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The way Mobs attack players needs an update

When you factor in the snapshot changes to attack reach and speed, it makes PVE feel not necessarily easy, but bland; you're always on the offensive. If you need to avoid damage, you just need to attack while walking backwards. This was a problem that 1.9 fixed with attack cooldowns, but it's back due to attack speed.

Combat with mobs could be a whole lot more interesting while staying basic, by giving them telegraphed attacks and straightforward behavior nodes.

  • Melee mobs like Zombies, Vindicators, etc. should have a noticeable wind-up to their attacks instead of only endlag. This is already partially implemented; they should simply raise their arms/weapon up in an animation before attacking. Right before attacking, their movement and rotation is much slower, allowing us to avoid the hit. Their attacks could be a lot more damaging to compensate.
  • Combat with mobs would be a whole lot more interesting if it made the player move around more strategically. Mobs like Witches, Skeletons, Baby Zombies should back away from or even flee from players when hurt. This is already partially implemented by Piglins and by Skeletons and would make fights a whole lot more dynamic!
  • Phantoms attacks need to be a whole lot more avoidable and less tedious. They should glide down in a straight trajectory instead of homing in on players, and shouldn't fly back up after being hit.

 

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    I think that knockback should be lower when you walk backwards to discourage cowardly fighting.

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    There are some things that I don't agree with this but one thing is for sure, mobs need a combat update.

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    The skeletons need there arms and bow to move when they are going to shoot someone or something

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    Maybe no attack wind-ups, but at least different behavior states. One way to make mobs more threatening and challenging could be to increase their attack range, that way you're best bet is to charge attacks to 200% to stay out of their range. Could be interesting to give some melee mobs an AOE attack, similarly to the Ravager's roar.

    Also think mobs need more line of sight and a lot more movement speed, especially to increase difficulty in the early game. The fact that you can always sprint away from mob combat kind of kills the tension and plays a role in fights feeling a bit formulaic.

    More versatile movement (spiders crawling on surfaces, zombies jumping 1 block gaps) could be implemented for harder difficulties, too, and could really revitalize the early game for players that want that extra challenge. There's a mod out there for overhauling spider pathfinding, so it's definitely possible!