halfsword-chat-⚔

[reef monolith]

zamn the abyss is very laggy

[wind charm]

literally :(

[reef monolith]

why is it like this bro

[frail heron]

the final baron challenge should be its own gamemode TBH. was fun asf

[reef monolith]

I thought the point of abysses r them being empty

[astral crypt]

this is the abyss

btw

[reef monolith]

ok

[astral crypt]

u can't see shit

[reef monolith]

so is it like

the old demo

[astral crypt]

yea but better

[reef monolith]

where its just dark

[frail heron]

turn off fog

[reef monolith]

ok ok

u can turn off fog??

[astral crypt]

nah its better like this

[reef monolith]

maybe thatll save my fps 🙏

so the combat is the same?

[frail heron]

hard to see loot crates and items to grab

[reef monolith]

I can still do cool roundhouse kicks and left hooks of doom

[astral crypt]

like it

[wind charm]

yes >:)

[reef monolith]

very cool

I should make this video again but a full version

why does willie got pants now

what happened to the raggedy cloak

[frail heron]

also the gold rondel is bugged

and you equip it with the sheath still attached.

[ionic root]

is there any chance that the ultimate challenge can get added to free mode?

[boreal sand]

bruh anyone else just be fighting and out of nowhere our character just gets grampa knees and cant run 😂

[frail heron]

i just asked about this aswell. it was super fun. it should be its own mode

[jolly gorge]

OMG you can break willies neck on homescreen

[ionic root]

its different enough to the abyss

[jolly gorge]

its vile

[boreal sand]

how do you do this consistently i need the method

[reef monolith]

idk its hard to explain

gotta crank ur sensitivity real high tho

[ionic root]

oh

i use it really low to better control the sword

[boreal sand]

id imagine thats the case

oh i think i figured it out though its not as smooth as urs

[reef monolith]

it feels a lil different now

since I last played

[ionic root]

i will say the slow mo is a great addition

[reef monolith]

they got slow mo??

[ionic root]

press f

if youre using a keyboard

[reef monolith]

oooooh

thats really cool actually

respect the devs

[ionic root]

it uses a lot of stamina though

so its kinda balanced

[reef monolith]

back in my day we didnt have slow mo 👴

[ionic root]

you get like two good swings before you gas out

[reef monolith]

gonna be sayin that

[ionic root]

well back in my day we had a crosshair

and two seperate games to play

[reef monolith]

wild

[fallow stone]

what is the strongest weapon in the game

[foggy talon]

I made a way to torture the willie

[ionic root]

depends

[reef monolith]

wish I had slow mo for this

[ionic root]

longsword for unarmoured

something blunt for armour

[lucid spindle]

does anyone actually beat the first boss? everytime i go for a weapon he just lobs my head off when im ducking

[ionic root]

https://tenor.com/view/jojos-bizarre-adventure-hands-fight-gif-12114301

oh

[frail heron]

i got a really big willie

[reef monolith]

huh

say that again..

[frail heron]

ill post it once im level 2 for all to see

[foggy talon]

guys theres slo mo??

[surreal copper]

By pressing F

[frail heron]

yes but id use a 3rd party tool for slow mo TBH. more consistent and fun to use

checkout nexus mods

you can find game trainers and other mods on there aswell

[wind charm]

Baron's Swoleaxe
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx6MzvcgpQayrFspCHDYyFqjQ3YFMMxgtA?si=yVo6jqbvv_AAYuz6

[fallow stone]

yeah that thing is crazy strong

[foggy talon]

how do i use it in the game

[frail heron]

would have to checkout the description and guide depending on what youre looking for

[fallow stone]

it's also pretty important that the guy wielding it is big though

[frail heron]

i want to play the baron character without the armor on in fist fights

would be insanely fun

[fallow stone]

yeah I wonder would you be stronger or the same health

[timid imp]

that stream was very funny

the sheer level of just horrible luck you had was truly absurd

it was comical

[wind charm]

The moment that doubled the stream's length.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxOwvgluwYSaicwJ-bn2H_4zkAbm8VPhQ_?si=AYURTlr2601Owacf

[timid imp]

its so absurdly horrible that it like loops around and becomes funny

its like god pointed directly at you and said "im gonna fucking ruin this person's day" and just went full throttle on it 😭

[stoic sedge]

does having those plate gauntlets make willie punches hurt more

ive been rocking some peasant for minutes and he's still standing

[dire tide]

plate gauntlets make willie punches one shot most willies

[pulsar igloo]

Half Swordl

[left dome]

my game crashes every time i leave the abyss

is there a fix i can do for this?

[frail heron]

happens to me too. not sure

[left dome]

damn man 😦

[drifting bane]

finally beat that mode

oh my god

[timid imp]

gooofy

[frail heron]

who ready to see my massive willie

[foggy talon]

me

[frail heron]

im warming him up RN

if you load baron. exit the game and relaunch the game. you can play fistplay fights with the baron kit xD

[cerulean cloud]

Guns and bows would be fun but I don't think they would work well with how the controls work

[frail heron]

bows would be amazing

not sure how they would work but with the game mechanics. would be 10/10

[sly loom]

where do i go to report bugs

[frail heron]

should be a channel in here somewhere to post it

prob best if you have a video clip or something

[sly loom]

i can make a video clip

it's hard to reproduce, but i can make a video of the aftermath

essentially, if you win and then die via bleedout in free mode, if you go to the next fight, you will spawn naked with no weapons against enemies of your tier

as in, you are a peasant without underwear fighting militia level enemies and so on

[frail heron]

hmm havent came across that yet

[coarse copper]

what do i do

[dire tide]

try to bite the willies ankle

[hearty hemlock]

New here, what a game! Really hope we get multiplayer for drunk Saturday nights with your mates willies 🤣

[sly loom]

Full bug report here: https://discord.com/channels/1043854763189600337/1358327185290694808

[frail heron]

you should be able to break willies necks like you can your own in main menu

even if you grab their head and spin it around 180. they take 0 dmg.

[upper siren]

they need to do something about how helpless you are on the ground. I mean you fall down and don't put your hands up to block or anything.

i've had so many runs ruined just because my guy falls on the ground and all the sudden forgets how to move

[novel spear]

hhhhhh

[warped pulsar]

Where do i submit a bug

[novel spear]

#1047240101152960525

[lunar oxide]

With the way grappling is now I just don't see it working. I'd love to see it though.

[novel spear]

its a demo, it has problems

[proper palm]

i told you willies could tank ts

[lunar oxide]

i also wish you could more reliably trip people with billhooks or any weapons that curve around body parts.

[proper palm]

just swipe they les

[lunar oxide]

The key word here was reliably.

[timid imp]

i've found that they trip more often if you kinda goad them into charged at you and then sweep legs while they run

but yeah it isn't super reliable

[novel spear]

#🧠rot

[timid imp]

i prefer to hook and cut the calf if im going at legs

[upper siren]

hhhhhhh

[timid imp]

but mostly to hook the back or crack the skull

[bright moat]

Realistically the Handgonne and crossbow would probably work well. It’s should be one time use and switch to your main weapon

[lunar oxide]

Makes sense, I'll have to give it a try next time I'm on.

[last totem]

Is there any way to choose which leg to kick from without holding a weapon?

[lunar oxide]

Nah, screw the guns let me pick up some rocks and chuck em' at people.

[stiff raven]

Nobody survives spoilance. You win or die

[lunar oxide]

i believe it's based on you're stance.

