Modding Essentials Questions
Hey guys :) returning modder here, my last playthrough was in 2021. I've bounced around New Vegas, Fallout 4, BG3, Cyberpunk, and now I wanna be the Dragonborn again! I only have a few mods in mind right now, but I know by the end it will be a laundry list, so I wanna make sure I start things off right.
MO2 / Vortex / LOOT ?
What combination should I use? From what I've seen, the general consensus is that MO2 is better than Vortex because it has built-in load order management. But, I also see people say that MO2's sorting is not sufficient on its own to handle larger modlists. I have used Vortex for near a decade, so I am more familiar with it, but if anyone can explain what MO2 does better, I will make the switch. And if I use MO2, should I still use LOOT? If I use LOOT, does it not matter which manager I use?
I have seen people mention that they patch conflicts themselves, but I am not familiar with using SKedit and would prefer to just weed out incompatibilities when choosing mods.
Essential Mods?
In Cyberpunk, if you download the main 6 core mods (red4ext, tweakxl, etc.), then you can basically download 90% of mods on the nexus. I remember it isn't exactly like that here, but is there some core mods I will end up needing down the road anyway? Obviously the Script Extender, probably Address Library, and any others?
For gameplay/quality of life, I remember always having SkyUI. What are the essential mods that everyone should have?