#halfsword-chat-⚔

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crude temple
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the health slider basically became how much blunt damage do you want.

digital jackal
north glade
molten barn
dire portal
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i just cut a guy with half with only one hand

shadow fog
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i like to call it "gówniany patyczek" it is actually a quite decent weapon when you have no other choice in spoilance

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it is very easy to hit headshots with it and bamboozle your fellow homeless people

dire portal
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the paddle is better

shadow fog
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🤓

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patyczek is on top

lime perch
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Honestly if I don't beat Baron soon I might just quit lmao

shadow fog
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eh, just make yourself take less damage and npcs take more damage

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the game isnt very easy so thats more than justifiable

lime perch
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I've only adjusted the damage I do to them. I want to limit my cheating but this shit is damn near impossible

shadow fog
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yes indeed it is

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i wouldnt call it cheating

lime perch
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My current settings

shadow fog
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i beat the game with max npc damage and minimum player damage

lime perch
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Makes 0 difference in baron though clearly 😆

shadow fog
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oh and

lime perch
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I get that you go through each stage again in baron all at once, but each rank is amplified (So I feel).

shadow fog
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i suggest you maybe try to make player take less damage and make nps take normal damage

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it seems more fair

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that you wont just randomly collapse and die

lime perch
shadow fog
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i i remember

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you've got 5 hordes

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or something like that

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starting from pheasant, commoner , soldier and going up from there

dire portal
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my recording is fucked because i had to speed the game up because i got a spoilance with all blunt weapons

lime perch
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When the RNG hits double spears, I immediately give up cos you've got to master the controls to beat that shit

shadow fog
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theres no place for all of the ranges ofc but uhh yeas actually i guess that you can say that all of the rangs are amplified

dire portal
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if it's two planzons then yea give up

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if it's one planzon focus on the other one

lime perch
dire portal
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if there's a billhook or a halberd then focus on that one

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if there's two try to get one of them to fall behind

lime perch
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Run 1 starts with knife, then sword, then spear, then stick with spikes and pointy tip and always two of them

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If somehow I beat the previous dual spears, I get two guys with the long ass danger stick

dire portal
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The long ones are the easiest

lime perch
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Weird flex bro

dire portal
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just deflect and get close

lime perch
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I got to baron way too quick. I still struggle with the controls let alone deflecting shit 😆

dire portal
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if you have like a buckler or your knife still

hardy granite
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At the beginning of the game, nothing works when selecting the violence level. Even if I select an option, the game does not open. What is this problem?

hardy granite
lime perch
hardy granite
dusk adder
abstract hamlet
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Hey what's this bit of the halberd called?

lime perch
abstract hamlet
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But like what's the hook bit called?

lime perch
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Hook bit maybe

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I think we're onto something

abstract hamlet
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Maybe

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the other end is the choppy bit

dusk adder
abstract hamlet
lime perch
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the "Łê" part is very important

abstract hamlet
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Does anyone actually know?

dusk adder
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it ħôøķęțħ thine foe

abstract hamlet
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Exactly

grave marten
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Hi

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I am new here

abstract hamlet
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And I wanna make one in CAD rn and I can't find any reference images cuz I don't know what it's called

abstract hamlet
grave marten
dire portal
abstract hamlet
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But what is the hook bit on the end of the weapon called?

grave marten
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Idk srry

abstract hamlet
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Dang

lime perch
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I'll find out

honest thorn
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Like a tiny lil billhook

grave marten
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Is halfsword avalible on PS4??

lime perch
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Fluke seems more commonly used

honest thorn
lime perch
grave marten
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How can i play with other players??

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If Its possible

lime perch
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Click the channel I tagged

dusk adder
abstract hamlet
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what did you use to find it?

lime perch
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ChatGPT LMAO

abstract hamlet
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That explains it

lime perch
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No clue man. It did describe the weapon in detail though

abstract hamlet
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Cuz fluke refers to something on a halberd but not that bit

dire portal
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or wait

abstract hamlet
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Fluke seemingly refers to this bit

grave marten
lime perch
lime perch
abstract hamlet
dire portal
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or a spike like the bec

grave marten
lime perch
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Just try to put the end bit into chat gpt

shell bronze
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how it feels to be employed and not be able to play half sword 24/7

lime perch
lime perch
shell bronze
dire portal
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Wait

shell bronze
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i work 50-55 hours a week and still play every night so there's that

lime perch
shell bronze
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what can i say
game's fun

dire portal
abstract hamlet
lime perch
abstract hamlet
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It's very difficult to narrow it down tho

lime perch
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Just call it the prince albert

shadow fog
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is it only me or is the commoner boss fight the hardest boss fight in the entire game?

