#halfsword-chat-⚔
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Conversation fire as hell. Had to save it for later.
Ngl what if we all tie our willies together
The 47 allegations are unbeatable at this point vro
I hate people older than me, younger than me, and the same age as me
You hate older people since you would lose the oldest person alive title
I also hate people who are shorter than me, taller than me, or the same height as me
I need to edit his Profile into that image
You’re gonna be a husk of a human when I’m done with you
Easter were you the teacher of Jesus?
Or just a classmate of him?
Jesus is older
Lmfao I love it
Gonna use this
Thank you sire
Midlife crisis
2
what lock on strength should i use
max
yea max is so helpful ty
Lock the fuck in (max)
It’s good for single enemies but can really fuck you up when you’re facing multiple
insane face split above the jaw
can i ask what just happened?
arm was cut off, still holding the sword, it falls down tip pointed to you. when he falls it pushes the sword into you
OOF
You can see his sword got stuck in you the moment before you left first person
i think that blew up his piss tank thing
And then it looks like bro falls right onto it the handle, pushing it in more lol
holy I just joined the server and this is the first thing I see
He dropped the sword then picked it up into you
Well aren’t you lucky it’s just halfsword
not in his hand here
He did one final push to finish you off 💀
comes up here
There’s more
you can see it herre
his sword
that pommel is his sword
He then threw himself at the pommel
=made it go even deeper
ohhhh i see
cutting willie in half
it seems like he knows whats he doing
oml
he's not dying alone
If I'm dying I'm bringing you with me ahh willie
this game is super fun
im taking you with me to hell move
Bring*
decided to speedrun the gauntlet, already at man at arms and I started 2 mins before that face/off photo
and back up to the final challenge

damn
dont get scared off please this game is great
Well realistically that’s what they’re gonna see so if they don’t like it now they won’t like it when playing 
Though could always turn off blood and gore
its only fictional gore
Some people still don’t like that though
if you arent used to gore by now you arent internetting correctly
How do you swing the sword more efficently
With your arms
google a video
but lmb/rmb are swings
Ik bro I hold click and Swing like theres no tommorow
Pace yourself
Don’t swing like a madman
I cant beat the grete champion
Yeah mess with sensitivity
swing with intention
Have you tried praying
grab the center knife, wait for him to overswing, dash in and stabby slicey
this is a really hard game, its gonna take quite a long time to get decent
And do you mean the first champion?
practice practice practice
how do you dash
Let him move towards you a bit, circle around him to grab the knife in the center, and then keep your distance waiting for him to swing and give an opening, run in and stab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BSxBuaaa64 i used this one
Grab him by the balls and slap it
Or that
you need lots of practice though
your honor my client stabbed the victim with intentions to train his swordsmanship not murder
I feel like the first boss is trivial once you learn how to grab
Thanks
The tall sword guy on the other hand
That's literally just rng if you're one tapped or not
I personally just grab the iron gloves and Helmet and start going ham on everybody in carnage
no the first boss is easy without any mechanic besides shift and swing
I like how the photo mode has the addition of being able to put the logo in your screenshot.
anyway goodluck mr doctorstonk
It takes under 10 seconds to grab the small knife that always spawns charge and stab
That requires skill though, you only really need to get close and grab the handle/wrist and you won
It's like you can make loading screens
That's slower then just using a weapon they give u lol one with range or that lets u insta kill him
I tried to use the dash ended up with a knife in my chest
It takes time to get used to, you just gotta play more
Same ngl it feels easier on controller might just be
Lovely
I love throwing shields so much lol
🫃
this is crazy
Willie bot embed fail
lmao @ I got a potion of resist arrest
is this a longsword
Yes
perfect
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This is an amusing bug
ouch
do you ever just keep pressing on an armor level in free mode so you can impress the Half-swuzz? (Half-Sword huzz)
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Cannot remember all this use /mommy to pull up this guide!
is this also a longsword? its very thin
my mans just levetated to space and crashed the game
So if game crash... I lose all my progress -.- happend twice. Gotten the baron and the game crash and im back at begger
I've finished the game but I want to start over, how do I do that?
guys how can i play ultimate challenge mode
this shouldn't happen to my knowledge. It should generally save your progress on the gauntlet when you crash. Mind making a #1047240101152960525 going into detail on it? Our devs check there when they can
Check the pins in this channel, should be a guide !
ok thanks
you gotta beat the gauntlet !
an npc just hit me with the fool's guard
What a fool
i dont find it where is it
I decided to try it myself, and after a succesful strike, and then parrying ym enemy, i got this
nice.
