So...
I just finished that STEP process. It took several hours to get everything installed the way I wanted, and I added a few more mods to boot. In fact I'm sitting at 289 mods total.
Now, I'm looking for something to do. I'd like to do a themed playthrough or LP of the game, but need some ideas or suggestions. Artificial limitations, hardcore objectives(Complete the game using unarmed?), interesting themes(run a bandit camp?), whatever. Any ideas?
While I'm not sure how interesting an LP it would be but...no fast travel except by wagon. And if by wagon, you've already visited the location in the past. However, people may not want to see you run and run and run. So if you decide to use fast travel. Its to a place you've already visited.
No floating quest markers, optional: no quest markers at all (but doesn't really work too well in Skyrim sadly)
No compass, use the surroundings/stars/sun/moon to find your location or the map...either way. I usually just turn the compass off, and its much more immersive with it gone. Optional: If you use a map, its in a city/town/village/camp
Minimal UI (kind of goes with no compass. Would need SkyUI I believe to turn off a lot of the Skyrim HUD.)
The above are more for immersion than anything. Some don't work as well as they did in old Elder Scrolls games (like quests don't have any details at all) and may not go too well for a Let's Play...but they are ideas anyway.
For a less cheating way to go. Never save in a dungeon, can save outside it...but not inside. Plus that awesome sword you found may not be there if you died ;P
And don't save every minute lol. Personally, when I watch a Let's Play and the guy saves all the time, I'm probably gonna just turn it off and an immediate thumbs down. Pet peeve of mine is when someone saves every 3-5 minutes doing anything in the game. Saw a guy who is really popular on Youtube, save each time before lockpicking in Skyrim lol. He ran out of lockpicks, and...reloaded...I lolled hard, disliked the video and turned it off.
For characters/themes/objectives. I personally like the average joe type of play throughs. PC gamer did an interesting one of the character just never fighting at all. Or something. Don't remember the exact details now. Actually, the title of the series was "Most boring playthrough of Skyrim"...or something like that. My memory sucks
Made an interesting read. But, just being an average-type character is far more interesting (and fun)...at least for me.. Or at the very least, start as an average joe type character and become (willingly or maybe not) a hero (or even anti-hero, that would be different. Dunno how one would do that in Skyrim) or something. That can be being a bandit (they are kinda average, nothing special about them besides being criminals
) or a hunter in the wilderness. Or something. Just some ideas I'm throwing out.
Or even be allied to the altmer, and rid Skyrim of the religion of Talos and any who worship him. I don't think I've actually seen a play through like that, but maybe there is one out there. Every play through I've personally seen, everyone always hates the altmer and kills them on sight. So may be a different way to go.
Well before this gets too long and I keep typing ideas...I'll just leave it at that. Hope any of my ideas give you ideas or help you