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This is not something to consider regarding realism. Realistically you can have more than 3 people stab you with knives at a time...ask Ceaser. The game mechanic restricting who can be in "melee range" and under what conditions is the issue here. A good bit of the folks in this game are used to fighting two or three mobs at a time max. In that situation with enough attempts, you can fallback and approach your preferred target.
When you start fighting groups of 8+ this is simply not possible. With their approach spam it is ridiculously difficult to focus on a target with a partner. Add in guarding and crits making mobs fall back... it is nearly impossible.
Another example some may not be aware of is the new dungeon in RV. Those boss fights with 12+ mobs all with auto-5's and multihitters that can hit...nine times in one attack? You have to focus targets down, or you die. For the moment, the lowest level of the dungeon is now dead.
*edit added for clarity*
[Success: 5, Roll: 52] A hulking man covered in black veins with withered
milky-white eyes thrusts his bronze dagger at you! A hulking man covered in
black veins with withered milky-white eyes thrusts at you with a second swift
stab. He then plunges his blade back into you. He then plunges his blade back
into you, again! And again! And again! But, then he stops, clearly tired. You
suffer a faint wound to your right thigh. You suffer a faint wound to your
waist. Critical Hit!a hulking man covered in black veins with withered
milky-white eyes's thrust goes awry, but the slight wound delivered causes you
to stumble. The attack strikes your black enamelled wall shield with ivory
inlay! You suffer a faint wound to your left thigh.
Copy/paste the move drunken approach, change the name to tactical approach and move it to the Combat Maneuvers....and replace the stupid emote with "Kabar takes a several determined steps towards a man in a hooded cloak, closing distance."
The penalty of the -20 extra defense per foe approached has been the standard penalty for the last 20 years. It is fine still.
When you start fighting groups of 8+ this is simply not possible. With their approach spam it is ridiculously difficult to focus on a target with a partner. Add in guarding and crits making mobs fall back... it is nearly impossible.
Another example some may not be aware of is the new dungeon in RV. Those boss fights with 12+ mobs all with auto-5's and multihitters that can hit...nine times in one attack? You have to focus targets down, or you die. For the moment, the lowest level of the dungeon is now dead.
*edit added for clarity*
[Success: 5, Roll: 52] A hulking man covered in black veins with withered
milky-white eyes thrusts his bronze dagger at you! A hulking man covered in
black veins with withered milky-white eyes thrusts at you with a second swift
stab. He then plunges his blade back into you. He then plunges his blade back
into you, again! And again! And again! But, then he stops, clearly tired. You
suffer a faint wound to your right thigh. You suffer a faint wound to your
waist. Critical Hit!a hulking man covered in black veins with withered
milky-white eyes's thrust goes awry, but the slight wound delivered causes you
to stumble. The attack strikes your black enamelled wall shield with ivory
inlay! You suffer a faint wound to your left thigh.
Copy/paste the move drunken approach, change the name to tactical approach and move it to the Combat Maneuvers....and replace the stupid emote with "Kabar takes a several determined steps towards a man in a hooded cloak, closing distance."
The penalty of the -20 extra defense per foe approached has been the standard penalty for the last 20 years. It is fine still.
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