agent42o

The whole settlement system is silly, but it's fun for a lot of people. It is weird how much focus they put on that aspect of the game, I love crafting systems and having a few places you could build up and populate sounded really cool, but I didn't realize that was going to be like half the game. I agree with you though, adding realism to the settlement system would drive me crazy. As for the bug fixes, I figure we'll get a few more patches, they will fix some stuff and as the purchases start to slow down they will taper off leaving the community to fix the rest. From what I have seen, they haven't really fixed a lot, but the community patch as done most of their work. But who knows, maybe someday you'll get crazy larry to your settlement without the console.

This is the wrong idea, and the core of the current problem. Any creator can choose what they do with their content. If you decide to mod only for the xbox, then that's your choice, if someone steals that and uploads it here, that's theft, not "elitism." Right now Bethesda linking the steam account to the uploader and requiring the uploader to have purchased FO4 for the PC is a big step, if you steal your steam account gets blocked and you can't upload anymore, that's a good start. Beyond that, they need to hire people to check, verify that if the mod exists here it's the same author. There's too many reasons for them not to, first off, the community here has a good reputation when it comes to support, when someone just steals you don't know what's what and what it's going to do to your game. As a PC user, I have learned over the years how to look for issues, what doesn't seem right and accepted that my downloads can sometimes come at a risk to my save games. But I have also had hours upon hours of added fun here, through Oblivion, F03, FONV, and Skyrim. I don't want to see console users excluded, and I am sure a lot of authors here were fully ready to work with console users to get their creations on both, but with the theft, and worse the reaction from the console community (effectively spitting in mod authors faces) I am sure there's been a lot of change to that attitude. To be honest, while I am disgusted with the thieves, I am more disgusted with the reactions I have seen attacking content creators. Bethesda needs to get a handle on this issue and fast, with PS4 getting mods soon and with the potential for a mod-compatible Skyrim reboot, this could effectively kill a community that I have watched, loved and respected for years.