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can't deal with the block timing, can't deal with double swings where I block first hit but guy lands second and I can't block it. feels to much like a fighting game

If u play with me ill let u win

Yeah, the parry timing is rough on some weapons
And sometimes my brain fails and I end up just flailing my weapon at the enemy instead of trying the smart thing with feints and chambering and so on

The worst part is that I don't seem to do any worse just flailing at the enemy than I do playing it smart

Lumbermancer wrote:can't deal with the block timing, can't deal with double swings where I block first hit but guy lands second and I can't block it. feels to much like a fighting game

Your ripostes are not interruptible so you can parry one attack and trade with the second guy or just cancel your riposte into a second parry. 1vX is basically impossible at the moment against remotely competent people who don't just mash LMB.

Parry timing is just practice honestly, I know it's parroted everywhere but just keep an eye on the TIP of your enemies weapon since that's the part with the most reach that will wrap around your parry if you're aiming at their chest or something.

how the fuck do i beat shield + rapier
its just a stalemate with him mashing stab until his buddies show up to play the game for him

The short answer is git gud and kick and/or be able to attack his side where he isn't blocking it (which isn't the easiest)
The real answer is fuck shields those goddamn bastards deserve to rot in hell for turtling. Although if the coward is spamming stab you can also just chamber the stab and let them drain their stamina until they get disarmed.

Malkraz wrote:how the fuck do i beat shield + rapier
its just a stalemate with him mashing stab until his buddies show up to play the game for him

Kick, kick and then kick some more.


Kicks have a range buff against shields and guarantee a hit if the kick lands. With a shield up it’s impossible to walk backwards from a kick AND you can morph attacks into kicks to fake them into blocking thus allowing you to hit your kick


Most rapier players are braindead retards that spam stab so just chamber and morph the chamber into a kick for ez damage

They really shouldn't have unbanned those cheaters
Playing against a guy who instakills every horse near them+riders, even full health ones
And he has an aimbot for his parries and chambers. Seems to also perfectly morph everything and hits around all shields and most people's parries

Why do people do this?
I know parries are hard to time and all, but do you really think anyone is impressed by a score of 100 kills in frontline when everyone can spectate you and see you do a 180 to perfectly parry a thrown weapon that came from behind you?
Especially if you then do another 180 to hit the person you were fighting before that parry?
At least the guy admitted to it, by saying we deserved it for using horses

>Kicks have a range buff against shields and guarantee a hit if the kick lands.
why lie

Malkraz wrote:>Kicks have a range buff against shields and guarantee a hit if the kick lands.
why lie

>He can't beat shields with the kick buff.

Look at this shitter.

Malkraz wrote:>Kicks have a range buff against shields and guarantee a hit if the kick lands.
why lie

Malk, versus Shield Rapier, use your brain a bit. In Frontlines, it's kind of hard to strategize, since he usually has friends nearby. Usually, when Xv1ing, I tend to swing wide or vertically, and target not the person I'm facing (since they will parry), but the person who is winding up to attack me. If, for example, you are in a 2v1, wind up to vertically slash the person who isn't the Rapier/shield, then shift your focus to them. usually, you will bait them into going for a stab, and once you drag into the, they'll take the hit. Then, all you need to do is alternate, and maybe kick-morph the same person.

In a 1v1, it becomes a no-brainer to make quick work of someone with Shield Rapier, as long as you have a 2-Hit Kill on them. You morph to kick them, and take your free hit, and then stab chamber to swing them when they retaliate. It should take around five seconds to do that. If you have more time, just kick them again. I know it's hard to not get feinted out by stab feint spam, or get outspeeded, but once you figure out how to drag around the shield, chamber correctly, and knowing the context when to kick, you'll make short work of them. As always, a 2/3/Xv1 matchup is going to be a coinflip because 2 people who may or may not know what they're doing versus you is going to be a hard matchup.

Just keep your spirits high, and maybe try out some different weapons. I find I have an easier time dealing with Shieldyboys when using a draggier or stabbier weapon, since it's easier to go around the shield or bait them into dropping it in an attempt to strike.

