Quote - ...  Even when I was brand new to 3d, I started with D|S, looked at the feature list of Poser 6 and was happy to pay the full price.

I thought it was just me. I actually started doing 3D with Sims2 (yes, the game!), from there to Blender, rigging was too-hard basket, so on to DS (it wasn't even 1.x then) and finally - when i read the feature list of Poser 6 - got it at a huge deal: only AUD$ 300! Wow, what a steal. And that was back in... what? 2005? - and now I upgraded PP2010 to PP2012 for about a third of that.

I'd be curious to know how many started with DS and decided it just wasn't right for them, for whatever reason. Seems a common trend. Okay, 2 isn't a common trend, but you know what I'm sayin'...

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

Metaphor of Chooks