I'm currently trying out Empowered Magic. I tried this for a while, but not long enough to have a solid opinion. I still think it's great-in the running for the best magic mod-but I'm not sure if it will have problems after the last few patches.īetter Magic seemed to be the favorite for people who wanted smaller, simpler changes-sometimes used in conjunction with Tejon's Spell Scaling Solution (tsss). It hasn't been updated in a while, and mysty had started on a new beta that depended on a fair amount of scripting, but has been MIA. It makes a lot of well thought out changes, but some people didn't like it because it was a full overhaul, rather than a tweak. My favorite for a long time was Balanced Magic. Also keep in mind that there are other mods out there which just fix individual schools of magic, such as Destruction, which are especially wonky in the vanilla game.
I would love to see "Better Magic" make more interesting changes to the perk tree the way that Empowered Magic does, then I'd have the best of both worlds. In the late game, enemy mages are still powerful and tough to fight, but non-mages tend to become fodder. Your spells end up becoming really powerful as you level up, and you are still able to decrease your casting cost quite a bit to cast often. In my opinion though, this one is over-powered. But the author has added some really fun and interesting perks to many of the magic skill trees. It won't be quite as compatible with other mods. It changes the core spells, and the way in which magic damage is calculated. This one is more complicated than Better Magic.
I like this mod because it is the simplest and the resulting changes don't end up feeling overpowered.Īnother good one is "", which is fairly popular. I think the most "balanced" magic overhaul mod is "", which is also the most underrated of these mods IMO. Here is my opinion after using any of these mods. Athyra recommends "Empowered Magic" as a good magic balancing overhaul to use alongside ACE. ACE ("Athyra's Comprehensive Enhancements") does not change the magic system, unless you count the Enchanting skill.