XSI is brilliant, and if you follow the tutorials it's easy to learn. not to mention very professional.
Yeah it's got a drawback for the price you have to pay to export. : but for the quality you want/need its well worth it.
seeing as we're on the topic of XSI, and as seeing as all models need AI. Anybody know the first steps in programming AI? I suppose its just visual basic but are there any programs that set up defaults for you?