The Witcher Mods for first Witcher 3 playthrough?

[Invictus]

I was thinking of starting this over one the weekend but I hear the combat is kind of iffy and it does look like the style from the Arkham games... the difference is this is a guy in full metal armor dancing around like he is doing
Kapoeira

I rarely replay a game (unless it is a Stalker game with a new mod) so I was thinking to get my first experience with this game to be the best it can

So, from what I have seen the Ghost Mod and the Enchanced Edition seem to be the best mods for this game; Ghost seems to refine the whole gameplay while EE overhauls it

Since I mostly hate scaled leveling I thought EE might be my best bet but now I think that it fundamentally changes too much of the game not only the pet peeve most people have with Witcher 3 which is the combat

So, what would you guys suggest? Try the vanilla game and see how I like it or go straight for Ghost Mod or EE?

 

[Reapa]

i don't think mods work any more and i don't think anyone cares any more.

 

[Hevnknekt]

The only mod I've ever used was a mod that disabled auto-sheathing your weapon after combat. CDPR patched that option into the game though.

There's no essential mods as far as I'm concerned. I've done three playthroughs and am very happy with the vanilla game.

 

[Ivan]

Still on my first playthrough, most of mine are QOL + graphics whoring:

nostory (skips Dandelion narration after booting)
RealWeather
RoachNeverStops(because fuck chest high obstacles stopping Roach, plus Roach riding off hillls and floating is hilarious)
FastTravelFromAnywhere (obviously never use this when doing an actual quest/escorts, just merely getting from A to B)
FriendlyHUD
MapQuestObjectives
BetterTorches
BLOOD
HDReworked
Nitpicker
NoDirtLens
NoScreenWater

bold = favorites

 

[Ivan]

Also, I'm actually quite liking the combat a lot more that I learned how to use the combat specials.

 

[Quillon]

Noice, reinstalled the game this morning & have been reluctant to browse the mods, keep the suggestions coming :D

 

[DalekFlay]

FastTravelFromAnywhere

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

That Dandelion story skipper sounds good though, it does get annoying hearing the same lines over and over.

 

[Ivan]

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

Quality of Life my dude, also

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

So, from what I have seen the Ghost Mod and the Enchanced Edition seem to be the best mods for this game; Ghost seems to refine the whole gameplay while EE overhauls it

Vanilla refined is actually FCR3, a combat/character overhaul/unofficial patch made by one of the game's lead designers as a continuation of what the game would've been like if they had more time(think jesawyer mod)).

It's a big game so you can install more mods to fix the specific things that annoy you as you go.

Once you get annoyed by the gps-minimap navigation and quest-tracking you can install friendly hud and all map objectives on the map.

Once you get annoyed by the alchemy autorefilling there's preparations or primer.

Once you get annoyed by the loot there should be a mod to cover just about every complaint.

 

[DalekFlay]

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

Quality of Life my dude

The Oblivion appreciation station is another thread.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

For my second run I used the mod to make carry weight 9000. It had very lenient limits anyway and all it did was meant a whole lot more running back and forth to chests during crafting

 

[DalekFlay]

Crafting supplies are weightless aren't they? Pretty sure they are as I've never stored any of them. To be honest I have had zero problem with the weight limit after discovering I was picking up random 7 pound saddles and had to drop/sell them. Those are the only things outside of swords/armor that have real weight that matters in my experience.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

Yea crafting supplies are indeed weightless, it's the random junk that you can break down for materials I was thinking of. Really stacks up after a while

 

[DalekFlay]

I'm probably just breaking that shit down too often to notice. I just do it when I repair my gear.

 

[aweigh]

the ghost mod
any of the many mods that eliminate durability (useless mechanic)
hud mod
any of the many mods that eliminates level requirements for using gear (useless MMO bullshit)

can't think of anything else off-hand that i'd consider essential. the stuff wrong with the game can't be fixed by mods.

 

[aweigh]

oh yeah, and any of the many mods that removes level scaling and level scaled rewards.

basically:

- disable durability/item scaling/level requirements/level-based quests
- install any of the balance mods i recommend ghost mod

optional: hud shit.

 

[Reapa]

i remember mods getting broken by patches and moders giving up on remaking them.