*edit. I should note a good modding api and/or editor is great for any game.
I started programming though making mods for battle for middle earth 2.
However, we must make sure to keep in mind the ways in which capitalists will exploit the goodwill of developers and free software wherever it may be.
They’re nice to have, but yeah the fact is that week 1 will see a community-made patch which is nearly essential to play the game
fun fact about the skyrim essential community patch - the main guy on the team was this super opinionated dipshit who decided that it was an essential bugfix to have the first dragon you fight shout dovahkiin noooooooooooooooo with the most amateurish voice acting when you kill it
I've literally been doing skyrim binges yearly since the game came out, on PS3, PC and then PS4. Not once have I installed the community patch. Have never felt like the game was overly buggy.