I just updated with all the new stuff and finally bought the pipeline edition, skingen, and beards/hairstyle packs. One thing I seem to be getting wrong though is the Essential Characters from the original packs. They are CC1(?) so when I convert them over to CC+ they end up looking bland and flat. I ended up getting the one I was working on sorted after a couple of hours at scratching my head, but I don't think they look as good as native CC+ Characters. The one I did was the Asian Female. It took a bit but I have half way decent results with it now. Are the essentials going to be updated for CC+ or are they just going to be edited as needed whenever people use them? Just curious as to what, if any, plans there are for them. Anyway, here's a pic with what I'm starting with and what I eventually got to. The one in the center is after converting to CC+.