"I'd be very happy if Poser had instancing so I could do proper outdoor scenes like I can do in Carrara. I'd also be happy if DAZ did some work on Carrara. Poser and Carrara are perfectly fine for me, and I would like to see it continue in development."

Couldn't agree with you more, piersyf. Love the plant and terrain generating tools in Carrara, and in particular the replicator functions. I hope that Daz devotes some energies on bringing the vertex modeler up to speed, while Carrara's modeling tools are nicely varied I find trying to make selections a little sluggish. It's nice in a pinch (especially the splines and lathing features) but I'm truly most comfortable with Wings as my core modeler. Metaforms, particles, bullet physics; Carrara's got that. As far as DS, I don't know... I haven't tried using it in a long time. I've spent so much time learning the various features of Poser over the years that I too don't see the point of starting over with an unfamiliar app... if that's a bias, well than it's one I'm not afraid to admit and doesn't come from some irrational malice for a company. For figures, definitely Poser.

Here's another outlandish request for Poser... how about standard manipulator gizmos like you find in most modelers as an additional option?