Modded Gear Balance Tweaks

Sharing balance tweaks I've made to modded armor sets I use. These are amazing pieces and my goal was to give each set a place in my game. Also, to not be able to make endgame-tier armor from a just handful of leather at level 3, because that felt terribly un-immersive.

The FOMOD lets you choose which sets you want to install my tweaks for. See screenshots for details.

Cloth variants have not been adjusted at this time.

No conflict with bodyslide or texture mods, unless they have a plugin.

This mod contains no assets. You will need the original mods.

Tweaks

Guiding Principles

• []Pieces from same set are in same tier

  []Crafting recipes make sense for tier as well as design elements

  []Armor tier makes sense with visuals, relative to other sets

  []Weight and value scale along regression curves set by vanilla armor for light and heavy, respectively

  Main Tweaks

  • []Armor rating & material type keywords adjusted or added, as needed

    []Item weight & vendor value adjusted

    []Crafting recipe & smithing perk requirement adjusted

    []Tempering recipe adjusted, as needed

    Quality-of-Life Additions

    • []Unarmed damage scaling keyword added on gauntlets that were missing it

      []Survival keywords added on pieces that were missing them

      []Pick up/Put down sounds added on pieces missing them

      []Crafting/Tempering recipes created for some pieces missing them (more work to be done here)

      []Removed book crafting requirement for basic version of sets

      []All armor updated to be crafted at Smithing Forge, for consistency with Skyrim's crafting logic

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      Coverage

      []Adventurer Armor by Fuse00

      []Alchemist's Vestments by Quillweaver

      []Ash Pilgrim's Garments by Kadraeus along with Ash Pilgrim's Garments Revived by Kabunouveau

      []Ashlander Apparel by docteure

      []Battle Mage Armour by Elianora along with Xtudo's version

      []Colovian Leather Armor and Outfit by Xtudo

      []Colovian Prince Set by Pulcharmsolis

      []Countess Armor by Fuse00

      []Drow Specialist Armor SSE port by huthuthut83, originally by Newermind43

      []Druid Armor by DeserterX

      []Dust Adept Armor by 4thUnknown

      []Falconer Armor by 4thUnknown along with Xtudo's patches; optional HDT-SMP version by tatururutia is supported

      []Ferrum Nibenis by Pulcharmsolis along with Xtudo's patches

      []Gilded Doublet SSE port by macpherb, originally by Ellise

      []Hinterland Ranger refit and recolors by spaz490, originally by Everglaid

      []Infantry Armor by 4thUnknown; optional HDT-SMP version by tatururutia is supported