I recently moved to Special Edition of Skyrim, so the following is coming from a purely vanilla perspective, much as I miss the mods I had from classic.

From my experience playing Anniversary Edition:

- Farming is OP

- Gallows Hall is great, if nothing else than for the Revenant Altar that lets you convert greater/grand soul gems into black soul gems, the Bone Forge that lets you create a follower that doesn't take up a follower slot, and the Staff of Worms which is a more accessible version of the Dead Thrall spell

- The backpacks are an awesome addition, 75 free carry weight plus smaller bonuses depending on which one you use.

- Farming is OP

- The person who made The Cause put a LOT of work into it. Creating the ayleid ruin tileset by hand must've taken a long time, plus they gave modders something new to work with. I much prefer the Daedric Horse summon over Arvak too.

- Fishing feels pretty meh? Sure you can get a fishing pole and start fishing at the edge of a body of water, but the same fish you catch can also be found swimming in the water which means you can just dive in and grab them all by hand which is so much faster.

- Some of the new houses are pretty strong, some of which require little to no effort on your part to obtain and is fully furnished. Myrwatch comes to mind. Just unlock the door and boom, free house that's got tons of goodies inside plus a staff enchanter. Kind of makes the vanilla houses, including the Hearthfire homes, pointless in my opinion. After all, why spend tens of thousands of coin building a customizable house and decorating it when you can get a handful of cheap or free houses that all offer the same benefits minus the customization?

- Farming is OP

I recently moved to Special Edition of Skyrim, so the following is coming from a purely vanilla perspective, much as I miss the mods I had from classic. From my experience playing Anniversary Edition: - Farming is OP - Gallows Hall is great, if nothing else than for the Revenant Altar that lets you convert greater/grand soul gems into black soul gems, the Bone Forge that lets you create a follower that doesn't take up a follower slot, and the Staff of Worms which is a more accessible version of the Dead Thrall spell - The backpacks are an awesome addition, 75 free carry weight plus smaller bonuses depending on which one you use. - Farming is OP - The person who made The Cause put a LOT of work into it. Creating the ayleid ruin tileset by hand must've taken a long time, plus they gave modders something new to work with. I much prefer the Daedric Horse summon over Arvak too. - Fishing feels pretty meh? Sure you can get a fishing pole and start fishing at the edge of a body of water, but the same fish you catch can also be found swimming in the water which means you can just dive in and grab them all by hand which is so much faster. - Some of the new houses are pretty strong, some of which require little to no effort on your part to obtain and is fully furnished. Myrwatch comes to mind. Just unlock the door and boom, free house that's got tons of goodies inside plus a staff enchanter. Kind of makes the vanilla houses, including the Hearthfire homes, pointless in my opinion. After all, why spend tens of thousands of coin building a customizable house and decorating it when you can get a handful of cheap or free houses that all offer the same benefits minus the customization? - Farming is OP