Buffed Named Shields - Blazing Deserts compatible

Overview

This mod increases the amount of shield attributes that are improved upon named shield generation.

Currently in vanilla, a random 2 attributes from Melee Defense, Ranged Defense, Durability, Equipped Stamina Penalty, and Reduced Fatigue on Skill Use are improved.

This mod makes it so that Durability is always greatly improved, 2 of the other attributes are improved, and the improvements are more substantial. See below for details.

I have always had terrible luck with famed shields, so I’m giving them quite a boost with this mod. I think it balances out because shields get destroyed pretty frequently, unlike weapons are armor which are yours forever (barring disaster) once you acquire them.

Now that Blazing Deserts allows for repairing of broken shields, I'm scaling back the buffs a bit.

Installation

Requirements

Modding Script Hooks

Move "mod_buffedNamedShields.zip" into your Battle Brothers data folder.

(Usually something like "C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Battle Brothers\data")

Now that script hooks are supported, the mod should still work with new game versions even if I disappear again.

Attribute Changes

Max durability

Vanilla: 120-140% of base

Mod: 130-175% of base

Melee Defense / Ranged Defense

Vanilla: 120-140% of base

Mod: 130-150% of base

Equipped Stamina Penalty

Vanilla: reduce stamina penalty for equipping by 10-30%

Mod: reduce stamina penalty for equipping by 20-30%

Skills build up X less fatigue

Vanilla: 1-3