Apart from the official expansion packs and a few unofficial patches, I still can't really be bothered to load mods onto Morrowind. Anyone here still play it relatively 'vanillary'? :biggrin:

Sure, I do. The only mods I am using don't affect game play. Better heads and better bodies and slave companions (which I use as guards for my various homes. I play solo with no companion). I should probably use the code patch too, just haven't gotten 'round it.

I also play as if I don't know what I know. In other words, no gear rush at start because I know where everything is. My guy won't get the good stuff until he would have reasonably encountered it.

My biggest issue with game play is not what mods I have (or don't have), or rushing out to grab the best gear at level 1, but rather my incessant need to "engineer" my build rather than just getting out there and playing the game.

The only mod I use is less generic NPCs

My last game (a few months ago) was almost pure vanilla. The only mod I used was one race mod for my character.

When I got Morrowind for the PC [former Original XBox GotY player] just a week or two ago, I began downloading mods to make the game look better. Things like Better Borides, Heads, and Clothes to DarkNut's textures for Armor, Weapons, Creatures and Dwenmer Ruins... all along with the Visual pack, Mesh improvements, Skies, Weather, Books, Sign Posts, etc. Then I went in and added the atmospheric sound effects, lighting, and the mod that allows you to hear the weather [wind & rain] when you are in doors. I find all of these presentation upgrades give this game a much needed face lift. After that I also added a few other mods that also alter the presentation a bit more. There is a mod that stops merchants from wearing the clothes/armor you sell them for example. Finally, I added the "Less Generic NPC" mods, Animated Morrowind, Hold This, and Children of Morrowind to the game.

I wouldn't call any of those things game play changes. The only game play changes I made were to the economy... specifically merchants. They now barter far more realistically. Speechcraft and Mercantile actually are "important" now.

I either just use some content mods like more land (preferably lore-friendly, like Tamriel Rebuilt... although it seems not to have THAT much to do with lore at all, actually) and more quests, or I might go completely vanilla. I also like to make the game a little less stationary, especially when my PC is in the lead of a faction, and try to search mods for that problem sometimes as well. I like the graphics and gameplay as they are. Although I use Code Patch anyway.

I have it on xbox and was just starting a new game the other day. So yes, pure "vanilla" for me.

I really do. Occasionally I'll load the odd quest or dungeon, but for the most part, I'm pretty Vanilla, and it keeps me satisfied.