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i actually think that the last fight was way easier

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than this mofo

lime perch
shadow fog
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yeah

lime perch
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I actually really like how the hardest boss is in the middle, because then you truly know if you've practiced the game or not

shadow fog
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its not even about the practice

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i mean

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hes just way better cuz he's got the moves i mean this guy i feel like has way better ai than other enemies

dire portal
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Every boss after the commoner boss is a total pushover in comparison

shadow fog
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and his weapon is also the longest sword in the game

lime perch
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Yeah he's insane. Every other boss after it is easy and I was literally talking about this last night in this chat cos I reached baron last night

dire portal
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hell one of them just straight up forgot to wear a helmet

lime perch
shadow fog
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it does look quite funny

dire portal
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Baron's sword is longer though right

shadow fog
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like a little potato

dire portal
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or is it slightly shorter

lime perch
shadow fog
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in poland we even have name for him

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its matyldus commonerus

dire portal
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wait baron's sword is single edge??

shadow fog
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uhh

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i think so

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i dunno

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fought him long time ago

dire portal
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i don't think it is

shadow fog
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i still remember it being easier

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or even if it is double edge

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whatever

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you still have the armor

dire portal
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also he starts with the poleax

shadow fog
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which you dont have when fighting matyldus commonerus

dire portal
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the billhook sucks ass

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it barely ever cuts

lime perch
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The one with the longer shaft and shorter blade is even worse

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Looks the exact same but for a bladed weapon, I tend to knock them out with it before I even cut them with it

shadow fog
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i mean

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yues

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i have figured it out

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but damn

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when you do the usual

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rush and pray

shell bronze
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can't fight him aggressively

shadow fog
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he is NOT happy when i do this

shell bronze
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not even parrying

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you cannot parry this guy

shadow fog
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btw

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why noone plays the first person

shell bronze
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a lucky block here and there or dumb luck/chance but you just can't consistently go toe to toe with him

shadow fog
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its awesome

shell bronze
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because first person is impractical despite how fun it is sometimes

shadow fog
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later on in the game yes

shell bronze
shadow fog
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but in the beginning its awesome

dire portal
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I accidentally stepped on a billhook in the abyss but somehow saved myself

shadow fog
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or in usual swordfights

dire portal
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then immediately after got my leg cut off

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the same one that steppoed on the billhook

analog pelican
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but if im dead then why am i clearly still concious and animated screaming constantly and flailing? because "dead" in the game clearly does not mean "brain dead" AT ALL

lime perch
random cobalt
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dude i acidentally casted a spell that sent me straight to the abyss

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i dont know if its permadeath or not

lime perch
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Not in Baron

random cobalt
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im not in baron

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i dont have baron yet

lime perch
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Oh yeah well if you lose in abyss then you go back down to rank 1

shell bronze
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being dead in the game is like being injured to the point of just not being able to recover period

random cobalt
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oh i wasnt in permadeath abyss

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i just casted a spell to get into normal abyss

shell bronze
random cobalt
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I CAN GET INTO ABYSS MULTIPLE TIMES

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THIS WAY

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new bug 🔥

shell bronze
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it's the same reason why enemy willie still screams and shouts on the ground even after the win screen

random cobalt
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im gonna recreate the bug one more time

analog pelican
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its not very realistic either way i think.

random cobalt
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yep the bug worked a third time

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im such a hacker trust

dire portal
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tell

frail sundial
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why dose the gane crash on ultimate battel

lime perch
frail sundial
dire portal
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turn off blood

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you can keep gore if you want

old fractal
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Are there mods for this game

dire portal
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tyes

old fractal
wind charm
static spoke
random cobalt
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i loev how i can hold wilies head and swipe in the menu to kill him

shell bronze
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giving up is just part of the game to bail you out and give you that grace

