I have never used Modo, so im not sure how easy it is to pick up but Blender is pretty notorious for its steep learning curve. How did you find learning Modo EQ? It would be interesting to find out how long it took people in this thread too become fluent in Blender, so we could get a good average on a time period.
Strong feature in my eyes. - To find non-manifold faces, go select->Non Manifold or hit Shift+Ctrl+Alt+M (yeah i know...) - To find lose verts that are not part of an edge / face, go select->Loose verts - To make sure you have no doubled up verts in same spot select the whole mesh and click w and then r (or…
Not that more people will start using it then... some people will always have an excuse :P There are some who will just always find a reason not to use Blender.