Originally posted by stvlepore:

Love that OP asks for mods and people tell him don’t use them, very helpful.

OP did ask for 'must have mods'. People told him - there's no 'must' need for mods. Vanilla is fine for first go. It's a very reasonable answer for the question posed by the OP.

If phrased a bit differently by the OP, I believe the answers probably would have been different too. I agree - there aren't any 'must have mods'. If OP wants suggestions for good mods, best mods, etc regardless of previous experience of the game - then I'd not be able to help as much.