Oh, there's collaboration, trust me. The fact is that you don't see most of it - there is a large amount of communications that occurs behind the scenes and in private - and I'm not surprised. A lot of it deals with data changes that could break the game for those who aren't careful or patient to wait for the final release; others simply want to have their work finished before showing it to anyone. So, modders will often meet up and 'recruit' team members here, show their progress, but keep the real under-the-hood cooperation in private.
As someone's who's been part of a whole range of big mods - I can tell you that you're wrong, and you certainly would not see most of the improvements to SHIII without this forum. From RUb to GW, I think a great many mods would not be here without the modding hub that is the Mod Worrkshop. To a visitor the cooperation isn't always obvious; to a regular - it's well-known.
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