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NewVanilla LEGACY Weapon + Martial Arts + Smithing Tweaks v0.1.2.3

Featuring mod by: bethsq

In this mod I did a large variety of tweaking to weapon stats, martial arts, smithing, research, and more. Weapons such as the Falling Sun or Paladin's Cross far outclass the other weapons within their types (which isn't necessarily a bad thing; there are some weapons that SHOULD be better than others) or make other options completely inferior.

Rather than just blanket nerf all weapons that are "meta", I instead slightly adjusted aspects of them while rebalancing other weapons to offer more appealing and effective options. There is a large amount of changes that I made, which can be seen in the mod manager for an entire list.

All of the changes I did to katanas are identical to the changes in Clonetup's Realistic Katana Class Weapons mod, which can be found here:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1703355806&searchtext=realistic+katana

Most of the changes I did to martial arts are identical (or exactly the same) as the Martial Arts No Dodge, Always Attack, and Dodge Speed Tweak by (*) and Lewis respectively. They can be found here:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1615749836&searchtext=martial+arts+fast+dodge
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1626723885&searchtext=martial+arts+fast+dodge

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2424189312&searchtext=martial+arts+fast+dodge

Some of the changes in this mod include:

- Edgewalker Types 2 and 3 are now researchable and craftable, unlocked at the same time as the vanilla Edgewalker research.

- Meitou weapons are now craftable, requiring Edgewalker research and AI cores to research.

- Rebalancing of blunt weapons to provide greater options. Slight buffing of lower-end weapons while balancing most all of them. Iron Sticks are now craftable, and the recipe is learned at the same time as Iron Clubs when the initial Basic Weapon Smithing research is complete.

- Rebalancing of heavy weapons. Why is the Fragment Axe nearly completely blunt damage when it's a... well, y'know. An axe? I lowered its weight and adjusted its stats to still be comparable to its previous state while being a much more desirable choice. The same goes for some other weapons, like the Plank. The Falling Sun is still great, don't worry.

- Martial Arts matrix dodge removed, attack distance adjusted, animation speed tweaks, and animation delay added to prevent bugginess.

- Some crossbows received minor tweaks, such as giving the Spring Bat more armor penetration or making the Junkbow slightly less ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

- Sabres received some tweaks, making weapons like the Horse Chopper and Holed Sabre unique and viable in their own ways.

- Crafting crossbows and crossbow bolts are now 25% faster and use half the resources. Crafting crossbows and bolts previously was a massive waste of time and was a significantly worse option than just buying them.

- Robot limb smithing has seen a similar change.

UPDATE: 09/07/21

- Fixed Meitou crafting. They should now appear in the heavy armor smithy after being researched. Thank you for your help, subscriber.

- Slightly buffed homemade weapons to make them slightly less ♥♥♥♥♥♥.


UPDATE 09/08/21:

- Altered name of mod file to match other NewVanilla mods, making it easier to see/sort them in load order.

As always, this is still a work in-progress. I would absolutely love feedback about your thoughts, experiences, etc.

UPDATE 3/19/22:

- Weapons are now textured to look more like metal. With permission the textures and changes are from bethsq's mod, Weapons Look Metallic, which can be found here:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1845960491

UPDATE 3/23/22:

- Fixed crafting speed of Crossbows, Bolts, and Robot Limbs.