I just spent 20 hours since Saturday modifying original Skyrim. This isn't my first time throwing a million HD texture packs at Skyrim but I know original Skyrim is a 32bit program and runs into memory errors that have more or less been resolved through SKSE. However, the mod goal I'm currently going for is something along the lines of Dynasty Warriors meets Skyrim using ASIS, Warzones, Wenches series, Deadly Dragons, and Immersive Creatures (I may be missing a few). I am fully aware that if I jack the numbers up too high, plus having 10 followers on me, the game will crash (though I spawned 30 dragons recently and left it on for 20 minutes without a crash...) After a bit of research, I am face palming to find out that Skyrim:SE is far more stable than Skyrim. However, the mod community isn't as mature (as in mature software product that's passed the test of time), HDT physics (I swear I'm not doing it for boobs) won't be around because we need SKSE, and SKSE may be needed for what I am going for above. I'd like to get some input from veteran modders here from both games about the pros and cons of either before I dump 40+ hours more into original Skyrim only to pull out my hair due to tech limits.