Bethesda makes the ground work, modders make the game after it is released.

To be more specific, Bethesda creates the bulk of the world, which is mostly unpolished and has a load of problems. Then the modding community makes changes Bethesda seemed to lazy to do that make the game grade A+ quality.

I just downloaded over 30 mods, most of which provide graphical changes and a few gameplay/combat changes, and the game is now at least 50% as flawed as vanilla because of sharper meshes and textures alone.

Maybe Bethesda should accept volunteers/interns from the mod community when they make Elder Scrolls VI: [insert province here], and release it when the mod community volunteers/interns deem it nearly perfect.

Granted Skyrim was amazing when i first played it on release, but now, without these mods, the game seems ugly in comparison.

some times i really wish i would have gaming pc

This is a common criticism directed at most games that have good modding tools, and to be honest I've never been a fan of the sentiment. I do love mods, but I see them as extras rather than fixes.

Then again it really matters what you're looking for in the game and the mods. I like quest mods, but rarely use re-balancing mods and never use graphical improvement mods. Someone who really enjoys the latter is likely to find the vanilla game insufficient. Similarly, I don't tend to use lots of mods, whereas someone who does will likely find the vanilla game insufficient.

Now if I were to boot Morrowind up then yes there's a roster of mods I'd throwing in before I start playing, but I'd feel like I was playing Morrowind+, not that mods had brought it from a framework to a fully fledged game.