Just bought the game what mods are the best to get?

[Bollehopp]

Hiya just purchased a key for the game after reading the huge amount of positives for this game, ehm, what mods are the best to start out with? I am mostly just a singleplayer gamer.

[Arcticgrizzlebear]

I would familiarize yourself with the game mechanics in the base game, and then probably move on to Thrawn's Revenge or Fall of the Republic (same mod team for both). There are plenty of changes in gameplay between the mods and base game, but core actions and UI are largely the same.

Once in the mod, do the same thing by familiarizing with one of the smaller campaigns before moving on to the grand campaign. There's a lot to see and learn, and a grand campaign can be 150+ planets so best to work out your learning before diving deep into one of those. Both mods add so much content they're arguably a whole new game on their own and will keep you busy for quite a while.

[POTUS]

I agree with part one, play the base game Empire at War Forces of Corruption (EaWFoC) to gain an understanding of the grand campaign (GC) mode, the ground/space battles and what winning/losing looks like in both. Beyond that, I think Thrawn's Revenge (TR) or Fall of the Republic (FotR) are not the best mods. For me, Awakening of the Rebellion (AotR) is a much more complete mod that changes the scope of the base game by pushing it onto a larger scale.

I would describe TR and FotR as expansions to the main game. They function almost the same in GC and in-battle events but include more units(and ability's and what not) and maps. AotR is more of an overhaul to the main game and rebuilds the space/ground and GC from the ground up in a positive manner. You can sink 100s of hours against the AI in GC AofR in any of the preset campaigns from tiny 10 system maps to 'big chungus' the 110+ galaxy map with proper hyperlanes and system placement along with a built in campaign that allows you to 'play' the og star wars trilogy, cut scenes and all. I also think the ship combat is much more fun and feels better than in TR or EaWFoC.

Another thing is going to be the era that you want to play. If you want empire vs rebellion AotR is the go to. It purely covers that era. TR is better if you are interested in what happened after death star 2 goes pop. FotR is going to be for grand republic era and bring along with it all the clones and droids you'd expect. I think you'll find no mod covers all the eras the best.

Oh and ground combat sucks with a mod or without. Mods just make it a little bit better but never good. There's nothing to really be done about it, you can only polish the original turd so much.

[YellowNRJ]

Try this mod:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1397421866

[Darth Porgus]

Publicado originalmente por POTUS:

I agree with part one, play the base game Empire at War Forces of Corruption (EaWFoC) to gain an understanding of the grand campaign (GC) mode, the ground/space battles and what winning/losing looks like in both. Beyond that, I think Thrawn's Revenge (TR) or Fall of the Republic (FotR) are not the best mods. For me, Awakening of the Rebellion (AotR) is a much more complete mod that changes the scope of the base game by pushing it onto a larger scale.

I would describe TR and FotR as expansions to the main game. They function almost the same in GC and in-battle events but include more units(and ability's and what not) and maps. AotR is more of an overhaul to the main game and rebuilds the space/ground and GC from the ground up in a positive manner. You can sink 100s of hours against the AI in GC AofR in any of the preset campaigns from tiny 10 system maps to 'big chungus' the 110+ galaxy map with proper hyperlanes and system placement along with a built in campaign that allows you to 'play' the og star wars trilogy, cut scenes and all. I also think the ship combat is much more fun and feels better than in TR or EaWFoC.

Another thing is going to be the era that you want to play. If you want empire vs rebellion AotR is the go to. It purely covers that era. TR is better if you are interested in what happened after death star 2 goes pop. FotR is going to be for grand republic era and bring along with it all the clones and droids you'd expect. I think you'll find no mod covers all the eras the best.

Oh and ground combat sucks with a mod or without. Mods just make it a little bit better but never good. There's nothing to really be done about it, you can only polish the original turd so much.

I definitely agree with what POTUS said, but if you want a good gameplay experience, the best graphical mod to ever exist for EaW, the Imperial vs Rebels Era and minor factions, and the Clone Wars, then I'd go for the Remake mod. The shaders and models of the ships, planets, maps and the scenery overall are top notch.
If you want to try the Clone Wars, you can download the Remake Holdouts Faction mod, to get the separatist and republic faction into the mod. You can choose campaigns that only have these two factions, or you can play with all 5 Factions and the minor Factions.

However, as POTUS pointed out, you should try vanilla first to learn the game.
And if you get to try out the amazing Remake mod and any of the other mods mentioned here so far, then you can read a lot of info about them either on the internet wiki, or in game in the mission completed section. Most of the info is in the game.
Let me know if you have any questions

[cincpac]

clearly the force is not with you awhahaha

[Bollehopp]

Gosh.

I should have realised my question was a bit too broad .. a bit like asking skyrim community what the best mod is.

Thank you so much for the tips that all you friendly people have left for my perusal! You are most kind.

[Darth Porgus]

Publicado originalmente por Bollehopp:

Gosh.

I should have realised my question was a bit too broad .. a bit like asking skyrim community what the best mod is.

Thank you so much for the tips that all you friendly people have left for my perusal! You are most kind.

Thanks for the cind words! If you do have any remaining questions or would like to play multiplayer, just ask