Peoples opinion about software shouldn’t matter to you, because what you feel as intuitive might be different for someone else. However if you are coming from Maya/Max, learning Modo shouldn’t be an issue, 901(due in May) is more of a game dev release then previous version, it supports MikkT tangent space. Modo has no modifier stack so all its modeling is destructive. 901 integrates Mesh Fusion so that’s a huge win if you do any hard surface modelling.
If you buy new seat 801(currently at 1500 USD) today, you’ll get a free upgrade to 901. If you dont have a license, its cheaper to buy a used 801 license(check in the foundry forum, marketplace subforum) and then buy the upgrade(495 USD). Modo upgrade policy is very generous , you could upgrade from earlier version to 901 for 495 USD, even if its from version 101(the first version of Modo). Modo used to be very unstable during it’s earlier years(101,201) but 801 is pretty stable for the vast majority of its user.
Bottomline you need to sit down and use Modo to see if you like or not before investing time,energy and more importantly money. FYI, new seats of Modo shortly after 901 release will increase to 1899 USD.