DAZ' 3rd Gen meshes have great mesh topology and very accessible mapping. I built all my custom characters out of them.

But the rigging was mediocre at best and it took me countless hours to make them bend like actual human beings. And while their expression morphs are actually better than most people think once you learn to combine them the "right" way, I had to do a lot of custom morphs to achieve the expressions I wanted.

 

But time doesn't stand still and Genesis made all those meshes completely obsolete with its legacy shapes. (See pic)

Like it made any any other existing Poser or DAZ figure obsolete.

Genesis not only can easily turn into V3 or SP3 with a flick of a dial, it also gives you the best currently available rigging and some of the best expression morphs that are out there.

Not to mention direct access to all 4th and 5th gen textures and all of the 3rd, 4th and 5th gen clothing there is.

Yes, it's still fun to play with older figures. Heck, maybe some day I'll even fully weightmap the Dork just for kicks.

But unless you strictly do it "for the fun", supporting any other figure than Genesis has simply just become a waste of time.

 

Once I'll have transferred all the old morphs and shapes I own to the Genesis "genepool", I'll delete or at least move to an external storage drive any other figure I have.

I wasted years fixing poorly rigged and sculpted figures and I have enough of it.

If you support Genesis, you will eventually support everyone. If you support anything else, you'll limit yourself to just a few diehards. I know how much work it is to model, rig and texture clothing, and I wouldn't want to spend that time and energy on a figure if there are better options avalable.

Your figures, your time.

But after 12 years of custom figure rigging and morphing, that is the only advice I can give.