Schematics Overhaul

What does this mod do?

The mod aims to improve on Dragon Age: Inquisition’s crafting schematics for weapons and armor, by addressing the following issues:

Issue 1: Despite the large amount of weapon and armor schematics available to us, we will always craft the same items which are superior to others.

Solution: The mod balances out most of the schematics by buffing or nerfing specific ones. This refers to changes to either Armor/Damage values, or the amount of materials that can be placed in Offense/Utility/Defense slots. Sometimes, the type of a slot may be changed as well (for example, from Utility to Defense.)

Issue 2: Items without upgrade slots (like one-piece armors and some weapons) are most of the time vastly inferior to their counterparts. For example, getting a tier 4 schematic for a staff that looks good and powerful, but in the end, proves to be inferior to your tier 3 staff with its two upgrades.

Solution: The mod buffs items without upgrade slots up to a point where they can compete with items with upgrade slots. This leaves it for you to decide whether your character needs a regular armor with customized upgrades, or if that one-piece armor’s slots will suffice. Same applies to weapons without upgrade slots.

Issue 3: Sometimes when you’re testing a new out-of-the-ordinary build, you struggle to find the armor or weapon with the appropriate material slots, or schematics seem too alike and lacking diversity, especially in lower tiers.

Solution: Some of the schematics have had changes to their slot types to provide more diverse choice. A good example is the tier 1 one-handed weapons which ALL have Offense: 4 Leather as their only slot. This mod has changed them so now one of them has a leather slot, the other – metal, and the third – cloth.

Balancing curve

Here I will explain how the schematics have been balanced. Other than the obvious tier progression, there are several more things to take note of:

[]A ‘superior’ armor will be stronger than its normal and ‘sturdy’ versions of the same tier.

[]A ‘sturdy’ armor will generally be focused more on defensive slots, while its normal version will be focused on a mix between defense and utility.

[]'Masterwork' weapons will be slightly more powerful than normal weapons.

[]Tier 4 Trespasser schematics will tend to be the strongest, and tier 4 Descent schematics will tend to be e