Armor redistribution

Adjusted Imperial Legionnaire level lists and outfits to better reflect the original concept art and provide more armor variety.

summary

Tweaked Imperial Legionnaire level lists and outfits to better reflect the original concept and provide more armor variety.

In vanilla, most Imperial soldiers can only use light or studded armor variants (studded armor is twice as likely to appear as light armor). Heavy armor can only be placed on specific NPCs under certain circumstances.

Some of the original concept art for the Imperial Legion also interpreted the armor differently than what was in the launch game. The current Heavy Helmet design was originally used with the Studded Armor, the Officer Helmet in the game was originally used as a helmet for the Heavy Armor, and the Studded Armor was originally replaced by the Light Shield instead of the Heavy Shield. There is another layer of armor between Studded and Heavy, which uses the Officer Helmet as well as the Heavy Shield. Interestingly, this concept art is missing both the lightweight helmet and the full-face heavy helmet.

With this information in mind, I tried to edit the existing 3 armor sets in a way that made sense within the context of the current game and brought it closer to the original vision. I also implemented a new armor set with a new chest piece, the Imperial Officer's armor, to make sure each helmet had matching armor. The officer's armor is a reshaped version of General Tullius' armor.

All standard Imperial Guardsmen and Troopers can now be spawned with light, studded or heavy armor sets (equal chance of obtaining them). Officer armor was issued to most soldiers who had previously used heavy equipment.

feature

armor suit

Light

Imperial Light Armor

Empire Light Boots

Imperial Bracers of Light

Imperial Light Helm

Imperial Light Shield

Studs (medium)

Imperial Nails

Empire Light Boots

Imperial Bracers of Light

royal studded helmet

Imperial Light Shield

Heavy

Imperial Armor

emperor boots

Imperial Gauntlets

Imperial Helmet

Imperial Shield

official

Imperial Officer Armor

emperor boots

Imperial Gauntlets

Imperial Officer's Helmet

Imperial Shield

Miscellaneous changes

The previously rarely used heavily armored Royal Helmet has been renamed the "Royal Studded Helmet" and is now lightly armored. In the game, they were already partially configured as light armor, but were later partially changed to heavy armor during development.

Imperial Plate Armor is now slightly better than Imperial Light Armor, but slightly heavier. This better reflects the conversation, pointing out that the conversation will put the user under more pressure.

The equipment of Generals Tullius and Karius has been slightly changed. Tullius's breastplate has been changed to light armor to match his gloves and boots. Since Carius is an officer, Carius has changed his helmet to one similar to the Officer's helmet.

Hadvar now wears heavy armor in Helgen and was given the helmet's armor during the Jagged Crown quest. This is more consistent with the new design philosophy.

Imperial Archers in the Civil War questline now use a unique list of costumes not previously used by them. The list has been edited to give them light or armored armor (equal chance of both).

Imperial generals fighting in the Civil War used armor as protective shields.

The Imperial Mages who fought Alduin in Unbounded Battle now wear bracers.

Imperial officers cut from the Civil War questline, if reinstated, will use armor-appropriate shields.

Imperial wizards removed from the Civil War questline have been edited to be restored to more appropriate equipment. They received the Armor of Light and the leather caps used by Imperial mages and torturers during their escape from Helgen.

Light and heavy shields always apply to their specific armor group. In the vanilla game, they were accidentally applied to soldiers with incorrect armor multiple times.

Requirements and compatibility

Requires unofficial Skyrim Special Edition patch

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