I play a lot of VNs so it feels like a waste of time to play w/o WT mod.
If you don't play many games I thinks it's better to play without WT since you'll have better immersion
No, I don't like mods. They make VN turn into a boring KN, devoid of even the slightest signs of gameplay. And I immediately put KNs on my ignore list.
The grind in visual novels is replaying the game multiple times in a row to find the choices needed to get the route you want.
As a kid I would play Japanese VNs without guides but really walk through mods is simply skipping what would just be grinding in other games and all you are doing is saving time.
Depends. Majority of AVNs choices are just glorified yes or no. But those with splitting paths i would use wt if its available if not then i'd pick my prefered route, follow it till the end and move on.
If it's something that I've played before and/or it has multiple branching paths for endings etc, then I'd definitively use one. It also depends on how well made the game is and if it's easy to figure out what choices lead to which consequences.
I prefer using walk through mods to get the the route I want, also some games can be very obscure with the affect of your choices and with the amount of games around Its very rare that i replay a game for another route.