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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 abilities that have a Power cost (most skills include emergency abilities that have no Power requirement, typically with a longer cooldown). The amount of Power available and your ability to recover Power between encounters is significant if you hope to take on more than 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 long reuse time). Lastly Powerregeneration can be enhanced in combat through Mentalism abilities. ==Damage=='''Damage''' and '''Health damage''' are not the same. '''Health damage''' bypasses armor.

==Rage and Special Attacks=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 '''Ragecommitting to your skill choices''' is displayed in game by the little gauntlet iconimportant. When the Rage meter is fullWhile you can easily switch between skills, you'll find that even skills of the enemy is able to use a '''special attack'''same level can vary greatly in damage potential unless you also switch your equipment.

Many ===Critical damage===Items sometimes have +xx% to Critical Damage. The default critical damage (not crit. chance) seems to be 125%. Critical Damage gear is quite uncommon. Archery gear seems to get more of it. ==Regeneration in and out of combat==[[File:Regeneration food example (maple carrots).jpg|thumb|right|306px|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 allow controlling are self-help (for example ''Positive Attitude'' will 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 '''regenerative foods and drinks''' are crafted or bought. Exceptions are the '''Mild 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'' state as indicated by the enemyoverhead icon.]]'''Rage''s rage build up' is the energy source that powers monsters’ special attacks. As you hit monsters or they hit you, they gather Rage, and when their meter is full (an orange looking hand), they user their super power. Many player skills, like [[Sword]] and [[Psychology]], have abilities that hamper monster Rage. For example [[Psychology|Psychoanalyse]] will slow down the rate at which the enemy builds rage, while [[Sword|Sword Parry]] will reduce the enemy's rage by a flat amount.

When Monsters periodically go into this vulnerable state, and some attacks do extra damage against vulnerable monsters, so it’s sort of a whack-a-mole mechanic — you use your vuln-boost ability when you see the monster flashing vulnerable. A big red glowing thing happens when the monster is vulnerable, plus it makes a creature "sound. An icon flashes over the monster’s head when they’re vulnerable", and what [[Anagoge]] Island has an explanatory tip about this (when you get your first Sword ability that does it mean? extra 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 (please edit20%)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.

A creature 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 ''vulnerable'' when his armor runs out (to be confirmed)a "multi-purpose" knife, but it has less bonuses than the highest quality butcher and skinning knives.

Many combat abilities have additional effects on ''vulnerable'' foesWhen an enemy is slain and it drops special loot (cyan, yellow, purple colour), there is a distinctive sound and a particle effect.

==Regeneration In and Out of CombatAbility Tags==(about regeneration available from skills such Some abilities are classified as Mentalism"Nice Attack", "Core Attack", note that it "Epic Attack", or "Signature Debuff". These keywords determine when certain effects apply. For example there is quite low like 4 Health every 4 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" (this will affect Nice Attacks from any skill, not only Sword's Nice Attacks.

Interestingly if you "mezz" a creature for long enough (eg. [[Psychology|Tell Me About Your MotherCategory:Mechanics]], the "In combat" indicator will disappear and one tick (?) of out of combat regeneration will happen, even though the creature is still aggressive.