Editing Combat

[[File:Equipment.jpg|thumb|A preview of player in combat.]]
[[File:Combat.jpg|thumb|Another preview of player in combat.]]
[[File:Combat actions interface.png|thumb|The combat actions interface.]]
[[File:Combat choose first attack interface.png|thumb|The choose first attack interface.]]
'''Combat''' is a mechanic in [[Brighter Shores]] in which several [[player character]]s or [[monsters]] fight.

Combat [[profession]]s are divided per [[episode]]. All [[factions]] have access to [[melee]] and [[ranged]] combat styles, with each class having a unique type of [[magic]] and armor style. Players can equip [[weapon]]s and [[armor]] to make themselves stronger, and equip [[potion]]s that can be used to heal themselves. Gaining combat levels allows the use of stronger weapons and armor, as well as increased health and higher damage values. It also allows the fighting of stronger named [[variant]]s with increased rewards.

Monsters have [[element]]al vulnerabilities or immunities to certain [[Attack Style]]s. Most monsters are neutral and shown with an orange color, but some monsters are red and aggressive. When attacking, players choose a weapon to attack the monster. They can swap through equipped weapons between attacks, but cannot change equipped armor, equipped weapons, or equipped potions during combat. Players can move but not interact with other objects, scenery, dropped items, or sort/move [[backpack]] items during combat. They must end the combat either by winning or use the [[Immunity]] spell. 

After every weapon hit, a white indicator will appear on its card indicating the duration of its attack animation, after which all weapons will be darkened and placed on a global cooldown (GCD). The duration of this GCD is dependent on the weapon that was used to perform the previous hit. Switching weapons during the GCD will ensure the next hit is performed with the new weapon without delay. A weapon's attack speed is the sum of both its animation and its GCD durations. 

Killing a monster rewards [[experience]], [[coin]]s, and has a chance to drop items of variable [[rarity]] and randomised stats. Otherwise, reaching 0 hitpoints in combat will cause the player to [[death|die]] and respawn in the [[Hopeport]] infirmary. Other than lost time and being forcibly moved to the respawn point, there appear to be no other consequences for reaching 0 hitpoints.

==List of combat professions==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Episode !! colspan="2"|Name
|-
|1||{{Plink|Hopeport|pic=Hopeport episode icon|size=20}}
|{{Plinkt|Guard|pic=Guard icon}}
|-
|2||{{Plink|Hopeforest|pic=Hopeforest episode icon|size=20}}
|{{Plinkt|Scout|pic=Scout icon}}
|-
|3||{{Plink|Mine of Mantuban|pic=Mine of Mantuban episode icon|size=20}}
|{{Plinkt|Minefighter|pic=Minefighter icon}}
|-
|4||{{Plink|Crenopolis (episode)|txt=Crenopolis|pic=Crenopolis episode icon|size=20}}
|{{Plinkt|Watchperson|pic=Watchperson icon|size=36}}
|-
|5||{{Plink|Stonemaw Hill|pic=Stonemaw Hill episode icon|size=20}}
|{{Plinkt|Shieldbearer|pic=Shieldbearer icon}}
|}

==Trivia==
*[[Special attacks]] were intended to be a feature of the combat system, but have not yet been released with Early Access launch. 

==Update history==
{{Update history|
* {{Update list|update=2024-11-06|date=6 November 2024}}
** Combat was included in the first public early-access release of the game.
}}

