Having only used ddo in beta stage i can only say that the huge thing about it is not really the diffuse map that can be made by many skilled artists there. But the new PBR workflow and having accurate matallic and roughness values(specially this one) is a huge advantage. Like many of you said, is your skills and not the…
There is a very large difference between using a photo as a texture overlay and having a program generate diffuse, spec, and gloss for you based on presets and your model. DdO isn't cheating, but if you can't do the same thing by hand then you shouldn't be using it. Ideally DdO is a baseline that you would edit until you…