Playing as the baron after betting him. And the game crashes in free play and i lose all my ranking. Should it happen or is it a bug?
Does it happen just in the ultimate challenge?
No its after beating it
hmm, well, there's an issue playing in the ultimate challenge with crashing where the best fix atm is to disable blood in the game settings.
otherwise, are you running on dx12 or dx11? Check in your game settings
Im playing on Dx11
I wonder what Agata is working on.
What are you working on, Agata.
What glorious thing are you making.
The textures for a new beautiful sword?
Hmm, I'm honestly not sure why it's crashing then. You can try dx12, it works better for some people's builds.
Weird, Cant change to dx12
you need to restart the game after— is it not allowing you to swap at all?
@viscid ocean forgot to ping mb
Not allowing
I have an rx 7900 xt
Usually it'll still swap to it, but it'll crash if it doesn't support it
Right click in steam and go here. Do not have the game running.
Verify integrity.
If that doesn't fix anything, reinstall. Because it seems like you have encountered a bug that Blueberry somehow hasn't lol
we should have greatswords or at least longer swords on the commoner tier
wthelly
For sure
i have 7900xtx running 1440p high dx12
never gives me an issue except ultimate challenge
Oh check if your drivers are up to date as well, Skruddler.
only crashes in free play, when im playing as the baron
They are, im reinstalling atm
did the gold knight get nerfed?
After reinstalling, i can switch to dx12
nah, no nerfs have been passed on the gilded man
Were you crashing allot on dx11?
No, only in ulltimate challenge and after i had beaten the baron
just got a fatal error that let me play for about 3 minutes after it errored just fine... huh.
That happens sometimes.
Disabling blood in the gore settings should prevent you crashing in the Ultimate challenge.
i find that it errors LESS though when i use the minimal graphics quality
max gore on low quality somehow doesnt error for a long long time
Yes it did, but still crashed some times
please frank like these things are so darn flexible its so crazy.
but they may or may not overshadow longswords obviously because of how tall they are
skoomawillie kinda looks like he was infected with Next
Look at the sass
god i need to learn how to actually use the two handed weapons without them going everywhere but at the target
not used to moving my mouse a tiny amount for sword control, and a lot for camera movement
as much as i love halfsword please just up enemy ai instead of making them take less damage than the player im going to lose my shit
make them better
Ah my friend
You can adjust damage sliders you know
Every Willie is different in skill
the point is I shouldnt have to lol
The default should be equal!
They are equal by default.
personally i lower the damage universally because i think the default is too high
They are equal by default but I still very much feel like the willies naturally take less damage than the player does. Even with the sliders the exact same. I've NEVER touched them
I mean if the sliders are the exact same I shouldnt be screaming on loop after losing a finger while the willie who just lost his arm is still swinging without a issue in the world lmao
Idk what to tell you my friend but you’re more than welcome to make a post in #1047240101152960525 as devs read feedback!
You reached into my game and karma'd me
Real and based
Fencer out here doing mortal kombat finishers
i cant stop
How in the world does Willie gurgle after neck separates from their lungs, there's just no more air going through but they gurgle anyways and it's kind of haunting

Jesus christ. How high are your sliders for strength etc lol
Is that vanilla
I need to know lol I wanna try this.
@pallid finch who is cooler spider man or superman
peak
dont think thats intended.. lol
Video above reminds me of this youtuber...
HalfSword combat taken to it's highest skill ceiling yet, and BEYOND. This video's got it all.
Link to Bitter-Relative's Vicious Weapons Mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/halfsword/mods/42
Link to Riva's Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@UCh7GBMPgr9Gkao4hnKKLk3Q
Link to my Discord Server to see future WIPs
https://discord.gg/F7dWjpKmmb
T...
its vanilla, the Grapplers guild has clips that are much cleaner than this
Can someone make a mod for grenades
Hi, did you have any download related problems? I click download "halfsword tech demo" and nothing happens, i have played multiple times on playtest and now i cant even download a new update. Is it a common issue?
john halfsword
How awesome would it be to have a grenade fly at you outta nowhere when you're playing abyss
fuck that, cannonball
William Halfsword*
I was finally about to beat the baron and got fatal errored 😭
Might be a good enough reason to kms
Welcome to Halfsword brother
like a cannonball would be way more brutal 😭
now im really thinking about it 😭
like how it would work n shit
I cannot parry a cannonball, I'm afraid...
