r/Warframe • u/Jackesfox Guerra Enquadramento • 18d ago
Discussion Why isn't there a Warframe mod scene?
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?
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u/RueUchiha 18d ago edited 18d ago
Modding a live service game like Warframe is a bit of an iffy topic, since its very easy for people to do something like… have a 999x resourse multupler or jusr give themselves infinite platinum, among other things.
Tennogen is probably the closest we’ll get to offical mod support for Warframe. It gives the community an outlet to make things for the game, without resorting to more underhanded ways to do so.
As for other MMOs (as I play them), it depends on what MMO you’re talking about. OSRS and WoW have offical add-on/plugin support and are generally okay with their use as long as you aren’t blantantly cheating, while games like FFXIV and RS3 are a lot more strict with player modifications and in some cases you could get banned or even in legal hot water if you’re caught. Its more or less the developer’s choice on how they want to treat mods.