Definitely disappointed in how things have turned out. I wasn't thrilled with what was in 8.5 from the beginning. I just don't play with Genesis, so upgrades to make Carrara more compatible with Gen mean very little to me. The autofit sounded nice until I found out its limitations. Not so nice since, again, I don't play with Gen. And Kixum is right, light avatars are not that big of a deal.

I also don't see new Carrara buyers flooding the DAZ Carrara forums asking about how this or that works in Carrara, or help! how do I do this in Carrara? The sticky thread for the announcement of 8.5 on sale is all but dead. Makes me sad.

DAZ advertising team really needs to go back for a refresher course or something. They totally dropped the ball on this one. I don't think I saw any announcements anywhere about the upcoming/finally released NEW Carrara 8.5. All I saw was the odd post here and there in a couple of other forums posted by, well, us.

Carrara is a great software, and it will last me for a while longer, but seeing what DAZ is doing to it is just sad.