Depends on the MUD. 'kill <mob>' over and over sounds like click-the-button to me. I wouldn't be surprised if most veteran mudders havea button, or at least a hotkey, on their client to do the same.



Sean @Avenshar was working on a similar thing. He created a roguelike interface (with tiles and sprites), using much of his mud code for the game logic. I think it was just a experiment and he went back to work on his text mud, but it was pretty cool.

I fear you might have taken my statement a little too literally. Besides, combat complexity even in stock Diku/SMAUG/etc. is more complex than "kill <mob>".