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certain things you suspend disbelief for in a video game like this

lime perch
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sometimes giving up doesn't send you to the abyss, if you can surrender in time

steady spruce
shell bronze
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parrying is a lot of fun no matter the weapon combination/clash

analog pelican
wind charm
sleek mica
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It's a practical concession

steady spruce
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Willie is dead, the brain just doesn't realize it yet

shell bronze
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exactly

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you can still have your spirit be in the fight and want to fight but your body is just not there for you any more

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the giving up mechanic is just your saving grace if you're fast enough

shell bronze
formal plover
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its like the guy telling you to not lossen more, if you mortally wound the guy he won't give you that line even if he's still alive

shell bronze
steady spruce
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the only time I don't really agree with the AI having killed me is when their weapon lightly rubs up against me and I just suddenly drop for no reason. had that happen to me last night. AI had their weird spike pole thing resting against my side, not moving, I went to take a swing and suddenly I just fell over dead.

shell bronze
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yeah weapon collision jank as hell

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that spike pole thing should not be as good of a weapon as it is

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imo

steady spruce
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it agitates me that the weapon collision jank seems to only ever favor the AI in my experience. unless I'm using a billhook.

steady spruce
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LOVE the billhook

shell bronze
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because it looks all menacing and intimidating but getting hit with that thing is like stepping on a carpet of nails (you can do so without much harm) vs a singular cutting/stabbing surface (stepping on one nail)

steady spruce
shell bronze
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you distribute less force with each surface

formal plover
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brother it's so frustrating saw at someones neck with a half sword but because their helmet goes down far enough it prevents anything from happenening

shell bronze
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so the plancon should actually suck balls

sleek mica
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The billhook is a vile weapon in this game

shell bronze
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the billhook lowkey sucks for ai willie and great for players

shell bronze
summer brook
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he rests his axe on his arm for 10 milliseconds

steady spruce
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oh yeah, the fact you can smack them in the shoulder with the billhook and then just drag the heft back to cut into them is great

sleek mica
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When weapon customization comes everyone is going to max the hook size

shell bronze
steady spruce
shell bronze
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m00 always doing the most with that poleaxe

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it is remarkably different compared to what i do with polearms

steady spruce
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I do wide sweeps with polearms. swing, bring up over head transition, bring it down.

tame thicket
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Billhook is good, but lately i've been liking the 5th boss weapon better, what is it a glaive?

shell bronze
wind charm
shell bronze
tame thicket
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Yeah it's like a real long version of the short voulge, pointy blade thing on top of a long stick

shell bronze
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like if you want to just win at all costs it's genuinely free once you grasp the basics

steady spruce
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I need to learn to halfsword the polearms. seems to be the only time they are reliable for me. but I'm used to using them as really long nerf clubs.

shell bronze
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what you do is you aim at the nearest head with it and try not to get hit

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it will carry you past knight

tame thicket
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Yeah I love it

shell bronze
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if you get one in ultimate challenge you just win

tame thicket
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Got to 7500 points in abyss with it

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or somesuch

shell bronze
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50k with plancon/voulge for me

tame thicket
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jesus 50k

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how long was that session?

shell bronze
shell bronze
shell bronze
tame thicket
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what's the plancon/voulge?

shell bronze
shell bronze
sleek mica
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Spikey bat and rectangle halberd

summer brook
tame thicket
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ohh ok

shell bronze
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voulge is the extremely long polearm with a razor blade at the end

tame thicket
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I see

shell bronze
tame thicket
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Is the glaive the big bladed thing on a long stick without a point?

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or is that a type of voulge as well?

naive holly
shell bronze
lime perch
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I started limping on the last part of baron because somebody stabbed my toe. I fucking give up

shell bronze
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fighting against is unfortunately more detrimental than putting up with it

naive holly
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Glaive is usually a curved blade

shell bronze
tame thicket
shell bronze
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autoparry doesn't ruin too much if you default to longpoint/chudan no gamae

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it's when you try to pull off a specific guard/stance that it plays around too much

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parrying with longsword isn't too reliant on how fast you are at swinging your sword against the other one (though that is one way to do it)

slow iris
cursive root
shell bronze
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it's more about well-timed blocks and predictions on enemy movement

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that's why my gameplay always has that lethargic look to it

tame thicket
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I can't block/parry worth a damn, i'm only good at hitting them real hard with long sticks

rain kindle
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hi

summer brook
rain kindle
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why isn't the from not int he search options

shell bronze
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wasted movement can cost you a lot

lime perch
shell bronze
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and that's ok

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parrying is 100% optional

naive holly
sleek mica
shell bronze
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footwork and knowing how to swing is 100% of half sword

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the other 10% is just style and aura farming

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beating and stabbing people with long sticks has always been the historical meta for a great reason

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it works and is bs easy

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reach is king

steady spruce
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holding shift all the time is neat for foot stability. but moving around all the time with it can mess you up more than help it seems? I find it hard to tell.

shell bronze
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i love my parrying but if i had to simply win fights all day i'd take a polearm

tame thicket
shell bronze
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use it if need be but not all the time

steady spruce
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I mostly use it as the posture key.

