some work on melee combat this weekend to make it more fun and challenging

the abyss basin is being upgraded with astra and v6. i wanted to go for a moodier aesthetic, i'm calling it 'boringmaxxing' - a way of toning everything down to allow the special things to remain special and different whilst allowing the systems and mechanics to shine through. i'll be putting a focus on the small beautiful moments like the god rays shining through the trees here, my goal is to make somewhere that feels like home but which is mysterious and captures the imagination many people are crying out for an mmo which is serious and brutal and fills that niche well without trying to appeal across the board. going forward the game will be shaped around this with a core focus on what made rpgs special to so many people who grew up in the 90s and before. no more purple! flying mounts are in.