Thank you for that detailed analysis, I am grateful for it. I am glad that it's not just me but also a little pissed that no one has addressed this or at least put the word out to stick to two layers if possible. Animation is one of the few areas where Poser actually still beats out DazStudio (animating in Daz Studio is as much fun as eating sandpaper) and here the devs managed to mess it up and didn't care enough to fix it.

The strong do as they can while the weak do as they must.