why are there mods that are better

[warm axle]

Btw another factor in this is the difference between how much time is reasonable to put into an asset
Could the BI devs put 1000 hours (over the top) into just one gun? Sure, but they have 50 other guns that need to be created as well within a given timeframe/other restriction to remain viable from a cost standpoint

For a modder those commercial restrictions are usually a lot more relaxed since they're (most likely) releasing their content for free rather than living off of the income from that content

so its not just 'bi devs mid, modders better', there's a lot of outside influence that determines how much of their potential an artish can use when creating game assets

[tepid flare]

oh ok

[warm axle]

Rob (Project Lead of SOG:Prairie Fire CDLC) could propably write you an entire essay about that stuff 😄

[spare peak]

They also have at least more than one 3D artist. I'm doing assets for my project myself lol

[warm axle]

Yep and more artists = more costs