I'm not very good at confronting people, because it's usually counter-productive. People feel singled out, and it amounts to very little positive change.

Instead I just wait, and let it happen for a bit, so I can write an article to address a general problem.

This is something that's happened on the majority of my releases throughout my modding career, and is a common reason why I end up not updating my mods. Because it's an incredibly dispiriting experience.

It's when people act pedantic. For instance, a few months back I figured that it would be awesome to have a zombie survival experience in Fallout 4, and I thought of ways to make that happen. I figured out that I could simply substitute regular spawn points with ghouls, and you got a pretty cool zombie survival experience that really just uses regular things in the game. Thus, you have not only zombie survival, but it's even lore friendly. Simply recycling enemies in-game.

Thus "Lore Friendly Zombie Apocalypse" was born. Wasn't long before people begun to act pedantic, complaining about how going beyond their imaginary feral ghoul quotas was a clear violation of canon. Ignoring the literal sea of radiation that covers half of the map. Same thing happened on my anarchist mod, my communist mod, and even my flag replacer texture.

I mean, it's a flag replacer texture. A pathetic detail that someone still managed to find an issue with, because I decided to include a quote in Latin. To take a little bit of creative freedom to find a cool motto for the Minutemen. Because I was audacious enough to do that, I believe I got at least three comments complaining about my ruthless defiance of their convention.

One whose sole problem with my mod was how it was a motto based on the Ugandan philosophy of "I am because we are.", and how the real Minutemen "Weren't African." True, but the real Minutemen hunted Native Americans and burned down people's homes. So maybe there's a bit of flexibility there since they seemed to have more in common with the very raiders that the new Minutemen are fighting.

So, now I release PLUNDER, and I get pedantic comments again. I wanted it to make Survival feel more rewarding, so I added more loot to dungeons. So the difficult combat and harsh save rules pay off. Since you might end up raiding the same building five times over if you're facing particularly tough enemies, not to mention the carry weight being what it is.

And lo' and behold, "This isn't what survival is about."

Survival can be about anything. It's a matter of preference. I made it the way I like since it's my mod.

But the absolute worst part is the sheer arrogance of all this. Because

A) They never cite sources for their arguments on lore, or something else.
B) They're always rude and demanding.
C) Chances are, we've thought about what they're about to say already, and have a valid reason for still doing something.
D) If I talk back, then I'm an "elitist who can't handle criticism." Once I got into a massive argument from lodes of people simply for pointing out how being condescending isn't contributing too much.

But actually, I can handle criticism. I just can't handle whatever the hell this is.

Most of you are amazing, and you're really supportive. 90% of all encounters here are nothing but positive and reaffirming, and I totally understand that us modders are oft times arrogant and horrible. (No, really, we are. I'm not just being modest. I've gotten plenty of abuse from modders as well.)

And since you're all so awesome, might as well point out how I don't really want you to change at all. I'm just venting. Here's some highlights: