I actually do not get people on here who don't want to engage in combat being scared of improved combat, if you wish to farm without having to fight ever then set the game to peaceful or do not engage in combat unnecessarily. Combat is in my opinion the only part of the game that currently sucks and you are often forced to fight by bears, wolves and temporal storms; in fact I have never had a day in this game when I haven't had to fight either a wolf(more like 3-5) or a drifter at night. Currently the temporal storms are tedious and annoying whereas if combat was fun then I and most people would look forward to them as an opportunity to use our fancy and expensive armor and weapons. Another thing is you put SO much time into crafting good armor that looks fantastic only to never actually see it because you cant fight in third person because the animations are so bad and actually using the armor or weapons feels boring. I would personally be happy just with improved attack animations using the whole body and better hit boxes and feedback, simple parrying and combos that vary by weapon type, then combat when you are forced to engage in it(which you often are) is actually fun and not complicated for those who do not wish to learn a more complex system. To me people on here being so opposed to something that a lot of people clearly want that largely wont affect them is strange,that is like me not wanting improved animal husbandry just because I wont use it or improved farming because I personally don't enjoy it which like combat is something you do have to engage in to survive long term. I also don't imagine the above suggestions being very hard to implement and realistically anyone can easily and quickly learn how to block and parry(which is just a well timed block).
