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Combat: Replacing "spam-clicking" with "burst" attacks

I recently had an idea for combat that balances quick attacks with timing and strategy, including more in-depth equipment choice.

Currently, when a player left-clicks with a weapon, it performs a single attack, with variable power and knockback loosely based on the cooldown meter. My idea would be to take this meter and alter it to create "light" and "heavy" attacks. The new meter would include above it a bar with three "charges."

When the player attacks with a full meter, it becomes a "heavy" attack, capable of breaking an enemy's guard (knocking aside shields/weapons being blocked with.) After that, the following attacks will be considered "light," and with each "light" attack, the bar above the cooldown meter depletes one charge. The bar will be recharged fully when the cooldown meter charges up.

"Spam-clicking" would then simply become a short chain of "light" attacks, having a cooldown between bursts, rather than being a frankly annoying flurry of nerfed hits. Timed hits, as introduced in 1.9 would in turn become "heavy" attacks, thus integrating the "two worlds" of PvP Combat. Perhaps smithing tables could alter the balance of a weapon (i.e., adding light attack charges, or making the weapon do heavier attacks.)

The re-introduction of blocking with weapons and the addition of parrying and a "guard bar" would also enhance these changes greatly.

Thanks for listening! Comment below with your thoughts.

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• August 12, 2020 04:32
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  • August 12, 2020 18:21
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  Nice! Gives us more options in fights. Didn't get what the smithing table changes tho. Hey you should post this to the experimental combat snapshot, it's not a bad idea

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  • August 13, 2020 04:14
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  Thank you! I didn't really get to explain what I meant fully with the smithing table since there's a character limit, but the gist of it is, you put a sword into the table, along with a certain item, and you can change it to a different kind of sword - For instance, maybe an iron block turns it into a heavy longsword, that just does souped-up heavy attacks, or maybe something else turns it into a katana, with an extra "light attack" charge, allowing you to do four light attacks in a row, perhaps at the cost of heavy attack power. Honestly though this could be done with less radical additions using enchantments, too.

  I would totally post it to experimental combat, but the posting guidelines say to "Please focus on features that are IN the release and do not suggest new features/weapons/mechanics here." A bit disappointing, but hopefully it'll still get some attention. It already has, ha ha!

  Thanks again for your support!