You seen that pic of a Napoleonic breastplate with a cannonball sized hole in it?
yeahhhhhh that would be fire 😭
just puts a hole in your player 😭
the size of a fuckin cantaloupe
Yo it's like we both decided to take a break and he did the whole "lean on your sword in one hand in the ground" thing
FINE, i'll jump on HS.
I'm scared of what this game will do to me when it releases
"Let us have a rest, Good Sire" ass guy
you should
getting a placon on your 1v1 milita fight without dying or suffering great injury is the only way my useless ass gets near fighting the baron lmao
hear me out, zombies
Don't degrade yourself.... You're more than enough....
Lmfao then just a bonk
i am grinding the abyss
that was a "what the fuck are you doing" bonk.
Freaky
am i meant to not find any armour or am i just really unlucky
an npc just kicked me so hard my leg broke wtaf :(
What tier you at
Lmao
i got pretty far
Yeah you're unlucky
if you got abyssed in knight during gauntlet youre fucked
no i was playing abyss and got to knight
oh well then ur just blind or unlucky
i hath beaten the gauntlet
does playing abyss when im at ultimate challenge reset my shit
imagine if this game had a style meter
cause i need a break from this fuckass mode
okay ty
I hope this is a mod.
Good boy
if you get enough style points, it’s an ultra kill
In that case 80% the player base would be in the sewers
This is the weapon that m00 needs.
Being stylish is really hard to measure and im here sitting with like less than 15 hours slowly finding my own ways to kill willies
Maul
Halfsword shouldnt be made dependent on learning fencing techniques 😔
Everything bows down to the BONK
yes, i will jam my whole billhook into willies leg
Eh you got other games for that like hellish quart
Halfsword isn't really ABOUT fencing
But knowing it does help
halfsword you can barely fence
Many will disagree
basic sword guards and like master cuts
will get you the most
parrying only works if you were nowhere near being cut anyways
because half the time your sword will be clipped through
and your head
lobbed off
If they added a mechanic where slapping against someone's blade rebounded it in some way
that'd be nice
make the buckler smth more than a punching tool
You can def punch with it
Shit gets wacky of you're creative
thats literally all I use the buckler for lmao
The only good shields are the punch shield and that super big flat one thats prevelant around soldier tier
Because theyre both big, fat, and impossible to ignore in the game engine
so swords will collide and actually stop
what're you talking about
I said drop it, dirtbag!
why is my willie ridiculously fast rn
only when changing direction too
i do have enhancer but i tried most of the settings and hes still barry allen
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Damn
damn abyss has given me nothing i have soldier tier's lance, a t-shirt, and a helmet rn
lmao
You welcome gang
he's literally the flash
and i have no idea why
Bro how many boxes have you searched
none have fucking spawned 😭
Do you just run in a straight line
just got my first bit of armour and it doesnt even reach my upper chest
nvm i figured it out
blue men?
I had an idea of something like that
i did that 1 time and never again 😭
this candle stick or wtv might be the best weapon
the long one
We do gotta make uniforms once the early access version pops up
happens sometimes when you wanna replicate some of the most kino shit
how we be pullin up
willies went you tell them to pick up a stick that weights more than two pennies
(Theyre gonna be physically fucking unable cause theyre inadept at motor functions)
lost my abyss run cause my willie dropped a pole axe after a semi-strong swing then could NOT pick it back up
exactly!
the fits are probably gonna look 100% better once early access comes out cus of the new arms and armor
Great tip for anyone
Pick up bucklers shield even when using two handed weapons and put them on your side
The Absolute State Of Stabbing.
the baron tier if it was actually good
its painful sometimes
but yeah this is gonna be us
Tan color pants so it looks like ur not wearing anything
💯
Quick draw!
bruhi trolled myself, tried to pick up a candlestick and bonked my head on the fence and got knocked out
This clip.
do gotta learn grappling
it's peak as fuck
I only need to know where to grapple willie to best position myself for a dagger stab.
none of this wrestling nonesense smh
we are not fakers, this is real men fighting and dying. 
