OPTIONAL FILES

Weapons and Armor Fixes Remade includes several options that have been made available as separate, stand-alone files.  There is also a single, all-inclusive version available that contains all of the options in a single file.

TRUE ORCISH WEAPONS
This option changes the quality progression of all Dwarven, Elven, and Orcish weapons in the vanilla game. 

The vanilla stats and progression for these weapons are inconsistent with both the armor scaling and the arrangement of the perk tree. This creates several balance and gameplay issues. By the time you get the Orcish perk there's little reason to ever craft Orcish weapons, since Dwarven weapons are superior and you get the Dwarven perk sooner. Orcish weapons require more perks to craft than either Elven or Dwarven but are far weaker than either of these. Orichalcum is also more expensive and more difficult to acquire than Dwarven metal, which further throws off the ratio between the cost of materials and the value of the finished product.

It's also inconsistent with the lore provided by previous TES games. This is what the UESP wiki has for their Morrowind entry on Orcish: "There are very few Orcish weapons available, as they are more well-known as crafters of armor. However, the few that exist are fine weapons indeed, out-classing most other weapons in their respective classes in terms of damage." In Daggerfall, Orcish weapons were better than even Ebony weapons.

This file corrects all of these issues.  The new progression from low to high quality is: Dwarven --> Elven --> Orcish.  By switching the stats and progression of these weapons, it allows them to scale in the same order as the matching armor styles and is consistent with the arrangement of the Smithing perks.

This file addresses all of the relevant stats and leveled lists.  I've changed not only the base weapons, but also every single Dwarven, Orcish, and Elven generic enchanted weapon. The enchantment levels have been adjusted to scale properly for these generic enchanted weapons, and they've also been renamed to properly reflect the correct enchantment levels. All of the associated leveled lists have also been altered so that the weapons will appear at the appropriate level.


TRUE DAEDRIC WEAPONS
This file switches the values and stats for Daedric and Dragonbone weapons, so that Daedric weapons are the more powerful of the two.

This change is  consistent with both lore and the vanilla armor convention. This was actually a much simpler mod to make since Dragonbone weapons don't have generic enchanted versions, and they don't show up in the leveled lists.  However, this change doesn't address the inconsistency of having the Dragon Smithing perk arranged higher on the perk tree than the Daedric Smithing perk.  For one solution to this, see Smithing Perks Overhaul Remade.


FASTER ARROWS
This file increases the speed of nearly all arrows and bolts by 50% and also makes them fly at a slightly flatter trajectory.  Most of these changes are originally from Faster Arrows by FordPerfect and full credit goes to him for these fixes. Versions have been provided that also expand these changes to include all projectiles added by the DLCs.

If you want more options for arrows and bolts, then check out Arrows and Bolts Tweaks by Kevkas. This is a great mod and offers many options to customize the speed, recovery, and other stats associated with arrows and bolts.  I strongly recommend installing the Deeper Bolt Impacts part of the mod.


DRAGON PRIEST MASKS
This file changes the stats and keywords for the dragon priest masks to better balance them with other gameplay options. In the original game, all of the dragon priest masks had the ArmorMaterialDaedric keyword. This had two effects:

• The Daedric Smithing perk was required in order to get the improvement bonus for any of the masks (even the light armor ones).
• Despite clearly being made from different materials, every single one of the dragon priest masks fulfilled the requirement for the Heavy Armor Matching Set perk when worn with Daedric armor, boots, & gauntlets.