Len...I have the XL package and will not upgrade this time, for the same reasons as mentioned here - Maxons upgrade policy is unfair.
I would warn you about MOCCA!! It is clunky and you will spend weeks trying to set a character rig up. Yes it is powerful in theory, but it is not a solid product IMHO...and I have used Maya in a prefessional inviroment to compare it with.

People seem to forget XSI Foundation 5...in my opinion this is fantastic value and the animation tools in XSI are second to none! Foundation easily competes AND beats C4D XL for features in many cases...I cant believe they are doing Foundation at the price it is (299 in the UK and I think $499 in the US)...it couldn't be much cheaper if they gave it away. It's worth consideration and it has industry standard animation and soft body dynamics and the best integration of Mental Ray of any other package (Max or Maya).

Worth a thought...

Cheers

Message edited on: 10/02/2005 06:57

 

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