Combat Rework [mirrorcult]

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+# Combat Rework [mirrorcult, Unapproved(?)]
+
+The goals of this rework:
+- Remove the disarm toggle. It's jank as fuck, the only modal interaction should be with combat mode.
+- Make it harder to accidentally be in combat mode by introducing an optional 'hold to activate' keybind.
+- Introduce more variety to combat mode interactions--alternative interactions (which disarm will be one of)
+- Make wideattacks more useful and the 'default'. Reduce the distinction between wideattacks and clickattacks somewhat. Also nerf wideattacks slightly.
+
+To that end:
+
+## More Modality / More Obvious
+
+Less interactions in combat mode should work. Things like:
+- activate in world
+- examining (this also allows for walking while attacking which is nice)
+- maybe even context menu? 
+
+This keeps the modal distinction obvious and makes it harder to miss. It also allows for other combat-mode-specific interactions to be placed on keys that used to just be normal things, which makes the distinction even more obvious. Ideally combat has its own separate input context entirely.
+
+A more modal combat mode allows for significantly more complex and varied combat, as opposed to just a clickfest (see alt combat interactions below).
+
+## Hold to Activate
+
+A button/key should be introduced where, while held, combat mode is active, and normal control is returned when the button is released.
+
+This is separate from a toggle keybind, which will still exist, as it's quite useful and most people will want it anyway.
+
+A 'hold' keybind is, in my opinion, far more intuitive, and it makes it essentially impossible to ever accidentally be in combat mode. Depending on its placement, it can potentially work as a psychological parallel with common keybinds in other games
+
+Some proposed defaults for this keybind:
+
+### Right click 
+Press to view context menu, hold to enter combat mode
+
+Pros:
+- Intuitive parallel with the ADS key in most games (suggested by Rane)
+- Easy to access, and common enough that it'll be useful to access
+
+Cons:
+- Slightly jank implementation with context menu
+- Uses up a valuable keybind slot
+
+
+### Spacebar
+
+Pros:
+- Already used as a key for combat now, so its easy for people used to that
+- Also easy to access-thumb on the left hand
+
+Cons:
+- **Can't alt+click and press spacebar at the same time**
+
+## Alternative Combat Interactions
+
+Alt+click while in combat mode will perform an alternative combat interaction.
+
+Alt combat interactions will include things like:
+- Disarming (alt while unarmed)
+- Special moves for melee weapons (slow swipes rather than stabs?)
+- Blocking/parrying with sabres
+- Alternative fire for guns (grenade launcher attachment?)
+
+These are pretty intuitive and add a lot more variety to combat while keeping it relatively simple.
+
+## Wideattack / Clickattack Rework
+
+- Remove the spacebar key for wideattacks.
+- Clicking on an entity directly in combat mode performs a click attack.
+- Clicking not on an entity in combat mode performs a wide attack in that direction.
+
+This still leaves a distinction between wideattacks/clickattacks, and also makes it much easier to hit or threaten people by just clicking on them (since even if it misses it'll do a wideattack). Less keys to have the same functionality is also always nicer, and spacebar was weird enough that a lot of people didn't even know wideattacks existed.