That's interesting...I bounced around on Lightwave, Carrara, Animation Master and others, only to finally settle in on Maya, because I found it to be among the MOST intuitive. I guess everybody has a different take for their style.
I find Lightwave to be by far the least intuitive. I could just never get that program.
Carrara is actually the most intuitive for me, but it's not quite powerful enough for where I want to be. However, it's actually a pretty darn decent mid-range 3D app.
Animation Master is a disaster, but don't get me started...