/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10409304
Codepatch or running it with OpenMW, then the old Better Bodies and Better Heads mod. That's like the main ones, fix the game so it doesn't fucking crash or break all the time, and make the characters look not-hideous.

Optionally some decent, but not too opulent house mod, and maybe that mod which tones down the strength of the magical sheen on enchanted items, as it's a bit intense by default.
If you can't be fucked with them, a mod which makes non-diseased/blighted Clifferacers not molest you when you travel is good for peace of mind, but if you're playing any kind of archer sort of build then they're quick and free target practice.

Otherwise, there's not that much which you'd REALLY need to address or add to the game, it's pretty solid as is, barring the combat. The combat is straightforward IMO, but a lot of people complain that it's clunky and unfun, and I guess it's not great, but I wouldn't know any mod which would make it feel more lively without turning it into a radically different kind of game.

Tamriel Rebuilt is still in development apparently, so maybe check that out some day, but it's giganormous, and if you didn't like the game much, it's not worth getting because it's just a whole lot more of it.

>>7979821
Oh yeah, the Nig Brotherhood, they were added in the Tribunal Expansion, the idea being that you'll have beat the game already and you're at high level, so you go there and do quests.
The Nogtroopers will keep coming to bother you at night, which can be less than convenient, but on the other hand their armor is worth some money. Once you've gone to Mournhold, they'll stop molesting you in your sleep, so you can just go and visit the place briefly to make the attacks stop (maybe browse the shops and stuff for a bit), then go back to the mainland and do whatever you feel like.
Guilds are a good place for some starting adventures, optionally join one of the Great Houses (they're kind of flavored as warrior, mage, and thief, respectively, mind).

And yeah, Caius is a pretty sweet dude. Leave his bong/crackpipe alone though, I don't think he wants to share that. Keep at the game, it'll click eventually, and it's fantastically engaging once it does.

>>7976718
It's slow early on, but if you specced yourself even remotely logically for fighting (or picked a class which is specced for fighting), it should work alright for you, and it should get smoother in a few levels.