This game never get’s old.
Somehow I only found out about NorthernUI adding proper controller support earlier this month, despite playing and modding this game since before OBMM and BOSS where a thing. Used to be a Darnified fan but this won me over 🙃.
Yes when I played I definitely underleveled. I remember not having points in the combat categories I needed several times. After leveling about 5x in a short time period because of leveling my conjuration a bunch with a cheap spell, suddenly every time I approached an Oblivion gate I was getting 2 shotted by spider daedra. I will definitely check out that +5 leveling mod if it will help with that problem.
I’m a bit iffy on the unofficial patches. Obviously I don’t want my game to crash or to fall through the ground and other annoying bugs, but I also want to keep the features that add humor and character. I will probably keep playing without it unless other mods require it.