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Battle Hardened - Hardcore Combat

Mix of the best realism mods like "Realistic combat" by Ruler and "Advanced combat rules" by lds_101.

Experienced warriors now feel like such. Battles will tend to be longer and the results more consistent and less RNG based. As very well explained by Ruler:

Originally posted by Ruler:

If the attack lvl is equal to your opponents defense lvl then you will have an 85% block chance (70% was vanilla) , every +10 lvl diff you will get 5% extra block chance (12% vanilla) , every -10 lvl diff will lead to a penalizing -15% block chance."

For this reason, picking fights with enemies that are way beyond your current level will prove to be disastrous and challenging as it should!

• Reworked both Attack% and Block%. Experienced and Hardened warriors will be fierce!
  
• Experienced warriors attack and block more frequently.
  
• Stacking Heavy armor has a big payoff now that stats matter much more.
  
• block from behind only unlocked at skill level +55.
  
• Stumble damage from 80 to 120.
  
• Attack Slots x3.

The vanilla kenshi experience of dropping down an enemy you just cut an arm off and a few minutes later he comes jumping back up and into the fight like nothing happened is frustrating. Bleeding has been reworked to be deadly and dangerous, paying attention to the weapon composition of the enemy you are fighting and having katana squad members late game to inflict bleeds and wear out the enemy are now viable strategies.

• There is an immediate blood loss caused by cut damage.
  
• Clot rate is abysmal and you will bleed to death without a bandage making it essential.
  
• Extra blood loss on limb loss and body part degeneration, if you have a piece of your body being cut completely off it should be a matter of urgency and it will very quickly be your death without proper care.
  
• High bleed multiplier weapons have by association been buffed as bleeding is now a viable mechanic to utilize for an edge during a prolongued fight.
  
• Medkits have been adjusted so that someone with little or no medic skill who tries to render aid will waste a large amount of medic supplies.
  
• Another important dynamic that by association becomes a mechanic is having a dedicated medic that can mid-fight give urgent care to severe damage.
  
• No more stealing weapons from the enemies that are downed so they do not get back up and fight you again, once they are downed and severely damaged, without any care death is certain unless their toughness is very high or the damage has been mostly blunt.

• the average weight is 77kg instead of 33kg from vanilla
  
• Animals like Beak things, Gorillos, Cage Beasts and the like can no longer be carried for the sake of realism.
  
• Rescues, transport missions and carrying prisoners are way harder now. Characters without enough Strenght will not be able to easily carry a complete armored Shek buffed like Arnold Schwarzenegger as easily as before.

patch to allow carrying animal, make sure to load after hardcore combat.

For a better experience I highly recommend "FocusTheLimb!" from Dgn
FocusTheLimb!: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2468901580

BE WARNED: This mod will make your game way harder specially on the early to mid game!!!