I'm sure she is fucking reinfecting me with vampirism each time. Just got fucking cured and now fucking infected again. Bitch. If she wasn't so hot I'd smack her vampiric ass down. 

Anyone got it installed yet? What's the shizzle, homizzles? 

Alright so if anyone hasn't played skyrim yet (or might want to replay)...

I'm a bit behind you guys but even Skyrim I delayed big time, because I knew it'd be a big hit on my time (and pocket). I've basically played it all day every day for 2 weeks. Pretty great game I thought. Apart from all the crashes and bugs, of course. At this point I can't even go near Markarth in fear of doing that stupid prison quest that bugs out. I've probably had over 100 ctd's. At least it restarts quick though.

I ended up playing the main game, most of the guilds (except Bard and Dark Brotherhood), probably 2/3rds of the side quests and half the Daedric quests. Then the main quests for Dawnguard and Dragonborn DLC's, both of which were great.

Oh and I also played with a lot of mods. Literally took a day just setting mods up. I went by this for my setup:
http://www.skyrim-beautification-project.com/mods/index.htm

However ENB looked shit. Because you start in the dungeons (after the short intro) and ENB always looks shit in dungeons because it's too dark, I decided to switch it off. Play it the way Bethesda intended it to be lit. But once I finished the official stuff I decided to give it another shot, this time using the NLVA settings here http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/75346/?
and shit, the outdoors do look pretty sweet. Indoors still suck most of the time but at least you can switch it off using shift-f12 when you're in a dungeon. Definitely worth having on for outdoors, after 50+ hours in skyrim you do start to get sick of the greys. Most ENB settings go overboard with it and oversaturate and overexpose the fuck out of everything. This one isn't too bad though. Does take a hit on loading times, they almost double. Runs smooth though.

Also found this long list of mod suggestions which might be better than what I used (more up to date)
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/76373/?

I can't compare to vanilla, but I think all the mods I used have made the game much better. Bigger more detailed cities, better graphics and textures, weather systems, missing quests, even just having a couple of good followers (like Arissa) and I kept the vampire chick around because she's hot make a difference.

So I'm playing through lots of quest mods now. Anyone like some that were on a professional level? There seems to be a lot of amateur garbage. Even the most popular stuff I'm finding a lot isn't very good. Boxmap shit. There's the odd reviewer but they're not critical enough to get modders to improve.

Wyrmstooth is obviously a must-play. It's shorter than the official DLC's and more linear but quality is up there with Bethesda (if not better in some areas). Shame this guy deleted the mod and his online profile to focus on real life, because he had some talent. It's still available on google though, which is how I got it. I haven't come across anything else near as good yet, but I do still have lots of look through.

But stuff like The Wheels of Lull - amateur mess, shit puzzle solving.
Voyage to the Dreamborne Isles - looks pretty, combat completely unbalanced. Game ending CTD midway.
Molag Bal's Inferno - boring gameplay, odd designs. I had enough of the dream world shit in Dragonborn.
The Temple of Black Rock - awful maze design, no lighting, ridiculous hard combat
Clockwork Castle - looks pretty but way too much backtracking and fetching
Moonpath to Elsweyr - some different ideas but poor execution, laughable voice acting

I've been saving up Falskaar, so that's coming next. I hear some are mixed on that though. Then I'll move on to Enderal: The Shards of Order at some point but it's standalone game length, and harder I think so I'm not sure if I'll keep at it. No fast travel wtf. 

Spent all week on Enderal. Great game, fantastic story much better than Skyrim.

It has it's pros and cons much like Skyrim. The levelling system I didn't like quite as much as Skyrims' levelling-by-doing. Having to buy bloody skillbooks is a pain. You just can't go out exploring either because enemy levels are preset. Also no fast travel kills exploration as you don't want to spend an hour walking across the map only to find everything over there is 20 levels above you. All the dungeons always seem to be above my level I get caned, and yet the main quest is fairly easy. Even the final boss, and yet wandering off the beaten path just a couple hours before that was unsurvivable, I get ambushed by Suncunts and had to run like fun and never return to that area again.

But there's some mods you have to use to improve the experience:
1 fast travel
2 re-balancing on levelling (I think it gives more skill points and lowers cost of skill books or something)
3 sleep anywhere (outside of nearby enemies) doesn't instantly heal you though
4 Vivid ENB is a must use, it makes the game look so much better

Those things make the game a little more forgiving and easier (because it is a hard game, harder than Skyrim)

If I give Skyrim a 9.5/10, Enderal is a 9/10. It should have been packaged standalone and sold at full retail, because it's better than 95% of commercial games. I feel it's far too good to have given it out for free. But good on them. Free DLC coming this year too.

Oh ps played Falskaar, good stuff. That and Wyrmstooth are really the only skyrim quest mods worth playing (that I played at least).