Might want to modify that to 'some' Poser users, PA....... ;P 

 

You know, it's really simple. Dawn is a figure. -A- figure. Not -THE- figure. That was the DAZ trope, and frankly, good riddance. Right up to the g-thing, the whole community was bound to P4 level functionality. Now we aren't. A hefty chunk of the community is still bound to it, either by refusal to or inability to upgrade; those that aren't seem to be expanding their horizons. There have been more new figures fielded in the past year than in the 3 years before it. Which is a good thing. More and more of them are coming out with 'P9 and above only' warnings. Which is equally a good thing, as more advanced tech tends to give more options and better results. More and more external render options, giving higher quality output. If they put ragdoll in the bullet engine next go around, then you have a good, basic animation assisting physics setup (I still want my IK pinning and unpinning capability, though).  My figure spending has cut waaaaay back, and most sales now are props and architectual sets and vehicles. A few basic clothing sets and some time with transmaps and texuring can turn those basics into a lot more. There is no 'one mesh to rule them all'...simply because any mesh that could 'do anything needed' would be so resource intensive, it would kill most computers. Keeping up with so many figures is about as simple as herding cats on speed, but the options you get make it worth it IMHO.....