Ok I also ran a test with different setups I made. I have to say I do not run a high end machine for 3D , this has quiet a reason . Due the fact that I do make models I need a good balance to avoid that a customer gets a model that would have issues on a slower Computer, not everyone can afford him self the Newest , the best !

So on my Comp i7 - 2600 Cpu and not a RTX graphic card things worked so far OK . I am actually never on the net with My 3D creation machine but the trial required a active Internet connection already just to run the first time before the Register splash screen would appear ! So I made an exception by Plugin in a wifi adapter !

The Models Loaded a little slower then on PP11.1 , render time about the same on firefly , Superfly took longer then on PP11 do not know the reason , after a Material change on the test model that makes a slimy effect it shut down my Computer on one hit after 3-5 sec ( A shock ) as first I was not able to turn it back on , but my Luck after a few minutes it booted back up again ! Guess my CPU overheated for a moment :( the same setup did not cause a shutdown on PP11.1 and was a 20 sec render ! so no Idea what happen and I would not try it again for sure .

Functionality of the models using different WM technologies work just like in Poser 11.1 no loss there . I went into the material room and I might of missed something or have not found it . the Simple features ! they are Puff gone and you seem having to use the advanced Features only , no Idea but if so it is a hassle to make the basic setup for a creator and will for sure cause allot more efforts to get the basic setup done , just thinking on environmental models with 100+ material zones , for these the simple setup sure is a shortcut , but I might be wrong and it is still here somewhere.

So all in all for a Creator it might not be the right investment at the moment but for a simple user that needs it for materials and assets provided to make he's renders it might be a good Investment if he owns a Computer that is not to Old.