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====[[Armor=]]==='''Armor''' currently appears to reduce the mitigates 1 point of damage takenfor every 25 points of armor remaining.

Armor can be topped up during combat with Armor Potions, though it seems to make barely a difference when in trouble. ====Health====

====Power===='''Power''' is consumed by using abilitiesthat have a Power cost (most skills include emergency abilities that have no Power requirement, typically with a longer cooldown). The amount of power Power available and your ability to recover Power between encounters is determinant significant if one wants you hope to take on more than a single one enemy at once, or even solo dungeons. Power can be topped up with potions, which is relatively useful in some situations. The basic ability ''Dig Deep'', which can be placed on the sidebar, can also be used to restore Power (albeit with a dungeonlong reuse time). Lastly Power regeneration can be enhanced in combat through Mentalism abilities. ==Damage=='''Damage''' and '''Health damage''' are not the same. '''Health damage''' bypasses armor. ===Effect of equipment===Soon enough you'll find that equipment has a significant impact on your total damage output and survivability. This seems obvious for an MMO but in Project: Gorgon equipment with bonuses that augment specific abilities is very common. For example "every time you use your Sword Parry ability, regain 10 Health". This type of ability enhancing mods would be found in raid gear in other MMOs. You character becomes much more powerful once you have multiple pieces of equipment (weapons, armor, amulet) that enhance your choice of skills along with useful ability enhancing mods. Thus '''committing to your skill choices''' is important. While you can easily switch between skills, you'll find that even skills of the same level can vary greatly in damage potential unless you also switch your equipment. ===Critical damage===Items sometimes have +xx% to Critical Damage. The default critical damage (not crit. chance) seems to be 125%.

Power can be topped up with potions, which Critical Damage gear is relatively useful in some situationsquite uncommon. It can also be topped up with the general ability (insert name) which as a long reuse time. Lastly Power regeneration can be enhanced in combat through Mentalism abilitiesArchery gear seems to get more of it.

==Rage Regeneration in and Special Attacksout of combat==[[File:Foe using Special Ability Regeneration food example (Ragemaple carrots).jpg|thumb|right|300px306px|This goblin has both Sweet, sweet regeneration food.]]Sitting does not accelerate your out-of-combat regeneration unlike in some veteran MMOs. You'll want to find various foods, drinks and snacks to top up your Health and Power between fights. Regeneration appears to "tick" once every four seconds (so if a food says "+5 Health per update" it means +5 Health every 4 seconds). Some combat skills such as [[Mentalism]] also provide Health, Power and Armor regeneration. Some of the abilities are group-oriented, other abilities are self-help (for example ''Positive Attitude''Ragewill quickly restore a small amount of Armor, Health and Power). In-combat regeneration from foods or drinks is a rarer commodity. There are in-combat Power or Health regeneration potions that can be bought from NPCs or crafted. They tend to be very pricey, and of course have a fairly limited duration. If you "mezz" a creature for long enough (eg. [[Psychology|Tell Me About Your Mother]]), the "In combat" indicator will disappear and one update of out of combat regeneration will happen, even though the creature is still aggressive. ===Foods===Most types of ''' icon regenerative foods and drinks''' are crafted or bought. Exceptions are the '''VulnerabilityMild Cheddar Cheese''' which drops from Giant Rat, and Milk which can be obtained from the Cows in Serbule with an empty bottle. These are non-negligible sources of Power regeneration which can be very helpful to new players. ===Buffs===Typically one food or drink can stack with one snack and one flower. However this is still very much in development. It seems that foods provide Health and Power, while drinks provide only Power. Both can be stacked. Flowers provide a max power bonus (right-click them). For people specialised in [[Sword]] combat, the [[Calligraphy]] skill offers a temporary effects that allows for special combinations. Similarly the [[Meditation]] skill offers temporary effects for people specialised in [[Unarmed]] combat. ==Rage and special attacks==[[File:Foe using Special Ability (Rage).jpg|thumb|right|300px|This goblin is in ''vulnerable'' red glow going onstate as indicated by the overhead icon.]]

{{Quote|source=[http://projectgorgon.com/2014/05/design-issues-still-needing-improvement/ Developer blog] <small>May 13, 2014</small>|I’m leaving the Rage system alone for now, until we have more players grouping up. Looking at the stats for small group combat, it looks like groups use rage-depletion a little more often. So it may be that I can tailor Rage to be a more compelling group-combat mechanic, where one person in the group has the “rage-keeper” role. That could be interesting.<ref name="blog1">[http://projectgorgon.com/2014/05/design-issues-still-needing-improvement/ Design Issues Still Needing Improvement]</ref>

==Movement and Kitingkiting==

{{Quote|source=[http://projectgorgon.com/2014/05/design-issues-still-needing-improvement/ Developer blog] <small>May 13, 2014</small>|But that change by itself doesn’t solve anything, because the game doesn’t force you to face your target to attack things right now. This means you can turn away from the monster, run down the hall at high speed, and keep shooting arrows — the arrows would go through your head and hit the monster behind you. This is silly and bizarre.<ref name="blog1"></ref>}}

An icon flashes over the monster’s head when they’re vulnerable, and the tutorial cave [[Anagoge]] Island has an explanatory tip about this (when you get your first Sword ability that does extra vuln vulnerable damage). ==Looting enemies!== Loot appears at the top of the loot window and can be picked up via either double-clicking the icon, or by using the Loot All button. Not all creatures will have loot. If you have the right equipment, you may also have the option to perform an autopsy, skin, butcher, extract a skull, and bury the creature. Some creatures can be skinned but not butchered, and vice versa. To have a chance (20%) of extracting an organ, you will need an Organ Knife. Note that to skin or butcher an animal, you will need to have a free inventory space, even if the yielded item is stackable and already present in your inventory. Also note that the butchering knife and skinning knife are distinct items, and do not overlap in features. You must have both in your inventory. There is a "multi-purpose" knife, but it has less bonuses than the highest quality butcher and skinning knives.

==Regeneration In When an enemy is slain and Out of Combat==it drops special loot (about regeneration available from skills such as Mentalismcyan, yellow, purple colour), note that it there is quite low like 4 Health every 4 seconds)a distinctive sound and a particle effect.

==Ability Tags==Some abilities are classified as "Nice Attack", "Core Attack", "Epic Attack", or "Signature Debuff". These keywords determine when certain effects apply. For example there is a Sword Treasure Effect "For 6 seconds after using Precision Pierce, your Nice Attacks deal +64 damage". This will boost the damage of all abilities which are tagged as "Nice Attacks" (about regeneration available this will affect Nice Attacks from potions)any skill, not only Sword's Nice Attacks.

Interestingly if you Within each category there are some similarities. For example Epic Attacks tend to have high damage and long cooldowns. However, there is no gameplay effect for any category other than as keywords to determine when effects will proc. The only exception is the "mezzBasic Attack" keyword, which will trigger a creature for long enough (eg. [[Psychology|Tell Me About Your MotherCombat Refresh]], the "In combat" indicator will disappear and one tick (?) of out of combat regeneration will happen, even though the creature is still aggressive.