how to make the game not boring?

[Phil Leotardo]

last time i played this was on the ps3 around 2014
i installed lots of mods but im already getting bored of the game, mainly because of combat, i have valhalla and wildcat installed but combat is still boring
how do you guys with 1000s of hours keep it interesting to play and not get bored of it?

[Junipercat]

You find mods you enjoy. If you find the game boring both vanilla and with mods, then the game is not currently for you. Either put it up with fond memories or take a good break to come back with fresh interest. Use that time to consider why you play the game and what specifically you have issue with that aren't exciting enough.

So far it sounds like combat is your issue. If you cannot find an appropriate mod, perhaps find a combat focused game to scratch that itch and play Skyrim for other reasons (adventure, RPG, etc.).

[Death Approaches]

for most people bored with the combat mechanics there's few answers, but I'd start with the standard: MCO DXP. (Modern Combat Overhaul / Distar Experience)

sadly it's all modular, and you have to pick and choose lots of things even your animation sets, to make a fully functioning setup, there's work involved, especially integrating these overhaul mods with your other mods, other weapons, etc. patch and patch and patch some more!

so if you like what you see, but don't like the technical side of using mods, know there are plenty of collections/wabbajacks where the work is done for you, based around MCO.

[Ihateeverybody]

Hmmm. Depends on what kind of boring it is. Don't worry if you can't actually articulate it; It's sometimes a form of ennui that sets in.

Mostly I don't focus on it at all but what I want to accomplish which is enjoy the game.

Its a mixture of Survival and Immersive elements (Frostfall,Campfire, Last Seed); Bathing In Skyrim or Keep it Clean. Immersive Animation type mods from anything to eating, sleeping, <Blank>ing.

For combat, I run Wildcat and Precision but its also addendumed with Better Vampire NPCs, Skyrim Immersive Creatures; which add variation and increased difficulty.

New areas to explore mods (Both in the vanilla area and some expanded lands (Hammets Dungeons 1 and 2, Land of Vomenheim, Beyond Skyrim: Bruma).

Little Flavour thing like quest changes, Expansions, more and varied voiced lines for both NPC Followers and Enemies. I even use a mod to slow my experience gain so I can pace my game better and longer.

I could go on, but thats the general idea.

I have over 12k hours in Skyrim LE and SE. I don't have plans to stop anytime soon. Also it's not the only game I play. I play other things. But Skyrim isn't ever leaving my Line up. Like literally, this build cannot be replicated. I back it up every 3 months or so because I manually mod and its a bag of chaos with those old style destroy the world type Djinn that will get out if I don't keep it contained.

[Phil Leotardo]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Junipercat:

You find mods you enjoy. If you find the game boring both vanilla and with mods, then the game is not currently for you. Either put it up with fond memories or take a good break to come back with fresh interest. Use that time to consider why you play the game and what specifically you have issue with that aren't exciting enough.

So far it sounds like combat is your issue. If you cannot find an appropriate mod, perhaps find a combat focused game to scratch that itch and play Skyrim for other reasons (adventure, RPG, etc.).

i love the old bethesda games, fallout 3 and new vegas are one of my favorite games ever, besides skyrim ive never played an elder scrolls game before, i tried a bit of oblivion on the ps3 but never got into it, but in the ps3 days i used to love skyrim i just dont know why it isnt clicking for me now

[Phil Leotardo]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Death Approaches:

for most people bored with the combat mechanics there's few answers, but I'd start with the standard: MCO DXP. (Modern Combat Overhaul / Distar Experience)

sadly it's all modular, and you have to pick and choose lots of things even your animation sets, to make a fully functioning setup, there's work involved, especially integrating these overhaul mods with your other mods, other weapons, etc. patch and patch and patch some more!

so if you like what you see, but don't like the technical side of using mods, know there are plenty of collections/wabbajacks where the work is done for you, based around MCO.

i guess its too late for me to install that, i would problaly have to delete all mods and start from scratch, it already was a very big headache installing the mods im using xD

[Hypertext Eye]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Phil Leotardo:

but in the ps3 days i used to love skyrim i just dont know why it isnt clicking for me now

That was then and this is now. Skyrim doesn't have that "new car" smell anymore, you're older and your tastes have changed.

i would problaly have to delete all mods and start from scratch

If you're not enjoying the game as-is, this seems like a reasonable thing to try. You aren't losing anything by scrapping something you don't like.

