Help with combat system

[loskierek]

Well I tried to fight ants and now have acid burns all over my ass....
I remember seing a super good video on the whole combat system a while back but I cant find it atm.

Is there a list of how high UA AGI and STR you need to fight certain animals?

you dont need much around 20-30 and you can take on foxes and bats, just ants broken af right now.

[MagicManICT]

Ants have armor penetration. They're slow enough to back off, reset openings, and hit a few more times. Also get a lot of yarrow. Instant heal for antacid burns.

Not sure about foxes, but I've been kiting bats to a cave entrance. Hit a few times, duck out and fix openings, duck back in before combat resets and hit a few more times... back and forth till combat ends. You can do the same with foxes and any other animal. Anything bigger than a fox might hit too hard without armor, though, and you need to be careful of big IP attacks, so letting the combat end may be necessary to get rid of any IP the animal stacked up. Openings take time to reset after combat, though, so re-engaging will be like picking up where you left off.

downside is you lose a lot of the LP the combat was worth, and possibly lose combat discoveries.

[Belliaum]

Thanks for the advice all, Ill raise UA some and then test my courage against bats.

[Belliaum]

Well i got UA to 20 and the bat just owned me....

I think I am doing something wrong, I will spend the next few days healing up and try again.

[MagicManICT]

What's your agility at? This could be hampering your performance. 20 is a good target for fighting bats. I use a cave entrance or burrow to duck into when fighting them, hit up a couple of restorations and duck back in with punches right away before combat breaks. Seems to not affect the LP or chance at combat moves when I do this.

[Belliaum]

As soon as I am healed upp ill try that, thanks.

[beardhat]

Well I tried to fight ants and now have acid burns all over my ass....
I remember seing a super good video on the whole combat system a while back but I cant find it atm.

Is there a list of how high UA AGI and STR you need to fight certain animals?

In the current system there is zero defenses, and many animals outright ignore the mechanics in place and will cause wounds no matter what you do

And ants ignore pretty much all armor

Wait until 25+ Agi 30 UA and go train on bats instead, you'll still get hurt, but not as much, and you'll learn more useful combat skills.

The current only way to deal with animal attacks is just to grind up your con and hope RNJesus doesn't hate you and has the animals spam autowounding attacks.

[Belliaum]

Well I tried to fight ants and now have acid burns all over my ass....
I remember seing a super good video on the whole combat system a while back but I cant find it atm.

Is there a list of how high UA AGI and STR you need to fight certain animals?

In the current system there is zero defenses, and many animals outright ignore the mechanics in place and will cause wounds no matter what you do

And ants ignore pretty much all armor

Wait until 25+ Agi 30 UA and go train on bats instead, you'll still get hurt, but not as much, and you'll learn more useful combat skills.

The current only way to deal with animal attacks is just to grind up your con and hope RNJesus doesn't hate you and has the animals spam autowounding attacks.

Oh thats sad to hear, guess i have more food grinding to do.