Did anybody test Messiah ?
It is an animation only software at a reasonable price ( 300 usd ) which supplies all the advanced animation features of the high end packages
It exports the .x file
Gamespace is a disaster particulary for animation
Fragmotion and character fx are very good animators ,for the price
MilkShape is not so suitable for animation but in my opinion it is very good to attach vertices to bones, the more user friedly method I know, in my opinion