Combat (Combat Help)

Combat is one of the essential features of gameplay on The Two Towers. While there is a lot of other things to do in Arda, you will find yourself fighting fairly often. Depending on your character's morality, you may want to kill Sauron's minions who threaten the Free Races of Arda, or you may choose to slaughter innocent town inhabitants for the glory of the Dark Lord instead. Or you can just kill everyone you want for their gold - it is all up to you!

For the most part, combat on The Two Towers is automated: once it is initiated, you will continue fighting until one of the combatants dies or flees. The automated combat is turn-based; in each turn, each combatant attempts to hit one of their opponents, and a message is given on whether they hit (and how strong) or miss. The delay between turns is roughly two seconds. No actual numbers are printed during the duration of combat; we have chosen that to allow for more immersive display of combat rather than reduce it to pure dice rolling.

While the automated combat may sound boring, do not think it is so simple. There are a lot of abilities and commands available to you that can be used during combat to give you an advantage. Furthermore, there are many items with special combat usage that can greatly change combat experience.

If you want to learn more about combat, you should also check the following help files:

• fighting - A detailed guide on how to fight for new players.
• hits - List of standard combat 'emotes'.
• critical hits - The most powerful (and rare) hits there are.
• abilities - List of professional abilities, many of which can only be used in combat.
• wimpy - Allows you to automatically flee combat on low HP.
• kills - How killing NPCs affects your 'standing' with service NPCs.
• death - What happens if you lose.