Advantageous Armor is a game changing mod meant to give the player the feeling that armor actually protects you regardless of your skill or level, by giving all vanilla armor meaningful and noticeable buffs whenever you equip a shield or an armored curiass. Guaranteed to increase immersion and protect against one-shots 101%
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Uploaded a compatibility patch for Beyond Skyrim Bruma
Version 3.0.6
Uploaded a compatibility patch for Armors of the Velothi Pt. I
Version 3.0.5
Updated Skyrim Immersive Creatures Patch to be in line with Version 3.0
Version 3.0.4
Compatibility patch created for Sons of Skyrim mod.
Version 3.0.3
Updated Unplayable Faction Armors Patch to be in line with Version 3.0
Version 3.0.2
Updated Heavy Legion Patch to be in line with Version 3.0
Version 3.0.1
Updated Guard's Armor Replacer Patch to be in line with the Version 3.0 update.
Version 3.0
To introduce a bit more balance all vanilla light armor will now reduce Magika regeneration in the amount of twice its carry weight points.
In addition all vanilla heavy armor will now reduce your magika regeneration in the amount equal to its carry weight points.
Vampire armor has now been added, but has limited protection, slightly better than hide armor. In addition Enchanted versions of Vampire armor do not offer any real protection and should be treated the same as enchanted robes. The only exception is the Royal Vampire armor
Future Plans to release a Special Edition and Anniversary Edition!
Future Plans to update all current and future patches moving forward.
Version 1.5
Created a compatibility patch for Skyrim Immersive Creatures!
A few minor bug fixes to Falmer armor that was missed in the last update.
Version 1.4
Corrected Shield of Solitude enchantment.
Created a compatibility patch for Guards Armor Replacer mod.
Version 1.3
A few minor bug fixes.
Cleaned with TESVEdit
Version 1.2
Added Imperial Studded Armor which was missed in previous version.
Added a compatibility patch for the Heavy Legion mod.
Version 1.1
Added a few shields that were missed in the initial release, including: Dented Iron, Steel, Dwarven, Ebony Orcish, Bonemold, Improved Bonemold, and Dragonplate shields
Added Shields and Unique items missing in the initial release from Dawnguard and Dragonborn DLC's.
Version 1.0
Initial release
Future Plans to create patches for some of the more popular mods, when time allows of course.
Future Plans: To create a version that replaces some of the Hide and fur sets with more practical and protective versions.
Hello fellow modders, I'm Rougeshot and I'm open to any feedback or constructive criticism you may have, but keep in mind that I have a full time career and am in college part time, so it may be a while before I can respond to any comments or questions you may have. Please be patient with any questions or concerns and I will respond as soon as I am able. Please keep tracking my mods and profile for any news or updates to my latest mods!
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Advantageous Armor is meant to give the player the feeling that armor actually protects you regardless of your skill or level, by giving all vanilla armor meaningful and noticeable buffs and debuffs whenever you equip a shield or an armored curiass. Armor will now feel noticeably more beneficial from the very start of the game. Armored NPC's will now be noticeably tougher to deal with, and will feel more like mini-bosses when compared to unarmored NPC's. This mod does not affect the armor rating system formula in any way, this is all done without scripts or any other mod requirments.
Here is what the mod does in a nutshell:
All vanilla shields and armored cuirasses have been given a fortify health buff and stamina regeneration debuff that will affect the player character and all NPC's wearing vanilla armor
LIGHT ARMOR
All vanilla Light Armor shields and armored curiasses have been given a fortify health buff of 3x their Amor Rating), excluding Hide and Fur armors which have (2x Armor Rating), but also supply a small amount of Frost Resistance (Fur Armors Only). To introduce some amount of realism and immersion, all Light Armor shields and armored cuirasses will also reduce your stamina regeneration in the amount equal to it's carry weight points.
Version 3.0
In addition light armor will also reduce magika regeneration by 2x their carry weight points.
HEAVY ARMOR
All vanilla Heavy Armor shields and armored curiasses have been given a fortify health buff of 5x their Armor Rating. To indroduce some amount of realism and immersion, all Heavy Armor shields and cuirasses will also reduce your stamina regeneration in the amount equal to half of it's carry weight points.
Version 3.0
In addition Heavy armor will also reduce magika regeneration equal to their carry weight points.
! ! ! MOD COMPATIBILITY ! ! !
All armor record edits were made to be consistent with Weapons and Armor Fixes Remade Mod.
The mod does affect most vanilla unique shields and armors in the game (excluding vampire armor to maintain compatibility with vampire mods). (If you find I missed something please post it in the bugs section so that I can address it.)
This is all accomplished by adding new enchantments, needless to say this completely nukes the enchantment system for all vanilla shields and armored cuirasses. To maintain a sense of balance I have removed all vanilla enchanted shields and armored cuirasses from the leveled lists, meaning you won't find any enchanted versions of shields or armored cuirasses when looting npc's or chests in the world. I would advise to avoid trying to disenchant or enchant any of the vanilla shields or armored cuirasses, it will only end in tears.
The mod does not affect helmets, gauntlets or boots in any way, so you will still find enchanted versions of those items on npc's and in chests.
This mod does not affect the armor rating formula in any way it only adds to the enchantment table.
! ! ! Load Order ! ! !
Should place plug-in below any combat, game-play or armor mods to insure this mod takes effect and is not over-written by any other mod.
! ! ! INSTALLATION ! ! !
Simply download and install with your favorite Mod Manager! If installing mid-play-through be sure to reequip your shield and cuirass for the mod to take effect.
! ! ! PERMISSIONS ! ! !
With the thousands of armor mods on the Nexus it only makes sense to make this mod completely open permissions, so that I have an army of modders behind it creating patches and expanding on the foundations of this mod. Just include me in the credits and it's all yours.