Engaging Combat - Keep Combat Dynamic at Higher Levels

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❌THE PROBLEM:

In Skyrim, players can become so powerful at high levels that the game turns boring.

• []When most enemies pose little to no threat, encounters lose their appeal, and without any challenge, the fun fades away. More Below:[/]
  • []This is further exacerbated by mods like Requiem, which delevel the world.[/]

    []Raising the difficulty helps, but it is not an ideal solution. Not only does doing so undermine the player’s sense of progression (by making them arbitrarily weaker), it also makes proper high level enemies overly challenging. This causes players to constantly adjust the difficulty just to enjoy the game again. [/]

    ✅THE SOLUTION:

    With Engaging Combat, I seek to remedy these issues through forcing the player to actively engage in combat no matter what level of threat they are facing.

    This is achieved through making the Player's resistances conditional. If you don't play well—by not dodging or blocking—you will lose a portion of your resistances on hit.

    This results in a gameplay loop that incentives you to take every fight seriously because, if you don't, you'll die. More Below:

    Though it may not seem like much, the presence of this mechanic transforms Skyrim's combat in a big way.

    • []Players are now forced to treat EVERY encounter cautiously. Even low-level bandits can take down high-level players if they’re careless or outnumbered.[/]

      []Players are incentivized to block or dodge attacks even if they have the stats to tank them. [/]

      []While the first few hits may not deal much damage, letting yourself be hit will lead to each subsequent blow becoming increasingly lethal.[/]

      ⚔️ENGAGING COMBAT's MECHANICS:

      All Mechanics in Engaging Combat are 100% Scriptless and thus highly responsive.

      In addition, all can be toggled on and off via the MCM

      Armor Rating Debuff when hit by an unblocked weapon.

      Use STB Widgets if you want to see debuffs on your HUD

      When installed, anytime the player fails to block or dodge an attack from an NPC wielding a weapon, the player's armor rating is decreased by a percentage of their total armor rating. T