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Changes the weapon types of 14 unique weapons - mostly sabres, swords, and great swords - to underutilized weapon types with complementary modals. Adds 9 unique weapons - mostly ranged - with the aim of providing at least 3 unique weapons for each weapon type of differing power levels.
- Permissions and credits
- Unique Weapon Type Diversity Rebalance [UWTDYR] -
-PURPOSE-
Deadfire is an incredibly fun game. But you know what isn't fun? Wanting to make a dual-axe-wielding ranger with a bear companion, and then getting into the game and realizing that there aren't any good axes for you to dual-wield in your first 35 hours of playtime.
Deadfire has an overabundance of unique swords, great swords, and sabres at the expense of nearly every other weapon type. There are 8 unique sabres, and 1 unique club. There are 8 unique swords, and 2 unique battle axes -- if you backed the game on Fig and got that bonus axe. There are 6 unique great swords, and 2 unique pikes. Except 1 of those pikes isn't actually in the game, so... it's 1 unique pike.
The purpose of this mod is to redistribute the unique weapons more evenly across all of the weapon types, especially in ways that would give uniques innate weapon bonuses and weapon modals that complement their enchantments.
-IMPORTANT NOTE-
This mod WILL CONFLICT with mods that alter the same items and shopkeepers. You can remove the item conflicts by deleting the relevant .gamedatabundle from the UWTDYR folder, but you won't be able to get that item in game. You can remove shopkeeper conflicts by either merging the relevant data in other mods into the correct SHOP UPDATE .gamedatabundle in the UWTDYR folder, or deleting the relevant SHOP UPDATE .gamedatabundle, in which case you'll still be able to access the UWTDYR item being sold via console cheats.
-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS-
If you already have an 'override' folder in your Pillars of Eternity II\PillarsofEternityII_Data folder, just drop the Late-Game Difficulty Fix folder into your override folder.
If you don't have an 'override' folder, go to the your "PillarsofEternityII_Data" folder (usually located under Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\common\Pillars of Eternity II), create a folder named 'override' there, and copy the UWTDYR folder into your override folder
-WHAT IT DOES-
This mod converts the weapon type of 14 unique weapons - mostly sabres, swords, and great swords - into different, more interesting, less utilized weapon types. Nearly every weapon type will have at least 3 uniques with this mod, generally distributed at points appropriate for their relative power levels. It also adds 9 uniques to help hit that goal, all located in different (thematically appropriate-ish) shops throughout the archipelago.
Mostly all of these changes make the weapons more powerful, or at least useful. Some might be too powerful, but with the itemization nerfs in the 1.1 patch, it should do more to legitimize underused weapons than introduce anything close to broken.
If you're loading this into a game in progress, you might have to wait a day for shop inventories to refresh for the new uniques to show up.
The new list of unique weapons, sorted by type:
(* = Altered Item, ** = New Unique)
ARBALEST
Ancient Engwithan Arbalest** - Port Maje
Spearcaster
Rymrgand's End** - Junvik village
ARQUEBUS
Blightheart
The Red Hand
Three Bells Through
Dragon's Dowry
BATTLE AXE
Aldris Axe of Captain Crow*
Min's Fortune*
Magran's Favor
BLUNDERBUSS
Kitchen Stove
Fire in the Hole
Hand Mortar
Xefa's Empirical Explication
CLUB
Shattered Vengeance
Endre's Bludgeon of Obedience*
Sasha's Singing Stick*
CROSSBOW
Mad Tinkerer's Crossbow** - Fort Deadlight
Fleetbreaker
Bloody Glee** - Crookspur
DAGGER
Marux Amanth
Lover's Embrace
Pukestabber
ESTOC
Blade of the Endless Paths
Eager Blade
Engoliero do Espirs
FLAIL
Whispers of Yenwood*
Skullcrusher