[last totem]

I've tried changing stances with fists and it always kicks with the right leg

[lunar oxide]

is that with holding shift?

[last totem]

yes

[ember sail]

yo what is DX

[lunar oxide]

hmm? let me hop in real quick and test something.

[fast harness]

i just beat the black knight boss because he stepped on my sword when i fell down 💀

[lunar oxide]

Yeah so he's definitely switching what foot it is depending on his stance.

He kicks with his back foot

[last totem]

its seems for me that no matter what leg is in front or not, if your using fists with no physical weapon its always the right leg

[lunar oxide]

Try it without raising up your fists.

[last totem]

yeah that works but a little inconsistent

is there a way to stance change without raising your arms

[lunar oxide]

A kick swaps stances, but besides that depending on what foot was leading it'll choose a different back foot.

If there are other way's then I'm unaware.

[last totem]

Oohhhh i see it gamenow

thx

[minor marlin]

I do not like the fog

[proper palm]

Neanderthal detected

[lunar oxide]

You can turn it off

[minor marlin]

thank god alright cool

I also wish the bodies just stayed like they used to in abyss i get its a dream sequence but i want to mess with the bodies more

[heady bridge]

is there any way to stop the game from fatal erroring? this is the 5th time in a row its crashed during the last fight

[wind flume]

Tried to post to game footage and it did not work

[slim bough]

#game-footage-🎮🎥 message

someone please

explain

[supple cedar]

damn unlucky

[lunar oxide]

hard to tell by the quality of the clip, but it looks like his dagger got stuck in your arms hitbox, it then proceeded to spasm out and then stab you.

[warm veldt]

why the heck are my teamates jumping me in small buhurt

[warm void]

I wish I can play halfsword rn

HOW DID YOU BREAK THEIR LEG

"Got any problems?"
"Roundhouse kick."

[lunar oxide]

i for the life of me can not grapple. anytime I try I almost always come out the loser, or I just immediately get imy grip broken.

[timid imp]

same

[glacial widget]

im leaking willies

[warm void]

Willie has infinite flexibility.

I feel like he can survive a leg bar.

[vivid bay]

oomf

Every time I grab they instantly get out

[grim nacelle]

Mhuay tai

[warm void]

Idfk what that is.

I dunno martial arts.

[warm veldt]

how come when i got to miltita i couldnt play as militia

as it made me play commoner

[grim nacelle]

guys do i desinstall playtest

[vivid bay]

On steam click the gear icon, then manage game, then uninstall

On the game page

[grim nacelle]

ur like so cruel dude

theres no way ill sell this beautiful playtest

that i can run on exe

[unkempt wraith]

my grappling is just bumrush and kick the balls lol

[warm void]

Used to be so easy that I accidently unintentionally do it.

Grab their ass, they spin around crazily.

Cap.

Send me clips.

I once spun Willie's head but he was still alive.

[prime slate]

is it possible for a debug mode? I wish there was a way to do brave stand on any difficulty

[lunar oxide]

You know maybe it's just the weight of the armor causing it but it feels like commoner tier Willie has worse footwork then his armored counterparts. He just seems less agile to me when trying to dodge, which unless it's just some odd placebo on my end feels like the exact opposite of how it should work.

Idk, it just feels like he trips over his own feet sometimes.

[supple cedar]

i recommend you this place > #1244313050174197850

[lunar oxide]

After a little bit more testing it seems like it has something to do with target lock. The moment I turn it off it seems to work just fine, which I think is odd since I'm not having that problem with higher tiers.

[near lichen]

Welp just got hacked 2 death by two knights in the abyss

[drowsy anvil]

I really wanna beat that golden fuck head but those that little fuck that we play as cant walk for five seconds without falling

Hold on, my grammar isn't grammering

[cedar garden]

i died to a bum that ran into me by halfswording and not doing anything, and now im am getting gangbanged by 3 armored willies

halfcock games

[drowsy anvil]

I hate when that happens

I could fend them off if my dumb ass character didn't fall on his own god damn weapon or drop his sshield

shield*

[cedar garden]

3v1 is crazy

in abyss

just gonna give up atp bs is unfair

[drowsy anvil]

Ik, especially when your dumbass character walks worse than a toddler

[cedar garden]

and my dumbass character tripped and fell below the fence and i immediately lost

walks worse than a person that has drank enough gin and tonic to kill a baby elephant

[drowsy anvil]

Exactly

[drowsy anvil]

Mine just falls on his damn weapon

[foggy talon]

how do you guys break arms

[thorny perch]

you use a hammer

[foggy talon]

no i wanna grapple

[thorny perch]

you bend it where it cant bend no more

[foggy talon]

WOW

[thorny perch]

im very helpful

[thorny perch]

try it out on your brother! Itll work

[warped apex]

I TOOK DOWN THE MAN AT ARMS BOSS WITH HANDS LOL

[jolly gorge]

the good leg kicks, much like the best fist punches, and astronomical sword stabs

[cinder stone]

#modders-guild-hall OVRDTH's Selector has been updated for the 0.5 demo like a hour ago c:

[ember quartz]

Awesome! I'll update my stuff when I'm off work.

[cinder stone]

also I'm still hella proud of these c:

It's gonna be so nasty once brains and such are coded in lmao

[warm veldt]

hardest part of getting baron is the game not crashing on the last challenge

[ember quartz]

Turn gore and blood down. That apparently works.

[hearty hemlock]

Is there any indication of multiplayer on release?

[ember quartz]

#faq

They want to, but they're not sure if it'll be a thing and it isn't a priority.

[cinder stone]

But really if they can't do it, modders will figure it out c:

there's already a split-screen multiplayer mod and with some fiddling it can be done over the internet

[cedar garden]

even with max damage its hard to win against the guy

[cedar garden]

if bodycam can do multiplayer, so can halfsword (bodycam also uses unreal engine)

[cinder stone]

so?

[ember quartz]

It's not that simple, but they definitely can.

Just developmental hell.

[cinder stone]

bodycam also doesn't have the gore system that half-sword has

[cedar garden]

its meant to be realistic

[ember quartz]

I pushed him into a corner and held my mace to his face to get him to surrender.

[cinder stone]

half-sword is meant to be realistic too

[livid anchor]

who wants pvp in arena in 5 mins ping me

[cedar garden]

my character can barely hit the guys head

sometimes im lucky

and he wobbles

imm even more lucky if i get to hit him twice in the head

[ember quartz]

You can pull the m00 strat of piling a ton of shit on the ground, having him step in it, then whacking him.

[cedar garden]

i wonder when they adding non verbal taunts

dancing on the baron would be funny

[ember quartz]

Halfsword "The Floss" update when?

[cinder stone]

I don't want to see willie do the carlton dance

[cedar garden]

dancing in the medieval times was a thing

[ember quartz]

Willie Orange Justice?

[cedar garden]

willie flare

[ember quartz]

Willie doing the renegade?

[cedar garden]

willie doing the german salu- i mean salute?

not german?

when we getting playable instruments for christs sake

like in chivalry II

[cinder stone]

that's kind of a dumb thing to ask for in a game about killing people

[ember quartz]

This isn't Mordhau or Chiv, lol

[cedar garden]

kill with style

[cedar garden]

halfsword can have similiarities

[ember quartz]

I think superior technique is style enough.

