the mod is great, always has been. the game has a lot of great people in it but the truth is you'll never get to play with most of the best ones because they already have all the cr they want or can handle. they're not rude to new people but you will definitely get the polite brush off any time you try unless you have an in with a cast or an ooc friend already. the insanely easy ac means that at least half the people on the taken list at any given time you won't even see. it's all sol all the time which is fine for some but not what the game is billed as so that's something to keep in mind too. just my two cents as someone who's there now and already has all my in-roads to decent cr, i can see how impossible it is for people without them.