What do you think about the NIV (2011)?

Pathfinder627 said:

But I meant in the context of egalitarianism. That's the forum section we're in, after all.

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Yes. That seemed odd to me. Is the last part of the OP really the point of this? (see below)

Sometimes it retains male pronouns ("he"), sometimes it uses the plural "they". Do you think that it's a suitable egalitarian translation or that doesn't go far enough?

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The NIV2011 is not only excellent, it also presents the egalitarian viewpoint somewhat better than the NRSV.

Examples:

1 Peter 3:1 (NRSV)
Wives, in the same way, accept the authority of your husbands,
1 Peter 3:1 (NIV)
Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands

1 Peter 3:5 (NRSV)
women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves by accepting the authority of their husbands.
1 Peter 3:5 (NIV)
women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands,

Psalms 68:11 (NRSV)

The Lord gives the command;
great is the company of those who bore the tidings:
Psalms 68:11 (NIV)
The Lord announces the word,
and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:

Titus 2:5 (NRSV)
to be self-controlled, chaste, good managers of the household, kind, being submissive to their husbands, so that the word of God may not be discredited.
Titus 2:5 (NIV)
to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

Genesis 24:15 (NRSV)
Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, coming out with her water jar on her shoulder. The girl was very fair to look upon, a virgin, whom no man had known. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up.
Genesis 24:15 (NIV)
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor. The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

The original NIV was terrible in translating Paul. NIV 2011 seems to have fixed at least some of this. However it still has a habit of papering over difficult passages, particularly in the OT.

It's probably slightly easier to understand than NRSV, but the NRSV seems to have the fewest questionable translations. For a freer translation I still like the TEV, though for theologically complex passages I'd still use NRSV.

For the longest time i used NIV (since the 90's). Last year during my devotions when i looked up the greek words of 2 Peter 1:5-7 my notes filled 2 pages. Then last month i decided to restudy the same passage but this time using NASB, and my notes shrank down to 1 page, because most of the words used in NASB are so accurate to the greek original i ended up deleting a lot of my notes. In hindsight i realized most of my studies in the past would have been a lot easier had i been using NASB. So now i'm planning to shift to NASB.