[cedar garden]

i hate parrying just to be hit anyways

[cinder stone]

Then quit parrying at the worst times

[cedar garden]

^

[dire tide]

the strenght of willie is inconsistent

sometimes lift whole willie one handed sometimes cant stop 2 hander wih perfect block

[rain acorn]

is there a difference between the different colored maces or is it entirely cosmetic?

[cinder stone]

These last twos didn't die easy

[cedar garden]

and i hate getting pushed to the ground even tho we are literally the same person

[ember quartz]

Then learn how to use your favorite weapon, then the variants, then weapons akin to it.

Once you get a feel for how it moves, then you can block yourself as if it is second nature.

[cinder stone]

wuh?

[dire tide]

did they tweak anything in the update?

[cedar garden]

wtf is that mp4 name 😭

[ember quartz]

You're the first person to say anything about my .MP4 titles, lol.

[wind charm]

This.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxAsuyZ3oGAGHr_0q1QtfCqkx4u0xgGay7?si=QAuAgXmY2aawLmN1

[ember quartz]

Dude, the battle axe feels even more bullshit. Is it just me?

[livid anchor]

i just got killed by bumping into an enemies helmet

[wind charm]

Even if you parry it you will still get Darth Mauled

[open grove]

completely different style of gameplay

this is more a realistic depiction of medival combat

[ember quartz]

Yeah. I don't have access to my clips, but I usually try to bait out an overhead, with my shaft over my head just in case, to actually go in on them or just try to out range them with my polehammer if they're alt grip. I don't even risk trying to block horizontal strikes. Shit is way too sketchy.

I sigh every time I see an axe in a duel, lol.

[rotund willow]

The new update is great, thanks dev for the absolute treat

[steep bison]

How do you get the scythe

[open grove]

don’t get me wrong, chivalry is realistic

buuut

[open grove]

you can only have it in abyss

[rotund willow]

I like that the AI crawl or try to run away now

Much more realistic

[steep bison]

Oh well thanks for letting me know

[ember quartz]

Abyss or wait until they update trainer. ❤️

[rotund willow]

Can have it if you defeat a boss in farm rank I think but you can’t kill anymore npcs with it haha

[loud river]

Trainers work now

[open grove]

real 🥀

[loud river]

been workin

[open grove]

which

you have a link?

[loud river]

https://www.nexusmods.com/halfsword/mods/3

[open grove]

both are for 0.3

[drowsy geode]

is that updated already?

[steep bison]

Lovely thank you

[open grove]

we are in 0.5

il try it

[loud river]

works, flawlessly (jk there are several crashes. Abyss crashes, spawn too many weapons crashes.)

[ember quartz]

No fucking way! Does it have all the new weapons and items?

[loud river]

Yuppers

[steep bison]

Sickkkk

[loud river]

And OVRDTH just updated his loadout saver so that's all solid too

https://www.nexusmods.com/halfsword/mods/11

[ember quartz]

With this and updated OVRDTH, I'm ecstatic to get off work after my 24 hour shift.

[loud river]

Drip returneth

[steep bison]

Now I can farm some clips

[hearty hemlock]

Way too cool, I enjoy my camp robin hood getup

[loud river]

I can't wait till we get hoods for sure

[ember quartz]

How did you get specifically black colored gambeson?

[steep bison]

How many hours everyone got

[loud river]

No clue, my fello Kepontrucken gave me his kits

[cloud yew]

I can't beat the final tier because my game keeps crashing lmao

[loud river]

By now I'd say 650-700 across old demo, playtest, and now new demo.

[steep bison]

I got 110

[loud river]

Nice!

[ember quartz]

𝕭𝖗𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗, 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖋𝖑𝖆𝖚𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖍 𝖘𝖙𝖞𝖑𝖊 𝖚𝖕𝖔𝖓 𝖚𝖘!

[steep bison]

Acc if we are counting all of them probably 210

[cloud yew]

just crashed for the third time....idk if it's gonna let me win

[ember quartz]

Between 70-90 hours. I'd say I've gotten pretty decent at the game in the amount of time I've been playing.

[dire tide]

hmmm i just cut trough full gorget with longsword :/ im not sure how i feel about it

[livid anchor]

sad that you cant fight when your arm is cut off

[dire tide]

maby theres seam between the chin face piece and neck piece?

[ember quartz]

Do you have a picture? Where did you strike him from?

[dire tide]

lemme grab screen shot 🙂

swing to neck from left side you can see the cut between the plates?

[white hare]

Is this a mod

[rocky yew]

Act happen to me once bi accident i think

I think it was just a glitch perhaps

[dire tide]

was absolutely suprised when the blood started spurting out and willie grabbed his neck

sometimes im so good i amaze meself 🙂

[ember quartz]

You probably caught a little bit of his neck.

If you plant a slash or stab, it'll just cut through armor sometimes because of how it's coded. It treats it like another piece of Willie.

[dire tide]

you can see the red meaty bit with the cut in the pic im not just sure if it went trough the armor or if there is actually gab there

[drowsy anvil]

I was about to beat gauntlet but my fucker doesn't know how to grab weapons so I got stabbed in the neck 😄

[loud river]

the clothing? no. Just a loadout

[white hare]

How'd you get the black shirt?

[cloud yew]

does anyone elses game consistently crash when doing the "ultimate challenge" ?

[loud river]

got the loadout from a buddy, he just spawned em in

[ember quartz]

Why are you getting close enough to be able to touch people with your hands?

[loud river]

Yeah it's a known issue. Try turning off gore

[cloud yew]

gotcha, thanks

[desert summit]

Yo i downloaded demo and its just a black screen, does anyone know how to fix it?

[desert summit]

Nvm i just had to wait mb.

[rocky yew]

In my expiriance it gave me a fatal crash every time my weapon got stuck inside them try using a blunt weapon i beat it in the end with a mace

[loud river]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-yoda-patience-sw3-gif-21070142

[drowsy anvil]

Uhh I don't? My idiot dropped his weapon so I tried to pick it up but he just decided to fall on the ground, not grab his weapon and then I got stabbed in the neck 😭

[warm veldt]

is baron permanent

[steep bison]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1141129373899047034/1351973852443316357/NebsGoodTakes_-_1902180374966628429.gif

[ember quartz]

Lol, I'd give up or fake surrender. That sucks.

[loud river]

as long as you don't lose in the gauntlet again, yeah. It's permanant in the free play though

[rocky yew]

Yes you can use him in free mod when you play a game again

[languid nest]

ok wow

[loud river]

Smartest farmer with an axe:

[warm veldt]

so just never play gauntlet again?

[tranquil void]

Bro what is this stupid fatal error

[rocky yew]

Unless you wanna test your skill or hate your self yes

[steep bison]

Making me wanna hop on

[ember quartz]

Your Gauntlet save is separate from your free mode save.

Backup your save just in case.

[warm veldt]

how

[dire tide]

could land a hit on warhammer bosses bare face :/ he gave up from all the bonks to helmet 😄

[loud river]

Hi Jon. Game is very unoptimized at the moment, being heavily in-dev. it's unstable, runs like dookie, etc. Many people are dealing with crashes just like you. Some ways to mitigate them are:

Turning down your graphics settings. Ensuring you're set to DX11, etc.

Turning down or off Gore, which is highly taxing.

Ensuring you have more than 6 gigabytes of VRAM.

Hope this helps.