[Phil Leotardo]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Hypertext Eye:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Phil Leotardo:

but in the ps3 days i used to love skyrim i just dont know why it isnt clicking for me now

That was then and this is now. Skyrim doesn't have that "new car" smell anymore, you're older and your tastes have changed.

i would problaly have to delete all mods and start from scratch

If you're not enjoying the game as-is, this seems like a reasonable thing to try. You aren't losing anything by scrapping something you don't like.

true, nowadays its very rare for me to like open world games, theres very few i can play without getting bored, maybe like you and other dude said, this game is just not for me anymore
im gonna try and play a bit more to see if it changes but i doubt it, will have to try the combat overhaul dude recommended someday

[Steelfleece]

I think most folks with thousands of hours played don't just play Skyrim every day for months on end. Me, I'll play for a few weeks then get bored, come back months or even years later to play another character until bored or seen the endings again, leave again, come back months later for another go.

[Nuheni]

I am one of those that plays it for a few months and then do something else for even longer before i return.
And i always return.
For me it is the chill factor in which you have an almost perfect sandbox where you don`t need to do anything, but you can do absolutely everything if you feel like it.

Most of us that have thousands of hours in it, are not just playing it as a game, but spent a lot of those hours on some rather laborious mod testing, identifying and fixing errors in search of perfection.
And when we do find it, we usually break it and does it all over again ... :]
The rp value is also high for many of us when we do play, both in the fantasy aspect and the adult themed escape which makes time fly by on character creating, world building, taking screenies and so on.
And of course the familiarity of the whole world that can feel like a safe haven to return to.

[Death Approaches]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Phil Leotardo:

im gonna try and play a bit more to see if it changes but i doubt it, will have to try the combat overhaul dude recommended someday

if you're bored, you're bored, there's nothing for it, go do something else not boring would be best... but Hyper has a point, why the hell not now, no time like the present, at least the tasks related to researching installing and troubleshooting ain't boring... it can be many things but boring, no... never wanted to smash a computer because I was bored.

so here, go watch some of the distar videos, maybe you'll find them motivating...
https://www.distaranimation.com/mods

[koinzell]

depends on what you want.

combat=MCO with the dodge addons, too meany animations for it, look up and pick your poison.

enemies, id go with random encounters=
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/3093?tab=description
or this or both.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/23872?tab=description its SE exclusive.

relationship and dating and random conversations etc, check LL site, it has a bunch of good relationship systems mods.

[Phil Leotardo]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Death Approaches:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Phil Leotardo:

im gonna try and play a bit more to see if it changes but i doubt it, will have to try the combat overhaul dude recommended someday

if you're bored, you're bored, there's nothing for it, go do something else not boring would be best... but Hyper has a point, why the hell not now, no time like the present, at least the tasks related to researching installing and troubleshooting ain't boring... it can be many things but boring, no... never wanted to smash a computer because I was bored. :claptrap:

so here, go watch some of the distar videos, maybe you'll find them motivating...
https://www.distaranimation.com/mods

bro, took me 1 day and a few hours to set my mods without breaking the game, i dont wanna go trough that again

[Madao]

How to make the game not boring to you is something only you can answer.

You have your expectation in regards to skyrim. either adjust the game until it meets them or go play something else I guess.

[Hypertext Eye]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Phil Leotardo:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Death Approaches:

if you're bored, you're bored, there's nothing for it, go do something else not boring would be best... but Hyper has a point, why the hell not now, no time like the present, at least the tasks related to researching installing and troubleshooting ain't boring... it can be many things but boring, no... never wanted to smash a computer because I was bored. :claptrap:

so here, go watch some of the distar videos, maybe you'll find them motivating...
https://www.distaranimation.com/mods

bro, took me 1 day and a few hours to set my mods without breaking the game, i dont wanna go trough that again

Seems like you don't actually care about making the game "not boring"

[Phil Leotardo]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Hypertext Eye:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Phil Leotardo:

bro, took me 1 day and a few hours to set my mods without breaking the game, i dont wanna go trough that again

Seems like you don't actually care about making the game "not boring"

not everyone has the patience to lose days modding games :)
if vanilla game was actually good i woulnt need 288 mods to make it bearable for me, if it was, the only mods i would install was graphics and more content like missions and weapons like i did with new vegas
cant change outdated game design with mods