What I don't understand is why there is pushback from fellow players when I ask a question in the official game forum. Isn't the whole point of the forum to have a supportive place to share ideas, have fun talking about the game, and help each other?
Right, I was aware that I was being kind of a dick when I posted that. Two things:
1) I WAS indeed rather baffled by your question, and I tried a bit too hard to convey the bafflement in my question. I'm sorry I'm just an efficient guy.
2)
Unfortunately for me, I'm using over a dozen mods and I've had compatibility issues with one or two, so load times can be well over an hour. I'd like to avoid this whenever possible
Well you didn't say all that in your first post, did you? I'm so sorry I should've GUESSED that you're using over a dozen mods and you've had compatibility issues with one or two, so load times can be well over an hour for you. I assure you that, if I HAD known all that (somehow), I wouldn't have had the urge to be such a dick. In all of the parallel possibilities, in the one in which you did say so in the first place, the "me" there didn't act like a churl at all. I firmly believe so.
Even were that not the case, YOUR way of playing the game isn't the ONLY way of playing it
You'll have to elaborate a bit here. What do you mean by "my way of playing the game"? Are you referring to the "backing up your game" and "loading it when shit goes south" routine? Sorry, I thought that is THE way of playing most video games these days. I apologize for my ignorance. (*whispering to myself: "But he did say "Absolutely, I do back up my game often"...! Oh well maybe he just never loads those savegames"* - but hey, now that I know your reason, I'm not going to say this out loud, so you're not hearing this, alright?)
But anyway, I honestly couldn't resist the urge to be a dick back there (AND a sarcastic bastard in this one). Believe it or not, in all of my 190+ posts on here, I've always been a pretty chill and reasonable and supportive gentleman. You can verify this yourself by look up all of my posts; I have nothing to hide (I'm not sure if there is indeed such a function though...).
Please take care, and I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the game, good sir.