Forgive me odf, but I feel it would be a grave oversight if you skip out on learning Blender. You are a skilled modeler and figure creator and Blender is a far more open and versatile ecosystem than either Daz or Poser. Rigging and all aspects of character animation are far superior in Blender... not to mention so many other features that are really too numerous to list. Plus it has a thriving and progressive community. While this is... well nevermind about all that. It's only my opinion, after all, but the things I say most will agree are objective facts. Give it a shot, the interface is far far friendlier now.

Take care and nice to see you back into 3d art.