clayphd, I tried the 3DCoat demo.  It is nice!  It's good for lots of tasks, but I think its purpose is retopology.  And unless I use Zbrush, I don't need to retopologize.  :-)  I also tried Topogun, and love it, but again -- it's mainly for lowering poly count, and if you make your base model low poly to begin with...no need to re-do.  :-)

But as a content creator, you'll have to make your own choices.  Thing others might NOT use, you might find lots of uses for.  Everyone has his/her own style.  DarkEdge uses 3DCoat, and he's one of my favorite artists.

I love me some Modo!  :-)