http://enbdev.com/news.html said:
I said he was critical of the patch overall, not that one item.
I will say that it's amazing how much hype there was about this patch before it dropped. It was mentioned quite a bit in the YouTube noise I have in the background when I'm working on something. Then it dropped, and there wasn't a lot to it.
People never fucking learn. And even if they do, Bethesda still finds a way to surprise them. Take me for instance - I expected the patch to break mods left and right and I expected it do add absolutely nothing in return. I didn't expect Bethesda to change the .ba2 format, which could be a bigger and more permanent affair and it's gotten to the point I wonder whether it's a deliberate obsolescence move.
That's an interesting change that I'm sure has nothing to do with them also fixing the Creation Club issues in the same patch. It's kind of an interesting thing to change nine years after the release of the game, isn't it?
It could have some technical rationale related to Creation Club rubbish, I can't say without looking more into what exactly was changed format-wise and I'm tired of looking into Bethesda's crap. At best, it's doing a hack job of a real requirement, fulfilling an actual function but with disregard towards the modding scene, at worst it's a deliberate attempt to corral PC players into adopting the "next-gen" update if modders start defaulting to the new format, lest some stick with the old version like they did with Skyrim vs. Skyrim Special Edition. Either way, it's nothing to be happy about.
