A lack of updates is a concern if the current software is buggy or has some functional shortcomings that can be addressed. If they get the software right, it's not a deal-breaker.

The 11R has a pretty limited set of "modules", but is pretty feature-rich (especially WRT MIDI control). There's the crash bug I mentioned in another thread, but they will NEVER fix that.

Seems most people I know are at least satisfied with their Helix. I'm not sure I trust Line6 since I've heard some of their botched models for basic effects as recently as the Pod 500HD.