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Came here to say almost exactly that !! :) CBR

The new and much quicker core. On screen playback will be fast. Nodes everything including materials. Updated Xpresso / node system. UV toolset essentially rewritten. A new particle system to replace Thinking Particles. If it doesn't come in R20 it will come later. More modelling tool enhancements to take advantage of the rewritten modelling core.

Well this is quite a sensitive matter because i think users will defend their software of choice. In this matter, Maya users will always say their software is the best in the world, and because there are a lot of Maya users their numbers make a difference. Personally i prefer to give credit to the artist instead a piece of software. A strong modeller will always be good in almost any kind of software just because the user's experience is the best tool. Regarding that list i would put Modo and Blender ahead of maya and even houdini. Zbrush is more a sculpting software so i wouldn't compare with others besides mudbox or 3dcoat.