It keeps getting worse. The subscription is integrated in the base Studio program such that at least one QOL feature is subscription only even if you don't load any of the Premier plugins or content. And with all plugins needing to be redone for version 5, odds are they'll claim the software is so different that anything more than starting it will be subscription only. Looks like the free stuff they're tossing around is just to distract people and placate them so they won't tell DAZ where they can stick the subscription for Daz 5.0. Best make backups of your 4.22 installer. I wouldn't trust any version past that to come without something that kills older versions remotely when the next version is released so you're forced to update.

"We see there is a new update to Daz Studio, update now to continue using the program."

True, the survey was just to provide cover for what they had to know would be an unpopular decision. Being able to say "your fellow customers asked for this" without giving any real detail is just another way of shutting down complaints. 

I can believe there were people who wanted better discounts on a higher tier.

I can even believe that people were ok with subscription features. (Though DAZ should have put in the work and made their own plugins. Taking existing plugins out of the store and making little tweaks to call them "new" is just scummy) 

But I can't believe that anyone knowingly said "screw us over with subscription-only content. We want to forced to pay for our figures over and over again."

Anyone who said yes to subscription content was duped by a slickly worded survey question. 

There was a survey, the usual Survey Monkey thing sent out to a range of customers, and it did ask what people would like in an enhanced subscription service (I can't recall the wording, or how it was presented - possibly one of those arrange options in order of preference things). It was certainly discussed by the participants on the forums (and possibly here too).

Wow, whole pages of thread responses are being removed for even vaguely criticizing the new Premier tier. Evidently all talk of Premier is being locked to a specific thread and even there it is being savagely over-moderated to remove any criticism. Wonder how heavily Daz Marketing is leaning on the moderators to eliminate any negative comments.  You can't even discuss Premier in a thread about a Premier exclusive figure.

darken666 posted at 7:18 PM Wed, 16 October 2024 - #4490414

There's some claims there was a survey and customers actually asked for Premier.

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My experience has been that when marketing takes a survey, it's their family members that get surveyed.

Ain't that the truth. In all my life, I've seldom seen a marketing department so out of touch with both their customers and their products. It's like they just hire straight out business school and just let them run everything. 

What tells me "Premier" was dreamt up by the marketing department and steamrolled over any objections is that they have no solid plan for a customer not keeping up their subscription beyond punishing them for their failure to be a constant revenue source. 

There's some claims there was a survey and customers actually asked for Premier. Makes me question how that survey was done and how loaded were the questions? Since it clearly wasn't all customers, how did Daz/Tafi pick who got a survey? You don't need a degree in statistics to tell you that you would get a different answer from a sampling of the top spenders than you might get from those who aren't buying hundreds of dollars worth of content every month. 

I was just saying lapse, which could be for a number of reasons, most likely a serious change in finances, funny how you had to come and try to make it sound like I was talking about technical/account issues.

I'd expect cases of technical/account issues on Daz's part would get the content they had before. But what happens to the user that falls ill for an extended period, or loses their job, or heck, just has to drop a month to cover a sudden car repair expense?

ghosty12 posted at 10:03 AM Thu, 10 October 2024 - #4490157

There should now be an option button under the base membership section of your membership management screen from where you can cancel your sub, was not there before but is working now as have cancelled my sub. The funny thing Daz just gave thirteen freebies to Daz+ and Premier users, my guess is to placate folks

I think the interesting thing in all of this is how many folks after the initial shock of it all, quite a few have signed on to the Premier sub.

One thing I find very telling about how distinctly customer-unfriendly Daz is becoming, (from their FAQ thread on the new Premier):

Content that is removed due to letting a Premier subscription lapse is not guaranteed to be available on reinstating the membership at a later time.

So not only are you renting content, you stand a good chance of losing it forever if your subscription lapses. 

I do hope that he leaves his items in the store here so that I can get the few sets I haven't already purchased.  Natu is such a great figure.

Quote - > Quote - The character looks a lot like NearMe, but that figure has its own page

graphic.e-frontier.co.jp/poser/near_me/

Moetan is a seperate figure but it can use NearMe clothes, poses and textures.

Well, Moetan can use NearMe poses and textures.  The shape is just a little off for any tight fitting clothing.  NearMe can wear Moetan stuff fine though.

I can help with testing and I've worked with items made in the Japanese version of Poser before so I can find where it's hanging up in the English version and suggest solutions.

I don't have AD but I do have Mayadoll and as I understand things the difference is the head of the figure, so I can certainly test any item below that point.

Library?

Attached Link: Romance Cover Reviews

I  could live without the v4 stuff, I have yet to get v4

It's a great set of poses, dunno if I'll be able to get the new one, but I'll try to, if just to get the new poses.  Any hope of poses for fighting with Nybras?

I'd just suggest changing the names on some of the weapons.  While I've no issue with the idea of making 3d versions of Kit Rae's fantasy swords per se, it is a bit much to have the same names on them.  Other than that, it's a great set, I wish you much luck with it.