In response to post #24643869. #24648234 is also a reply to the same post. You know what steam early access is? You know how the average quality of game on there hovers somewhere right above "complete crap" ? That's what the workshop is going to become. If you pay for a mod, there are expectations that are going to have to be met, QA standards if you will. For starters, depending on what mods you download, you need to put those mods to load in a certain order. Steam Workshop doesn't do that. If i have to pay for a mod, that better be done for me. I shouldn't have to turn to 3rd party solutions for this problem if I'm paying for it. What if a mod is released with a bug, and the mod author never gets around to fixing it because hey, they already made their money (just like Early Access). Steam refunds your money not back into your bank, but your steam account. Its money that's only good on Steam. And hell, that's only if you do it within 24 hours. Not all bugs are seen within the first 24 hours. We got mods for free because there was no guarantee that they would work, be bug free, or even be compatible with each other, not to mention the copyright issues. A free mod has no expectations of a release date, or patches. A paid mod does. As soon as you start asking for payment (which as a content creator you are entitled to do) then there are certain standards of quality that have to be met. Can you guarantee that will happen? No, and that's the problem with the system.
