Quote - When reading comments in forums, you should always consider the source.

Some very vocal posters in most threads regarding various figures, are themselves primarily Daz vendors, so obviously they will be biased against anything non-Daz.

There are DAZ vendors that still sell items for V4 and Poser. There's also those that still make scenes and shaders that are native to Poser software as well. The DAZ PA that wrote a guide on how to convert genesis to a CR2 so it works in Poser converted a-DS native set of underwater lights and cameras that's currently on sale as well... which was requested by Poser users that shop at DAZ.

I think it's this incorrect presumption that causes a lot of the arguments and discord and chased a lot of people away from the forums. I certainly don't think this comment helps the OP when someone decides to launch attacks from a "bashing making me regret 3D" thread.

The problem I've seen over the years is that someone would pose a question on this forum on how to set up Genesis or they're having some type of issue, and instead of someone answering it, there's a chorus of "DAZ sucks" posts and then the arguments begin. It was and still is interesting to see people make their fellow Poser users feel unwelcome because they wanted to try a particular figure, and we're not just talking about Genesis. Quite a few members left and are over at Hivewire when Dawn was released due to arguments over that figure as well. And they do bash DAZ products when given an opportunity, though you'll see LisaB step in to remind them what Hivewire is trying to do, which diffuses the arguments... since both groups have a shared interest in what that company does.

Sometimes there would be bits of useful information in threads that would help Poser users, but it gets lost by derailing, personal attacks, leading to the thread being locked and the info lost. Also posts with misinformation would grow for days without moderation and that ended up being the information people have to work with, which ends up confusing them or leaving them no place really ask a question. 

Quote - Always try things yourself first, and make up your own opinion. What works for others, might not work for you, and vice-versa. 

Now that I can agree on.

To the OP:

Also, I can suggest if you have any questions you can post in the "New Users" forum at DAZ to see whether that works for you or not. That forum is for people trying to get started and is monitored by mods so if you ask a question and someone adds an opinion instead of helping you, that comment is deleted and the poster warned. This site needs something like that as all types of information is being lost or needs to be constantly repeated due to bashing and fighting.