With User tracks (make your own style) and new looks.

Ordered the 2013 MegaPak, on sale from Sweetwater.  An upgrade to 2014 version is on sale too....

I ordered the 2014 version.  You've been able to make MIDI styles for some time now, but this new version (not yet received) allows you to make your own REALTRACKS.  It will be interesting to see what that will do with all of these loop collections I've gotten over the years.

With the User Tracks (make your own realtracks).. wondering if user contributed styles will suddenly be popular ? More interestingly.. it would be possible to port some EzKey styles to BIAB User Tracks..

Man I like BIAB 2013 for sketching out a style after the song structure is pretty final.
 
Not sure what the new stuff would do for me though. I'm a simpleton.

 I tried getting the band in a box last year and they would have none of it. The drummer needs to loose weight, me too.
 
 2014 probably won't be much different.

Starise
 I tried getting the band in a box last year and they would have none of it. The drummer needs to loose weight, me too.  2014 probably won't be much different.

May I suggest a bigger box?

Apparently Donald Fagen uses BIAB these days for sketching out new tunes to give to his band. 
 
To me that's some endorsement. 

I have been looking at this but still don't get the jest of it yet. (dim bulb here) Is there a direct interface between biab and X3 or can you export/import audio/midi tracks created by biab 2014 and use Sonar as the mixer?
 
Would a first time user be better off starting with the small pro package, megaPak, UltraPlusPAK, or EverythingPAK?
 
It doesn't look like it gets discounted much.

I bought BIB 2011 (UltraPlusPak I think), but to be honest, I didn't spend enough time with it to make use of its great potential. I'm planning on installing it in my new machine and learn how to incorporate it into my workflow. Once you sketch out a song (which is really easy), I believe you can export those midi (not sure about audio) tracks to Sonar and mix/mangle it there.  
 
I chose the Ultra pak as a first time user, but depends on how many realtracks, midi tracks etc...you can afford to get.