comiconomist

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comiconomist4 karma

Bethesda seems to have a great track record retaining staff: AFAIK a lot of their team from Oblivion are still there. Am I correct and if so, what makes it such a great place to work at?

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I have a bunch of questions about modding, some business/development focused and others more practical.

  1. Has modding lived up to your expectations? Have you been surprised by the direction some mods have taken? Are there some sorts of mods you thought would have been made that haven't appeared at present?

  2. How successful has modding been for the players? For instance, can you tell us what percentage of players regularly play with mods installed? I'm curious to know how this compares with the percentage of players that finished the game, which is about a third going by the Steam achievement "Earth Avenged" (https://steamcommunity.com/stats/268500/achievements) - which is fine, because we know most players don't finish games (http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/17/gdc-most-players-dont-finish-games).

  3. How did building the game with such good mod support affect development? Did it make some things harder/easier? Did it create a lot of additional work for you to do?

  4. Would you recommend other developers look at providing the level of modding support you have? I guess this boils down to if you think the value you have enabled to be created for players exceeds the development costs you may have incurred, and if you think that comparison would be similar for other developers.

  5. How compatible will XCOM 2 mods be with the expansion? What types of mods will likely require re-working to be compatible?

  6. How easy will it be to maintain separate mod lists for XCOM 2 and WotC? I'm specifically thinking of players who might want to alternate between WotC and vanilla WotC with a large overhaul mod like Spectrum Green which is unlikely to work at launch.

  7. At E3 Jake said in an interview(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=950BxjyohBo&feature=youtu.be&t=2608) that he hadn't talked to the Long War team but it was "on my list of things to do". Are you able to give any updates at this stage?

Thanks for taking the time to do this!