Combat Tweak

I heard one of the imms saying a while back that there needed to be a way to put disincentives on the use of heavy armor, and I just thought of one.

Alter the combat has precisely one attack per round. READ THE REST BEFORE YOU JUDGE. Every fifth point in dexterity will then be modified to give one extra attack per round (second_attack will be removed). Lastly, armor will be given an attacks per round modifier.
Light armor: -0.5 (looses an attack every other round)
Medium Armor: -1 (one attack every round)
Heavy Armor: -2 (only launches three attacks every round.

*waits for every combat twink on the mud to start screaming.*

The above will balance out combat more, making heavy armor what it was intended to be: A means of taking a lot of damage, but detracting from how quickly the warrior can deal damage out. Also, it creates a small paradox which would potentially allow a skilled lower-level combatant to take down a higher level combatant, or at least survive the fight.

I love it! A much needed buff to hunters with circle and lunge, races with high natural HP, and characters without combat training.

I’m surprised I didn’t think of this myself, sooner.

While you’re at it put a cybernetic in that increases attack speed by 25% (R1), 50% (R2), 75% (R3), 100% (R4)

Unfortunately, Making combat Longer then it already is means dealing with alot of bullshit from players. I mean, I like the concept, I actually had something kind of in mind for that type of system myself. Although, I was thinking of a more Martial arts type of thing.

I like this idea, but I can think of a good way to moderate this. Keep second attack and flurry, but have the armor’s negative attack per round modifier affect the effectiveness of these skills. Make every five points in both strength, dexterity, and constitution (so it ends at the lowest of the two) reduce the armors’ negative attack per round modifier.

To defeat the problem with hunters’ lunge and circle, this should apply to melee weapons only, because if you are using ranged weapons such as blasters… how hard is it to aim and pull a trigger as opposed to melee weapons when you have to thrust and parry and slash?

For the problem of low leveled combatants having a potential advantage of getting the upper hand, make amount of combat levels also reduce armors’ negative attack per round modifier. But of course, lower leveled combatants might not have access to the necessary weapon or additional attack skills or any other skills that gives them a upperhand over a professional.

My logic behind this is that while the weight of armor can hinder a person while they fight, so that the rate of fire or attacking is lowered. But at the same time, if a person is strong, fast, and has a lot of endurance, they can be able to resist the weight of the armor to increase their rate of attack. Yet, we also need to take in account the type of weaponry and range of the fighting.

Finally, as for the length of combat, weapons damage should somehow be increased to make HP drain faster. Perhaps add a static bonus damage modifier to weapons, not including the HR/DR bonuses? This still will not defeat the purpose of armor, because someone with better or tougher armor will still have higher AC and maybe HP than one who doesn’t have it at all. After all, it’s quite easy to kill someone with a few blaster shots or cutting off their limbs with a pulsating blade. Reduces spam too.

Well disected, Adriav.