I know how to counterplay it the thing is that the counterplay is ineffective and they still succeed in the 1 thing they can do: stall until someone comes to play the game for them. Kicks do not guarantee a follow-up, at least not with the weapons I've used.

Malkraz wrote:I know how to counterplay it the thing is that the counterplay is ineffective and they still succeed in the 1 thing they can do: stall until someone comes to play the game for them. Kicks do not guarantee a follow-up, at least not with the weapons I've used.

You aren’t doing it fast enough. It literally says in the patch notes that kicks have extra range against held blocks (shields) and stunlock them for longer then anyone else, guaranteeing a hit. You have to do the follow up pretty much as soon as you kick to guarantee it.

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footage of me killing a rapier/shield user with the slowest weapon in the game with nothing but kicks and their guaranteed followups

hey qbmax did you like the thing i did last night where after you killed me i swapped to a more haggard version of the loadout i was playing until i got my smile back

I've been seeking out rapier + shield niggers and stabs seem probably guaranteed if ur immediate with it, but the swings are still like 50/50
I'll try turning into it more next time

yeah if u want the slash you have to accel it by turning into it


the best way to think about accels/drags is to use the edges of your monitor as a crosshair, there's more to it then that w/ footwork and making a drag seem like an accel or an accel seem like a drag but

Hell yeah 11 kills 8 deaths. The secret was to get on a horsey, all my m&b experience paid off.

Horses are easy mode
Especially on camp and with a spear. But even if it's easy mode, it's fun to just run around and also to run at others on a horse.
Jousting or cavalry maps when?

I think balance is a bit fucked at the moment, but at least it's still fun

I think some stuff is just annoying to play against rather then being op imo

i fucking love getting 1 shot beartrap kills on frontline cuz some dipshit minmaxed his torso and head armor and wears a really long skirt to hide his skinny chicken legs

Super Aggro Crag wrote:i fucking love getting 1 shot beartrap kills on frontline cuz some dipshit minmaxed his torso and head armor and wears a really long skirt to hide his skinny chicken legs

You don't have to call me out like that.

But i chose to regardless

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Game performance and ping getting worse for everyone each update? Can’t find a server under 70 ping most of the time and I can’t even play frontline anymore on medium-low above 60 FPS when I could run it on high-ultra on release with 70-90

Yeah, this game is unironically going down the shitter. Poorer performance and ping every update, no communication from the devs on what's next or when anything is getting fixed, tons of netcode issues on servers etc etc.

Steam reviews have already gone from positive to mixed and it's bleeding players daily.

I got my 120 hours or so of fun out of it so I guess that's fine but it sucks that the devs seem to have taken their money and fucked off with no regards for the community.

based

i suck but it's very fun
it was cheap but it's sad it's dying and i didn't get to play more than 8 hours

wubli wrote:i suck but it's very fun
it was cheap but it's sad it's dying and i didn't get to play more than 8 hours

its ok people say every game is FINISHED ITS DEAD ITS OVER if it doesn't have weekly content dumps and twitch streamers putting their tits out while playing

It was nice while it lasted I suppose but I don't particularly care enough about the game to really keep playing anyway
Maybe I'll check back every month or so but eh

removed this trashpile from my steam library tbh, not worth the headache with the awful performance


thought patch 7 was going to be the saving grace but we got a shitty half baked map and some new overtuned weapons instead

Works on my build

I'm also having framerate issues and the connection slowing you described. I don't think it's a trashpile or dying, I just think the casuals are filtering out like they did with Chivalry.

I’d play it more if it actually ran properly. I got my 130 hours of fun so I guess it’s not that big of a deal but

I only get frame drops on crossroads when i face towards the sun

does this game have ERP?

ye

it was updated

>cpu optimizations
God yes

the eveningstar is the best weapon in the game

Anyone still play this? It’s pretty fun

Its fun with friends but my friends don't play

haha maul go cronch

Okand37 wrote:haha maul go cronch

I despise you

I haven't played this in a few months so now I suck

(we do a little necroposting)

i have almost 700 hours in this game now god help me. still fun though, wish more people played it

hi qbmax

They finally added women

based

games dead as fuck now rip general sam was right