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Adjusts the stats of Civil War and guard gear to be more logical and balanced.
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REQUIREMENTS:
USSEP
DESCRIPTION:
Something that has always irked me in Skyrim is the fact that the gear soldiers on both sides of the Civil War use is extremely weak. I can see why Bethesda made it that way, since it's the first armor you obtain in the game, but honestly it doesn't make any sense. Why is Imperial armor consistently treated as being made of steel, yet is only as strong as iron? How do the Stormcloaks expect to rule over Skyrim when they use the worst armor in the entire province? Even besides the gear just being plain weak, the stats are very inconsistent and imbalanced. I've never really been satisfied with the available options on Nexus, and so this mod was born. This mod makes the following logical and balanced changes to Civil War and guard gear:
Imperial gear:
-Imperial heavy armor stats are now identical to steel.
-Imperial light armor stats are now identical to leather. Imperial studded cuirass is slightly heavier and stronger than the light version, with a small value increase.
-Imperial light shield has been rebalanced. It's slightly heavier and has a slightly lower armor rating.
-Penitus Oculatus armor is now equal in strength to Imperial light armor but is slightly lighter.
-Enchanted items have also been adjusted, and enchanted light Imperial gear is now named properly.
Stormcloak and guard gear:
-Stormcloak and guard cuirasses are now a little lighter and have a slightly higher armor rating.
-Stormcloak and guard shields are now light armor and weigh slightly more. (Windhelm Guard's Shield has also been renamed to Stormcloak Shield for consistency with the rest of the Stormcloak set.)
-Stormcloak helmets now share the same armor rating as the rest of the guard helmets.
-Fur boots and gauntlets are now equal to their other fur counterparts.
-Stormcloak Officer Armor is now slightly stronger.
Values across the board have been adjusted on all gear.
I made sure to keep the original theme of the Legion having superior equipment to the Stormcloaks while also ensuring things still made sense and were well balanced. Stormcloak and guard gear now fall into their own niche between fur and leather instead of just sucking.
INSTALLATION:
Install with MO2 or Vortex.
COMPATIBILITY:
If you use a Bashed Patch this mod shouldn't conflict with anything as I've included the proper tags for the plugin to be deactivated and imported. If not it will probably conflict with other mods that edit Civil War gear. Absolutely not compatible with WACCF.
LOAD ORDER:
Depends on what mods you use, load after most mods.
Plugin is ESL flagged and won't take up a slot in your load order.
That's all... enjoy!
USSEP
DESCRIPTION:
Something that has always irked me in Skyrim is the fact that the gear soldiers on both sides of the Civil War use is extremely weak. I can see why Bethesda made it that way, since it's the first armor you obtain in the game, but honestly it doesn't make any sense. Why is Imperial armor consistently treated as being made of steel, yet is only as strong as iron? How do the Stormcloaks expect to rule over Skyrim when they use the worst armor in the entire province? Even besides the gear just being plain weak, the stats are very inconsistent and imbalanced. I've never really been satisfied with the available options on Nexus, and so this mod was born. This mod makes the following logical and balanced changes to Civil War and guard gear:
Imperial gear:
-Imperial heavy armor stats are now identical to steel.
-Imperial light armor stats are now identical to leather. Imperial studded cuirass is slightly heavier and stronger than the light version, with a small value increase.
-Imperial light shield has been rebalanced. It's slightly heavier and has a slightly lower armor rating.
-Penitus Oculatus armor is now equal in strength to Imperial light armor but is slightly lighter.
-Enchanted items have also been adjusted, and enchanted light Imperial gear is now named properly.
Stormcloak and guard gear:
-Stormcloak and guard cuirasses are now a little lighter and have a slightly higher armor rating.
-Stormcloak and guard shields are now light armor and weigh slightly more. (Windhelm Guard's Shield has also been renamed to Stormcloak Shield for consistency with the rest of the Stormcloak set.)
-Stormcloak helmets now share the same armor rating as the rest of the guard helmets.
-Fur boots and gauntlets are now equal to their other fur counterparts.
-Stormcloak Officer Armor is now slightly stronger.
Values across the board have been adjusted on all gear.
I made sure to keep the original theme of the Legion having superior equipment to the Stormcloaks while also ensuring things still made sense and were well balanced. Stormcloak and guard gear now fall into their own niche between fur and leather instead of just sucking.
INSTALLATION:
Install with MO2 or Vortex.
COMPATIBILITY:
If you use a Bashed Patch this mod shouldn't conflict with anything as I've included the proper tags for the plugin to be deactivated and imported. If not it will probably conflict with other mods that edit Civil War gear. Absolutely not compatible with WACCF.
LOAD ORDER:
Depends on what mods you use, load after most mods.
Plugin is ESL flagged and won't take up a slot in your load order.
That's all... enjoy!