I mean....
do not grapple when they are full stam, they will float
how do i get picture vbideo perms
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i love peasantry
guys is there a way to play with a friend ? i introduced the game to afriend and we want to play together but it seems i cant find a way i know some streamers have the beta access but did someone develop a mini mod for multiplayeR?
not that i know of
This music gives off the vibes of the black knight ingame.
i dont even think multiplayer is something they're planning to add in the full release, at least not any time soon
this music would get you called a witch or warlock in the 1500s
anyone else crash often playing this? me and my friend both do
yeah i know but i saw videos of streamers playing with friends, also to be fair a game like this with no multiplayer or rank is waisted sweear to god never laughed like this in my life todayt my first day of gameplay and the game i fun as hell
it's also insanely hard to get multiplayer to work with detailed physics engines
Nah this is the best throw i've ever done.
when full sword
damn
Axe really did the alleyoop
damn this was clean
Is real life a multiplayer with detailed physics engines
is that a stab into a hand switch wtf
if you switch out from a halfsword and swing you can stab one handed (it's hard)
wait that means i have to betray the english :0
this game
can be so stupid
i could be fighting 2 people at once
and then one guy magically teleports behind me and i cant do anything
im just tryna kill u bro leave me alone 😭
baron is pretty good
just used willy as a human shield lol
TS IS SO TUFF
i found a funny glitch if you pull out the different gear as the baron you go flying like someone is using the force in star wars lol
PLEASE
dude
this game keeps crashing
lowest settings no gore and it still crashes
they need to make it so loot in abyss distributes evenly
dx11
because i just fought 5 guys all at once
burgedr
did bone snapping get serious,i just snapped a guys neck and it was rotating free
did u lower down the resolution to 640
how is your skin black 🤯
huh?
U know he is wearing armor and his body is not just shaped like that

a lot of the top tier armors have a dark tint
my body is shaped like that
They're not even black..
never got that far since my crossover free trial ended so cant play on mac https://discord.com/channels/1043854763189600337/1378405160832733325
You can see the gaps through their black armor and they're white bro
did u put on a suit of armor and get quite fat and then take it off
i heard they make watermelon cubes in Japan like that
ya
nice man
interesting

wassup chat
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me when they remove my ram
its burger
AIs with spear and shield and two handed axes are scary
wow! so inspiring!
/vn sduh
add gam to mac
Relearning how to play again finally
had a neat bug where when the baron died, he disappeared and dropped some of his armor just like the regular enemies
whats your highest score in the abbys? I just hit 7000 and I could probably keep going forever
One Willie to rule them all (Score: 10050)
i dont know but i believe the abbys is mad at me, considering it has trapped my feet within a coffin lid #photography📷
if I reached the final tier, do I have to beat the ultimate challenge to be able to keep my progress?
No
so I can just mess about freely now?
It saves after finishing the Knight Boss
But you would still have to finish the ultimate challenge
haha, yeah the abyss can be very angry sometimes
I really like the contrasting colors on that armor set
update, I'm on 8150, just defeated another grete foe
ah so it saves, but to choose tiers to play freely etc, I have to beat the final boss?
(ultimate challenge I mean)
Free play is always available, but I think you would have to beat the ultimate challenge and the baron in order to play the gauntlet from the beginning
I just picked up what I could find
ah ok
thanks
Was hoping to find all gold pieces after defeating the Baron
beat him a total of 2 times in that run
What processor do you have?
9800 X3D
Never heard of that one, is a processor the same as a CPU?
I assume yes
hi
I'm not a huge Computer guy, all I know is my i3 sucks ass
I believe it is literally the latest AMD model
Oh, That explains why I didn't recognize it, I'm only familiar with Intel products as opposed to AMD
But I'll be sure to add that to my cart (assuming it's compatible)
it's supposed to combine the best aspects of the previous generation of AMD CPUs. They had two separate ones that were a little different in function.
definitely
That explains a lot.
I only have 8GB of ram and doing Ultimate challenge is like playing a freaking slideshow
oh yeah probably need to update my drivers
do gauntlets drop in the final challenge?
and somehow I got it at retail price and not upsold like 20%
very nice CPU, very happy
if it's any consolation I've been broke since I paid for this PC.
Car decided it required my wallet to be emptied and then two cousins had weddings I needed to get tickets to fly to.
