Quote - > Quote - Instancing would require a near total rewrite of the codebase, as it would impact memory management, content management, render prestaging, etc.

Total rewrite? That's what was also some said to be required for 64 bit, OpenGL, multiple undo, multithreading, OS X, Intel Mac, GI, weight maps and many other things.

Is this a hint....? :P

And I know it probably wouldn't be a 'total' rewrite; but for what people want whenever they mention instancing (Vue 2014 without the cost and decade of development), it runs a significant chance of being a nightmare to hammer out into a functional feature. Or else an encoded splash screen that pops us with 'You Can't Do This In Poser, Dummy!'.

Which might be a neat easter egg.....