I think regardless of if it's supported people are still going to find a way to mod it, there's so many games where modding isn't supported by the developers but it still occurs. If modification of things wasn't possible why has the ability to "blacklist" a particular server from the central hive been discussed?I agree completely with the reasons the team have chosen to lock the game down realistically however it seems to me unless they are constantly updating things to stop or detect different mods, people are always going to find some way of changing some things. All locking it down does is make that process harder for them, people like a challenge though and a way will always be found. Lets not forget private hives were not supported by Rocket for a long time after they became the most popular place to play the mod for many people. No doubt it will be much more complex for someone to reverse engineer the SA for a private hive but I wouldn't bet against someone figuring out a way to do it at some point.ZedBusters post above is a good example of the kind of response some people on here will give to this. It is completely stupid in my opinion though, I think a lot of people run servers for the wrong reasons right now and it will be good to see and end to those servers. There is no need for any of the server mods he has listed in the SA and the advantages of having everyone on the same hive and code again like we were last year far outweighs any of the benefits private hives bring.Personally I am very much looking forward to just playing the game again! It will be nice to be able to just run around and explore the level and new game mechanics. The devs can worry about bugs, adding new features and stopping cheats and just I will be able to kick back and enjoy the game like I did this time last yearAlthough one of the things I love about running a server now is the ability to add or change something I don't like, I can't pretend I won't miss that. Certainly I will use bug/reports and suggestions to help out where I can. There is a huge amount of expertise on these forums with regards to this game, it will be a shame to see those minds going to waste.