Quote - I didn't read the whole thread, but just wanted to add my 2 cents.

Genesis expands the ability of morphing and mix matching characters beyond any other figure, but if Victoria 4 works for you right now, and there isn't a point for you in which you say "I REALLY can't do this with Victoria 4" (like turning her into a Troll, along with her 6 years old child),  then I don't see there's a reason for switching to Genesis other than trying a new figure.

All that flexibility obviously comes at a cost, you have to buy every morph pack again, muscle morphs, detail moprhs, etc. Or buy tools that allow you to convert old stuff to Genesis.

To me, it all comes down to real "need". For example, I'm working on some sort of bestiary of fantasy creatures, and up until now, I had to create a creature twice, male and female, using V4 and M4 (M4 not being WM yet), now I have to create it only once and dial the female and male dials on Genesis up and down. It's a very particular need, but that's the point.

 

This is the biggest issue from my perspective.  What is the "must have" item that would justify buying $250 or more of "gene pools" (I stopped counting once it got to what I paid for Poser 2012).

All I have seen from genesis vendors over the past 15 months are the same "Logan's Run" young adults, and some monsters that do not overly impress me. 

 

It's great that you can add extra arms to genesis - get back with me when you can get a shirt on him.

The clothing is mostly repeats of Gen4 content.  In all honesty, I have seen exactly 2 genesis outfits that I would like to have.

The only thing I can see genesis being useful for is moving some of my Gen3 characters  to use better maps & better movement - If I could get the Luke & Laura added to the Gen3 gene pool, then I certainly would look into investing in genesis.

All in all, genesis looks like the opportunity to purchase items I already have in my runtimes.