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Backpacks Reworked

My rework of the backpacks in Kenshi.

The aim of these changes was to remove micro-management during combat (dropping or unequipping backpacks) on backpack users by entirely removing the combat penalties associated with them.
However, I have also decreased the encumbrance reduction on most of the backpacks (making them heavier), so this mod isn’t a straight buff to them. Smaller backpacks now have a greater encumbrance reduction, while the larger ones suffer from a lower encumbrance reduction, so there are still reasons to use all types.
Additionally, I have updated the descriptions of some of the backpacks to reflect these changes.

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• All combat skill penalties removed
  
• All combat speed penalties removed

These two changes do not affect the Trader’s Wooden Backpack, Shopkeepers goods bag, or the Traders Backpack Large.
I removed all combat penalties entirely so that there is no need to micromanage backpack users by dropping/unequipping their backpacks prior to a fight. Dodge is still penalized with these changes, since it is tied to the Stealth multiplier. I would’ve liked to remove the Dodge penalties while keeping the Stealth ones, but I cannot with the limitations of the FCS. Both Thieves Backpacks still have no Dodge/Stealth penalties, so those are ideal for Martial Arts users.

• Encumbrance Reduction buffed to 75% (from 50%)

Heavily buffed the Encumbrance Reduction on both small backpacks, since there is practically no reason to use them otherwise with the existence of larger backpacks and the wooden backpacks.

• Encumbrance Reduction buffed to 70% (from 60%)

Heavily buffed the Encumbrance Reduction on both small backpacks, since there is practically no reason to use them otherwise with the existence of larger backpacks and the wooden backpacks.
This backpack has 5% less Encumbrance Reduction compared to the Small Backpack since it doesn’t suffer from the 0.85x Stealth/Dodge multiplier penalty.

• Encumbrance Reduction nerfed to 35% (from 50%)

Nerfed Encumbrance Reduction so that this mod isn’t just a straight buff to backpacks.

• Encumbrance Reduction nerfed to 25% (from 60%)

Nerfed Encumbrance Reduction so that this mod isn’t just a straight buff to backpacks.
This backpack has 10% less Encumbrance Reduction compared to the Medium Backpack since it doesn’t suffer from the 0.5x Stealth/Dodge multiplier penalty.

• Stealth/Dodge multiplier buffed to 0.75x (from 0.5x)

Buffed the Stealth/Dodge multiplier of this backpack so it has a niche of being the middle-ground between the Medium Backpack and the Thieves Backpack. It has a 30% Encumbrance Reduction (slightly less than the Medium Backpack’s 35% and slightly more than the Thieves Backpack’s 25%) and a 0.75x Stealth/Dodge multiplier (better than the Medium Backpack’s 0.5x and worse than the Thieves Backpack’s 1.0x).
Keep in mind that this backpack still has its lighter weight of 1kg compared to the Medium/Thieves Backpacks’ weight of 4kg, along with being cheaper.

• Athletics multiplier nerfed to 0.95x (from 1.0x)
  
• Encumbrance Reduction nerfed to 15% (from 50%)

Nerfed Encumbrance Reduction so that this mod isn’t just a straight buff to backpacks. The Encumbrance Reduction is less than the other backpacks since it can hold far more items.
Athletics nerfed since this multiplier is completely unused across all backpacks despite being present, which I felt was a missed opportunity. This nerf also creates more incentive to use the smaller backpacks (especially since the Large Backpack suffered from larger combat penalties compared to the others), and fits with the item’s description.

• Encumbrance Reduction nerfed to 35% (from 50%)

Nerfed Encumbrance Reduction so that this mod isn’t just a straight buff to backpacks. The reduction is the same as the Medium Backpack.

• No changes! (read explanation)

Retained the combat skills penalty, so that there is still a backpack to use for training combat skills (XP rate increases when your skills are lower). The Shopkeepers goods bag and Traders Backpack Large are also unaffected by this mod, so you can also use those for training (and they have a higher combat penalty of -10).
The encumbrance reduction of this backpack is still the same at 50%, so this backpack is better than the Wooden Backpack’s 35% reduction to compensate for its downsides (worse in combat and 0.1x worse Stealth/Dodge multipliers).

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