Poking about on a dying forum with a rubbish search isn't my idea of learning. In addition not everyone has the time or inclination or bandwidth to spend time online searching for stuff or viewing videos. I suspect there are quite a few people who pick up daz studio discover the lack of documentation and then drop it again. The learning curve is getting steeper and steeper.

I'd love to know how many Daz users are old hands vice new users.  If I came into it cold I wouldn't stay long.  I'm of the opinion that it's a marketing ploy to get folks to hang around the forums as much as possible where they can be coerced into buying more stuff.  The point that makes me want to punch Daz's forum mod's teeth down their throats is when they blatantly lie by telling me that the wiki is being 'diligently worked on' in the face of the indisputable fact that it hasn't really been touched in years.  The only 'updates' are half hearted and leave out vital information.  Of course, they're doing it on purpose.  If they had proper documentation they'd rule the world.