The Idea
After playing through Skyrim a vast number of times, I found that fighting dragons wasn't as intense as it was before. So, I thought, why not make dragons scale faster, take longer to kill, and just be all around stronger.

Dragon Scaling
The mod mechanics, just like the concept, is very simple. In the Vanilla game, Dragons don't begin scaling difficult until level 18, and the intervals between scaling don't decrease that much. This mod makes it so that dragons become harder, faster. With this mod, Dragons will start scaling at level 9, and will continue scaling every 4-5 levels, maxing out at level 23. You'll be fighting higher level dragons in half the time. 

Dragon Stat Changes
•Dragons now start with 150% more health

•Dragons regenerate a small amount of health during combat

•Dragons now have a natural resistance to magic and poison.

•150% more melee damage

•150% speed increase

•Increased change to stagger

•Possibility to knock down the player

•If you choose to download the alternate file (listed as optional but is a stand-alone with the same aspects with one addition) then Ancient and Elder Dragons will have the ability to use Alduin's fire storm shout

If you have any ideas on how to make dragon fighting a more terrifying experience, please feel free to mention them in the comments section.

This mod is intended for those who want to have more difficult dragon fights without losing the vanilla feel. Some new dragons may be added in the future, but the combat will not be completely overhauled. If you want AI changes, this mod should be compatible with other dragon mods that overhaul dragon combat.