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need to get better at controlled movement

shell bronze
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i treat it like the roll button in souls games

steady spruce
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hmm fair

shell bronze
wind charm
shell bronze
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you use it in short well timed bursts to get away from stuff and prevent excessive stamina use

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then sprint longer distances if need be when the situation permits

shell bronze
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but people hold it down and it becomes their downfall

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just like sprinting unnecessarily/roll spamming in souls

summer brook
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i just let go of m1 and i never have any stamina troubles

tame thicket
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I only hold it down when I'm running around abyss and avoiding dudes to find loot

wind charm
steady spruce
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it doesn't help that pretty much every halfsword video out there that explains the core mechanics of how to fight in this game pretty much tells you to just hold it down

shell bronze
shell bronze
shell bronze
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in terms of ease of use to effectiveness, holding shift takes the cake vs just not using it period

shell bronze
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that's how i hold stances

wind charm
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if "fuck it we ball" was a clip

shell bronze
# shell bronze

this parry practice vid is a good example of ideal movement in half sword

steady spruce
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I recently figured out with the help of some advice in this discord that I generally want to move my mouse at the speed of my swing too. I've been making really nice cuts since I was told that. got told that in an effort to make my maces not feel useless, but its great for pretty much any weapon. now that I know not to always hold shift, gonna see how clean I can make my fights

shell bronze
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your character can only swing so fast so instead of focusing on swiping the mouse, focus on the quality and commitment/backbone behind each swing by prolonging mouse movement

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strength > velocity

lime perch
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finally got to the actual baron. Holy fuck

tame thicket
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It's kinda like Exanima in that way

tame thicket
lime perch
shell bronze
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instead of a quick swipe with your mouse, just find that balance between being slower than your character's actual swing and being too fast to take full advantage of the way he swings

tame thicket
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nice, did you beat him?

lime perch
tame thicket
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heh, did you have a polearm?

lime perch
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I had a golden mace 🙂

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He knocked me unconcious though

tame thicket
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well, it's doable, but best way to beat him is hit him about the head, and easiest way to do that is with a polearm

astral tiger
shell bronze
tame thicket
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Actually I think it's the only way to beat him in fact

shell bronze
tame thicket
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yeah see, you hit guys in the head and they go down

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Even the baron

shell bronze
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bruh baron easy by himself

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do this and you'll never ever have a problem with him again

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i already put him on the ground once in this clip (hence why he dropped his polearm) but he got up again so i had to put him back to sleep

tame thicket
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yeah he's not so bad when you get the hang of it

He's most scary when he goes into his second form (takes the huge great sword out), he half-swords that thing and bum rushes you, even with full armor sometimes he gets me

tame thicket
# shell bronze

yep, hit him about the head with a polearm, that's the way to do it heh

I actually think the poleaxe might be the best solution indeed

shell bronze
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when he half swords and bum rushes you you have to either stall his rush with a good strike to the head (now that he has no reach) or just turn around and run yourself

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until he stops and goes back to trying to slap you with his sword in standard grip

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then keep slapping him in the face until he's out

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my honest reaction to commoner boss

tame thicket
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lol, You should post that clip on every thread whining about him on steam forums

shell bronze
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no i have a better one

analog pelican
shell bronze
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no buckler no dagger

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one hand

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one simple decapitation

tame thicket
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That great sword of his is a bitch to avoid, usually I just poke him

shell bronze
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it's actually chill when you let him commit to a swing and game end him

tame thicket
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the scary thing about swords is that any part of it as much as touches you and you're usually done, at least at default damage settings, avoiding it completely like you did is pretty dope

steady spruce
shell bronze
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twice the size, double the fall

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nice part about these disarming type of strikes is that you will never ever lose to physics jank because you already have your sword placed against his swinging arm(s)

