Quote - The render times may be quicker, but I feel that the tradeoff will be quality (as it was with the Render Throttle plugin which had difficulty interpreting detailed textures and transmapped hair). In a way I cannot help but feel it does not use LuxRender to it's fullest.  Yeah they may have the jump on a bridge between Lux for 4.5 for now but I beleive Reality 3 will blow it out of the water.

I'll admit I thought the same until I saw the materials editor and discovered some interesting facts about Luxus. The major one is that the materials are extremely customizable, meaning that anything Lux can do, so can Luxus. Of course, it will require prior knowledge of Lux's internal material settings, but it's very doable.

That's not to say Reality doesn't streamline the process, but with Luxus having the price advantage, it will no doubt pick up its own fans, especially with it featuring materials which Reality doesn't currently support.