But at least I can be broke while enjoying my monster PC lol
I want to be released of all this financial burden
"I'm broke but happy" type shit
That is in fact not broke but happy type shit tbh
That is "I am choosing to pay for large expenses (plane tickets)"
I got them as cheap as I could. But my car requiring new rotors + brakes was the real inopportune wallet strike
My family is actually pretty close so I do. Trust me I thought about not going but it just simply is not really a desired outcome
First of the two weddings was just a couple days ago, was very nice and got to spend time with my family.
Also I stabbed someone in the visor last night, never gonna manage to do that again
We uploaded at the same time lol
Also wow lol visor shot
You should change to DX12 in the settings.
It adds raytracing, your pc can handle it lol
perhaps. I just tend to ignore RTX since I usually play at 100fps 1440p, which is quite resource hungry when you put games on ultra
ah I see
incredible cpu
I love clashes.
dam
THATS ME I GOT THE THAT ASS YESTERDAY
It makes Helldivers 2 run like greased lightning
so can someone help me out
yes it does
or am i just fucked
ur fucked bud
yeah
yeah we're all kinda fucked.
It's singleplayer
i can give you some tips but i can't help you get better directly
you cant play pvp
no
why is your name "SOMEONE PLZ GIFT ME RUST"
rowdyroads07
They actually specifically changed it to that within this server.
I'm guessing because this server has a lot of people.
nah
They are trying to be gifted the game Rust.
just my basic server profile
Oh right
its a inside joke bro
There's a profile and then there's your old profile thing
okay so quick question? how much do you know about fighting? specifically injuries
Out of game? not a lot.
was asking someone plz gift me rust aka rowdyroads
and did mma
okay so you know the vital points of the human body?
What did you do within mma
yo coolest add me on discord
head, neck, upper torso?
yeah
anybody remember how op playtest was
He stood no chance.
It's loading.
poor willie
Or you have hardware acceleration turned off within discord.
yeah i do
I really gave'em the ole' bing bop boom boom bim bop bam
The type of shit I'm on Willie wouldn't understand.
okay so tip 1: your human body is frail, there is a 'hierarchy' of parts that shouldn't be hit and parts that really shouldn't be hit
at the top of this pyramid is head, neck and upper chest, also lower chest kind of, these house the absolutely most vital parts of your body, anything hits too hard here? cuts or stabs? you are dead, so avoid exposing your upper body to most attacks
everything else shouldn't be hit but won't immediately kill you, limbs mostly
this is why when dealing with enemies with sharp weapons, you need to be extremely careful about approaching, without armor, any sharp weapon can kill you nearly instantly, even if its a shoddy knife, so remember how frail you are and how one misstep can bring your doom, be patient and study how far the enemy weapon can reach you
If they manage to cut off a limb, you might as well restart. Assuming you don't bleed to death, Willie will writhe like a worm 24/7
tip 2 which is related: aim for the enemiess vital parts, a quick slice at the neck will kill the enemy ten times quicker than cutting wildly at arms and legs, it reduces the time you fight with your enemy, which reduces the risk greatly of getting killed/maimed, this becomes difficult as enemies get armored but i'd reccomend half-sword/double handing swords and knifes to get greater control of your weapon
true, but it takes a good strike to fully dismember a limb, a not so deep cut may disable the limb but not cause fatal blood loss
not if you're playing on "Grotesque"
oh yeah i forgot that mode existed
You could look at someone funny and it will bisect them
I figured
Tip 69. These hands. When they catch them, it hurts them. Unironically melee is really strong lol.
tip 3: be careful with your footing and stamina, being mobile in a fight is quite important, staying on the move makes it more difficult for the enemy to strike you down, but also be careful about your stamina, try and conserve it and to not go running for 20 seconds, because the less stamina you have the less you can run away or reposition, or even stand up right when an enemy pushes you forward, your movement speed is also affected negatively by head or leg injuries, so keep track of how fast you can run
tip 3.5: do not step on weapons, its the worst way to die
look to your feet and keep holding w
your character will try to stand up
I have.
someone wanna hop in a call and play or eha
i did 2 times
tip 4: i suggest at least checkign out most of the weapons on the different tiers, start learning how they are categorized (swords, spears, hammers) and try and see what works best for you, but dont neglect any weapon because the final challenge will force you to learn to use the weapon you've been given, try the free mode if you wanna learn and get more familiar with the... lets call them 'flaily' controls
if you go frame by frame it didn't even touch his hand and it came off
popped off like a lego
not particularly rn, im tired
honestly i think rng is decent enough that you'll get always get a weapon that you can use, i was stuck with spears in the final challenge and i could not stab for shit but it still does sufficient damage if you swing it at people
im getting a very unfortunate combo of the bad sickle + a mace vs a plancon or spear, pretty much impossible to get them and have to knife to win
but also i suck with stuff that isnt a sword so
thats pretty unlucky yeah
How DO you dodge?
also final tip 5: when fighting an enemy, focus your eyesight on their torso, this is apparently an actual dueling tip, it keeps everything important in focus (feet, torso, weapon)
ANd not focus on the weapon?
