Lexonn's Mods - Ultimate Gear + character tweaks

[Lexonn]

Hello guys!
In this topic I'm going to be releasing, collecting and updating all of my mods and tweaks.
All are compatible exclusively with the original 2006 port of MUA.

RULES:
- Do not re-release my work without my approval.
- If you plan to edit my mods, make sure to give credit.
- Don't claim any of these as your own work.
- These works are exclusive to the Marvel Mods forum. Don't post them available elsewhere.
- Back up all original files when adding these in case something unforeseen goes wrong.

[Lexonn]

Ultimate Gear 1.4
The Ultimate Gear is a comprehensive redesign and rebalance of the game's items, aimed to make all of them viable and add variety.
Some were buffed, some nerfed, some completely reworked.

What's wrong with vanilla items?
•  Many of them do not scale at all, giving great/okay bonuses when you get them, but quickly becoming irrelevant junk.
•  Many are too weak to even consider using on the Hard difficulty.
•  Many are inadequate to the stage of the game you get them at. Like a 5th Act item giving you nothing but +3 Defense, yet ONLY if you pair it with a suit you spent 45000 credits on to get its +9 Defense.
•  A couple of items don't work at all.
This results in players NEVER equipping most of the items, often selling them immediately upon receiving.
Players just stick to a few tried and true OP items, never ever experimenting with the other ones, since they're abysmally bad.
... well, not anymore!

What are the goals of the Ultimate Gear mod?
•  To make all of the items useful.
•  To make items scale well, so they're useful at any stage of the game, any difficulty and any character level.
•  To produce a smooth and logical progression curve, making items more powerful each next Act, while not making the earlier ones busted.

So it does just that!
Some items got their numbers tweaked, some got additional qualities, and some got brand new effects.
The whole list of changes as well as explanations of each decision is to be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KWJAXknHSBrlz2u4Xb1BW8cecF-RvgsO/edit
Download here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xAh9jauIOIoY4SP_c5LiA47nybAEKi7K/view?usp=sharing

Installation
1. For optimal results, DO NOT install it mid-playthrough. It will screw up many items you already have.
2. Install the latest OCP version.
3. Go to \Marvel Ultimate Aalliance\data folder
4. Find the items.engb file, cut it, save it somewhere safe. This will be your vanilla backup.
5. Take the items.engb from my archive and put it in the \Marvel Ultimate Aalliance\data folder
You have EXG installed => use files from the EXG folder.
You don't have EXG installed => use files from the No EXG folder.
6. Enjoy the game with all of the new viable items!

Credits
I'd like to thank Outsider and ak2yny for helping me a LOT with figuring a few things out.