[last totem]

I don't have image or video perms yet so just click it pwease :3
https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/k1ZIzkBvRLbEV7wvD?invite=cr-MSxPOVcsMjg1OTA5MjQ2

[loud river]

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/k1ZIzkBvRLbEV7wvD?invite=cr-MSxVQUYsMzgzMzkyODc1

(Posted for @last totem ❤️)

[last totem]

tank u :3

[loud river]

LMFAO that poor willie

[ember quartz]

User>(PC username)>app Data>common>half sword>content>Saves

I believe is the file path. You want to take that Gauntlet Save file, copy, and then paste it in another file separate from your save file. If you want to reload the save, then just paste it in the file where you got it from.

[loud river]

I very much like how the game remembers your POV selection

[drowsy flint]

small QoL stuff like this makes a bigger difference than people realise

[ember quartz]

^

[loud river]

So so true

[pallid oar]

i think the blood is very heavy performance and does most of the fps drops, but lowkey I dont mind having 17 fps in Brave Stand 🔥

[drowsy flint]

like nobody is going to claim its their favourite new feature but their experience is much improved by it being there

[loud river]

First person longsword my beloved 🤤

[loud river]

yeah slow mo makes low FPS actually quite playable.

[frigid pumice]

slight issue i've encountered. if i hold a weapon up and right. I can not thrust with double click. like at all. anywhere else is fine. but that specific stance i can't thrust lol

[loud river]

Here's the solution: Don't ever use double click to thrust. Instead, Hold ALT and use the mouse to control your thrust.

[pallid oar]

slow mo just makes your fps go from 17 to like 30 or smh and in camera mode the fps is normal

lowkey the game is in demo so i think they'll optimize the game 'till full release

[frigid pumice]

i know about alt. but using double click makes it so much easier to stab higher than the legs. I mastered the spear in playtest. i could thrust that thing into someone's eye socket if i wanted

[fallow stone]

how can i fight against peasants as a barron

[wind charm]

Did you know, Swapping hands with a Poleaxe can shift enough weight to regain balance?
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxw07lgyHwMNQ7w7vlzogJUPPQmnQqFjOs?si=GT3CLFaGYLwMBdhD

[pallid oar]

fr tho

i hate playing against knights cuz they have too much armor lowkey

[dire tide]

its kinda the point though

[drowsy flint]

ive seen people do it

no idea how, unless the trainer got better

[frigid pumice]

I like using poleaxe against knights to bonk them, or sweep legs. also that would be a mod. the trainer got better

[fallow stone]

yes i want to put the peasants in their place with full gold armour

[frigid pumice]

But yea i'd like to stab using the right side of my stance pretty please again devs I miss using the spear the way i originally used to

[pallid oar]

i dont know if the trainer mod works in this new demo though

[frigid pumice]

let me test rq

[dire tide]

when you hit brave stand drop the mace and shield and pull out the good ol peasent killa

[rain acorn]

i'm going to be honest, i have zero idea how to kill the knight boss

he charges so much and just knocks you over

it's ridiculous

i've lost 4 characters to him

[frigid pumice]

yea but he can't kill you so just surrender when he knocks you down

[pallid oar]

one simple answer, longsword

[frigid pumice]

but yea i noticed enemies don't seem to have stamina in this game too

[loud river]

My solution for that is not using alt to aim stabs. Aim without holding it, then quickly use alt stab then release. here's a clip. You need to hold a more point forward stance of course.

[frigid pumice]

and just run you over

[rain acorn]

yeah i am doing that, but occasionally he'll just split my helmet open and insta bisect my head

[frigid pumice]

I am fully aware of how the games mechanics works. i had over 100 hours in the playtest. i am reporting a bug. i know it's a bug because when there's no enemy. stab just fine. enemy in front of me? stab on that side no longer works. I appreciate the feedback but you're giving advice to the wrong fella

[drowsy anvil]

I'm responding a little late, I try to fake surrender but my guy doesn't want to get up until the boss decides to hit me again 😠

[loud river]

Doesn't feel bugged to me, but alrighty. My bad.

[frigid pumice]

i wish i could embed to show you, i really could

[pallid oar]

lowkey if they just optimize the game, I would be happy fr

[languid nest]

I love how willie just trips over his own feet

worst fighter ever

[dire tide]

theres something buggy with armor after you have made a hit 🙂 i slashed guy in arm pit and then PRESSED ON IT and it cut him half way into chest... kinda iffy considering he was wearing breast plate XD

[drowsy anvil]

I want to beat willie when he trips on his own weapon!

[loud river]

You can send clips without the needed perms in #game-footage-🎮🎥 if you'd like.

[frigid pumice]

I have also just now noticed, if you're holding mouse one. it just auto stabs forward when you press alt. so my issue is now no longer an issue, despite the bug still being an issue. i can go back to stabbing willies in the teeth

never mind it still doesn't want to stab specificlaly on the right side of my body

[tranquil void]

i finally got baron

[rain acorn]

i wish the little reticule from the early early demo was still in the game. made it wasy easier to read where your weapon was going to hit

[frigid pumice]

I figured it out!

[cloud yew]

I BEAT THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE FINALLY

[dire tide]

😮 my mace is the size of the black knights pinky finger what im suposed to do QQ

[drowsy anvil]

Nice, I cant even get to him anymore, I keep using a save from 2 days ago to save time, because I KEEP DYING

[frigid pumice]

alright, so they made it so you can't stab on your opposite stance anymore. makes no sense. I know. but you have to wait for your legs to switch side.

[loud river]

yeah they loosened up the thrusts so you can easily switch sides without actually throwing the thrust, I think that's what's fuckin up your old style.

[rain acorn]

how do you do this

[gusty moss]

size

[cloud yew]

How did you get black gambeson?

[frigid pumice]

yea it's not a bug just a feature I guess. i just have to keep an eye on my stance like when i'm trying to spin kick someone haha

[loud river]

Bud made the kit, gave it to me. i imagine he spawned it.

[cloud yew]

oh sick

also question...is it possible to lose progression after winning the whole gauntlet?

[loud river]

It do go hard doe frfr

[languid nest]

I LVOE THE RANDOM FORCE IN THE ABYSS THAT PREVENTS ME FROM SWINGING OR STABBING

AND SOMETIMES RANDOMLY STARTS PULLING ME AROUND

I LOVE IT

[dusty sparrow]

whats this server policy on alt accounts because i’m tryna purge this account and but rejoin this server

[languid nest]

I LOVE IT SO MUCH

[frigid pumice]

#just shoved a spear in someone's eyesocket life is good

[loud river]

Hell yeah

[frigid pumice]

alright, combat now is better than playtest. the answer is just get gud

[dusty sparrow]

Real

[dire tide]

look at this invulnerable curr

[ember quartz]

You can also stab with default and off-hand swing grips.

[loud river]

AFAIK alts aren't outright banned but are highly discouraged. If you're planning to nuke your current account and make a new one that's prolly fine.

[mortal light]

FFFFRICKEN FINALLY!!

I am SO HAPPY

[dusty sparrow]

Hell yea

[mortal light]

I FINALLY beat the ultimate challenge

[frigid pumice]

on god bro you just bashed his skull in

[dire tide]

hes still fine if he didnt give up i bet he could get back up no broblem

[frigid pumice]

27 bash wounds

[loud river]

Don't take what I'm saying as law though I'm an ex-mod not a current one. Whatever one of the goldies says goes.

