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A Conceptual Combat System

This is my conceptual combat system, focusing on combat.

Cooldown

Cooldown would act differently, being more like a "stamina bar". Each attack would lower the stamina a certain amount, depending on the weapon you use. Your damage would be scaled based on how full your stamina bar is.

New Weapons

These could include the short sword, which could take less stamina, but only deal 1 extra damage per tier, or the scythe, which could have a 25% chance to deal 3x the damage, but take tons of stamina to use.

Potions

Absorption should not wear off, due to its property of giving extra hearts. Instead of being stackable, potions when left clicked, should be "sipped". This would give the potion effect, and would leave some of the potion left over, so more can be consumed. If left clicked while crouching, You should drink the entire potion, giving a longer potion effect time based on the remaining capacity of the potion. There should also be more potions, such as absorption potions and resistance potions.

Special Attacks

Critical hit spamming is a huge problem in both 1.8 and 1.9. So instead of having critical attacks, we should have "special attacks". Special attacks would be activated by left clicking a weapon. Here are some examples:

Sword Shockwave

You swing your sword, creating a fast flurry of flying slices, which damages anyone who touches it.

Shocking Blow

You swing your axe downwards, doing high damage and resetting the attack cool down of anyone who is hit by it.

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• August 03, 2021 23:43
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  • August 05, 2021 13:33
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  Also: special attacks would take more stamina.

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  • August 15, 2021 00:47
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  A stamina system doesn't seem fun to play with. Imagine constantly running out of stamina and being unable to attack. It's also a bit too complicated I think, we could just simply have the weapon cooldowns for 200% attacks as our 'stamina system' like we have now.
  
  I think in terms of new weapons, instead of creating 'short swords', just give the current tools more abilities/attributes to make them useful in combat.
  
  Being able to drink potions multiple times is too overpowered, as you could simply fill your inventory with them in PotPvp and never run out.
  
  I don't see 'critical hit spamming' as an issue. It deals more damage, why not attack with it. Besides there's more incentive to do spam attacks now in the combat snapshot so people won't be critting as much, even though it wasn't really a 'spamming' issue.
  
  Special attacks should just be small things, like Sweeping Edge. Axes being able to disable shields could be expanded onto more things possibly as its 'special ability'. The hoe could do sideways knockback but I wouldn't call that a 'special attack'. I'd rather have small abilities/passives then full on Guilty Gear attacks, this is Minecraft. Also, Shocking Blow doesn't really make sense with the combat snapshot when attack cooldown doesn't matter nearly as much as it does in the normal releases.

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  • September 12, 2021 08:39
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  No, because this will make PvP duels even longer. Endurance is not a thing, because with spam clicking we will drain it in no time. Cool down is perfect right now. The special attacks don't really make sense, maybe a passive ability for weapons or special enchantment? Also, the potion thing makes no sense, since potions are entire numbers, not decimals, so if the level is a decimal, like 0.6, it's basically equal to 0

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  • September 15, 2021 20:51
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  Honestly, looking back at minecraft's current combat, this isn't too bad, but there are definitely some conflictions with how combat has been. 
  
  Special attacks are definitely something I'd root for, even if they are just some cool effects that do extra stuff upon activation. although they would better off be used by holding the attack button after reaching 200% and either running, jumping, or crouching before letting go, and they would better off be used for more utility type attacks, having a sort of use in combat other than doing extra damage. the critical and charged attacks we have now are fine though, just saying.
  
  the way you interpreted Cooldown is rather interesting, but as said before it would mean PVP duels will take way too long.
  
  the whole sipping thing was also a fun mechanic, but again, It would be hard to code, be overpowered (as opposed to elytra on chestplates, which is just a convenience.), and would annoy players who would want more quicker battles.
  
  If anything, leave it to more experienced minecraft players to give a valid Idea of how combat should be interpreted, and take a page from them if you wanna make some good changes, that's my advice here.