I personally will not be endorsing any mod author who's name is on that open letter. I will also be pulling any endorsements I've already given, and I will refuse to use those mods. I'd encourage other people to do the same. This "open letter" is a ridiculous excuse to act like an entitled, whinny brat, throwing a tantrum just because something is taking "too long."
It's not so much that things are taking too long it's that there's almost no communication from the developer. They said it would release in September. Then 5 months later it's radio silence. I don't personally care how long it takes, it could take 3 years for all I care. I just would like them to say "it's coming, here's what you're getting".
They are basically demanding stuff that Larian has said isn't even ready yet. Bullet points include:
"Clarity of expectations regarding official modding support"
"Support a moderation team with proper guidelines on how to handle situations"
"Mention of issues related to patches/hotfixes"
These are not unreasonable. The tl;dr of them is as follows.
"Tell us what you're actually planning on releasing instead of using vague words like "customization".
"Get more moderators for your community"
"Give us a heads up if you're going to release a big patch"
According to larian they're planning to do all 3 soon.
They recently put a statement about it
They only put a statement out after they broke what mods worked and people got fed up with the constant radio silence.
It would also make sense if Larian hadn't already posted on their twitter that yes, they are working on mod support and will be working more with modders...in time.
This took 5 months and people raising a stink about it before they finally went "okay fine we're still working on it". Prior to this people assumed it was flat out cancelled because Wizards of the Coast demanded it. Additionally what we're getting is so vague it's to the point where it's not particularly useful. Like what does "customization" and "certain assets" mean?
Right now, these mod authors are acting like a bunch of toddlers who aren't getting their way. It's ridiculous.
The community just wants Larian to tell us what's coming. Considering it was promised to release back in September and it's been radio silent since then I don't think it's unreasonable to ask them to update us. I'm not asking them to rush it or release it early I personally just want a heads up. Their silence is causing community strife and it's rich seeing them brag to other developers that the way you make money is by being community minded while completely ignoring/neglecting their community on the other hand. And seeing posts like "You're not entitled to anything" if you don't like it.
BG3 made 90 million dollars and sold 10 million copies. And yet Larian is completely taking its community for granted, and has for quite a while. They also stopped updating Divinity Original Sin 2's toolset causing bugs and we haven't received any communication on that either. Let me guess "You're not entitled to bug fixes for the mod support" either?