[timber sleet]

that might have stinged a little

[dire tide]

used the bronze mace 2 handed needed like 8 head hits to drop him and then stood on his chest bashing down till he gave up

[thorny perch]

@loud river

[dusty sparrow]

broken legs make me vomit but holy fuck are they fun to do against them

[loud river]

#rules

[ember quartz]

The past tense for sting is stung.

[proud sail]

WE NEED BETTER GRAPPLING

I NEED THEM WRISTLOCKS

AGAIN

[timber sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/grammar-police-police-car-gif-16260565

[dusty sparrow]

We need double leg takedowns and flying knees

[proud sail]

YES

AND WRISTLOCKS

HIP THROWS

[dusty sparrow]

Kimuras

[lethal marten]

i LOVE that you can play as the big guy at the end >:)

[dusty sparrow]

Americanas

[gusty moss]

bro why did i just trip on air 😭

[lethal marten]

skill issue

[dusty sparrow]

Lemme do kneebars

[pallid oar]

how does one unlock longsword while playing a peasant

[dusty sparrow]

YKW NAH

[ember quartz]

Police is spelled wrong on the car. ❤️

[loud river]

I'm a filthy hacker

[dusty sparrow]

lemme do an imanari roll

[proud sail]

I DIED AT THE END

[dire tide]

is the last class supposed to be in peasent gear?

[pallid oar]

trainer mod I assume

[loud river]

https://tenor.com/view/joke-missed-over-your-head-gif-8604199

[dusty sparrow]

yurp

[lethal marten]

my game crashed 3 times.

i had to turn down the graphics settings

[pallid oar]

turn off blood

[lethal marten]

nah i just turned it down from

[pallid oar]

the blood is the problem

[lethal marten]

cinematic

to medium

and to the 2nd lvl of gore

ok i guess you might have a point

[pallid oar]

bro how much fps you getting on cinematic

[lethal marten]

50-60

i think

maybe 40

[proud sail]

HOW

[lethal marten]

4070 Super

[loud river]

cinematic isn't meant for gameplay lol

[proud sail]

AH

[loud river]

It's a default UE5 setting

[lethal marten]

well i like pretty :)

i play beamng on ultra lmao

[dire tide]

beat up peasent -> steal knife -> longsword? wait whut with knife no armor? 😄

[lethal marten]

even though i feel like my pc will burn sometimes

[pallid oar]

3050 RTX

dang

im on laptop even

[lethal marten]

yeah

[mortal light]

Hot

[lethal marten]

that's weaker

last gen + 3050

(duh)

[pallid oar]

obv

[lethal marten]

i wanna upgrade my CPU next time I upgrade

coz I have a 5800X

[mortal light]

I've got a 3090 but i'm a huge high fps lover so I tend to settle for high

[dire tide]

the game runs kinda fine with 2080

[lethal marten]

AM4

I want AM5

but I need some $$$ first

[mortal light]

And if i'm sweating my nuts off I go to directx 11 on epic

[slow ridge]

I know this is a stupid question, but how do I update playtest version of the game?
Cuz latest update was for the playtest.

[lethal marten]

beta.

they updated the BETA.

[mortal light]

You don't, playtest is gone it's all in the beta

[slow ridge]

how do I download beta?

[lethal marten]

store page

main

[loud river]

lul

[lethal marten]

i love the longsword

[open grove]

scythe galore

[lethal marten]

EXACTLY FOR THAT REASON

[loud river]

Longsword peak

[lethal marten]

it's so cinematic.

[mortal light]

How tf do you play as him??

Modded I assume?

[loud river]

Cheaty hacker mods

[lethal marten]

especially if you manage to accidentally (or on purpose) make it REALLY cinematic

[mortal light]

gotcha

[open grove]

ovrdth

selector

[lethal marten]

wait who is he playing as???

[loud river]

OVRDTH's selector + kits my bud setup and gave me.

[open grove]

villan

[lethal marten]

idk the lore

oh

[loud river]

https://www.nexusmods.com/halfsword/mods/11

[open grove]

trainer and ovrdth have been update

d

[lethal marten]

what does trainer do

[ember quartz]

It's so tempting to get a new gaming laptop with a working GPU, mine exploded and now I have to run on integrated graphics.

I can play on medium well enough on DX11, but it's really inhibiting my ability to play other games.

[lethal marten]

F

[dire tide]

if i die in the last gauntlet it resets?

[slow ridge]

and is it limited time offer?

[lethal marten]

no

[ember quartz]

Yes.

[lethal marten]

it's a BETA

you could always get the beta

[slow ridge]

sorry I'm not into these terms

[loud river]

trainers let you spawn shit, slow motion, invincibility, etc. OVRDTH's selector lets you save loadouts and load em whenever.

[slow ridge]

great thank you!

[dire tide]

hmmm dont think going to do it :/ its bit hard 😄

[lethal marten]

beta
adjective
uk /ˈbiːtə/ us /ˈbeɪtə/
Add to word list
IT
used to describe a product or system that is at the second stage of development and that is being tested by a few customers before it is offered for sale:

[dire tide]

maby if i could steal the chest armor but cant :/

[lethal marten]

what are you on rn

[ember quartz]

Dawg, this isn't even a beta. it's just a really well made tech demo.

Beta or alpha comes out early Q4.

[lethal marten]

oh

LMAO

shit

yeah i mistook "demo" for "beta"

whoops

[lethal marten]

i cheated, i put down AI damage to me and put up my damage up

ez

[open grove]

can i give you a helping hand?

[ember quartz]

You can. It's luck if you get it to drop or not though.

[lethal marten]

i have committed a grave sin

i shall commit seppuku

[ember quartz]

Good.

🙂

[loud river]

So I can play my dope dude against plate mfs with a billhook (they changed polearm physics and I'm very sad)

[lethal marten]

do i get embed if i boost

[loud river]

Nah, gotta level up via chillin and chattin

[lethal marten]

smh

[loud river]

Could always apply for Content Creator if you've got a channel and following lol

[lethal marten]

i def do not

[ember quartz]

How do you get OG? Is it just a high threshold of messages and hours you have to break in the server?

[sacred ether]

I run the game at like 80 fps, sometimes drops down to 40 FPS, I have a 3070 and a core i7 10700, is it just a hardware issue or not optimized yet

[ember quartz]

Game isn't that optimized yet.

[loud river]

Nah it's a special role. Select folks got/get it. Ex mods, etc.

[rain acorn]

it's unity, so

[sacred ether]

yeah, but im also only on medium settings

[rain acorn]

alright reached knight again. what weapon is good against the black knight?

saw mace and one other one

[lethal marten]

blunt weapon

hit him in the head

knock him over

[open grove]

fists

[lethal marten]

kill him

[ember quartz]

It's Unreal Engine, lol.

[open grove]

i will do a fist solo run

[rain acorn]

i could be stupid

regardless, it's unoptimized

both of those engines take work to get working good lel

[ember quartz]

^

[dire tide]

enemy randomly drops chest armor in gauntlet?

[rain acorn]

for a tech demo it's fine

[dire tide]

😮 maby it is doable just need to get 4 of a kind 5 times in row ez

[jolly mulch]

how am i suppose to win the second one i tried all weapons he just waits and slices me

[ember quartz]

Uh... Ultimate Challenge part of the Gauntlet, yes. if they have it, then they have a chance to drop it.