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and because he has too much reach he can't swing back at you once you commit to your own strike

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the alternative is a clean headshot

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but sometimes with his dying last breath he will throw his sword at you and you get cut in half for no reason

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that's why i always include wedging my sword against his as part of the kill strike

tame thicket
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I've been trying to get though the whole of abyss with nothing but the long candelabra, but my new project is beating commoner boss with long sword heh

shell bronze
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do it it's a lot of fun

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punishes you for overextension and bad movement/timing

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once you hit a good swing on him and render him inoperable/too weak to be a threat just give up, fight back up, and fight him again

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make the commoner your bitch and you will make everyone else in the game yours as well

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half sword gets easy once you figure out how to kill the commoner boss more than 5 times out of 10

tame thicket
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Well, I can definitely get those odds, but only with battle fork 😛

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for now anyway

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next is long sword!

shell bronze
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if you want to have losing against him be less punishing turn down damage big time and turn off gore

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so you don't deal with the bs involved in getting back to him after dying

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that's the way to practice commoner boss

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gore can insta kill you and damage makes every mistake annoying

tame thicket
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that's a good idea, I usually play with default damage and gore at gruesome levels, but getting it down a bit to practice would make it better

shell bronze
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turn your own damage down and gore off

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keep npc default so you know how much it takes to kill someone

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good luck longsword practitioner

tame thicket
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thx 🙂

shell bronze
quick lintel
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will half sword keep the same game play like fighting rounds in a cage and the abyss or will it become something different?

zenith atlas
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wsp

rain kindle
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If my glitch isn't getting solved is there any way I can get staff support?

tough yew
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why is he so opurple

zenith atlas
proven verge
runic karma
small dove
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thanks to me

shell bronze
small dove
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yo i think you sent it twice

shell bronze
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discord bugging

jolly gorge
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Bruh I just got to the gold dude then my game crashed😭😭😭😭

shell bronze
graceful pivot
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I love broccoli

fallow gate
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If you had to give a percentage, what stage of development are you at in the game?

neat crow
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That's what causes the crashes as far as im aware

bright belfry
soft osprey
shrewd ore
naive holly
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Blink an you'll miss it

neat crow
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What do yall think the full Half Sword is gonna be?

bright belfry
neat crow
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They mentioned TABS, Mordhau, and Chiv 2 as their inspos so I assume it'll be like a battle sim game.

bright belfry
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pro tip: when you halfsword in full armoured combat always swing around upperwarsrd, this is so u can get headshots

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if you have a sword too your most likely to smack them with your hilt or blade

formal lichen
neat crow
grizzled ridge
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Can we agree that axes are the best?

bright belfry
neat crow
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Full armor's kinda infuriating imo because like I don't got the patience to smack this guy in the head for 7 minutes at a time

bright belfry
formal lichen
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at peasant tier yes

grizzled ridge
neat crow
grizzled ridge
formal lichen
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hammers are peakest of peak

bright belfry
formal lichen
neat crow
formal lichen
bright belfry
# neat crow Not always

atleast for me, i do have pretty high damage for both myself and willie. Nice dragonslayer codex pfp btw love the hagwyrm

grizzled ridge
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That’s is totally not true I use an axe as a present up to two ranks higher (I die before I can get any higher) but I’m gana test some stuff with the axe later and see if some stuff is possible because if what I try works then axes and hatchets will definitely be the best

bright belfry
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the 2h axe specifically is insanely lethal

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hits like a TRUCK for both willie and yourself

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for high armoured tiers, it acts more like a deveasting blunt nuclear bomb against willies temple then a hack and slash weapon

formal lichen
grizzled ridge
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Can we agree that’s spears are are for pussies? (Am I allowed to say that?)

formal lichen
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no precision

bright belfry
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  • halfswording
grizzled ridge
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I would take some clips if I had nitro to show yall that if you actually go for openings than axes are better then swords

bright belfry
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halfswording using the 2h axe does insane damage

formal lichen
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example of high skill ceiling

bright belfry
grizzled ridge
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And pitch forks

formal lichen
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pitchforks are easy to counter and honestly suck as a weapon even at peasant tier

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spear but off center

grizzled ridge
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What weapons do you like?

