FINALLY, I'm not the only one who hates text-brawling.
At the OP, my thoughts excactly. I once had a text fight with another character and I kept attacking, but she keeps saying she dodges.
And to be fair a few days ago I had a fight with a wolf, and at the end he said that he cannot die. Yeah! He can't die after I snapped his jaws, ripped open his belly and rip out his heart.
So I really do feel we need a physical fighting system, like the one in IT. Besides, if hunting is going to be added, how else are you going to kill prey? Just stand near it and say "*claws at and kills*"?