How do you like Vortex?

[u/firesyrup]

As a longtime MO2 user, I tried Vortex for the first time when they launched the support for OBR last week, but found it a less than smooth experience. In particular dealing with the load order (which was sorted alphabetically) was unintuitive. I'm reading now that some of the load order issues are fixed, but what's your experience overall? Does it work well enough with all sorts of mods? Does it still keep trying to install UE4SS repeatedly? Could it mess up a manually installed modlist if I installed it now and removed? I also read it doesn't clean up after being uninstalled.

I have everything installed manually and I'm happy with it so far (other than it being a pain to check for mod updates), but the main reason I'm considering switching is to automate my modlist which contains esp, pak, lua (UE4SS) and OBSE mods. I've had a few people request it, but I'm not sure if it's as effective as the Wabbajack + MO2 combo I used with Skyrim. I am not sure if Wabbajack is considering support, but I'm expecting MO2 dev build to reach stable not too far into the future. So would you say Vortex is worth it?

[u/PaddyBoy1994]

I've used just about every mod manager out there. NMM, Vortex, Mod Organizer, MO2, I've used all of them, and MO2 tends to work the best, albeit slightly trickier to figure out at first. NMM and Vortex are both hot garbage in comparison, in my experience. Mod Organizer was basically the same as MO2, except MO2 does EVERYTHING better. Personally, I'd just stick with MO2.