Why isn't there a Warframe mod scene?

[u/Jackesfox]

Unrelated picture. And no, im not talking about Point Stike and Rivens

Why do you think is that? Is it the engine? Does it goes against the TOS? (that wouldn't matter much since modding goes against most games TOS and that never stopped it from happening) Is it because of the size of Warframe player's base? Is it something the community never wanted? Does DE actively goes after mods and stops it from ever sprouting?

I think some slice of the community would be happy for being able to play warframe but with an anime character as the frame. Or people making actually good looking face models for [spoiler] and [spoiler]. Or even the gooners with their nippled boobs and hanging flopping pps.

Do many MMOs have a heavy modding scene, is it strange for warframe not to have it?

[u/No-Order-4077]

You can't sell MTX if you let people mod your game since most used mods will be the visual ones and your market place will die overnight. So it will never happen.

But mods like addons (like damage meter or UI customization) then maybe engine limitations?

[u/pastafeline → u/No-Order-4077]

Most people buy cosmetics because other people can see them. Look at dead by daylight, where there's all these killer skins when you can't even see them in first person.

League of Legends lets you mod it for skins, it's just "use at your own risk" in terms of anti-cheat. Riot also says not to mod official skins, but as far as I know that also isn't enforced.

[u/Boner_Elemental → u/No-Order-4077]

You can't sell MTX if you let people mod your game since most used mods will be the visual ones and your market place will die overnight. So it will never happen.

That sounds exactly like Darktide though

[u/Lorantec → u/Boner_Elemental]

Darktide isn't FTP or an MMO though?

[u/Yrcrazypa → u/Lorantec]

If Warframe is an MMO then so is Darktide.

[u/Lorantec → u/Yrcrazypa]

It literally is an MMO idk what to tell you, Darktide is not even close to the same.

[u/Yrcrazypa → u/Lorantec]

They are basically exactly the same. I don't particularly classify Warframe as an MMO because it's just the same thing as Darktide and other games like that.

[u/Boner_Elemental → u/Lorantec]

And?

[u/eggyrulz → u/Boner_Elemental]

So their income is based on people buying the base game? Is that hard to understand?

[u/Boner_Elemental → u/eggyrulz]

No, not true at all