My opinion is that people that cry now about mods are people that tomorrow will not play SoW BoB cause it will be a too much change for them.
You know... like people that played CS 1 and then "by the guts" felt CS 2 wasn't good. It's "the change" and necessity to adapt to it that puts people off... the rest is just "the justification"... Having mods that does indeed bring few problems is an excellent "scapegoat".
If you play online and you are "annoyed" by cheaters and abusers then is a good sign you play in the wrong room.
Is my belief that most of the whining about mods people play in "easy" dogfights servers surrounded by immature players. I didn't had experienced any "annoying" abusers on virtual wars or established great realistic servers. I'm sure there are "cheaters/abusers" even there but far less cause the "goal" of the game is not "quick 5 minutes runs to the furball" that attract the normal cheat clients.
these are my 2 cets... that probably no one asked for but are for free

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