Modo is probably not considered a "high-end app", but even it is a fair bit beyond my capability to purchase it. But it's a bit of a multi-pronged challenge... I could conceivably save up for this in a somewhat reasonable amount of time since I don't purchase content hardly at all anymore since bitten by the dynamic cloth bug: I now just make my own. So, money is only one aspect.

The more significant is this: I've invested in Poser Pro 2012. I've only started getting my head around the materials. I've yet to really explore weight-mapping (though I've been admiring the expert's work in this area).  The only area I'm really going crazy in is dynamic cloth. And Blender. And learning that. I've upgraded Vue Studio to 10... think I've done more than just load the bloody thing? How the heck can I justify a purchase of $1195 when I haven't even learned Blender 2.6+ properly yet? Nor even touched Vue? And Poser? So much still to learn there???

In the past, I bought-bought-bought technology with the idea of learning it ... ... ... ... eventually. So, I ended up with these apps to create apps ... and never created anything because I never had the time to learn Visual FoxPro 3 or Visual Studio (exit-strategy from nursing: all nurses and doctors eventually seek exit strategies). So, I'm still pulling sticky breathing tubes (called laryngeal masks) from people's mouths and spending the rest of their time in recovery explaining to my patients why I don't know what happened during their operation because I was removing sticky breathing tubes from people's mouths. Now, at the ripe old age of almost 60, I've realised that purchasing technology doesn't immediately/magically imbue you with the knowledge on how to use the thing.

Yep, took that long. Now, I'm gonna save money!!

So, what is keeping me from potentially exploring LightWave or modo or any of those mid-range apps (let-alone high-end apps)? Not just the money. You need time to learn the thing. Otherwise, why get it? Oh, yeah, if someone gave me a license  for modo I'd jump on like a deranged slinky: I'd love to play with it! And I would play with it. But the combination of having to save up $1200 just to get something to sort-of get my head around when I already have all this stuff I don't really fully understand or have gotten completely comfortable with just seems wrong.

Just me. Just sayin'...

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

Metaphor of Chooks