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Feature bloat?  Are you kidding?  Name one new feature from the latest release of Poser that would qualify as feature bloat.

I got a better idea: Name a new feature in the past five years that a newbie can actually use without having to download a preset first, like most do. Name the features  in the past 10 years that the majority of Poserdom actually uses on a regular basis and can construct on their own, again w/o resorting to presets.

Now - compare that list to all the stuff that has been chucked in there ever since Poser 6 came out...

QED: Feature Bloat.

Quote - The best figures at any given time have always been limited by Poser, not the other way around.

The subjective "best" troll-trap set aside, that statement might have been true in 2001.

It ain't true anymore, and I'll leave it at that.

Quote - Have there been any figures that you do like?

A better question: Have there been any that have seen enough support to still be viable come this time next year?

You see, it's not about like/don't-like. It's about having a figure come out, and having some actual long-lasting and widespread support for it. Very few last beyond six months. Fewer still last beyond a year, and even then it usually requires some hardcore dedication (usually from some really fine folks in Japan).