User Guide

• The medium stamina burn, high damage school
of combat (activated by the “ACTION 3” key, by
default, “F3”)
• The high stamina burn, long range school of
combat (activated by the “ACTION 4” key, by
default, “F4”)
After selecting an enemy, press one of the
“ACTION” keys to select the school of combat to
use. An example of a school of combat is the
“Military” school, which is a low-stamina burn,
short-range school.
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OMBAT INTERFACE
1. Combat school selection
2. Offensive spells
3. Enhancement spells
4. Enemy name, level and health bar
5. Action indicator (change combat school, trap
monster, release monster, cast spell)
6. Buttons/indicators (one/two-handed weapon,
switch weapon, cycle enemies)
If you do not select a school of combat after
selecting an enemy, the first available school of
combat will be selected by default.
COMBAT MODES
With the enemy and a school of combat selected,
you can influence combat in real time by choosing
your character’s behavior in a fight. There are four
basic modes, which you can continuously switch
while in combat:
• GUARD MODE, where the character stays in
place, and strikes the enemy only if the enemy
comes in weapon range. THIS IS THE DEFAULT
COMBAT MODE AND IS AUTOMATICALLY ACTI-
VATED IF NO OTHER COMBAT CONTROL KEYS
ARE PRESSED.
USER INTERFACE IN COMBAT MODE
Normal vs. combat mode
The user interface switches between normal (or
adventuring) mode, and combat mode, depend-
ing on the situation. In normal the “ACTION 1” to
“ACTION 4” keys are mapped to adventuring
actions, while in combat mode, those keys are
mapped to activate different schools of combat.
By default, the user interface is in normal
(adventuring) mode.
Combat Mode
You will enter combat mode when an enemy
moves into your vicinity, and you have either
selected it (focusing it with a left-click), or it has
come inside a certain combat range.
Note:
While in combat mode, you cannot equip your-
self with weapons from your inventory. Therefore, it is
extremely important that you enter the combat
equipped, or alternatively, escape the combat by mov-
ing away from your enemy (move away and right-click
away from the current enemy), which will revert the
interface back to normal mode.
CONTROLLING COMBAT IN REAL-TIME
Selecting an enemy to fight
When you see an enemy, you can left-click it to
select it and enter combat mode. Double-clicking
the enemy will select it and immediately engage
the “ATTACK” mode explained in the “Combat
modes” section later in this manual.
Note: When more than one enemy is present and
within combat range, you can switch between
enemies using the “SWITCH ENEMIES” key,
explained in the “Switching between enemies”
section later in this manual.
Selecting a school of combat
During the game, you will learn different schools
of combat from other game characters, and you
can then enhance those schools by using them in
combat. Although those schools will have differ-
ent names, they all belong to one of four classes:
• The low stamina burn, short range school of
combat (activated by the “ACTION 1” key, by
default, “F1”)
• The medium stamina burn, high hit probability
school of combat (activated by the “ACTION 2”
key, by default, “F2”)
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COMBAT