Just to clarify something, Autodesk has had subscription (or maintenance) for some time now, and you don't have to re-purchase the software again every year. You can purchase a license and then annual maintenance subscription, and thats all you pay. For the annual fee you get access to support and various other services…
Modo is a great modeling tool. Hard to beat it for mechanical and environment work, especially now with MeshFusion. For hard-surface stuff it is really awesome. It is an extremely capable poly/sub-d modeler. However, as others in this thread have stated, there are still some lingering disappointments/frustrations and I…