Nemoid

Yeah Lightwave 's separation into two apps is the problem of the app. Having two apps one for modelling, weight maps and other vertex maps and another for animation and rendering obliges users to have a more linear workflow for sure, and some problems when rigging/ testing rigs and other stuff. Though in good hands can produce awesome results. it is used still for many tv series for example. So it is worth a try and see if it fits someone's needs rather than discarding it totally. Modo came after and has the good advantage over Lw of being totally unified under a single environment, but still is not as robust as it should be for now and seems to have inherited some problems in performance related to animation from Lw. Probably the next release will be more robust as many users are requesting better performance and responsiveness for animation. Modelling is just good since it was born as a modelling app since the start.