I think, as you pointed out, the ordering in the VIEW pannel is overwriting the ['orderby'] param that I set. I'm guessing something in the VIEW code is setting it's own sorting param because there is a param added to the query_args['wpv-orderby'] that contains the ordering set in the VIEW pannel.
I see Toolset released new update. I have uploaded the new versions onto my dev private site which made no difference. this is a full non-stripped down site which I have uploaded so that Toolset can have access. I haven't touched the stripped down site. So can I assume you still had no feedback about the sorting issue or should the new update have fixed it?