I know what you mean. I'm primarily attracted by the veg itself andthe ecosystem as well but that's newer,and of course the fine render engine. I haven't had a full ver for a while but even the demo has me saving money for it. I just wish that they'd implement some way, other than booleans, to model as I really like mesh working. It would open up whole new vistas in Vue if they did. Still it does import a number of formats I can export to so it aint that bad. It's just that in the program I use[Imagine3d], you can, within a model, create sub groups of faces[which you can't access in Vue as well] which allow for very detailed applications of procedurals and maps. I have to split my models apart into the relevant face sub groups , and re group as object groups to have that kind of access in Vue....small thing as Vue has fairly robust UV mapping which Imagine lacks[likely the reason for the sub groups workaround originally]

But ultimately you are correct, it certainly is one of the most versatile rendering programs I've tried.

Later

 

Once in a while I look around,
I see a sound
and try to write it down
Sometimes they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again