The Art of Battle

This makes many changes to almost everything relating to combat, with a focus on making it more realistic and action oriented, and keeping it as compatible with any other mods as possible. This is a Beta, and it hasn\'t been thoroughly tested. There are also some things I\'d like to add before the full release. Please tell me of any bugs or imbalances. WIP Thread: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=696412 ------------------------------------------Details-------------------------------------------- ===Damage=== -Damage has been dramatically increased from both weapons and spells, including hand to hand. People should usually die in 2-3 hits from weapons, even less from spells. A lot of factors have a strong impact on this though, such as the armor rating of the target, the damage and durability of the weapon, or the current fatigue of the attacker. A spell that can be used repeatedly will probably kill in around 3-4 hits, but more magicka-consuming spells could kill in one or two if they manage to hit before your target lands a few hits on you. -Weapons and armor now lose durability much more slowly to prevent them from breaking in a couple hits. -Not only is hand to hand effected by the damage multiplication, but the actual damage of hand to hand has been increased, and the fatigue damage has been increased to be closer the new damage amounts. You can actually kill someone easily with really high skill or strength, but at any low or average range of those stats you\'ll do much less health damage but still do a decent amount of fatigue damage. -Health healing effects have been magnified by roughly the same amount as the damage increase. ===Combat=== -Blocking is now much more powerful. With a moderate amount of skill you can easily block 100% damage. -Included as an option are Duke Patrick\'s No Recoil block animations. Without recoiling after every swing against someone who blocks, combat is much more fast-paced, and you can no longer just wait for them to hit your weapon then kill them while they\'re defenseless. -The angle of strike has been reduced to 20 degrees. Meaning your target has to be within a 20 degree cone in front of you for attacks to hit successfully. This makes it much easier for misses to occur, and makes dodging a much more viable tactic. -Power attacks do 2-3x more damage, and cost only a little more fatigue to perform. -This also includes Duke Patrick\'s Combat AI tweaks. ===Weight=== -The weight of armor now has a dramatic impact. Heavy armor will greatly hinder your movement and increase fatigue cost from moving. Armor reduces damage taken by quite a bit though. -Wearing heavy armor (typically high weight and armor rating) will greatly slow you, but allow you to survive a few more hits at least without dying. If all of the right factors come together though (such as your opponent wielding a dull weapon with low skill and strength) you can survive 10 or more. -Wearing no armor