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A list of mods that you should NOT use with a list of reasons and alternative mods to go with it. Obviously this list is biased as all hell but why did you come to a mod recommendation guide otherwise? Are you lost?
| Immersive Armors | This one is much less offensive than it's sister mod and I did use it myself for a long time. However mod of these armors have their own updated and individual mod pages and a number of the meshes have not been properly optimized and will lag your game. I would say you should just avoid this mod all together but if you choose to use it there is a nice MCM that lets you toggle the armors you don't like off. |
| Immersive Weapons | This has long been an outdated and buggy mess of a mod. Most of the weapons look like they're made of plastic and that's ignoring the laundry list of incompatibles. Of all the mods listed here this one I can't advise against more. |
| Immersive Jewellery | I used to use this one back in the day but it's super overreaching so I'd recommend you just check out the jewelry section of the Armors guide! |
| Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul | This is the big controversial one that adds so much bloat I had to mention it in my armor and weapons guide. This completely overhauls the alchemy system in the most intrusive way and turns compatibility into a mess requiring 1000 different patches and if a mod doesn't have a patch because it's old or outdated tough shit. Don't ever use this mod or I will bully you. |
| Legacy of the Dragonborn | This mod is super popular but should be avoided. The primary problem lies in the amount of bloat and incompatibility this mod brings to the table. After running a script to discover how many references my mods were using I discovered Legacy uses a whopping 10,058 persistent references, 1/4th the size of base game Skyrim and only rivaled by some massive city overhauls I am using. On top of that, Legacy is not compatible with my favorite alternate start mod: Unbound. The storyline pigeon-holds you into becoming the Last Dragonborn and has so many incompatible or incorporated mods I've lost count. Do your own research on this mod before using it though cause I know a lot of people really like the gameplay loop! |
| Civil War Overhaul Mods | The Civil War questline is pretty much broken beyond repair but a number of projects have tried to tackle the concept. Civil War Overhaul on LE was a famously broken mod that has a decent remake for SE fixing most of the bugs. Still don't outright recommend that mod until I have a change to play it myself. Open Civil War was a more interesting approach to the concept of a Dynamic Civil War the player could lose based on the Dice Wars browser game. However it too breaks constantly and should be avoided. Warzones is a less popular choice that is a buggy broken mess of a mod that I still see people recommend even today. Immersive Patrols is a might liter take on the concept of civil war battles! |
| 9279 | If you know, you know. You sick fuck! |