The combat ingame overall is simulating the fighting that might happen as a shinobi, so there will be animals to fight, esp if you feel like specializing in killing them like a hunter, tho not every person will fight ai or players in missions, esp ppl that rp npc like charries that sell ramen or whatever is available ingame to do, aside from being a shinobi.
Some missions b rank and above will involve fighting players. Tho when a ninja does not like your face, you could fight. For instance, if someone hires inferno shinobi to capture a secret document, tho the one with the scroll hires other shinobi to guard it, that mission will have combat unless they surrender.
When animals are messing up fields, you can recieve a mission to capture or eliminate. Perhaps a bear is preying on travelers, you have to find it and kill it. Or lost pets, as well.
Lastly, I do not expect the team to make lame "wow" animals that run up and use some lame attack. They will be fast or strong, or tough etc. A bear might crush your head if you stab it. violent bees could sting you to death if you have no aoe or are unlucky. Animal fights will not have the same dynamics as player fights tho, there is a reason genin get the c and d missions with small and less difficult animals.
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