State of the game?

[AMF]

Hello after a long absence, I hope everyone has been well.

I haven't been here for many months, but it's time once again for me to post to ask about the state of SEV - I'd like to try it out again, but I'm wondering if still suffers from all the various problems that turned me off it before. I assume I'll need to use the Balance Mod with it, but aside from that, are people more happy with the UI, game mechanics, balance issues, and all the other issues that existed six months or so ago?

Also, does PBW work with it now, and are there a number of SEV games on PBW? Is the community strong, lots of games happening, or moribund?

I'll try it all out on my own and come to my own conclusions, of course, but I was hoping to get a sense from the SE community as well.

Thanks,

AMF