N.U.T.S.

Another mod that brings some changes to AI behavior.

There are several "hard difficulty" mods changing combat system on Nexus but imho all of them have the same problem: It breaks the AC combat system and makes it useless. So I decided to make my own variation of "hard difficulty" mod.

List of changes and why:

All: Counter-attack selector is now gone. Now there is a block and a stun kick just like when Edward counters Captains (no more "X" to win, now it's "A" and "X "to win). Enemies now can block your common attacks and make combos (because they're soldiers, not dummies);

Soldiers: Use their pistols more often;

Agiles: Rearmed with a saber and a pistol, can't be combo-killed (at last the officers became not so helpless as they were);

Brutes: Knocking down strike was changed to common combo series just like other soldiers have. Defense now can't be broken (because they're big and strong) but they can be combo-killed (because they're fat and slow).

So what do we have as a result?

Fighting is not so passive now. It's hard enough to fight a group of enemies. You have to block each enemy if they attack you at the same time, so holding a block button is no more useless action.

A little note: as agiles now are armed with a saber, you can get a throwing knife from Couriers.