best skyrim mods?

I need "Play? I can't play it! Each time I try, I decide to make some little-easy-fast-to-make mod and end up spending more time in CK then in the game!" poll option :(

Need I say more?

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UFO (ultimate follower ovehaul, Reallistic Water Two, few ESO armors (that isn't mod name, You gotta search for them because I don't remember :P) Immersive Armors & Weapons, Skyrim Flora Overhaul are must have :) These are my absolutely favs all the time.
Anyway best method for creating Your best Skyrim mod experience, is searching, searching, and searching, in the depths of Nexus, and other sites.

Well, I don't know if you like the anime called Fate/Unlimited Bladeworks, if you like it, there is one awesome mod that brings the Unlimited Blade Works ability to the game, its pretty well done. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/64753/?

I've played Skyrim on its 2 years anniversary on a meduim PC, with little to no graphics mods and just few other mods.
Basically: Requeim, Skyrim Immersive Creatures and FrostFall plus some minor, yet essential mods like Cloaks of Skyrim, Timing is everything, SkyUI, AltStart, Guard Dialog Overhaul et cetera.
And compatibility patches, lots of them.

I like followers mod the best, because if im going to bring someone with me on an adventure i don't want them to be boring.

Recorder is my current favorite, she is fully voiced so she wont say the same lines from other followers over and over again.

Some of my favorites are: Become a Bard, Enhanced Blood Textures, SkyUI (which everyone who mods probably use that one already), DYNAVISION

and a few armor mods see screenshot below

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i am curious about the multiplayer mod myself for skyrim

Until my GPU explodes! (after two or three mods)

Have a few mods to spot veins more easily and for better inventory.

I'm an in-game hoarder, so the first mod I got was the Hermit's Tree House. There were probably other more vanilla places I could stash stuff but... In Fallout 3 the music drove me crazy, not so much the style, which fit the game, but the fact the same tracks kept repeating. I found a radio station mod which fit the style perfectly, It might have been GNR Enhanced, it was a while ago. I don't know if GNR Enhanced is a mod which can be added from Steam.
I tend to go crazy with modding and break my games, so I am trying to go with just what I really need. I'll probably skip Skyrim mods like this one...

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The Dance Of Death. Let's dance :)

I don't remember all the mods that I used during my playthrough, but here were some of the standout ones that I used:
SkyUI: Better UI, makes menu navigation smoother.
Immersive Armors: More armor types
Immersive Weapons Same as above, but for weapons
Cloaks of Skyrim Does what it says on the tin
Deadly Dragons Makes dragons more dangerous. In particular nice towards the later portions of the game, where dragon fights are a joke in vanilla
Immersive Creatures More creatures for Skyrim!
Realistic Animals and Predator Makes animals behave in a more believable way.

I like the Enhanced Towns and Dungeons series of mods.

Skyrim was in my backlog for two years before I got around to playing it. When I finally did I put in over 200 mods for my initial play-through.

I won't list them all here. xD

But for the uninitiated, here's a selection of stuff from must-haves to personal favorites.

SET-UP
Modding Beginner's Guide ... This is a good, easy-to-follow tutorial on how to set up your game to properly use mods.
Mod Organizer ... My personal favorite of all the mod launch tools. Fantastic interface. Pretty easy to understand. Lots of YouTube videos from basics to advanced stuff.

THE MODS

YOU SIMPLY MUST HAVE THESE!

• The Unofficial Patches ... Long after Bethesda stopped patching the game, these guys have been hunting down and slaying all manner of bugs. Talk about freaking dedication! The list of fixed stuff is huge.
• SkyUI ... The game's fly-in UI menus were designed with a controller in mind. This mod re-designs the menus and their presentation for mouse+keyboard, presenting information more compactly while vastly reducing the number of clicks/taps to get to what you need.

BETTER GAME EXPERIENCE

• No NPC Greetings ... Unfortunately Skyrim's residents really like talking to you, even if they are passing by 10 feet away. This mod curtails their chatty tendency to tell you their life story when you walk by them and talk over important dialogue because they wandered close to someone you are interacting with for a reason.
• Realistic Ragdolls and Force ... Cleans up the physics of bodies as they twist, fall, and move through space. Great for combat. Also stops bodies from flying across a room when you bump into them.
• Guard Dialogue Overhaul ... You encounter a lot of guards in the game. This mod makes their vocal interactions more like what you'd expect of guards and less immersion-breaking.