bright belfry
grizzled ridge
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I’m genuinely concerned

bright belfry
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they are very easy to kill willie with

formal lichen
grizzled ridge
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Hmmmm

formal lichen
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im also partial to hammers and two handed maces

grizzled ridge
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Idk why you don’t think spears n such are really op

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Unless they are just stabbing wildly

formal lichen
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they're about as OP as they were historically

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spears are easy to use and effective and thats why they were used often

grizzled ridge
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Maybe I just dislike them because they are a good counter to axes

formal lichen
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in a willie's hands they're easy to counter even with just an axe

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sidestep and knock it out of the way

cinder stone
grizzled ridge
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How do you side step? Just move left or right?

brave ferry
formal lichen
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  • if you're trying to block or parry with your axe at the same time it's easy
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then rush them when they're resetting

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ill try to demonstrate give me a couple mins

brave ferry
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I fr need online matches

grizzled ridge
brave ferry
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like

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soo easy

formal lichen
brave ferry
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forgot abt that

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but

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is easy like

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that easy

formal lichen
brave ferry
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k

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but

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oke

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i will try

formal lichen
# brave ferry i will try

i usually mess around on tier 5 so there's enough armor to help the NPC while not too much that i have to sit there beating them for 40 minutes until they give up

brave ferry
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dawng

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I finished someone in 10 sc

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💔

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dawng

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that tech is insane

tender quest
brave ferry
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lol

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thats funny

formal lichen
tender quest
bright belfry
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is it just me or is willies kicks extremely powerful

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no matter the damage scaling

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but my kicks do little to nothing

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like a single kick makes my whole screen shake and even dust effects and everything

nova nimbus
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anyone else know if the games just super demanding because my frames are low

neat crow
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Lower settings

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Though the physics sims are def demanding in numbers. Brave Stand and ESPECIALLY Buhurt drop my frames

hardy granite
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Half Sword has a Sandbox mode?

formal lichen
mental pelican
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anyone else crash when throwing an enemy while they are ragdolled?

formal lichen
neat crow
hardy granite
formal lichen
dire moon
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Anyone notice the trailer for halfsword and the gameplay are a bit different

neat crow
hardy granite
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or only for dev?

formal lichen
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nexusmods

neat crow
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..

pearl ferry
formal lichen
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too easy

pearl ferry
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yea they are very strong but they can still be fun

formal lichen
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nice

naive holly
pearl ferry
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that specific 1 handed axe is sooo strong it needs a nerf

naive holly
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Pocket battleaxe

pearl ferry
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really cool longsword execution

naive holly
formal lichen
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for me the coolest ones are when i go to parry and the tip of the sword ends up in their eyeball somehow

naive holly
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Yasss

formal lichen
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holy hell

naive holly
formal lichen
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willie feet sightings and rp???

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excuse???

naive holly
analog pelican
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i am very tired of playing free mode and then just dying 0.001 seconds before i am able to fully give up

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its very interrupting

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to the gameplay

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i feel

formal lichen
analog pelican
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more interesting that way

desert acorn
pearl ferry
analog pelican
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when giving up

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it doesnt even make it "more difficult to not die"

desert acorn
analog pelican
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cus you can always just clikc the esc button to go to the menu withg no consequence

naive holly
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I mean with all due respect and all the love in my heart..

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Just don't die

analog pelican
languid gazelle
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just git gud

naive holly
analog pelican
# languid gazelle just git gud

how will i get good if i dont have fun and just st ay in a comfertable range of combat thats too easy for m e to improve from?

naive holly
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Favorite meme

languid gazelle
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idk

analog pelican
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there was a study done on trees

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where

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they tried to grow threes in an enclosed system

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but they fell over and died

languid gazelle
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because

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no wind

analog pelican
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cus there was no wind, so they had no resistance, nothing to fight against, so they got weak

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HOW WILL I BECOME STRONG IF I CAN NOT FIGHT

timber scaffold
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Just be strong

languid gazelle
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just practice

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i wish the opps would actually try to parry instead of just swinging wildly

languid gazelle
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yeah

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the npcs

analog pelican
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see

formal lichen
formal lichen
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use slow mo to learn the moves then move on to real time when you're confident

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what techniques are you trying to learn?

analog pelican
formal lichen
analog pelican
naive holly
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You can get half sword enhancer to have infinite slowmo and no pain mode

formal lichen
analog pelican
formal lichen
analog pelican
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i have used slow mo for blocking alot.

