From what my friends who have the new WB tell me, if its pain relief your seeking, you are going from the pan to the fire. Good luck. Unless you are technically minded and say enjoy working in something like 3D Max your learning curve will be extremely steep. I'm a neophyte but my friends are experienced modelers. All of them decided it was money wasted on the new WB. It would take them much too long to even begin to get back to the level they already are in other programs. So unless your already using WB and are simply going to upgrade to it, you may want to rethink changing.