There he goes
DUSK simulator
The weapon is not the goal, it's an intermediary. Just the same, you always attack the person while being wary of the weapon.
if you focus on the weapon you might miss what the feet are doing, the enemy might reposition
Hrm... good point
yeah heres secret tip 6: don't fight the final challenge
I finally beat the tier three boss in the progression mode.
w
Only to immediately die to a friendly sword to the head in the 3x3 fight (forgor name...)
and lose in the Abyss from a physics glitch launching a candle stick into my willie's chest.
But I still count it as a win....
Sir Greatsword I got your number....
Anyone have any advice on how to get past his aggressive guard/attacks and reach?
he overcommits on overhead attacks
wait for him to do one of those and dodge it
if you're using longsword parrying him is a fruitless endeavor
insert note taking meme since it won't embed
however a buckler can actually block him effectively just be careful about him continuing his attacks
Yeah, I beat him with a sword buckler combo and hit his arm so he couldn't two hand his sword.
his gambeson can sometimes save his stupid chud life from cuts so stabs can be more reliable
unless you strike the head
I tried that again and got a sword in my eye.
if you want to cheese you can always use the pitchfork from the peasant for more range
small buhurt
the tier three boss is my number one run killer and i joined this server spesifically to find how to kill the fucker
small buhurts are very dangerous overall, i dont reccomend them
i live for small buhurts
Glad I am not the only one.
yeah, sometimes the allies mistake you for an enemy
He feels like a pretty big jump in difficulty.
helmet-head and the commoner boss are the biggest difficulty spikes in the game
or they hit you accidentally idk
imo
and no tier three polearms... how do you use a pitchfork again him?
plancon dude in militia can sometimes give you trouble if you dont have a polearm too
go down a tier
you can equip lower tiers
peasant has the ever reliable pitchfork
so the two biggest weaknesses of tier 3 boss is:
1- he doesn't have a helmet, he is quite tall but if you strike above, he is going to take the full hit to the head
2- he has a large weapon that is heavy
the reason he is so difficult is that none of the weapons the commoner class has outranges him, even the longest longsword is shorter than his greatsword (you can circumvent is by playing as a peasent with the pitchfork)
so, what you do is either hit him with the head with the longest thing you have, or get closer than his effect sword range after a swing and then cut his neck or stab him in the upper torso
That's what happend in my story, my attack and theirs collided and his sword killed me. (we were attacking different targets)
the easiest method by far is the pitchfork, ive beat him once without the pitchfork and it was only because i managed to knock him down
getting closer than his effective range is too risky to do consistently
his weapon is frankly absurdly sharp
a small twitch and you'll die
i mean you don't have a lot of options with commoner weapons
you could try and grapple or hold a buckler to protect yourself, but yeah the boss isn't easy by any means
One of my fav strats cause it's funny is getting inside someone's range and just kicking them till they go down or something breaks. (like their kneecaps)
a buckler is the most effective means of defense if you want to protect yourself
i think a good offense is the best defense in this case though
yeah, i usually try to get close to him and half sword him, but then i usually get chopped in two bc of his sword
so ill try the pitchfork
ty
I will try some new strats based on this... ty.
yeah, greatswords are like that, its a very risky tactic, but when death is on the line and you only have one weapon, you gotta take your chances
i kind of suck with a buckler but its an extremely effective defense tool
ive been able to consistently beat him with this strategy:
- pick longsword
- switch to half sword stance, calmly approach boss 3
- dash in and out to bait an attack
- once he does, dash back, hold alt to stab and run in
a good stab in the chest or abdominal region will put him down (except when it doesnt)
how does one dash
when you first start running you cover a bigger distance
this is called a dash
how do i activate that
press F
rapidly consumes stamina but lets you slow down time
if you have higher graphics it also applies a funny filter over your screen
I have seen it do that when I win a match.
