I have no problems avoiding the "pro people" and CG-Talk. This is a hobby for me, I'm a pro in my main job, which pays the bills well enough. Why should I try to compete with the pros? I like what I get, that's enough for me.

Weightmapping is not a feature of Genesis, it's a feature of Studio and Poser, which Genesis needs to work. It's as easy to use in Poser as it is to use in Studio, you bend the figure and it works. About how many features in Poser are used by how many People, well - it seems that Poser still has a lot of users. Does not seem to be that complicated. And CC-style SubD would be another feature which would be simply there, would make some thing easier but would not irritate the "99.9 % User", although I suspect that the number is very wrong. 

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I agree with Blackhearted that P9/Pro 2012 are great pieces of software, CC-style Subdivision would be a nice add-on, but SSS, weight mapping  and fast IDL are great. 

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