OR they will like them and will play game.
Stop hiding your own intentions behind NEW PLAYERS, and stop thinking that they are too stubborn, or too soft for this kind of game. Just look at Dark Souls trilogy, is it popular? YES. Do new players play it? YES. Is it filled with “old”, “outdated” and unfair mechanics? YES. And gamers admire it.
All I see now - some part of the community want some changes that they have seen in mods or other games, and try to hide their intentions to make the game more comfortable for THEM behind caring for OTHERS. And simple decision - mod support, is not enough for them, they want the base game to look like mods.
So selfish… if you care about NEW players, why you do not care about OLD players who want everything untouched? Are we some kind of joke to you?