I always thought the Imperial Legion should have better equipment. I've seen some other mods that buffs the Imperial Gear, but I felt they were unbalanced or OP. So I decided to make one for myself and share it on the Nexus. I buffed up the gear, but not so much that it is overpowered, Daedric level equipment. I also corrected some mistakes regarding gear and some minor tweaks (listed below)


OPTIONAL FILE: CRAFTABLE PENITUS OCULATUS ARMOR (same stats as studded light set)

New Optional Heavy Armor Texture Edit of my own design. See in Screenshots


This Mod tweaks Imperial Armor (Heavy & Light + Shields) and the 2 weapons (Sword & Bow)

CHANGES ARE: 
1) Re-names  the "Imperial Officer's Helmet" to "Imperial Legate Helmet" and makes it craftable.
2) Re-names the unique (Spartan) "Imperial Helmet" to "Imperial Closed Helmet and makes it craftable [In Ver 3.0]
3) Makes the Imperial Sword and Imperial Bow craftable. Also makes them both benefit from Steel smithing perk. [In Ver 2.0]
4) Adds new Armor Rating values to all Imperial armors. (Seen Below)
5) Re-names "Studded Imperial Armor" to "Imperial Medium Armor" and makes it craftable/temperable.
6) Makes the Standard Heavy Imperial Helmet benefit from Heavy armor perks, instead of Light. (this was a bug in vanilla)
7) Changes the Imperial Heavy Shield audio from Wood to Metal. (gives it a metallic sound like found on shields such as the steel shield for example)
8) Re-names the Heavy Set to include "Heavy" to keep consistency with the rest of the gear. (Imperial Heavy Armor, Imperial Heavy Helmet, Imperial Heavy Bracers, Imperial Heavy Boots, Imperial Heavy Shield) [In Ver 3.0]
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New Base Armor Rating Values
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Imperial Heavy Helmet:18
Imperial Legate Helmet: 21
Imperial Closed Helmet: 24
Imperial Heavy Armor: 40
Imperial Heavy Bracers: 14
Imperial Heavy Boots: 16
Imperial Heavy Shield: 30
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Imperial Light Helmet: 16
Imperial Light Armor: 30
Imperial Medium Armor: 32
Imperial Light Bracers: 9
Imperial Light Boots: 10
Imperial Light Shield: 25
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Weapon Values
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Imperial Bow: 10
Imperial Sword: 8 (Same as Vanilla)


IF YOU DO NOT SEE ANY CHANGES TO THE IMPERIAL CRAFTING MENU, PUT THE MOD LOWER IN YOUR LOAD ORDER.

Other recommended mods for aspiring Legionaries:
Sleeved Imperials by 4killmaster
Imperial Chainmail Armor by Citadel535
Camp Argentum by Antiscamp
Heavy Armory by PrivateEye
Imperial Legion Armor Variety by Person numbered 275
Perfect Legionnaire (I recommend using the Red Shield Replacer)
LeanWolf's Better-Shaped Weapons by LeanWolf
Real Bows by DecimusMaximus
Legion Robes by GustavL

Check out my other mods:
Craftable Guard Armor
Craftable Silver Sword and Greatsword
Craftable 9 Divine Amulets 

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