I haven’t been on these forums much until recently. I joined in TS2 days, but the forums were a mess back then and not very helpful. I liked TSR, even was a mod. I liked all the tips you can get from others. At the same time, knowing every secret in the game makes it less fun to play and come across by surprise. So I didn’t want to use forums so heavily for TS3, and now I’m just checking things out because I have already explored a lot. Also, some youtube gamers and builders caught my interest and I felt out of the loop.
I love this game, too. There are so many features that make it a million times better than before. I might vent sometimes because maybe I get a bug every 4 months or something, we all want to share things we’d like to see changed in case EA takes note. But I think it’s an exaggeration when people say it’s unplayable without mods.