Originally posted by Gladi8er65:

Originally posted by Sythalin:

It took 18 months for modders to >>> add more monsters >>> revamp inventory systems (sorting, mass deposits, etc.) >>> add literally thousands of items (all with recipes) >>> create magic/spells from scratch >>> create enchantment systems from scratch >>> revamp planting >>> expand/fix performance issues >>> revamp portal system >>> improve the trader >>> increase graphics to HD >>> unlock/add additional gameplay options >>> revamp archery....

And that's just page 1 on Nexus, where the majority of mods have been created by 2 authors (randyknapp & aedenthorn). If it wasn't for them, as well as the dozens of other modders, this game would've died a couple months after launch after people blasted through the content.

It's little wonder why people have expectations of another long drought of meaningful content from the devs. Honestly I'll be surprised if it even half of the current playerbase, which is 1/5th the lifetime peak, bother to come back again.

This wasn't a debate about "who did what in 18 months", IDC what modders did... IDC how modders compare to the dev team... IDC about mods whatsoever (I play 100% vanilla).

My entire point was that IG did NOT work on Mistlands for 18 months like many people keep saying... They worked on it for 9 months and the other 9 months was other content / fixes.... Nobody asked about mods.

Still doesn't change the principle point which you're willfully ignoring, but I'm done trying to explain it. I'll just leave this with "okay, you're right - devs are flawless, the fastest content creators, everyone else sucks and should learn from their example, and they were robbed of 'Labor of Love' award" since that's what you want to hear.

Moving on....