mods question from a newb

Ok, recently got the gog 2.0 version. I was a huge fan of Fall from Heaven 2 mod so I decided to give this a chance in spite of lukewarm reviews.

So, I have two questions about mods:

1) Are any mods considered "essential" before I really delve into the game?

2) I'm reading about how cool can beastlords be, but there is some beastlord bug apparently (in gog version if I understood correctly) - what is it exactly and is there a fix?

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No one knows or is the game dead?

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Did my own research. Basically, you're screwed if you get the GOG version. No beastlord, no separate leaders DLC pack (no children of the storm mod).

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I wouldn't say it's completely dead, but it was released almost four years ago.

After installing it on Gog, if you go to the folder and delete all DLC4 files from the \data\English\ folder, including the aDLC04_Units.xml file, you'll effectively disable the leader pack DLC when restarting the game. But keep in mind Children of Storm was never updated for 2.0, the latest release of the game, so there may be quite a few other wonky things.

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It was DLC05, actually.

It worked, managed to play a few games but even before mid game, turns take a really long time. Even when set map size to second to largest and only 6 AI, turn times were ridiculously long. I'm gonna go back to base game. A shame really, I've really liked how unique and interesting new factions are.

Even if it was released 4 years ago, I'm surprised there's almost no activity anywhere. Sure, it's not a perfect game, but it's fun, with good replay value.

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