How to extrude with steps I'm doing an extrusion with a bunch of connected edges in the same direction. In order to divide the new faces into several faces along the extrusion direction, I have to do several extrusions. 

Is there an option in Blender to determine the number of divisions like in Maya?
You can subdivide the extrusion in a subsequent step using a loop cut.


Select the edges to extrude
Extrude with E
Press Space and type Loop Cut (or press Ctrl+R)
Select the extruded region and set your number of cuts. This setting can be found in the Tool Shelf or by pressing F6