What was/were the reasons for not letting users view the modding subforums unless they have purchased the game? I was hoping to make a better decision as to weather or not to buy several of PDS's games based on mods I had heard about, but I couldn't find much information about them because of the restrictions placed upon subforum permissions. Just to be clear, I completely respect the decisions of the moderators/PDS, I am only hoping for a clarification.
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As I understand them, the same reasons as for not giving access to the support forums - providing a motive for purchase and registration, and a disadvantage to "unauthorised" players.
Note that most mods for current games like EU4 and CK2 are easily visible in the Steam Workshops for those games.