I have emailed support about this situation.
In my last playthrough I was able to riposte everytime no problem as soon as i completed the required weapon master strike tutorial. Since this playthrough both my saves have been overwritten to start a new and now i am left unable to riposte, allowing me only to complete sword master strike ( axe and mace is broke). Even though I’ve completed the riposte tutorial for swords, in normal combat ingame it wont do a riposte at all.
This is a big part of combat for me being able to riposte and now I find the will to play the game very very hard… i dont know if i cant wait weeks upon weeks for another patch, I fear I’m going to lose interest in the game