CNCadmin have you had a chance to try Mastercam Router there is a new release of 9.1 router that is more rebust.
As for new thoughts on MC there is full support of
VB scripts and more solds options there are more tools for contour and pocketing.
More tools for 5-axis .
For some on the GUI VersionX will be a revamp of the GUI over all.
(Is it easy to use, or does it take months to learn, and is fluency with it hard to retain?) It really matters on what you want to do.
I can have you doing some basics in one day for most.