Quote - > Quote - I agree with Nanette. I don't think Dawn has matured enough yet to cause wholesale defection of V4 users.

V4's ascendancy over V3 wasn't immediate either. I didn't start using her until years after she was released.

Now that I have Blacksmith3d, and can convert textures, I may try my hand at doing morphs for Dawn. I didn't buy the packs because I, just like Nanette, didn't see them as offering me as much as I felt I'd need. If my morphing attempts work out, I'll likely use her quite a bit more often.

Dawn is actually past her maturity cycle and is on her way out. If she was maturing, gaining popularity or marketshare, content releases for her would at least maintain a steady level to this day, but content for her is far and in between compared to the popular figures. Content support for her has tapered off, with hardly any current major vendor support (maybe one or two).

So... will she magically get a boom of support? I doubt it. Seen it all before, same old same old...And there is a reason why she has little content support because she is mainly targeted to Poser users with the latest version. Only they can use her. People in Daz have the Genesis models. Add that up and that is a very limited market. V4 can be used by more Poser users because she is more compatable, and is why she will remain more popular than Dawn in this market and from a business perspective is not a good investment. Also V4 can pretty much do what Dawn can and Dawn does not really offer anything new. She is actually a step backward, and not a step forward in my opinion. I feel sorry for her male counterpart that must still be released. A lot of content developers have seen through the Hivewire hype, take that away and you're left with a model that brings nothing new feature wise.

Spoken like someone who has a financial ox to gore. Major vendor support? What do you consider major? Or rather... who? And V4's days are numbered... literally. She's living on borrowed time. Meanwhile... Genesis still isn't the V4 killer everyone thought it would be. But the longer both Dawn and Genesis remain on the market, building up their content... Victoria 4 will fall! (dum, dum, dumm)