Talk:Glabrezu/@comment-2603:9005:407:2F40:D1EB:BFE3:F148:FCC7-20200101171120/@comment-2603:9005:407:2F40:D1EB:BFE3:F148:FCC7-20200103150714

I think the natural progression for Baldur's Gate playing is pretty much this:

1. Play the vanilla game, maybe start with EE version or not. Die multiple times. Miss out on stuff you didn't know. Repeat a few times.

2. Continue on with multiple play throughs, trying different characters, kits, NPCs. Possibly attempt an Evil party playthrough.

3. Discover all the mods out there. Start figuring out how to add them in the correct order. Find out the hard way that some mods are so old that they screw up other mods and you end up doing a fresh install (lol).

4. Use the BWS or equivalent set up for various EE compatible mods, and let the weidu installer unpack everything in the correct order. This is so great to try extra content and new NPC's.

5. Then you go to the SCS stuff. It is so good and customizable that you can't go back to playing without it. It makes the game fresh and challenging, due to the smart opponents.

SCS has various components you can install, and varying levels of difficulty. For the most part, it just makes enemies play smarter, utilizing all of their existing abilities to the best of their knowledge. Tougher difficulties add hit points, special powers and rapid fire contingencies to certain enemies. As you get better at under standing the game, you want a challenge, and SCS lets you have one. I personally cannot play BG games without it now, as it seems too easy. I recommend it for anyone who wants to up their game experience.