Some of Starfield’s planets are meant to be empty by design - but that’s not boring, Bethesda insists
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I love mods, but often they come with the trade-off of balancing issues.
A big chunk in gameplay design and development is balancing and while I agree some mods are great, they tend to mess with balance heavily, making it either easier or a whole spiky mess.