shadowwolfz

Another unintended side effect of this seems to be some "modders" over on the Steam forums bashing the work of other modders while trying to support paid mods. These are literally modders who were making mods purely for profit having no interest in modding for Skyrim before paid mods existed bashing well established modders saying that anyone who supports them has low standards and that their mods are better and should be paid for. I really do believe some reputations of modders are being ruined by people like them. Im still against paying for mods, but this is getting a little absurd.

In response to post #24742594. #24742759, #24742849, #24742924, #24742934, #24743009, #24743059, #24743149, #24743254, #24743299, #24743359, #24743449, #24743474, #24743514, #24743524, #24743584, #24743604, #24743624, #24743724, #24743739, #24743769, #24743774, #24743884, #24743929, #24743984, #24744049, #24744139, #24744159, #24744279, #24744479, #24744519, #24744574, #24744719, #24744789, #24744794, #24744929, #24744964, #24744989, #24745004, #24745054, #24745174, #24745279, #24745339, #24745449, #24745494, #24745729, #24745734, #24745839, #24745939, #24746154, #24746294, #24746544, #24746674, #24746704, #24746719, #24747064, #24747169, #24747379, #24747459, #24747514, #24747554, #24747774, #24747799, #24747909, #24748204, #24748329, #24748344, #24748534, #24748849, #24749024, #24749029, #24749224, #24749279, #24749419, #24750314 are all replies on the same post. You're justified, I give you that. That is all I will give you though. "Over the 5 or so years i've modded Bethesda games at these nexus sites, i've come to realise that a portion of the community are selfish, entitled, and often outright abusive to mod authors (not everybody of course, but a portion) with their requests, demands and complaints, and many times i've pulled mods, or have logged off feeling absolutely outraged at the way I and my mods had been treated. How many of you can honestly say you've read, or been reading even a fraction of the things people have been saying over on steam? You know that one particular guy who ported the 3 DOTA swords for sale on the workshop? Have you seen his steam profile comments? The kinds of things that had been written... that sheer overwhelming hate, the pure evil. Its just disgusting. Point in hand, a mere taste of the popular opinion of the mod-user.." The popular opinion of the mod-user. This is like saying the burnings of the stores in Ferguson were indicative of everyone who agreed with that movement. It isn't. Sorry to burst your bubble. That is a blanket statement brought on by emotion and nothing based on a rational thought. By the way, about the 3 DOTA swords guy? Nobody has to like the mods, you open yourself up to even more sharp reviews when people have money involved. The problem is relatively simple. People vilify those who only come back to work for profit because it leads to bad practice. There are fewer good modders who would do this vs an infinite amount of scammers, 10 minute modders, and outright thieves of content. The reputation of the paid mods put up suffer as a whole in the same way EA and Greenlight on Steam do. You know what they say about bad apples. This cant really be prevented under the sloppy system Valve put up. Also there is another problem existing with this. Mods are dangerous to the game itself. Purchasing one is with the knowledge that it can break another product you spent far more money on and do more damage that cant be corrected with a simple refund. There is also the issue of poor quality control implemented by Steam as seen by the numerous reviews of paid mods already existing. To say the community doesnt deserve a hand in deciding what should and shouldnt be paid for is wrong in my opinion given the risks. I feel it would have been better if more support and/or an application system for the paid mods would have been better in this instance. "In a community with a lot of hateful, entitled, selfish, and downright evil people, why don't you go off and endure a few years of that abuse, and then come back and tell me I must only mod for the love and passion of it." - That is every community ever on the face of the earth. You think paying for mods will make this go away? Im sorry, but the statement is really invalid considering you have been here for a long time and only 3 days ago had this option. Nobody ever made you do it. No one ever made you continue to mod for the community over one or more games. This isn't the same as there being a contract between you and the consumer. There had to have been some positive in it for this to happen. Also I dont want to be spending my money on content without the reassurance that it has passed some kind of quality check and wont completely mess up. I know mods can conflict with other mods, but the refund policy Steam implemented was woefully inadequate and contributed to the problem. 7 day ban for refunds? That is simply insane. And 24 hours to test only? Another insanity. People don't play when it comes to their money. This has set up a system where the consumer takes a HUGE risk and hurts modding as a whole. Just telling it how it is. My overall thought is had this been done correctly and implemented in a rational way, you would find more open to the idea than you think. Right now, it gives the consumer a huge amount of risk and does indirectly harm the community. People have every right to be angry. Also cut/copy/pasting the business model from their existing packages and assuming it would work in a radically different game is really sloppy business practice in my opinion. Valve/Bethesda shouldnt be let off the hook for that. Some of the things I point out should help reassure you that most of this isnt directed to modders personally and stems from things wrong with the system and falsely attributed to modders indirectly. I still firmly believe conditions might improve some if they fix these problems. However, I still think coming back to Skyrim is not the way to go on this. Long but I've really wanted to get it off my chest since reading it.