[dire tide]

thought i had to be naked till boss 😄

[lethal marten]

lol

[wooden socket]

the fence is pretty good

[rain acorn]

god

just hit a brutal kill

my sword was against a peasant's neck and then i did a shield bash, which hit the sword, and ended up decapitating him

[lethal marten]

DAMN

[loud river]

ugh polearms used to be so sexy. These and axes feel like dookie since the update. Really wanna see another touch up for em.

[drowsy anvil]

I hate this game so fucking much

[lethal marten]

git gud /s

[dire tide]

tried to block over head hoe bare handed.... ran away like tube baloon man

[hoary seal]

Brruuuuh i try abyss i get smacked by a dude with a chair, the game is so hard now wow

[drowsy anvil]

I managed to get up after getting gang banged by 4 fully armoured knights and boom fatal error

[lethal marten]

supposedly the blood ruins it

turn that down

[drowsy anvil]

I'll just play on softie mode or whatever the fuck it is

I got so far

[rain acorn]

god finally

killed the knight boss

got a lucky hit with my mace and instakilled him

[loud river]

Falchion underrated

[fallow stone]

how'd you get the clothing

[drowsy anvil]

That's what I'm wondering...

[loud river]

lord I need to make a copypasta for all these questions

Trainer mod

[lethal marten]

max damage to AI

[loud river]

I used the trainer mod.

[lethal marten]

min damage from AI

wait the trainer mod lets u pick clothes

or am i being dumb

[drowsy anvil]

I already use that....

With max damage to AI

[vernal lion]

yo how many NPCs do I have to kill in the abyss?

[drowsy anvil]

Which trainer?

[lethal marten]

@loud river which trai-

shit sorry

[bright moat]

It’s just like the gauntlet

but u don’t rlly get anything from it. I beat the abyss and nothing happen

[vernal lion]

so if I die in the gauntlet and get sent to the abyss I cant come back\

[dire tide]

spiky mace is such bs... barely grzed me while i was cutting the wielder in half... and deaded

[loud river]

https://www.nexusmods.com/halfsword/mods/3

[lethal marten]

thank u :)

[bright moat]

That’s what I assumed it would be like a gulag for redemption but nah

[loud river]

A bud made the kits, saved em all in OVRDTH's selector, then gave em to me.

[vernal lion]

same, aight no worries appreciate it boss

[lethal marten]

can i has

[fallow stone]

are you on the playtest or the demo, i thought that the trainer needed to be updated

[loud river]

https://www.nexusmods.com/halfsword/mods/11

[loud river]

Nope they were already updated.

[fallow stone]

will it remove any of my progress?

[ember quartz]

Struggling with The Gauntlet?

[fallow stone]

i just spent like 10 hours getting barron so i wouldn't want that

[lethal marten]

could not find steam or halfsword demo

💀

oh

[rain acorn]

not yet no. i assume it's going to get stupidly difficult shortly though

[dire tide]

think the gauntlet should be separate game mode :/ like sure it might be doable but not with one run 😄

[lethal marten]

well it is separate

lol

[drowsy anvil]

I've spent so many hours trying to get that motherfucker

[fringe rivet]

how do you have that armour

[loud river]

nope

[fringe rivet]

I KNOCKED HIM DOWN

[dire tide]

what i ment have nice little button like abyss so you can do it when you want

[fallow stone]

best thing you can do is max your damage, reduce the amount you take, get the barron, then delete the settings.sav, and even then you die a lot

[bright moat]

The baron was pretty easy to take down if you got the poleax or any long range weapon

[fringe rivet]

peak

[bright moat]

literally all the bosses were easy to kill imo

[thorny perch]

omg john kasten brust

[loud river]

where is john maximillian when you need him?

[dire tide]

like i died in gauntlet because i was picking up shield instead of spear over and over again and it spawned new peasent behind me....

[thorny perch]

hes gone

[dire tide]

now gotta run hour of murdering to get back to it QQ

[drowsy anvil]

That's what I've been doing but one of 4 things happen, a/ I get gang banged by 4 armoured knights b/ fatal error c/ Willie wilson cant grab his weapon d/ Willie Fucking Wilson drops his shield for a dagger

[lethal parrot]

Relatively sure I just broke this guys jaw in a fist fight

[drowsy anvil]

Are you sure?

[proud sail]

omni man?

[drowsy anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/omni-man-omni-man-are-you-sure-are-you-sure-invincible-gif-3935116808772397515

[timid marsh]

a

[lethal parrot]

Did they add broken jaws tho?

[fallow stone]

yep, it's extremely frustrating, don't take your time with it or it will take forever

[drowsy anvil]

I realised that if you get to the "ultimate challenge" you can go in freemode and use Baron 🔥

[thorny perch]

No

[fallow stone]

i noticed more bones were breaking in the head area without actually killing them

[fallow stone]

oh dang if I had known that my life would have been easier

[lethal parrot]

Are you sure

[ember quartz]

They don't have blunt force head trauma other than bruising and bleeding. You can cut a Willie's head open, but you can't cave his skull in like Glen... Yet.

[drowsy anvil]

My monitor has a green stripe now 😔

[thorny perch]

Yea

[dire tide]

when you wrestling with boss you both fall down and the boss hits his head on the fence....

[thorny perch]

Too tired for omnipotent man reference....

[rain acorn]

the game CRASHED

AUGHH

didn't die+made a backup but still

[south patrol]

hey

how can i save my game

[lethal parrot]

Broken hands and jaws would be cool

[ember quartz]

They added broken arms and legs though. I love twirling my voulge to knee cap a Willie and make his knee joint into a free joint.

Rather, they made it easier to break bones it feels like.

[fallow stone]

yeah I think so too, before it felt impossible without altering settings

[rain acorn]

#general-catfish-🐱🐟 message

[small dove]

willie stuck

[dire tide]

i feel like they wouldnt let willie with pitchfork into tournaments.... its just bit unsportsman like 😄

[rain acorn]

alright yeah i keep getting fatal errors

the game continues for a while but it crashes afterwards

[small dove]

i like stab people

[dire tide]

i like how it starts playing the happy song when you cut off bosses leg 🙂

[small dove]

guess where i stabbed him

[whole sandal]

That was indeed the ultimate challenge

I got past the second enemy then got skewered

I like this new mode

[small dove]

bro look like he enjoying it

[drowsy flint]

the baron level? yeah its fun if a little frustrating

[whole sandal]

I do kinda wish the one life thing got set aside when you make it that far but I'm just lazy and don't want to work up from beggar again

[chrome saddle]

now i have to fight against a golden giant. am i cooked and how do i have to play?

[small dove]

https://tenor.com/view/rollie-pollie-that-rollie-pollie-nugget-gif-14712299888749265547

[drowsy flint]

bonk head

[whole sandal]

Or at least the abyss mode just becomes a boss rush instead of having to work through all the trash first

[drowsy flint]

or attempt to sweep the legs

[whole sandal]

It felt good getting to knight for the first time though

[dire tide]

ok.. the boar spear... ITS GOOD

[small dove]

i stabbed scythe willie's branch

[whole sandal]

The enemies don't know how to go for the joints in armor very well so ur basically invincible as long as you don't get knocked over by someone with a blunt weapon

[small dove]

and also i balanced the twok

[warm void]

he cut his own leg off

[south patrol]

anyone know how it works ?

[whole sandal]

All in all, a satisfying update. I'm hoping for more performance improvements, I still get pretty heavy framedrops in places on low settings

The gameplay is in a good place, that should be priority number one now

[small dove]

Nice opinion

mind if i permanently borrow it?