analog pelican
formal lichen
# analog pelican random ones.

typically when trying to learn something you choose something specific to practice rather than doing a bunch of things at once

analog pelican
cerulean cloud
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damn is 🤣 🎉

desert acorn
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why not pick one specific move you wanna try to master or something

analog pelican
desert acorn
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oh okay, not bad, but yeah

analog pelican
desert acorn
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you could also try stupid moves like this

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or polearm spins

formal lichen
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i like to drop my weapon and disarm people by just ripping their weapon out of their hand and then bashing them into the poles

desert acorn
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yeah that is basically me at peasant tiers row

analog pelican
desert acorn
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except my drop is a throw

desert acorn
analog pelican
formal lichen
analog pelican
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the move that ive more recently tried to get better at has been this tho (also from playtest)

formal lichen
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pommel strikes are great

desert acorn
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want a difficult challenge ham?

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blind fighting

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pick a loadout with this barbute, go into first person

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congrats, you're blind

naive holly
analog pelican
fiery garnet
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will willy ever have hair

analog pelican
sleek gull
sly frigate
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what does it look like getting beheaded in vr mode?

grave crystal
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does anyone know why i cant download the tech demo

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???

desert acorn
desert acorn
# grave crystal does anyone know why i cant download the tech demo

Half Sword is an immersive, physics-based medieval combat simulator that offers players a unique experience of becoming a commoner-turned-knight, fighting brutal tournaments in 15th-century Europe. With innovative gameplay mechanics, you can wield your weapon with precision using your mouse, feeling the intensity of each clash as you ascend…

Release Date

2025

▶ Play video
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do you not have the download tech demo button on the steam page?

grave crystal
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like when u press sownload or what it says nothing happens like when u press on the little green button that says tech demo i think nothing happens

hexed kraken
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if half sword has taught me anything, it's that medieval armies should have been armed with candle holders

gentle flicker
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I think they should add an option to have the ai fight until they're either knocked out completely or till they are dead.

shrewd patio
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how does one beat the ultimate challenge 😭

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i can beat the rest of the gauntlet with relative ease

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i can dodge, parry sometimes, and i understand spacing and striking

shell bronze
shrewd patio
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i kill almost every opponent in 1v1's, probably 50% of the time i don't get hit either

shrewd ore
gentle flicker
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Wait how are you able to use full armor against farmer tier enemies?

prisma slate
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(for the ultimate challenge) why is there a HUGE buff against enemies but you get nerfed. Its already hard enough since the NPC's rarely drop armor

shell bronze
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unironically do this and beat ultimate challenge

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no insane skill needed outside of basics

bright belfry
# shrewd ore

what the hell is the little noises willie made when you cut his arm 😭

shrewd patio
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i keep getting pretty far but i can't find damn arm armor and then they get broken and i can't use polearms anymore

loud aurora
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YEAAAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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FFFFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

gentle flicker
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My biggest obstacle to beating the ultimate challenge is just fatal error

loud aurora
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turn blood waaaaaaaay down

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like almost off

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should fix it

potent fable
mental kelp
shell bronze
formal lichen
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they're usually quite a lot heavier than they appear

potent fable
potent fable
shell bronze
potent fable
formal lichen
shell bronze
formal lichen
potent fable
formal lichen
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sarcasim

naive holly
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Yeah i play at like 30%, the slider is right under the se in mouse

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1600dpi

gentle flicker
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I got the ultimate challenge boss down to his sword phase and he headlocked me so he slit my throat...

shell bronze
naive holly
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guse

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guys

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think imma play some halfsword

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abyss run perchance

sour socket
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why is the gif not loading

naive holly
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Had to do em like that sorry chief

sour socket
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:(

naive holly
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get to level 2 in the server by yapping in any text channel for a while

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to be able to post images

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and media

sour socket
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:((

naive holly
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so sry chief

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the people who had to mass join and post penis ruined it for the rest of us

sour socket
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what the

naive holly
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was a long time ago but yeah the server got griefed so now thems the rules

gentle flicker
#

Watch as a clan of greifers start yapping just to unleash the second wave of penis apocalypse

sour socket
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Oh boy
So glad i joined this server-

naive holly
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i mean

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glad youre here

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just talk for awhile a get perms

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and do /rank @(you)

sour socket
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Nice

sour socket
naive holly
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ahh whats the issue

