Hello I've just been brainstorming recently and thought of a tiny idea to make combat a bit more realistic. I don't know if this has been implemented before or is going to be implemented in the future, but I was thinking that monsters should be able to do knockback. My reasoning on this is just looking at reality for an example. I know that Starbound although being a 2D game still has tries to convey a since of "pseudo 3D" I guess is what you call it by having the background and monsters passing by you. But in reality a wild animal doesn't just pass by you if it thinks you are a threat. The generic monsters charge is a one hit thing and the monster goes right pass you. Even the mighty Adult Poptop's slash attack doesn't even make the character blink. In reality though a boar charging isn't going to pass by you, its going to knock you back, and if a grizzly bear swings its paw at you then I'm more then certain you won't be standing in the same place afterwards. Even contact damage can be improved by this simple addition. Instead of running right pass the monsters and only taking a little damage, knockback would not only damage you, but also push you back and prevent you from passing without killing the creature.This is just my thoughts and opinions on this matter, but I'm sure CF is working on finding a better solution. Also if you have read this all I would like to hear your thoughts on it.
I could see you getting knocked back by actual attacks(not touch damage). It could be an attribute of the attack itself, such that not all attacks would knock you back.
I agree not all attacks should do knockback, like the Snaut's spit attack, logically speaking. The reason why I said touch damage is so that people don't complain about how monsters just stand on top of you and do damage. Instead with knockback you get pushed out of way instead of just taking endless damage.