[whole sandal]

No problemo

[whole sandal]

^^^ this too though not before optimization

[drowsy flint]

thats just real life for some people

[whole sandal]

dad?

[drowsy flint]

https://tenor.com/view/father-itcrowd-douglas-gif-22876450

[ember quartz]

Hold W and stab is just the best way to go about that tier. I finished peasant tier in just under a minute with it.

[small dove]

i stab willie ass

[whole sandal]

I would like to see a castle wall where you have to mind your footing or fall 20 feet and break your knees

[long rampart]

💀

[drowsy flint]

https://tenor.com/view/the-russianbadger-the-founding-father-meme-own-a-musket-for-home-defense-gif-23094322

[long rampart]

I do wish they add a close quarters map

Like a hallway or some shit

Or castle basement

Just imagine the blood

[loud river]

Best poleman in the biz fr

[whole sandal]

Peasant horde defense as the knight class

[drowsy flint]

i think they did say period appropriate firearms are a possibility

that said it would be a very shitty arquebus

[whole sandal]

What's the time period again?

[loud river]

Yeah, at the best.

[drowsy flint]

i wanna say 15th century central europe?

[ember quartz]

Yeah, m00 and OVRDTH are my top two Half Sword heros and inspirations.

[long rampart]

We need a arquebus

[loud river]

1450-1485 HRE (southern Germany I believe.)

[whole sandal]

By this time I think they had pistols nailed down

[small dove]

https://tenor.com/view/half-sword-lobotomy-willie-half-sword-willie-lobotomy-gore-gif-11873384114413719086

[loud river]

No not at all

[static lichen]

everytime i start the game it instantly crashes

[whole sandal]

Yeah, I'm 100 years early nvm

at least

[long rampart]

They need to add that thing from KCD

[ember quartz]

Look up Arquebus. Specifically the stick one that looks like a Roman candle.

[whole sandal]

The cannon on a stick it is

[long rampart]

And make it horribly unreliable

And inaccurate

[languid nest]

if he would have surrendered half a second sooner

[small dove]

add a potato launcher

[loud river]

They have better handgonnes than those early kinds by the mid to late 15th century.

[drowsy flint]

there were some very early muskets in use with the Ottomans in the 1400s

[long rampart]

They could add a shitty and a good one

[warm void]

help me, I've been slicing people in half 20 times in a row.

with a sword.

[ember quartz]

Ah, so the more rifle-esque Arquebus?

[drowsy flint]

and sparse accounts of hand cannons in europe in the same time period

[loud river]

Things more like this

[warm escarp]

I got fed up with this mf, so i chopped him up in pieces

[drowsy flint]

but our idea of hand cannon is "big pistol", very different to their idea of hand cannon

[whole sandal]

I wonder if there's a 18-19th century pistol duel game

[whole sandal]

Yeah unarmed fighting is pretty lackluster at this point

[long rampart]

Nah

[loud river]

This one is more in period yeah

[drowsy flint]

twisting breaking limbs would fix a lot of the grapping issues i think

[ember quartz]

You haven't seen the Willie MMA guilds...

[long rampart]

I like how its hard to make real moves

[whole sandal]

That I have not!

[loud river]

We could get dueling pistols in Hellish Quart actually lol

[drowsy flint]

like grab a dudes arm and spin around so it twists/bends the wrong way

[long rampart]

It gives it a better skill value

If youd be able to throw a guy with a single key it wouldnt be fun

[whole sandal]

Thanks for reminding me I have that game

[long rampart]

🥀

[loud river]

Longswords are my favorite for this exact reason

[whole sandal]

You can, you just need good mouse control

[warm escarp]

Who knew that just 1 simple stab is all it takes to take down this dude!

[ember quartz]

Willie MMA do it too.

Pugilism isn't an interest of mine in the game, but you can get really fucking good at it.

[drowsy flint]

when people say that i think they mean make it more accessible to people

[long rampart]

The only thing they ACTUALLY need to add is kick working when you’re downed

Other than that

Nah

[drowsy flint]

not everyone has the desk space and dpi to do a 720 degree bruce lee spin kick that shatters willies spine

[quick spire]

they need to add fighting back like in the old demo buh

[loud river]

Hell yeah the boys over in #1244313050174197850 have had that shit on lock for over a year

[broken wharf]

Hello guys, I have a ryzen 7 3700x, 32gigs of ram and a GTX 1080 but I still have a lot of issues (freeze, fps loss) even in medium, does anyone have a solution for this ?

[quick spire]

i love it when i get downed and my character stops fighting back

[long rampart]

Im not because its a death sentence and its not fun being stun locked.

[small dove]

why did i even make this 😭

[ember quartz]

Maybe when I run out of pole arm variants to have fun with.

[dark roost]

Hello, how do i get the playtest?

[quick spire]

download the demo from the steam page

[broken wharf]

There is no more just get the demo

[quick spire]

they got merged together

[ember quartz]

Steam store page is separate than play test.

[dark roost]

That one has online?

[loud river]

Falling down in an armed duel is a death sentence if you don’t surrender.

[quick spire]

i know but still it gives you some chances to actually survive

especially against spear enemies

[ember quartz]

Online isn't on the road map and may never exist officially.

[quick spire]

being able to grab their weapons in the old demo was so satisfying

especially if you manage to win after getting up

[whole sandal]

I have a 1650 Super and get drops on low settings, there's nothing you can do but hope optimization gets more focus

[broken wharf]

The problem is being locked for like 5 minutes for no reason, IRL u would have got up instantly

[small dove]

never had online, probably wont get online

[broken wharf]

Ok ty, I hope too

[loud river]

IRL you’d have been cooked instantly, against a competent opponent.

[dark roost]

Ohh i got trolled by my friend then, he said its cool and you can play against other people

[whole sandal]

Turning gore off and blood low can help, I think

Might just be placebo on my end tho

[dark roost]

I’ll still check it out. Looks like a nice game. Thanks!

[loud river]

Yeah your bud is wrong. Game is very cool, but it’s PVE only

[quick spire]

rtx 3060 ti here, the game is pretty poorly optimized, its just a demo so give it some time, i cant really play on anything above 20-30 fps on the high setting

[whole sandal]

You might ask if he wasn't thinking about Hellish Quart

[quick spire]

no it does help

[loud river]

Jeez, I get a solid 60+ on a 2060, what resolution you rocking???

[quick spire]

alot of post fight lag is caused by blood particles since they're not 2d like they were in the old demo

[quick spire]

just the 1920x1080

[ember quartz]

To be fair though, the optimization is good for a demo.

Just imagine the optimization for a tech demo from a Triple A studio, lol.

[broken wharf]

Yeah nah, when I used to spam kick I always felt, but I know for sure that even a kid would have got up 2-3 times faster than the character

No need to deny it

Getting up is too slow

[whole sandal]

FAIR

[stiff lichen]

i hate half sword so much

[broken wharf]

Unless u got hit in the head

[loud river]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-thats-bait-tom-hardy-mad-max-gif-5055384

[quick spire]

yeah me too just died at the ultimate challange

[stiff lichen]

i get so far but as soon as im on soldier i die instantly no time to restart

[ember quartz]

You can get up now without falling over by getting so much as tapped now though, and you aren't entirely paralyzed on the floor.

