I can see by the amount of activity in this section that others are leaning this way as well so perhaps I made a normal and natural choice.
I miss I.C.E. but I can account for all my needs very well with C4D.
I've decided to go with Octane Render for the speed I can get with GPU rendering supplemented with Arnold to get the organic render elements a.k.a. Skin/hair/character elements.
Also going over to DaVinci Resolve for my post render needs.
Sticking with Mudbox as my only AD product. I just remember that it's simply an acquisition they made
This seems the tightest pipe line that I can get.