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Mercurias said: I'm a big fan of my Skyrim mods, more because it helps me keep the game fresh with new and interesting gameplay than because I need my game's dragons to look like Thomas the tank engine. I'm a sucker for good spell mods, because I always thought the biggest heartbreak of Skyrim's design was a streamlined and functional magic system rather than one bloated with silliness and too many options (Give me back my touch range Destruction spells!). I'm also a big fan of mods that can make archery more interesting in general. I'm also a man with a great deal of findness for Oblivion callbacks, because that was my first Elder Scrolls game. I've purchased the Arcane Archer bundle (loads of fun, a little OP at lower levels, obnoxious to make the arrows), Arcane Accessories bundle (lame that they dump gear into your bag as well as give you all the spells at once, and I wish it added a single Restoration spell, but otherwise quite nice), Survival/Camping/Backpack bundle (Nice alternative to Frostfall and its spinoffs, which I'd grown a little bored of), Ruin's Edge/Staff of Sheogorath bundle (Nostalgia! Also the bow is legitit really nice to look at), and liked a lot of what I got.  I bought Stendarr's Hammer (Don't like the weapon and the quest is dull), Lord's Mail (slightly interesting quest arc interrupted when it could have been fun, quite good stats, but don't like the look), Crusader's Mail (underwhelming stats, looks really bad), Pets of Skyrim (prepare for lots of dead pets!), and Rare Curios (super expensive and really only interesting for a late-game, filthy rich alchemist build) also. Those I don't necessarily recommend. Their zombie apocalypse mod seems flat-out terrible. I don't know why anyone would want to add that option to their game permanently.  Don't get the Dwarven Armored Mudcrab. It isn't worth it at the price of free. The quest makes me angry by sitting in my list. The houses made by Elianora look very nice, but they're more glitchy than those she put up for free in the Nexus (that link is my favorite of hers for SE), and since Bethesda already paid her as a contractor for her work and she's got a Patreon, I can just toss a few bucks at her directly from there. I get Bethesda wanting to cash in by providing additional, optional paid content, but I wish they would really push the Creation Club for super high quality stuff. Some of what they put in is downright bad, especially whatever the hell this derpfest is supposed to be, and I find that kind of dissapointing. Ah yes, Really Useful Dragons, the OG crap mod. Touch spells never really did it for me, but that archer mod may just be something that I needed that I didn't know I needed.   I'm pretty annoyed that they dump anything into your inventory and quest log at all. I get that some people like the convenience, but my (just an example) super-edgy werewolf-overlord character doesn't want to purchase a dwarven mudcrab from Calcemo or have robes materialize in his inventory. I don't think the Crusader's Armor and weapons look that bad. I feel as though they are very reminiscent of the originals in Oblivion. Now the zombie one does seem like a waste of money. What's sad is the description of the mod actually seemed pretty cool to me, but tis' not so. Oh c'mon, the mubcrabs' free. And it's not all that bad. While I never paid much attention to the CC when it first came out, I certainly would have expected more than a few mini mods that have as much value as the cosmetics in ESO (or maybe even less so since it's a single-player game). It seems when it was announced everyone was expecting things similar to Dawnguard, Ordinator, etc. But instead got single pieces of armor and weapons all sold separately, and as you said, that really ugly Nix-Hound.

Mr. Edd said: Loopdiss said: Mr. Edd said: I don't buy a thing from microtransactions/paid mods, no matter what. I prefer to keep that small amount of money so I can buy a new game, a proper DLC or just save for an upgrade. It used to be that I would also be willing to buy a season pass for games I like, but I've put a stop to that after Fallout 4. For now, I can keep this "policy" - it doesn't look like any decent company requires you to buy into that kind of stuff to have a proper, complete game yet. And we still have a sacred few companies that are extremely fair in their relationship with their consumers, like CD Projekt.   Smart man. I do need to stop purchasing smaller items so I can save up for something like TES: VI.   While I would argue with you that there are companies that make pay-to-win games (EA, DICE, etc.), you did say "decent companies", so they don't count. I had to look up CD Projekt, but yeah, they seem like a good company. I think the last game I bought from EA was Battlefield 4. I really enjoy(ed) Battlefield, and I'm considering buying Battlefield 1 now that its cycle is over and I'm getting tired of PUBG. Other than that, the last "non-casual" game was Dragon Age: Inquisition, and although I really enjoyed the story and the game, I hated that there were lots of what seemed like small, inconsequential quest DLCs - so I haven't bought any of them and haven't even finished the main story with that single proper DLC they made. By the point that was out, my interest had already waned. Yeah, CD're the guys behind Witcher and the upcoming Cyberpunk. They are pretty straightforward with their communication, and have excellent business practices. Interestingly, all my favorite companies are now European - especially Eastern European (Creative Assembly, CD Projekt and Larian Studios). Oof, PUBG, that, that glitch-fest of game. I'm sure my brother is quite fond of CD, he's a sucker for the Witcher games.

Mr. Edd said: I don't buy a thing from microtransactions/paid mods, no matter what. I prefer to keep that small amount of money so I can buy a new game, a proper DLC or just save for an upgrade. It used to be that I would also be willing to buy a season pass for games I like, but I've put a stop to that after Fallout 4. For now, I can keep this "policy" - it doesn't look like any decent company requires you to buy into that kind of stuff to have a proper, complete game yet. And we still have a sacred few companies that are extremely fair in their relationship with their consumers, like CD Projekt.   Smart man. I do need to stop purchasing smaller items so I can save up for something like TES: VI.   While I would argue with you that there are companies that make pay-to-win games (EA, DICE, etc.), you did say "decent companies", so they don't count. I had to look up CD Projekt, but yeah, they seem like a good company.