{{Game mechanics}}
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-[[File:Equipment.jpg|thumb|A player engaged in combat.]]
+[[File:Equipment.jpg|thumb|A preview of player in combat.]]
-[[File:Combat.jpg|thumb|Another player engaged in combat.]]
+[[File:Combat.jpg|thumb|Another preview of player in combat.]]
 [[File:Combat actions interface.png|thumb|The combat actions interface.]]
-[[File:Combat choose first attack interface.png|thumb|Choose your first attack!]]
+[[File:Combat choose first attack interface.png|thumb|The choose first attack interface.]]
+'''Combat''' is a mechanic in [[Brighter Shores]] in which several [[player character]]s or [[monsters]] fight.
-'''Combat''' is a mechanic in [[Brighter Shores]] in which one or multiple [[player character]]s fight against [[monsters]] or each other. Currently two styles of combat exist, [[melee]] and [[ranged]], with melee being the predominant combat style used. Players can equip [[weapon]]s and [[armor]] to make themselves stronger, and [[potion]]s to heal or buff themselves. Gaining combat levels will increase their max health, damage and deflect rating, allowing them to use stronger equipment and unlocking stronger monster [[variant]]s with increased rewards.
+Combat [[profession]]s are divided per [[episode]]. All [[factions]] have access to [[melee]] and [[ranged]] combat styles, with each class having a unique type of [[magic]] and armor style. Players can equip [[weapon]]s and [[armor]] to make themselves stronger, and equip [[potion]]s that can be used to heal themselves. Gaining combat levels allows the use of stronger weapons and armor, as well as increased health and higher damage values. It also allows the fighting of stronger named [[variant]]s with increased rewards.
-The current combat [[profession]]s available to the player, one per [[Episodes|episode]], are as follows.
+Monsters have [[element]]al vulnerabilities or immunities to certain [[Attack Style]]s. Most monsters are neutral and shown with an orange color, but some monsters are red and aggressive. When attacking, players choose a weapon to attack the monster. They can swap through equipped weapons between attacks, but cannot change equipped armor, equipped weapons, or equipped potions during combat. Players can move but not interact with other objects, scenery, dropped items, or sort/move [[backpack]] items during combat. They must end the combat either by winning or use the [[Immunity]] spell.
+After every weapon hit, a white indicator will appear on its card indicating the duration of its attack animation, after which all weapons will be darkened and placed on a global cooldown (GCD). The duration of this GCD is dependent on the weapon that was used to perform the previous hit. Switching weapons during the GCD will ensure the next hit is performed with the new weapon without delay. A weapon's attack speed is the sum of both its animation and its GCD durations.
+Killing a monster rewards [[experience]], [[coin]]s, and has a chance to drop items of variable [[rarity]] and randomised stats. Otherwise, reaching 0 hitpoints in combat will cause the player to [[death|die]] and respawn in the [[Hopeport]] infirmary. Other than lost time and being forcibly moved to the respawn point, there appear to be no other consequences for reaching 0 hitpoints.
+==List of combat professions==
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 !colspan="2"|Episode !! colspan="2"|Name
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+==Trivia==
-== Combat Mechanics ==
+*[[Special attacks]] were intended to be a feature of the combat system, but have not yet been released with Early Access launch.
-Players may choose any of their currently equipped weapons to initiate combat with a monster, and may swap to any of their equipped weapons between attacks during combat. However, they may not change their equipped armor, weapons or potions once combat has begun.
-Movement is allowed during combat, albeit with a reduced movement speed. However, players may not interact with other objects, scenery, dropped items, or reorganize their [[backpack]] in any way. Once combat has been initiated, they must end the encounter either by winning, dying, or escaping with the [[Immunity]] spell.
-After every weapon hit, a white indicator will appear on its card indicating the duration of its attack animation, after which all weapons will be darkened and placed on a global cooldown. The duration of this global cooldown is dependent on the weapon that was used to perform the previous hit. Switching weapons during the global cooldown will ensure the next hit is performed with the new weapon without delay. Since a hit occurs at the end of the attack animation, a weapon's attack speed is the sum of both its animation and global cooldown durations.
-Reaching 0 hitpoints in combat will cause the player to [[Death|die]] and respawn in the [[Hopeport]] infirmary. Other than inconvenience, there appear to be no other consequences.
-== Monsters ==
-Killing a monster rewards [[experience]], [[coin]]s, and a chance to drop equipment of variable [[rarity]] and randomized stats. The level of equipment dropped range between the level of the monster killed and the level of the monster immediately preceeding it in the same episode. Certain mobs throughout the game may also occasionally drop items used for other professions.
-As the player progresses through combat professions, higher level [[variant|variants]] of mobs will be unlocked, and [[Knowledge|knowledge points]] may be spent to unlock passive monsters as AFK training methods.
-Most monsters are neutral and their names are displayed in orange, but some monsters are aggressive, indicated by a red name. An exclamation mark (!) will appear over the head of an aggressive monster if it has aggroed onto you.
-Normal monsters have vulnerabilities and/or immunities to certain elemental [[Attack Style|attack style]]s, as displayed on their card. Monsters are immune to its own elemental attack style, and it is generally inadvisable to fight a monster with a weapon matching its elemental immunity.
-Passive monsters may be fought as an offline activity and combat is initiated in a similar way to that of active monsters. However, passive monsters require weapons above a certain strength rating to fight, and players may not select any weapons below this strength rating.
-Certain monsters are one-time bosses fought as part of [[quests]], which are of greater difficulty. Most bosses boast increased HP compared to normal monsters, and some have access to area of effect attacks as indicated by orange highlighted tiles and a blue cast bar above their combat panel. Currently, quest bosses do not have any elemental vulnerabilities or immunities.
-== Trivia ==
-*[[Special attacks]] are intended to be a feature of the combat system, and are scheduled to be released some time during Early Access.
-*[[PvP]] is an upcoming combat feature that will allow player characters to fight each other. Currently it is scheduled to be released some time during Early Access.
 ==Update history==