Blocking - v1.6

Gameplay
#1

Hi there,

New patch today. Blocking appears non - existent now. Before I was able to block with a shield, now the green shield barely appears, and bandits are cutting me down like im butter.

I have read, watched, read, watched everything there is, and to no avail, blocking is awful.

Bearing in mind, I have fought with sword and shield from 16 years old, i’m now 38, the game just doesnt want to block, and I dont understand the game mechanics of blocking.

I get the green shield… if it ever arises, but I can tell you the first time im hit, i have a combo of 4-5 hits against me and im basically dead.

not enjoying the nnerfed blocking.

any tips please

#2

Is this on hard-core mode? I’m just finished updating so I’ll have a better reply in about 20 mins but I know bandits etc had a massive buff before this patch and hard-core is ment to be even harder so maybe that’s it? I’m not sure what you fighting with a sword and shield from 16 years old has to do with it tho, more to the point where the hell do you live that requires you to fight with a sword and shield lol

#3

Messin’ about I started a fight with a Skalitz guard (hardcore 1.6). I was able to attack him and light him up pretty good, but defense was :poop: and spamming the block button did little to nothing

#4

What your saying is that blocking is now broken, not sure in hardcore, because i think the original poster said it didn’t work. So basically we have broken blocking for a couple weeks, just like 1.3 when we couldn’t block?

#5

When you see the green shield it is almost too late to block. I’ve had no problem blocking in 1.6 (tried it for around half an hour this morning).

#6

I really don’t know. Could just be that hardcore blocking is more difficult

#7

100% can say blocking in normal game mode is now broken or extremely hard…most of the time you block and it’s completely missed and the guy attacking you moves THROUGH you and still hits you. Master strikes are now rare that it’s easier to find chicken teeth

#8

all those idiots calling for making the game harder, when for me it was always impossible to do combat. Thanks for ruining the game…again…1.3 was terrible, sounds like 1.6 just brought back the misery.

#10

Already did during 1.3 when you couldn’t parry at all. I went 100% stealth, now i hear morons calling for stealth to be nerfed now, and i fully expect is it. If i have 20 stealth, in a forest with forester, i should be able to kill 3 guys in one go. I am a assassin or ninja whatever, but people crying already about that. If i am so good at stealth it should be easy to sneak up on 3 guys with full armor (noise impairment), and helmets (vision/noise impairment). Those guys have severe diminished ability to repel a sneak attack. Granted the game makes you do it one at a time, which is a little clunky.

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#11

Blocking has been working for me. Still using same game playine.

I’m using only a bastard sword tho. Are yous using shields?
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#12

fwiw, i stopped using ceremonial mace because i thought shield blocking lagged too much

#13

It works fine for me. Devs reduced window of opportunity for perfect block a bit. It’s ok.

#14

I will have to try it tonight. I am sure the AI which are blocking freaking machines didn’t get the same treatment. If you use combos the game is easy, but its a severe challenge for me as i used to use mace before they nerfed it in 1.3. Shield blocking since 1.3 i don’t think has been the same since, even with the return of blocking/parry in 1.4 and the little help gotten in 1.5 if any. They need to stop fucking with the combat, its almost impossible already for normal people.

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#15

I don’t feel that blocking is more difficult, while perfect blocking and masterstrike are noticeably harder to achieve (not impossible though). I just tried with sword. I have yet to try with shield, but if you guys are right and it’s harder to block with shield than it is with sword, well, that wouldn’t make any sense realism-wise, wouldn’t it?

#16

Unarmed blocks don’t seem to be as responsive, but I’m not sure if this is because WH tightened the reaction window for hardcore blocks or if blocks across all game modes have been modified

#17

Moreover, I play with “No’Mo’Slo’Mo” modification which removes time slow completely when I perfect blocking/riposting. Seriously, master strike are uber mega overpowered game mechanics. It allows you to defeat most difficult enemies being without armor and with zero loss of HP! Do you think it’s ok? The only thing you need - hit single [BLOCK] button (I set it to RMB) at the moment and you autowin.

Try to practice master strike / perfect blocking with Bernard. There’s opportuniy to perform it in “slow’mo” when he shows PF/MS first time.

#18

any updates on this guys? I find the block even with shield is useless. everyone writes, when you block it auto blocks from the direction that the enemy attacks from.
Now im knocked senseless.

I doubt its on hardcore, as i wouldnt select that, i like my hud.

any tips please, as its getting boring being cut down by bandits

#20

Hey Crawleyboy, im only 10 mins from horsham, small world!!!

#21

Really lol southwater or something?

#22

fighting just seems a lot slower than I remember
I dont want lightning fast fighting but I want faster combat. They should add a speed slider or something.

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