Important names to remember when seeking consistent quality mods and their associated features to augment modded game-play.
This specifically lists mod authors who released multiple quality mods, single game-changing mods, or teams that influenced TL2 mod history.

Some modders (or their mods) may no longer be available hence I may list additional modders who continued to build on their work.

In no way is the order of authors in this guide a reflection of "greatness"; I instead arranged them according to association if known like how Korzeam worked closely with TorchModders or Aherin worked closely with Doudley.

Another example is Badi, Corley, Salan, and McQuade who are mostly known for their respective "one" mod each hence are similar in category (yet are very uniquely different from each other's work).

The ideas of Lepo and RnF are in the early years category.

Drewrobi and Darkthan9800 are best known for their unique class packs.

In contrast there's Panzakat, Cooperton, Draco1122, Turton, Kebbek, and Anarch16Sync who are a miscellaneous category - it's hard to explain however it'll make more sense once someone has played their mods and makes comparisons.

I made certain that almost all the author links (except for the FEP+ mod representative due to unique circumstances) are from their Workshop lists in the Torchlight_2 category and with the 30 potential mods per page setting selected.
This will save anyone the extra work having to open up their page settings to see more mods from each author.