I've just ordered 'Viking Invasion', wich I will get probably next week or the week after. I have been playing MTW for about six months and I constantly read on this thread what great addition vi brings to the game and that you never want to go back once you played blablabla. So I conceded.

The fact is I don't have a lot of time to experiment so here's what I'm asking:

Apart from the patch what should I install? First get a taste of VI and then install a mod or go strait to a mod?

And if I should go strait to a mod which one would you recommend? (I'm thinking in the lines of a lot of factions and units. A lot of action without being a superpower in a few decades)

Thanks in advance

PS. a mod with the Flemish as a faction and specific units has an edge.