For my part, it wasn't so much that plugins weren't available as it was trying out multiple versions, installing them, configuring them, and troubleshooting the

For my part, it wasn't so much that plugins weren't available as it was trying out multiple versions, installing them, configuring them, and troubleshooting them. Sometimes they'd make Vim much slower, or break altogether. Much of what I wanted out of Vim worked right out of the box in ST2, and with minimal fuss.