[rdonj]

I generally play whatever the latest version of CBM is, or whatever version happens to be used by whatever mp game I may be in. If I'm playing SP, I will also almost always use the latest version of CBM, unless I really want to use some other mod that isn't compatible with it and can't be bothered to fix up the ID conflicts. CBM tends to make pretender choices and the early game especially more interesting, by actually allowing you to spend your early gem income without feeling like you're shooting yourself in the foot by wasting gems. The newest CBM changes leave me a bit confused because I haven't really had the chance to explore them yet, and there have been a lot of content updates recently. This is a good thing for the continuation of the mod, and there were some very desirable changes in there. I am a bit worried though that in the llamabeast era CBM could get swamped with changes and be difficult to keep up with, because the llama is a much more prolific modder than QM, and willing to make bigger and more controversial changes.

As far as "game killers" being fixed, I would argue that CBM hasn't really attempted to kill game killers for the most part. Turning clams into uniques is probably the closest thing to that. Aside from that I would say that it's more CBM making the game more enjoyable for late game play by increasing the number of ways you can attempt to win. Vanilla far too often devolved into the exact same endgame every time, and is a lot more painful to manage later on, especially if you're actually winning.

That said I still do play vanilla mp games from time to time, and various other things that don't necessarily have anything to do with CBM. But I vastly prefer to play CBM games.