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>new sculpting tools
>improved rigging and weight painting functionality
>"render preview" in the 3d viewport isn't ass anymore
>general huge boost in performance with models that exceed 100,000 tris
>you're using a 6-year old version of blender with a few years of support while the 2.8x branch was being built
>still works with cats tool
>you can port over the keybinds from 2.79
It's honestly baffling that so many people here cling to 2.79.