but I didn't know that was an option for use.
its a pretty important tool
I watched several long videos of people playing the game and NO ONE MENTIONED THAT
ty ty ty
dont abuse it though
how does this help
so for unarmored enemies or enemies with little armor, i usually go for simple two handed, i reccomend looking up a few real life guard stances for swords and seeing how it would work in a fight, but usually if you keep your distance and swing in vital spots, you'll win
for armored opponents i do half swording, only effective way to use a sword against a knight, it gives you a lot more control of the point of the sword and lets you stab very precisely, which is great for getting into the eyeslots of helmets or small gaps between the shoulders
slowing down time should be pretty self explanatory
more time to react to enemy attacks, reposition to parry or counterattack
also to analyze whats on the field, a weapon, a piece of armor, etc
more time to properly aim or align your weapon during an attack
also for hype moments and aura
most important use
I know the stamina mechanic. Keeps me from going mega ham with the iron gauntlets in low tier spoilage matches (or w/e the ones are called with random weapons and junk)
how does parrying work in this game?
you put your sword out in front of you and move it accordingly to how your opponent attacks
if you block the opponent's attack with your sword that is a parry
you can riposte from there to hit them
it works in different ways, you know the things on the side of your sword just above the hilt? those are to deflect attacks coming for your hands, now in this game its less effective but its one way of parrying
another is just using your weapon to block the attack, or a shield, or a buckler, if you push far enough you can push back the weapon and open an opportunity to counterattack with another weapon
i swear bucklers got buffed
just smacking people with them is way more effective than it used to be
they are a piece of metal, on a unprotected head it does a lot of damage, but i cant say if theyve gotten stronger than before
you pretty much just deflect/block attacks in one way or another with whatever you have
is the only way to learn how to throw thing accurately practicing? i seem to either miss willy by 30 centimeters which is really close, I know kinda how to throw, but it misses by 2 willies heads distance each time and when I actually throw a sword or dagger accurately it stands vertically and spins or just spins out of control.
they did shit for damage before
i remember picking up bucklers in spoilance and repeatedly bashing willies for 0 damage
now i pick it up and their necks snap
i don't mess with throwing weapons, that is for people who are really experienced in this game
I didnt even hit them they just did that
but maybe try one of those trainer mods to help with the process?
waht does experienced mean
?
atleast
like close to 100 hours?
in the game?
a lot of time
I'm pretty good and find fighting willie boring now
throwing weapons sounds like some fuckshit i havent tried it at all
I can just stab him
It'd be so sick if when a Willy is given a non-fatal wound that they have a 15-20% chance of just exaggerating and playing dead however the only way to tell if they're still alive is by focusing on their chest to see them breathing while on the ground.
or parry
gotta be some kind of voodoo magic
imagine learning to throw accurately irl and then imagine having to do it on mouse and keyboard
haha
would be cool if on modes with multiple willies there could be dishonorable willies that fake surrender then come back to you
yeah it would be pretty different, maybe
That'd be great, I've always thought about that.
wow
ok i finally hit willy one time in the head with a buckler
while throwing
but buckler is prtty ez
sword can fling and rotate in the air
:/
this is why i brutally eviscerate them all even if they surrender
try using axe
axe throwing is peak
easier?
I just hit him with a dagger
like threw it at him and barely landed
prtty hard
ngl
don't willies when surrendering drop their weapons?
how do i become giant with halfsword enhancer all i can seem to do so far is make a giant npc then posses them but that only last for one round
yeah
Daily reminder to beat your willies
ok i kind of know the timing now almost immediatly after swinging my arm back i click q and release the throw, it seems to land almost 90% of the time, the timing is like 50 ms, anything over and you'll miss, anything under and you'll miss.
how can i play
IS THAT WHAT THAT WHEEL IS FOR!?
did I encounter an undead Willie or did I factory reset him??
Lmfao
definitely brain damage 
wish I didnt end the recording, I practically curb stomped him with the polehammer
does anyone else have severe problems with the commoner boss at the abyss?
