Quote - Bit of a cost to get a UV mapper though!

See you have it backwards. When you spend money to buy Lightwave, or Modo, or Max, or whatever to make models; you don't have to go and make an additional purchase of an external UV Mapping program. It is part of the package. 

That's right! If you need to be a "complete 3D software" for all "animation and modelling solution" on the copetitive market, you must do the adjusts. And it envolves lower prices and big improvements.