New Game Plus - Balanced Weapons and Armor

Mod Goal: To give back players the ability to decide their equipment based on style and, in some cases, what specific resistances/defense/offense they need, instead of being locked into using only the end-game gear due to the vast difference in stats.

A second "unrestricted" version of the mod can be found in the files section here as well - this enables any job to use any armor. I did NOT enable this for weapons because it breaks the game in many ways.

If you have feedback on the weapon/armor balance in this mod, or would like to discuss ideas regarding the New Game Plus experience with other people in our community, please feel free to join our Discord at: https://discord.gg/KtQUHSsHHY

Installation:

Choose what version you want and download from the "files" section here.

Extract the .rar content into the modmanager\Games\DragonsDogma2\Mods folder in Fluffy Mod Manager.

Armor Rebalancing

Standard Rebalanced Items - Armors have been rebalanced to provide roughly the same defense across all listed pieces by having their base stats modified. In many cases, this means their base stats may look higher than some end-game gear - however, after enhancing, they should be roughly similar. Choose your armor based on what looks cool, or based on exactly what defenses you need to overcome a challenge.

Adepts coat

August Dalmatica

Beastren’s Pride

Beastial Boon

Brunhilda’s Embrace

Dominion Armor

Duelist’s Coat

Edified Vestment

Elegant Petticoat

Eonian Coat

Guardian Plate

Hyperboreal Lorica (slight modifications)

Immaculate Blaze

Indomitable Armor

Knightly Brigadine

Meloiran Plate

Mysterial Robe

Orphic Robe

Resonance Armor (slight modifications)

Sacral Robe (slight modifications)

Soaring Surcoat (slight modifications)

Stargazer’s Garb

Thrasher’s Surcoat

Valiant Armor

Vanquisher’s Armor

Bishop’s Crown

Blazing Soul

Dyed Cloth mask

Farseer’s Circlet

Fiendish Armet

Gnostic Wings

Gryphic Helm

Hood of Nonentity

Howling Hood

Leafshade Hood

Monarch’s Crown

Midnight Turban

Subjugator’s Sallet

Uncanny eyes

Valorus Helm

Visage of Ja’Nuwen

Wardancer’s Hat

Winged Sallet

Witch’s Hat

Blessed Waistcloth

Guardian Leg Plates

Spellweaver’s Waistcloth

Weapon Rebalancing

Overall, weapons have been rebalanced to be pretty much equal in power to endgame weapons, so