Yep, let's pay 1 guy of a 200+ people giant TC mod team money and have the others get nothing !
(I think you do not even realize how Nehrim was developed....) how would they even split the money fairly? There were thousands of contributors.
No. Monetization needs to stay away from Modding.
And if it's TC's it's gonna lead to massive negative nonsense when not everyone is credited properly. And how do you even define a contribution? What is a fair share?
You can not compare this to the nonsense fluff mods that TF2 and the other Valve games have on Steam Workshop.
Monetization only leads to Misery.
And especially an RPG will have mods of varying degrees of complexity. It should be like NWN, good unique big campaigns get recognition and maybe get a sort of franchise deal as optional DLC when all contributors are known and confirmed (And no copyright is violated). That'd be a way to do this, but if that mod is then only DLC, it will of course not be a mod anymore, and be viewed as a professional product.
That is the only kind of monetization besides a completely optional donate button that i'd accept. And yes, Larian would have to curate the mod beforehand, obviously ;p
