me that's the first real, serious blow against Berserk in the fifteen or so years that I've been following the series.
And the fear I expressed early on in this thread is still very tangible: that this isn't a one shot, that it's only the beginning. What's next? The Skull Knight? Zodd? Written by whatever third rate guy is willing to give it a shot? I am not happy about this. To be honest I'm very disappointed. Of course we still don't have many details so there are ways this outlook could change, but I feel like the writing is on the wall. I may be wrong, but I don't believe Miura would have greenlit this book without meaning for it to have some legitimacy.
I'll probably get it for the drawings anyway since we all know the art is awesome. 
Actually I'm curious about that.
The official press release says it will have "a lot of illustrations by Miura", but it also calls this a "novelization" and the online shops categorize it as a standard novel and not a "light novel" so far. Makes me wonder what format it will take. Wait and see, I guess.