2h swords should be heavier...
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its not just that theyre lighter than most others, 2h swords have faster animations regardless of weight over other weapon types. compare a minimal weight 2h axe/hammer/spear to a sword and youll notice that its still slower in all 4 attack directions.
war hammer swings pretty nice. I dunno. I hope MO gets fixed in terms of combat. I will love to see the days when high lvl dueling isn't two dudes spinning around in front of each other haha.
Honestly, I think 2h swords of real mats are already pretty heavy. It's just that most chars are strong and most people don't move much. HGB is heavy-ish. I wish they had a thin sword that was lighter and similar ranged, cuz I'm trying to avoid the meta but I'm a lean veela (jade HGB IS nice but again, I already know what I can do w/ that)... the only meta part I dislike is the hgb meta. The swing speed is legit on swords atm, but yea fix the rest. Or just make it so it hurts to get hit with a heavier wep more. Make people have to dodge.
The combat balance for this game is sooo fucky. If they put a CD after you swing to be able to parry, that might change it a lot. There are so many things they haven't even tried. The key is to make it so that there is still twitch skillplay, awareness play, and movement play all while not making it so tied to ping. Still have a proper benefit for being the aggressor, but have a proper punishment for telegraphed over-aggression. It shouldn't be THAT HARD in theory, except for people who are skipping around due to net connection, but I don't think they are even trying.
MO combat could be beautiful for everyone. I still think the swing speed is good even tho I get battered a lot. It's just one step tho.
Honestly, I think 2h swords of real mats are already pretty heavy. It's just that most chars are strong and most people don't move much. HGB is heavy-ish. I wish they had a thin sword that was lighter and similar ranged, cuz I'm trying to avoid the meta but I'm a lean veela (jade HGB IS nice but again, I already know what I can do w/ that)... the only meta part I dislike is the hgb meta. The swing speed is legit on swords atm, but yea fix the rest. Or just make it so it hurts to get hit with a heavier wep more. Make people have to dodge.
The combat balance for this game is sooo fucky. If they put a CD after you swing to be able to parry, that might change it a lot. There are so many things they haven't even tried. The key is to make it so that there is still twitch skillplay, awareness play, and movement play all while not making it so tied to ping. Still have a proper benefit for being the aggressor, but have a proper punishment for telegraphed over-aggression. It shouldn't be THAT HARD in theory, except for people who are skipping around due to net connection, but I don't think they are even trying.
MO combat could be beautiful for everyone. I still think the swing speed is good even tho I get battered a lot. It's just one step tho.
Swords have a good swing arcs, four good attack directions and have the best head hit boxes due to length of the blade. It's the only reason they're so prominent. I still see a lot of spears(specifically triple and risar) and people using axes, quite a lot.
If the combat wasn't so slow, swords wouldn't be as prominent as they are now. For most people, spears and axes are useless because they don't know how to feint, spin or hit without a handle hit, to make use of these other weapons. Swords don't need a nerf, other weapons need tweaks and the combat mechanics need some tweaking...which has been said since the poopy changes in alpha/beta.
If the combat wasn't so slow, swords wouldn't be as prominent as they are now. For most people, spears and axes are useless because they don't know how to feint, spin or hit without a handle hit, to make use of these other weapons. Swords don't need a nerf, other weapons need tweaks and the combat mechanics need some tweaking...which has been said since the poopy changes in alpha/beta.
