Originally posted by Nameless:

Not sure why you think that a decent amount of mods should not be a big reason to buy a game,

I know it is for many

Because it's not the community's job to make sure a game has content and is worth the asking price.

We only just got a "major" content update a while ago after months of nothing. Even then, this update didn't do anything major with the game, everything is extremely minor, ironically like a mod.
The base game should be able to stand on it's own and frankly it cannot do that right now. Saying "just install mods" should not be an excuse to purchase a subpar game with a lack of base content.