But MDF is best known for its stability
I have reason to disbelieve you, since quite a few of my scripts are in this mod.
You have the right to your opinion. Similarly, I also have the right to my opinion, which is:
MDF is a great mod to have. That said, there is nothing preventing someone else from either:
1. Creating his own mod (of which there are many)
2. Creating his own mod package (and including MDF content as well).
Usually, it comes down to sheer hard work (for example, the *only* thing preventing me from a mod of my own is not lack of capability, it is lack of time).
It is also logical that this sub-forum is likely to be populated by a larger proportion of people who like / use MDF. Hence, it is likely that they will praise MDF.
Finally, I dont think the comments have been negative for DF. It is *just* that DF is difficult to play without the *usual* crutches - and people have built many: tilesets, GUI, therapist, DFhack.
MDF provides these in a package.
It's not so much about people who
make mods, it's about people who
play them. I'm not complaining about the subforum. I didn't come here expecting people who don't play Masterwork and I have no idea why people seem to be under the opinion that I'm complaining much about this place at all. It's more, say, Reddit that I care about. Reddit shows exactly what I mean by "stunting the growth of the mod community". 70% of mod recommendations there are Masterwork, at least. I've already given examples of the kinds of things people say there. I never linked to here in my complaints, I never said anything about this place, this place is unrelated. Places that aren't Bay 12
ONLY know about Masterwork when it comes to mods and that's
not a good thing. The sidebar to Reddit's dwarf fortress subreddit used to say "about a mod (eg Masterwork)". I complained because that means that Masterwork is not only the only mod anyone
knows about there, it's the only mod
officially endorsed there. PeredexisErrant removed it, but Xandan (bless his heart, he moderates so much stuff over there) was resistant to the idea because... Masterwork is the only mod people know about there. That's, again, a
problem. It's not a good thing to have only one mod known to the general public.