Help Combat Changes

From FiranMUX

COMBAT CHANGES

This highlights the changes introduced in Combat 3.0 (Feb 2008).

• You no longer have to watch timers. You just type 'kill' and the game

handles things for you while you pose and role-play. DONE

• There's a bit of artificial intelligence (AI) at work. The game is smart

enough to handle certain combat tasks for you -- and for NPCs, animals, and

monsters. This means that the War Shamibelians will use the same combat

system that players use for total fairness. DONEISH, NOT GAMEWIDE

• There's now a single timer interval, not a separate one for each command.

DONE

• Melee timers now rely less on Reflex + Agility, though those attributes are

strongly present. Other attributes can be selected at random on each timer

cycle, so your timers vary from cycle to cycle. DONE

• Engagement is simplified via mutual and reciprocal engagement (see 'help

combat engagement'). DONE

• Having a shorter or longer weapon than your opponent does not stop you from

attacking, but having a longer weapon gains a +1 attack dice advantage. DONE

• But spears have a quality called Reach which lets them engage opponents

without threatening them (and thus their victims don't get free engagement

back). DONE, DEBUGGING

• Ranged combat is much easier. You now just wield a ranged weapon, designate

a list of potential ammo sources, then use "kill" or "attack." The code does

all the rest -- the aiming, finding the ammo, loading your weapon, etc. It

will use the ammo it finds in the order you listed. DONE

• There's a new Volley command that lets archers get bonuses by placing

attacks close together (in time) and choosing an enemy randomly. DONE

• Several commands that let you specify a victim now also take @<teamname>.

See 'help combat teams'.

• @Combat has a much improved look and feel, with bar graphs showing you your

energy and damage, and a list of who threatens, engages, or aims at

whom. DONE

• Styles have been eliminated. DONE

• A new 'defend' command lets one character protect another from melee

attacks (see 'help defend system'). DONE

• The system adds Techniques, which are sub-skills you can spend XP to

learn. Each technique offers a small bonus to some aspect of combat in

limited circumstances. The effects typically last one timer cycle but some

last much longer. There are techniques for all kinds of things, even

Leadership buffs for the followers of military commanders. NOT STARTED

See also help for: combat