I just discovered The Dark Mod a few months ago. The Thief series is my favorite, and I must say that TDM is amazing! From what I've seen so far, I actually doubt that I will like the new Thief(4/Reboot) as much as TDM. I know that TDM is mostly about stealth, but I like a good fight if I get caught. TDM has a pretty good combat engine, like Mount & Blade's and War of the Roses' engines. There are 2 things that I would like changed about the enemies(melee) in combat. 1. I would like enemy attacks to hurt each other at full strength. I don't know much about programming AI, but it would be good if they tried to avoid accidently attacking each other. This helps keep things a little more realistic. I once had 5 or 6 guys attacking me in Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, and their attacks went right through each other; not damaging them or even stunning them. This makes getting ganged up on even harder than it already should be. 2. The player can attack while walking/running and I think that the enemies should be able to as well. Even when I'm not running, if I continually move backwards while enemies are pursuing me they can rarely hit me since they have to stop moving forward to attack. If I'm running backward they never hit me. This makes blocking nearly useless, and I love to have to block melee attacks in a game. (Don't ask why, my friends tease me for how important blocking in a video game is to me.) It's unrealistic that someone can move backwards faster than their pursuers can move forwards, and it would increase the combat difficulty in a good way. (Edit) After playing the game again I found that while backing up in combat (not running) the overhead attack and the attack that swings from the enemy's right to their left hit me fairly often while the thrust and left to right attack usually missed. If the player's backwards walk was slowed down a bit, that might solve this whole issue for me without having to make it so the enemy can walk/run and attack at once. (Holding in creep during combat is too inconvenient.) Thanks to all the people who have made The Dark Mod my new favorite game!