Just my opinion the sub sim community are looking in the same direction ( Too make the game better and not let the game die ). So if there is to be NO new patches, Addons or anything offical why dont they release the MDT or SDK tools so that the sub sim community can add new ships merchant or otherwise. No offence to the Dev team the thought is great, but if they are going to do this part time and we have to make the models send it to them and IF they have the time they will add them...it seems alot of time wasted, If we pulled together as a community we could make one hell of a mod, we have alot of expirenced modelers and coders on this site and by the sounds of it alot of time too
i know this has been mentioned alot it's because we dont want to see a game with alot of potential fall like alot of other games! Look at BF1942 to be honest that would of died ages ago if they did'nt release the MDT. To keep a game fresh and full of replay value Dev's now are releasing SDK's or MDT's because they know if there is a good mod out there people will still be prepeared to spend money on dated games because of the modding community keeping the game alive.