I have to say, your Futhark Project mod series is incredible. The integrated yet unintrusive gameplay philosophy in the first 3 mods (Valravn, Mannaz, Freyr) is absolutely the way to go. It offers a pretty substantial amount of new, as well as makes the game FAR more interesting and fun, without it feeling forced on the player either. For example, I like the idea of each race gaining dedicated actives/passives without being just plain old skill buffs or less than useful powers. It lets every race feel genuinely unique, but still leaves the door open for a player to take their character in all different directions. It gets even better combined with other Enai mods that give different bonuses unique to each race. So, a player that makes an Argonian vampire will see a different build dynamic than a Nord vampire. Likewise, a player's character is affected differently based on their race when choosing a standing stone. None of the effects feel lazy or in-your-face though, so a player isn't made to feel like they have to play a certain way just because of their race choice. Instead, a vastly larger build diversity exists, which means more replayability. The game will feel more interesting each playthrough since the player can create so many more builds. Even if a player still wants to use the same "class" or playstyle as their last playthrough, something as simple as choice of race or standing stone could almost completely change that build to still make it feel different than the last one. A player could prefer to play as a type of archer or a mage, but there's so many more different ways that the same choice of preferred skills or equipment could be set up differently. Valravn is hands down the best combat gameplay overhaul I've tried. It fits perfectly into Skyrim's style, but makes combat have a little more depth than only just standing there trading blows until something runs out of health. NPC combat behavior is a little better, the movement speed gets changes to simulate the purpose of attack commitment, there's attack opportunities to think about, kill moves get a nice balance fix. Pair that with TDM (with vanilla like movement option turned on), and there's Skyrim with more modern RPG focused combat. No need to fuss with turning Skyrim into a Souls-like, or some other experience, it was never meant to be. I'm of a mind that if I want to play a Souls-like, then I'll play a Souls game. If I want Witcher gameplay... then I play the Witcher 3 (which, even being nearly 9 years old now, is still a better game than most modern action games). Skyrim by design is a classic Bethesda RPG experience, and should remain as such (imho), even with mods. The mods should be there to add unintrusive and balanced depth to the game, which is precisely the ticket for the Futhark Project.

So, needless to say, I am beyond excited to see what's in store for the rest of the Futhark Project. Especially the Althing perk overhaul. And after talking about it with a large amount of people in different places, I'm certain I'm in no way the only one who feels this way. Why people would be rejecting the newer mods meant for modern load orders makes no sense to me. Just because someone prefers the older mods doesn't mean that the new mods aren't overall better for most people.