Hoping to Maximize my Skyrim experience

[Ninnia]

So after not having played skyrim for several months I have gotten the itch to play it again... but shortly after starting a new character I began to remember why i stopped. My shouts where on instant cool down and i could not find the file responsible. also I felt as though i need to re assess my mods and as such here I am. I am hoping some people can help me to get some more focus in my mod selection and yah... so i think i will actually start getting to my point now :tongue:

 

Character Appearance enhancements: I have these pretty much figured out. Unp bodies, Bella's, and Apachii hairs... though i am open to suggestions

 

Gameplay enhancments: This is going to be a doozy of a list :C please bare with me.

 

1) "Transformations": I understand the appeal of the vampire (lord) and were wolf "subraces" but I personally do not like either option. I personally would like a "power option" which doesn't actually involve the "transformation" Perhaps True Dovahkiin strength and speed could do the trick? I don't want to start out instantly all powerful, but i am looking for something which over time could make me feel as though evolving into something like Cloud Strife or Zack Fair.

 

2) Combat options: well perhaps better described as play style? I like to play stealthy assassin esque characters. Mod's which would help enhance this would be nice. But adding on to the above... when a stealthy kill is not an option I tend to switch to a two handed sword and try to use my powers/abilities to the best of my abilities to "power through" the encounter. So again something to enhance this "sub" style would be nice.

Secondly under this section I tend to wear light armor as it is more conducive to stealth game play a mod that rewards me for not wearing armor at all (clothes still yes) and making me feel like an over all bad ass would be much appreciated

 

3) Magic: I am not a fan of the way magic is handled in skyrim. I preferred the magic system of oblivion. Magic should (in my opinion for what it is worth) be an additive to whatever your preferred play style... not force you to drop everything so you can renew a spell or heal or whatever. some help with this would be nice if it exists. Also if there is any sort of "magic" mod out there that adds a spell or lesser power or something of that nature that lets me say teleport behind an enemy in "crouch" and get a quick free backstab would be nice... or blade beams. you know things like that.

 

4) Equipment: for the most part the equipment of the vanilla game just feels blah to me. some mods that add nice things without breaking the delicate balance of the actual game would be nice. I already have pulled down JaySuS Swords but would like further recommendations. Also a major kudo goes out if anyone knows of any mods the breaks the "god like enchanting" cycle but replaces it with meaningful enhancements to everything blacksmithing enchanting and alchemy. also i like throwing knives... i wish they could "replace" bows/cross bows for medium range combat... but the throwing weapons mod did nothing for me... the damage was less than lackluster and the time it not only took for the weapon to actually be thrown but also projectile speed was in my mind atrocious. So if anyone knows of a better mod or perhaps how to tweak that mod to make the knives more useful please let me know.

 

5) Critical hit fixes: anyone know of any meaningful crit fixes?

 

6) Races: First off i am not a fan of beast races... i just cant get into playing as an argonian or khajit. I do not hate them... i just have no desire at all to play them. in fact without hard on cheating none of vanilla races do much of anything for me. So unless someone can suggest a mod that makes racial choices more appealing for vanilla races i will probably be using a mod race... Lunari maybe?

 

just to be clear i am looking for suggestions for the above things. I am not looking for some one to do all the work of finding mods for me. But there are quite a few mods out there atm and the knowledge of the many is far greater than the knowledge of the one... so post if convenient for you... or search away if you will. I just don't want people of accusing me of not wanting do do the work myself (you haven't seen my mods folder... or my former subscribed list in the steam workshop)

Edited February 15, 2014 by Ninnia