PERSONAL FAVORITES

• Inigo ... One of the most completely realized, stand-alone, and incredibly endearing companions you can have. Doesn't require a follower mod framework. Load him up, spring him from Riften's jail, and he's all yours. :)
• Expanded Towns and Cities ... One of the best city overhaul mods. Adds lots of buildings to each major locale and many new NPCs. For those who think Skyrim towns just feel a bit too empty. Greatly enhanced by other mods that add NPCs to the game.
• Frostfall ... The cold, northern environment of Skyrim is no longer cosmetic. Exposure can kill you, clothing is rated by protective warmth, and campfires and survival gear is essential in the snowy wilderness.
• Civil War Overhaul ... The most ambitious gameplay fix out there, and not for the faint-hearted. This talented modder dug into the buried code, resurrected, and fixed the massive civil war quest line that didn't make the final cut. Actually any mod by this author is amazing. Prior to Skyrim he provided massive gameplay fix mods for The Sims 2 and 3.

C....C

I like to play the vanilla game at least until I've completed everything. I only installed the unofficial patches since Bethesda devs are too lazy to fix their own bugs.

Your character is Taylor Swift?

I only have mods to the game that add enivronmental stuff,like sounds......

Wow, your characther is nearly as cute as you :o even though i got dozen of mods, most of them are big. My favorite kind of mods are generally visual ones like thousandgrass, flora, the one who replace the sky night by an andromeda, those who replace the whole face / body of character (i suppose you agree on the fact that your perso in your screenshot look way better than the original npc ;) and the 2K resolution of nearly all city
i like the base gameplay of the elder scroll so i do not mess a lot with it, though i used a mod call 360 walk and run plus, wich i find improving the camera, also one to see the rest of my body when in 1st person, just having hands look awkward haha.

I also like those who add variety in the game, like monster mod, skybirds, and such. And more armor, more weapon (depending on my mood i might want to play the game following the "lore" (skyrim immersive, cloak of skyrim, cold and wet, etc... and sometimes i just do every crazy thin i want like adding TERA armor into the game :p)

Don't think it'll help you as you probably know about all the mod i told, though some people might not know this site that regroup some mod and categorize them a bit : http://skyrimgems.com/

CBBE or CHSBHC BBP or UNP or.... ;)

Schlongs of Skyrim :D

But seriously, only the visual and immersion/realism mods, these are plenty by themselves to make your game crash because of the number of mods you'll run.

Skyrim scaling stopper

It removes the level scaling, it kind of turns Skyrim into a rogue-like : you can meet deadly enemies very early in the game - but also very good loot.

I only have a few installed mods, because:

1. My PC can barely run Skyrim on minimum
2. Even though I really want other mods from Nexus, I only get mine from the Steam workshop. Reason? Last time I used NMM or installed any mods from Nexus, it broke my game.
3. I'd rather not modify too many things from the original game. Mods are fun, but I'd rather play through the game as it was meant to be played before, let's say, getting a zombie mod or something.

Here are my installed mods (PF = Personal Favorite):

• SkyUI
• Reduced Distance NPC Greetings
• Lightweight Potions and Poisons
• Assassin's Armor Set (PF)
• Weapons Of The Shogunate
• Black Mage Armor
• Muhomono and Zentoku - Black and White Katanas (PF)
• Faster Vanilla Horses
• Follower Map Markers (PF)
• Crimson Tide - Blood {NEW 2.2}(PF)
• Sounds of Skyrim {all of them}(PF)
• Left Hand Rings
• Unread Books Glow (PF, MUST HAVE!)
• Followers can Relax
• Auto Unequip Arrows (PF)
• Build Your Own Home
• Invincible Horses v1.0 (PF, because having your horse die every fucking time you enter battle sucks a lot)
• Horse Follow Whistle (PF, because if you lose sight of said invincible horse, it sucks even worse)

I'm considering trying installing Nexus mods again. There's so much more good stuff on Nexus... :(

Falskaar & Moonpath to Elsweyr

i tried but no amount of mods can fix how empty and life-less and videogamy.. it feels. Play New Vegas. :D