Combat Mechanics

[Vastar]

Since this is a topic that has already been discussed many times I´ll just refer to my previous answers regarding to this topic:
This one refers to a post from @Grey707 where he suggested a Skyrim like combat system-
https://forum.oortonline.com/t/combat-mechanics-how-to-make-oort-a-real-fighter-game/1312/14?u=vastar
And this one where I briefly explained the combat system:

@Vastar

You have 2 hands that you can separately equip with weapons/spells, each bound to a mouse button (if you hold a mouse button down you “charge” the attack).Additionally you have one spell(shout) wich is bound to a key on the keyboard (“Y” by default).

I´m not saying that your idea is bad but its way too complex for a game like Oort. Let alone the effort it would take to make such a detailed hit detection system (which would already take ages to make properly) the devs would also have to animate each swing pattern for each angle plus balancing this beast of a combat system. Wonderstruck consists only of about 20 people. So as @ben already said in his post : https://forum.oortonline.com/t/design-how-a-tiny-team-makes-an-epic-game/464?u=vastar , suggested ideas should be simple and/or efficient.

@DarkRepulsor

1. Quick Attack

By quickly tapping the LMB, you launch a quick attack based on what weapon you have equipped. Slash with a sword, fire a crossbow, swing with a hammer. Tapping the LMB rapidly lets you string attacks together, possibly leading to combos and finishing moves.

This sounds like something with reasonable effort to implement.

@DarkRepulsor

2. Activating Skills

By holding down the LMB, the cursor becomes visible and a collection of skill icons will appear in a circle around it. Drag the cursor in the direction of skill to charge it…

The Witcher 1 has done something similar with 3 different combat styles, each effective against another type of enemy (light armor, heavy armor, packs of weak enemies). Maybe this could work out for PvE combat.