Hi,

I played vanilla Skyrim when it was first released but haven't done any of the DLC or mods yet.

As with most Bethesda games (like Fallout 3), it becomes an entirely new and improved experience to redo the game once all the DLC/mods have been finalized/matured. I think it's save to assume that point has been (mostly) reached.

I'm therefore planning on starting a new playthrough and am looking for people's experience on how the game has progressed since vanilla release.

1) What are some of the big/important changes that I should be aware of?

2) Also I'd love some mod recommendations that'll make the new experience even better.

3) The RPG(/skills) mechanics always seemed a bit lacking to me in TES games. I've heard about the "Skyrim Redone" mod, is that the best option or are there any others? Which one do you like most?

4) What about compatibility issues? I've modded fallout 3 a lot and even with a full week worth of investment before playing with an optimized load order, it was still fairly unstable (though fallout 3 was inherently more buggy than Skyrim I guess). How many of the big mods can I realistically run at the same time?

Are there any lists out there that show which mod compilations are well compatible with eachother?

I'd love to hear how you think the game has progressed with patches, dlc and mods compared to vanilla.

Thanks.

Hey, I only have Vanilla game since 11-11-11 no mods or DLCs until Legendary edition comes out.

Sorry. Have a great time with the game though.

I can give you tons of great mod recs, but what type of mods are you looking for?

There's almost too much to list as far as changes go, would be easier to have a read through the Wiki But to list a couple changes.....

mounted combat

hand-hand kill cams

dragon mounts

New shouts

Tweaking of the smithing system

Etc...etc...

As for the mods, I'm a console player and not really up to date on the mod subject Perhaps a fellow Pcer would be obliged to help out....

Some of my favorite mods are:

• Immersive Armors
• Immersive Weapons
• aMidianborn Book of Silence-HD textures for weapons/armor
• Wet and Cold
• Project Reality-Climates of Tamriel
• Dynavision
• Jaysus Swords
• Cloaks of Skyrim
• Craftable Monk Hoods
• Enhanced Lighting FX
• Midas Magic

I decided on a fairly light modlist so far.

Mostly because I didn't want any conflicts with the multiple SkyRe modules.

I'm currently using:

- Climates of Tamriel

In the following mod order:

(Except with Reproccer at the bottom now, though I don't think it actually does anything with the current mods?)

http://i.imgur.com/FsK58jj.jpg

BOSS for some reason doesn't seem to work (can't find Skyrim.esm). Does anyone know improvements for this load order?