He’s 19, 4 years younger than me. I played Vanilla when it released and started modding when I was 15. He still plays Skyrim now from time to time and honestly, he knows it better than I do. Does glitches, has full ebony armor, etc. Anyway, I’ve been doing some Xbox modding recently and he has this stupid mentality that mods are “retarded” and ruin the feel of the game, and that the flaws of vanilla are what make it good. Even when I’ve said, “Well you gotta run out of content, so what then? Why not mod?” And his response is essentially just, “It’s not made by Bethesda therefore it’s bad, and it’s not canon so it’s equally bad. Every mod doesn’t fit in Skyrim”. I’ve tried showing him the Inigo mod and explained how much better he is than vanilla followers but he just won’t have it.
I am at a loss. He is missing out on HUNDREDS of new content.
What’s his take on the official Skyrim mods that Bethesda made/approved?
“Well those are official and it’s what Bethesda intended”.
Even though I tried explaining just how lazy the new fishing mechanics are.
Then by that logic, wouldn’t the existence of Community Workshop and its mod (a lot of which are made by the community) also be what Bethesda indended? Since they are officially allowing and supporting the use of mods via this official method.