-Timberwolf- posted at 5:24PM Thu, 17 January 2019 - #4329080

The real cr*p happening in Poser forums is, they act like in a cult. Don't post your opinion, that does not go with the crowd and you are accused to be a troll as part of the evil DAZ conspiracy. That is just crazy. Actually I think, the decay of Poser came with those V4 only users. They brought Poser down. They don't care about how well their figure is, they don't see, that V4 bends like a piece of dry wood and is therefore only useful in portraits. The V4 users mantra is: "I bought so much stuff, I won't switch." Then why should SM invest in really improving Poser? Why would they release cool figures, when that crowd is still using V4 only? SM can lean back and sell the same stuff over and over again including some free modules every new version as a tease. For the majority of the V4 people Poser 7 mostley would be enough. @ Karina: your Sasha 16 is amazing and awsome - small problem still, she is about 10 years late. A product like this released in 2008, I might have become a V4 user too. last but not least, I just can't stand all those V4s in the galleries anymore. yawn Beside some small amount of real good examples, the majority is ... well... below "expected skill level". Use more than those unbalance pregiven one shin up poses. Stop those "one eye blink tongue out" expressions. No more fairies on a mushroom, please. Light set up are a cool thing that People urgently shoul think about. Seriousley, it's a PITA to watch the e.g. DeviantArt galleries using V4. Go drop V4, it won't hurt. There are two new kids on the block to play with. Bella and Project Evolution. You can even convert your V4 stuff to PE now. Now with my comment, twolf359 and Male_M3dia don't look as much like Trolls anymore, isn't it? so yeah, I'm glad I could help. Reality check friend except for maybe Poser 4 when Zygote and RDNA folks(if I am not mistaken) were creating some of the content where as most if not ALL the SM characters included in Poser natively sucked big time. Most if the figures and other content sold at SM have sucked just as badly. I don't think they have not improved the app because everyone uses V4 but they rally don't give a damn about the app itself and the figures available for it. If they did it would be a great app/figure combo like DAZ has created.

SM has pretty much given up on Poser and Poser users and seem to just be going through the motions of supporting client base with all or any of the products they sell. Their tech support sucks their customer service sucks and their content sucks. Poser might be ok as it stands but if you can't find good content for it t too will suck which is why so many long time users have migrated to D/S. Not plugging for D/S what Daz did to long time Poser users sucks too. I invested THOUSANDS of dollars there since I started in Poser4 when they were still Zygote. I felt abandoned and even quit giving them my money after years of having them hold my wallet captive as a Plat Club user. But, as an adult who understands business I see the brilliant moves thy have made and all to protect their money making base.