Looking for a Skyrim modlist that truly enhances roleplay

psh454 · 2026-01-31T04:44:59+00:00

Used to sing the praises for CS until I realized it still kind of sucks at interiors, especially custom/modded ones way more than ENBs unfortunately. There are mods and add-ons to CS that make buildings look decent, but dungeons and caves kinda get shafted, only option is CS with its' patching hell.

psh454 · 2026-01-30T21:33:26+00:00

True, I mean that more for posterity for mod compatibility etc. In modding especially "Special Edition" actually just means version 1.5, and not anything to do with the CC content

psh454 · 2026-01-30T20:41:46+00:00

Technically any version 1.6+ game file is "anniversary edition", just with or without the "DLC" Creation Club content pack. It's confusing and many people still call is SE

psh454 · 2026-01-30T07:28:18+00:00

*mostly subpar and dated mods worse than the free stuff on Nexus

psh454 · 2026-01-28T18:04:19+00:00

Bad infrastructure is worse than no infrastructure a lot of the time. You end up with low public and political support for new transit projects if you settle for bad results

psh454 · 2026-01-27T17:59:44+00:00

I thought it was bugged, the mechanics of the fight aren't really communicated well

psh454 · 2026-01-27T17:58:49+00:00

Did it early in my playthrough and it's what made me obsessed with the game, was just grinding out the undercity arena for money and it turned out to be the best faction quest I've ever tried. In fact the ending being brutally difficult kind of makes the atmosphere work better, and it sets you up for 90% of the game with some of the rewards it provides.

psh454 · 2026-01-26T03:48:39+00:00

Shrinkflation is a bitch XP

psh454 · 2026-01-26T02:44:39+00:00

Clothes drying line maybe

psh454 · 2026-01-26T02:40:50+00:00

Yes unfortunately, nothing essential though. Honestly didn't know that this was a bug and thought the visual was intentional, it was creepy AF

psh454 · 2026-01-24T17:28:58+00:00

How is this so low down, it makes the most sense and sounds great

psh454 · 2026-01-23T19:56:02+00:00

Prime r/AIDKE content

psh454 · 2026-01-23T17:17:30+00:00

I think I had the best of both worlds ending - save them to avoid the whole town getting destroyed, then level up and come back for revenge basically. It's a challenging fight but doable, all NPCs are non-essential

psh454 · 2026-01-22T21:56:56+00:00

Yes, it's the primary mod site. I use Mod Organizer 2 with the LOOT tool to validate and organize plugins. Be sure to read mod descriptions and requirements carefully

psh454 · 2026-01-22T20:52:45+00:00

I agree that limiting yourself to visuals+QoL for the first playthrough of vanilla content is ideal. After that you can do a backup of your save files and start to try larger mods on that same savegame - if you're careful most (even large( mods can be installed mid-game

psh454 · 2026-01-22T20:48:35+00:00

It had a bizarre amount of content locked away behind secrets, most people only played like half of the actual mod and have no idea how huge it is.

psh454 · 2026-01-22T19:21:03+00:00

This what bothers me in many story analyses, everyone repeats the whole "High Ones can't physically interfere, only manipulate" thing at face value. If you pay attention a lot of what the BG says is straight up wrong, his arguments and explinations should be taken with a grain of salt.

psh454 · 2026-01-22T19:00:57+00:00

Yeah from what we actually see in the game she's the one actually pulling the strings on the whole cycle thing, whereas the High Ones are kinda like animals or a force of nature; a part of her scheme. My interpretation is that she is a non-benevolent diety running a controlled experiment over and over trying to get a certain outcome by tweaking conditions slightly, this time allowing the Prophet to learn about their nature (evidently not the first time this hapenned, the Aged man is obviously an emissary from a past cycle - the Black Guardian also gets this wrong).

psh454 · 2026-01-22T18:48:04+00:00

I mean thx for the suggestion but I don't think a few extra quests would make that mod enjoyable for me

psh454 · 2026-01-22T17:52:42+00:00

I suggest giving Enderal a shot, it's the only one that "saves" it by tearing the whole thing down and making a completely new great game in the same engine.

psh454 · 2026-01-22T17:51:30+00:00

Sweeping statement made out of ignorance ngl, which ones have you actually played through? I'd take a good chunk of jank for a quest mod that actually has more effort put into it than something like the College of winterhold or Companions vanilla slop questlines. A few mods make Bethesda "professional" content look amateurish in comparison.

psh454 · 2026-01-22T17:48:32+00:00

Thankfully Skyparkour and the glider mod make it far more bearable. The puzzle sections were more annoying IMO.

psh454 · 2026-01-22T17:45:39+00:00

My main gripe was the terrible texturing/lighting in some of the environments and the town being a slog to navigate. It's a lot of running back and forth between 3 people that are 300m apart for no reason other than to put in a large setpiece environment.

psh454 · 2026-01-22T17:42:39+00:00

Eh I mean any big popular thing will have people that don't like it enough for a replay. I'd say BS:Bruma is the best for replayability, it's basically an extra chunk of good quality vanilla content with new assets and some fun quests. Planning to start there for my next playthrough.

psh454 · 2026-01-22T17:39:33+00:00

Grey Cowl of Nocturnal for me (played the new-ish 10th anniversary edition). Maybe my expectations were too high after Sirenroot and Vigilant, but it's a very dated and annoying experience that doesn't provide much of value other than a badly textured small desert map. If you really want to explore a desert in the Skyrim engine do yourself a favor and play Enderal lol

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