Trying to nerf follower, still one-hitting everything

[kasai409]

I've been playing around with the custom follower Neisa in the Creation Kit. I removed her Life and Stamina regeneration Spells, her ReflectBlows perk, her shield enchantment, i lowered her combat style damage, health, stamina and magicka scaling, yet she is still one-hitting and reflecting everything. i am using the new esp file - atleast i think so, its the one from the Overwrite folder in Mod Organizer. I even used the command "dispelallspells" on her.

Is there anything i missed?

[repusDude]

Is she a mage? Try putting some basic spells on like frostbite or flame. Remove those advanced spells like fireball or thunder. Try lowering her HP and magic points.

 

Is she a melee? Try putting low damaging weapons like axe. Remove any one/two handed perks damage enhancements. Try lowering her HP and stamina.

[kasai409]

she is a tank, one handed sword and shield. maybe i should reduce her mana to 0, she already has an unentchanted iron sword

Edited June 6, 2016 by kasai409

[kasai409]

ok now i deleted the spells themselves too, before i had only removed them from the actor. i also have the MFG Console now, which tells me that Neisa still has tons of health, magicka and stamina, so her stats didnt get changed. what is the best way to reset this? google only gives me results for resetting the AI.

Edited June 6, 2016 by kasai409

[cdcooley]

If you're editing the ESP but still playing from a saved game that's the problem. Once values are stored as part of your saved game they override anything coming from the original ESP. So you'll need to use matching console commands to alter the existing character in-game to get the same effects.

[kasai409]

okay, the way i handled it was taking everything out of her inventory, sending her away, remove the mod, saved the game without the mod, activated the mod again, gave myself the gold to hire her back. her stats are somewhat good now, in a 5 vs 1 fight she atleast goes down. still a little bit strong, but acceptable.

I also altered the potion she gives you from time to time to not instantly give you health/magicka/stamina, now its over time. and the description says

"Restore 15 points health per second for 10 seconds. restore stamina15/s, keep 10 seconds. Restore 15 points magicka per second for 10 seconds" (i am still playing around with the values)

as you can see there are many inconsistencies, is there a way to change that? i tried to look it up but couldnt find anything specific for potions.

Edited June 7, 2016 by kasai409