Sun and Moon
GREAT SWORD
Queen's Rule
Effort
Voidwheel
Whispers of the Endless Paths
HATCHET
Xoti's Sickle
Vion-ceth
Acolyte's Frostbite
Kapana Taga*
HUNTING BOW
Ranger's Spring** - Queen's Berth Hunter
Aamiina's Legacy
MACE
Bardatto's Luxury
Magistrate's Cudgel
Beza's Nightmare Mace*
MORNING STAR
The Willbreaker
Distraho*
Saru-Sichr
PIKE
Lance of the Midwood Stag
Sanguine Impaler*
Odi's Masterwork** - Sayuka Weapons Merchant
PISTOL
Eccea's Arcane Blaster
Scordeo's Trophy
Thundercrack Pistol
POLLAXE
Wahai Poraga
Lord Darryn's Voulge
Halberd of the Grand Empire** - Delver's Row, Ernezzo
QUARTERSTAFF
Chromoprismatic Quarterstaff
Street Sweeper
The Spine of Thicket Green
RAPIER
Rannig's Wrath
Squid's Grasp
ROD
Amira's Wing
Rod of the Deep Hunter
Watershaper's Focus
SABRE
Animancer's Energy Blade
Grave Calling
Scordeo's Edge
Tarn's Respite
SCEPTER
Amaliorra
Keybreaker Scepter
Eye of Wael
SPEAR
Mohora Tanga
Griffin's Spear*
Stalker's Patience
STILETTO
Azure Blade
Shiv and Chain*
Rust's Poignard
SWORD
Gladiator Sword
Watcher's Blade
MODWYR
Hel Beckoning
WAND
Woedica's Gnarled Finger** - Delver's Row, The Spindle Man Zahak
Veilpiercer*
A Whale of a Wand
WAR BOW
Frostseeker
Saint Omaku's Mercy
Amira's Talon** - Ori o Koiki
WAR HAMMER
Last Word
Resounding Call
Sungrazer*
Duskfall*
UNIQUE WEAPON IDs
arbalest_U_rend
arbalest_u_ancient_engwithan_arbalest
crossbow_u_bloody_glee
crossbow_u_mad_tinkerers_crossbow
hunting_bow_u_rangers_spring
pike_u_odis_masterwork
pollaxe_u_halberd
wand_u_woedica
war_bow_u_amira
-PURPOSE-
Deadfire is an incredibly fun game. But you know what isn't fun? Wanting to make a dual-axe-wielding ranger with a bear companion, and then getting into the game and realizing that there aren't any good axes for you to dual-wield in your first 35 hours of playtime.
Deadfire has an overabundance of unique swords, great swords, and sabres at the expense of nearly every other weapon type. There are 8 unique sabres, and 1 unique club. There are 8 unique swords, and 2 unique battle axes -- if you backed the game on Fig and got that bonus axe. There are 6 unique great swords, and 2 unique pikes. Except 1 of those pikes isn't actually in the game, so... it's 1 unique pike.
The purpose of this mod is to redistribute the unique weapons more evenly across all of the weapon types, especially in ways that would give uniques innate weapon bonuses and weapon modals that complement their enchantments.
-IMPORTANT NOTE-
This mod WILL CONFLICT with mods that alter the same items and shopkeepers. You can remove the item conflicts by deleting the relevant .gamedatabundle from the UWTDYR folder, but you won't be able to get that item in game. You can remove shopkeeper conflicts by either merging the relevant data in other mods into the correct SHOP UPDATE .gamedatabundle in the UWTDYR folder, or deleting the relevant SHOP UPDATE .gamedatabundle, in which case you'll still be able to access the UWTDYR item being sold via console cheats.
-INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS-
If you already have an 'override' folder in your Pillars of Eternity II\PillarsofEternityII_Data folder, just drop the Late-Game Difficulty Fix folder into your override folder.
If you don't have an 'override' folder, go to the your "PillarsofEternityII_Data" folder (usually located under Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\common\Pillars of Eternity II), create a folder named 'override' there, and copy the UWTDYR folder into your override folder
-WHAT IT DOES-
This mod converts the weapon type of 14 unique weapons - mostly sabres, swords, and great swords - into different, more interesting, less utilized weapon types. Nearly every weapon type will have at least 3 uniques with this mod, generally distributed at points appropriate for their relative power levels. It also adds 9 uniques to help hit that goal, all located in different (thematically appropriate-ish) shops throughout the archipelago.