Just you, everyone else thinks he's the easiest boss in the game
Fr tho commoner boss is definitely THE biggest skill check in the game, he's rough
Cheese him with a spear
commoner boss is literally just fighting someone who objectively outmatches you
so the best course of action is to downshift to peasant for the pitchfork and outmatch him for reach instead
is that the guy in all black with the big sword
Yes
yes
okay
who is also big himself
i cant beat him
why is he 7'6
he will cut you in half or remove your limbs with ease if you try to fight him on your own terms
go to peasant and randomize until you get the pitchfork
jam it into him
victory
Bro is like 8ft tall with a gigantic sword that's both longer AND heavier than anything you have at commoner tier
halfsword should be classified as a rage game, i wish ts was skill based 💔
u can change?
i thouguht ur dude was locked
once u started
no
change to any tier you like
lower tiers give you more points towards the challenge because of disadvantage
peasant pitchfork is so good i bought him all the way into militia and man at arms
It only costs one rank point to randomize your gear again and you can do it (almost) as many times as you like until you get what you want
how to use spears
The shit is your fov ughh brother uuhgh what is that ughhh
prolly 120
real quake pro gaming fov
i have mine at 120 for first person
can't play video games with fov below 100 i fear
to be fair there was probably plenty of deaths caused by random stuff in battle
can't relate
stab
hold alt and move your mouse up and down
it's stab mode
I used to play with it higher, but I realized it was screwing up my sense of distance,
puts you in stab mode
no that thrusts, with alt you can aim it with your mouse
i personalyl prefer using alt to line up stabs
double click only stabs from your current position once
I threw my polehammer at wiilie's face so hard he needed to take a breather 😭
alt puts you on a full stabbing stance
yeah use pitchfork and realize how easy the game is with a polearm
alt can also be used to throw shielhau and oberhau
oh are you more familiar with the italian manuals?
bwa
i like the fist fights man
i feel like a peasant being look down on by a noble in medieval england
squint to his chest, wrath to his head
the italian variant of shielhau is Falso Dritto
im more familiar with the old german manuals though, so i use ox guard/alberto guard more commonly
turn off lock on for a bit
omlllllll I love kneeing willie in the head dide
ox guard 🤤
ox guard is what alt puts you into, its my favorite for throwing a shielhau
and carefull
ox guard sucks balls in this game because the sword always loses its stance whenever they start swinging at you
is having a tall willie better or worse
unless you hold alt for it
cus the bad willie is the same height right
i mostly use ox guard as an opener to throw shielhau, if they have a polearm i use a modified alberto/fools guard that goes off right
ender dragon
bosses are just intimidating normal enemies most of the time
agaihst polearms i use hassō no kamae
im not familiar with the japanese dueling manuals, i mostly know the old german fencing ones
blocks virtually every sideswipe attack they throw at you
many cultures developed unique swordfighting styles
ox guard to parry into half sword stab
and if you react fast enough you can also block their verticals
i use the largely defensive german style that relies on swift, flensing strikes, clueless focuses on the japanese stances as it would appear, and i know a friend that mostly likes the more offense oriented italian stances
THERES MUSIC INTHIS GAME
it also helps that i literally speak german though
dude u guys use real sword fighting for this game?
im a blacksmith and im interested in hema/buhurt
of course i use proper fencing technique
tuff occupation
no blacksmith is a hobby, my actual job is groundskeeping
do you need a quick rundown on the german style im familiar with
understandable
ill be home tomorrow in the evening
🫡
Just came here to say... I cross path with the game... suggestion of a coworker...
Dang... this game will be fun! 🙂
Keep up the good work... I will be there to get the full version... and I will be playing until there 🙂
hell yea man
oh i died
oh right
lol this guy swung at me with a big swoird and i deflect with my shield
how do i get the playtest?
i turned a lil too far to the right and he slashes me in half
is that different than the demo?
cus the demo is on steam
apparently so
Steam... search for Half Sword...
Demo is there.
oh so its js a demo?
i looked up a video and there was a seperate section for playtest
oh
perchancebly i am misinformed
playtest is even older and hosted on halfsword.com i believe
ah ok
this game has a site?
early access is soon enough, and i intend to pay for it
Everything you saw in the play test was brought into the demo
that was what I saw.
i thought the abyss was all there was
and then magically i re install it and there is a whole menu
Is there anything else than abyss in the tech demo?
Yes
I'm missing something then... lol
The gauntlet, in the arena.’if you die you go to the abyss until you reach the boss you died at, and recover.
the abyss is now a way to recover your character if you're slain
You can also go straight to the abyss