[loud river]

I hate eighth sword

[quick spire]

greatswords are so useless as a knight

they make half swording such a pain you can barely get the blade in

[ember quartz]

1/16 sword is where it's at.

[quick spire]

really good for brave* stand at least

[whole sandal]

Greatsword feels way too sluggish

[quick spire]

i love anything hard hitting when it comes to games

[small dove]

Am i the only one that whacks Willie's hands to make him let go of his weapon, and then i end him with his own weapon?

[quick spire]

so i can deal with sluggish

[whole sandal]

or sluggish in the wrong way. Starts fast and goes slow halfway through the swing, feels like

[loud river]

Yeah I’ve always stood by longswords being better than the greatswords in armored duels. They’re nice in low armor and no armor tiers though.

[stiff lichen]

because have you ever seen a greatsword irl

greatswords are massive and heavy

[quick spire]

any of your arms getting slightly crippled renders the greatsword entirely useless though

[ember quartz]

The great sword is alright. I'm not good with it, but @tough yew is a beast with it. It's a different play style from the longsword.

[whole sandal]

Do check my follow up message

[novel spear]

me trying to hit as absolutely hard but embarassingly miss:

[quick spire]

really the only thing the greatsword is good for is grappling people and then putting it up to their neck to make them surrender

[loud river]

Greatswords aren’t generally realistically portrayed in this game anyway. IRL they’re only slightly more sluggish than a longsword, but in game it’s like the difference between a dagger and fucking Guts’ sword.

[quick spire]

its really good for downing people

[ember quartz]

I'm here for the polehammer anyways.

[loud river]

Wrong and wrong on both counts, wild.

[quick spire]

i still prefer longswords instead makes aiming for the feet alot easier

[languid nest]

I died to a spear guy last time, had to let him know what's what

[whole sandal]

When you halfsword the greatsword and smack a dude with the pommel though?

[quick spire]

half swording is kinda pointless unless the feet are covered

[whole sandal]

ENDED

RIGHTLY

[loud river]

HELL YEAH

[quick spire]

how weak are your enemies dawg

[small dove]

i ALWAYS make sure they dissapear

[quick spire]

mine can withstand literally the most absurd shit ever bruh

[loud river]

Half swording is HUGE what do you mean?

[ember quartz]

Bruh.

[quick spire]

this one time an npc tanked literally 20 stabs and slashes to the stomach

[quick spire]

i am a huge pussy when it comes to gauntlet so i just tend to keep my distance and poke at the feet until they surrender or die its alot safer

[whole sandal]

Enemies in this game are bitch weak against blunt force trauma to the head, provided you have adequate windup

[stiff lichen]

yeah, most greatswords are around 5-6 feet and weigh 4-8 pounds

[small dove]

what the shit do you mean

[loud river]

LMFAO fair. You gotta hone your longsword skillz in free mode.

[quick spire]

bruh i play with max player damage cut me some slack

one sneeze is enough to decapitate me

[small dove]

i like beating my willie

[loud river]

3-5 pounds, and yeah, 5-6 feet at the high end. That is basically nothing when it comes to leverage. They are nearly as nimble as Longswords. This ain’t Dark Souls.

[small dove]

in home screen

[whole sandal]

I do have to admit I have player damage cut down to about 2/3ds of baseline, before anyone thinks I'm good

[quick spire]

yeah

also half swording is really unreliable considering the game lags if humans collide when they have armor on

that makes half swording that much harder when your fps is on 5

[whole sandal]

I get about one recovery from an otherwise lethal blow, which feels right to me

[stiff lichen]

try swing a zweihander the same speed as a longsword

[dark roost]

Can i play this game on a controller? Or is it recommended to try on keyboard and mouse

[quick spire]

this is NOT dark souls

does it even support controllers

keyboard and mouse is probably for the better

[dark roost]

Ohh okay, thanks!

[stiff lichen]

the game would be too confusiong on controller tbh

[quick spire]

i cant imagine trying to swing your weapon with a controller

[stiff lichen]

at least for me

[loud river]

I don’t have to. People with way more experience than I already have. https://youtu.be/0siYtsHGnkU?si=x5LOk_WsE3tel2Br

Or you can check out RobinSwords on YouTube.

[whole sandal]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ULAwSbzSLgM?si=F4SWyV-XXrA9lxGH

[quick spire]

i hate this game so much

why do i die on the first three-four bosses so much

[loud river]

Thank you! Was looking for him next.

[quick spire]

is it just me or are the first bosses actual aids

at least the scythe guy and the greatsword guy

[whole sandal]

The beggar boss and the commoner bosses are the biggest filters for me

[quick spire]

i fly through the other ones buh

[whole sandal]

the scythe guy can't do shit if you close the gap, then you have enough armor to even the feild for everyone else

[quick spire]

the peasant boss the commoner and the militia (was it?) gives me the most trouble

[quick spire]

i still have insane ptsd from the old demo so i just try to counter attack and i just end up getting split in half in a literal milisecond

but maybe thats just because my player damage is through the roof

[warm escarp]

Haha! Stabbed tall willie in his willie!

[whole sandal]

Yeah I don't think maximum player damage is the intended experience lol

[quick spire]

i like it

feels like the highest difficulty

i always play new games on the highest difficulty to get the true experience

i am a sifu and dark souls fanatic so yeah no surprise there

[spring holly]

why music repeating and slider doesnt work

[quick spire]

restard your game

restart*

that'd probably fix it

[dark roost]

Ohh okay i went in blind and i dont know how to attack LOL is there a tutorial?

[quick spire]

theres a training dummy you can enable in the settings

[spring holly]

no

[stiff lichen]

except he's 5'11 imagine how slow a bulky 6'4 guy with 6kg worth of plated steel on his arms would be

[quick spire]

you can practice on him

[dark roost]

Thanks!

[whole sandal]

Muscles don't make you slow.

[quick spire]

weight does though

taller = heavier

dont think it'd really make you slower or faster

[stiff lichen]

muscles are heavy though they add strength

[dark roost]

How doni kick?

[quick spire]

space

[stiff lichen]

space

[quick spire]

settings > controls > keybinds

you can check everything there

[whole sandal]

Muscles are heavy, but they more than make up for it in biomechanical advantage

[quick spire]

i mean

[dark roost]

Thank you

Kick is not in keybinds for some reason

[quick spire]

being heavy and tall really beats being average or small

[quick spire]

they should fix that

[small dove]

just wait until i 🍑💨

[quick spire]

i am a martial artist i speak from personal experience getting hit by a 6'5 guy makes you see literal stars

[loud river]

That’s the thing dude, full harness fucks didn’t often use greatswords. And, there’s more bud: https://youtu.be/umLzXuBWfx0?si=nFqJ0cUyd1t4KsFO

the knight in this vid is using a montante. In full kit.

[whole sandal]

Dequitem supremacy 🙌

[stiff lichen]

yeah you got me there but its still not as fast as people make it believe

[quick spire]

do you get anything for going through the abyss fully

probably not actually nvm dumb question

[loud river]

“Greatswords” are just longer longswords. They’re much much faster than you’d expect, and what fantasy media would have you believe. They aren’t as fast as Longswords, but they sure as hell aren’t sluggish hunks of steel.

[small dove]

what's the most effective way to beat my willie?
-# in halfsword

[loud river]

Shank him with anything sharp.

[loud river]

If you die on a gauntlet run, yeah you get to respawn without losing progress.

[quick spire]

i am aware

im curious what happened if you beat the old demo