Mostly all of these changes make the weapons more powerful, or at least useful. Some might be too powerful, but with the itemization nerfs in the 1.1 patch, it should do more to legitimize underused weapons than introduce anything close to broken.
If you're loading this into a game in progress, you might have to wait a day for shop inventories to refresh for the new uniques to show up.
The new list of unique weapons, sorted by type:
(* = Altered Item, ** = New Unique)
ARBALEST
Ancient Engwithan Arbalest** - Port Maje
Spearcaster
Rymrgand's End** - Junvik village
ARQUEBUS
Blightheart
The Red Hand
Three Bells Through
Dragon's Dowry
BATTLE AXE
Aldris Axe of Captain Crow*
Min's Fortune*
Magran's Favor
BLUNDERBUSS
Kitchen Stove
Fire in the Hole
Hand Mortar
Xefa's Empirical Explication
CLUB
Shattered Vengeance
Endre's Bludgeon of Obedience*
Sasha's Singing Stick*
CROSSBOW
Mad Tinkerer's Crossbow** - Fort Deadlight
Fleetbreaker
Bloody Glee** - Crookspur
DAGGER
Marux Amanth
Lover's Embrace
Pukestabber
ESTOC
Blade of the Endless Paths
Eager Blade
Engoliero do Espirs
FLAIL
Whispers of Yenwood*
Skullcrusher
Sun and Moon
GREAT SWORD
Queen's Rule
Effort
Voidwheel
Whispers of the Endless Paths
HATCHET
Xoti's Sickle
Vion-ceth
Acolyte's Frostbite
Kapana Taga*
HUNTING BOW
Ranger's Spring** - Queen's Berth Hunter
Aamiina's Legacy
MACE
Bardatto's Luxury
Magistrate's Cudgel
Beza's Nightmare Mace*
MORNING STAR
The Willbreaker
Distraho*
Saru-Sichr
PIKE
Lance of the Midwood Stag
Sanguine Impaler*
Odi's Masterwork** - Sayuka Weapons Merchant
PISTOL
Eccea's Arcane Blaster
Scordeo's Trophy
Thundercrack Pistol
POLLAXE
Wahai Poraga
Lord Darryn's Voulge
Halberd of the Grand Empire** - Delver's Row, Ernezzo
QUARTERSTAFF
Chromoprismatic Quarterstaff
Street Sweeper
The Spine of Thicket Green
RAPIER
Rannig's Wrath
Squid's Grasp
ROD
Amira's Wing
Rod of the Deep Hunter
Watershaper's Focus
SABRE
Animancer's Energy Blade
Grave Calling
Scordeo's Edge
Tarn's Respite
SCEPTER
Amaliorra
Keybreaker Scepter
Eye of Wael
SPEAR
Mohora Tanga
Griffin's Spear*
Stalker's Patience
STILETTO
Azure Blade
Shiv and Chain*
Rust's Poignard
SWORD
Gladiator Sword
Watcher's Blade
MODWYR
Hel Beckoning
WAND
Woedica's Gnarled Finger** - Delver's Row, The Spindle Man Zahak
Veilpiercer*
A Whale of a Wand
WAR BOW
Frostseeker
Saint Omaku's Mercy
Amira's Talon** - Ori o Koiki
WAR HAMMER
Last Word
Resounding Call
Sungrazer*
Duskfall*
UNIQUE WEAPON IDs
arbalest_U_rend
arbalest_u_ancient_engwithan_arbalest
crossbow_u_bloody_glee
crossbow_u_mad_tinkerers_crossbow
hunting_bow_u_rangers_spring
pike_u_odis_masterwork
pollaxe_u_halberd
wand_u_woedica
war_bow_u_amira