Outside of QuickRig and HumanIK there are a few modular rigging scripts that can give you some really good rigs. Advance Skeleton : http://www.animationstudios.com.au/advanced-skeleton This creates biped, quadraped and custom rigs, I'm using this in production right now and I like it a lot. But there are some hoops you…
Yep. Since you already know Max that is probably the best option at this point, but that really depends on the needs of the project. Do you plan to bring on other animators or outsource animation? Most animators are typically more familiar with Maya, so you might shrink your candidate pool. If it's just you and you know…