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thats a huge bummer

sour socket
#

Idk
Every time I try to download, it gets stuck at 92% and errors out

gentle flicker
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ngl my favorite thing to do in the game is set damage to low and just beat the crap out of willies in a 1v1 fist fight

sour socket
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I am on a mac, using a wineskin, but that’s worked fine for me in the past

gentle flicker
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They should rlly do another game in this engine soley focused on like some sort of fight club

sour socket
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Playing a d&d monk in half sword is the best

gentle flicker
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Every time I knock em down I just let them get back up

sour socket
naive holly
sour socket
analog stump
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evil egg.....

sour socket
#

Oh snap
That first one is epic

analog stump
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evil egg/////

formal lichen
#

willies rusing at me while limply holding their weapon in their broken arms is so funny

analog stump
formal lichen
#

what

analog stump
#

evil egg.......

naive holly
#

Evil egg apparently

formal lichen
analog stump
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can we play?

formal lichen
#

evil egg.....

analog stump
#

we should be friend

formal lichen
#

no

analog stump
#

please

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evil egg.....

formal lichen
#

sorry

analog stump
#

we can be evil egg buddies

analog stump
#

please evil egg buds

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evil egg......

formal lichen
#

why are you so desperate

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what is the evil egg

analog stump
#

yes

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please we can be evil egg best buds

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and message each other

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evil egg.....

ember flame
sour socket
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Inspiring 💖

ember flame
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ive been stuck in the abyss and i got a little hungry

grand magnet
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question bout half swor

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how are people able to play the demo with other maps?

ember flame
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wydm different maps

grand magnet
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im only able to play that one shadowey map

ember flame
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abyss is the darkone where random items, npc's spawn

grand magnet
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yes but how do i change that and go into the other map?

ember flame
#

arena is the freeplay, gaunlet

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ulimate challenge is the unfenced version of arena

ember flame
grand magnet
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alright hold on let me reinstall and see

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ive been playinf abyss since demo came out not realising i can go into a diff map

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😭

unique cedar
#

???

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you can play abyss on a different map????

brazen crest
# ember flame

i am now fighting the urge to close my study shit and play half sword with an axe

brazen crest
unique cedar
#

ohhh 😭

ember flame
#

farmers axe is brutal

worn heron
#

I liked it a bit more when it was a little more dull. Felt realistic and had a unique feel to it.

magic scroll
#

Help please I want to play the demo but I can’t even git it to start to turn off blood and I’ve tried every thing I’ve seen on YouTube but nothing has worked what would you recommend

wind charm
dense mantle
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plucked his eyeball out. raven DLC when?

stable rivet
elfin abyss
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They should add the ability to steal your opponents weapons like taek it from the sheath

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people did that all the time

stable rivet
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its also been turned into a goated weapon for lower tiers, as if it wasn't already

stable rivet
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although you need to be close enough to pull it out fully

dusk adder
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thank god they locked the c'mon mcwonderbread channel, that was getting out of hand

stable rivet
#

and by the time you're half way into stealing their sword, you're probably going to get stabbed

wind charm
real shell
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Can confirm, Willie's left ass cheek is removable. Don't ask me why I know this

fair stump
#

yo how do i reseat gladiator mode?

real shell
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What is gladiator mode?

fair stump
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gauntlet my bad

real shell
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Die

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If you die it resets

fair stump
#

i... i did that

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it dont work?

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im at the end, and beat that, but now i cant go back to the start

real shell
#

Are you sure you're not in free mode?

fair stump
#

yes

real shell
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Restart game, uninstall, get good

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That's all I got

fair stump
#

=/

lean nicheBOT
naive holly
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@fair stump

lethal crag
#

yep that

naive holly
#

For willeh bot

real shell
lean nicheBOT
lethal crag
#

OH THANK YOU

naive holly
#

Same with "/gore" for the gore screen bug

lethal crag
naive holly
#

Exactly the idea, good mods. Np! Moai showed me and it was like omg yes

#

No more finding that screenshot or typing it out

lethal crag
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which was what i was about to do 😭

tired coral
#

i kept the baron unlocked in free mode but my gauntlet was reset

somber badge
#

Halberds?

white sierra
tawny anvil
#

how much will halfsword likely cost

snow otter
#

today fatal error day

white sierra
#

prob like 20 or 30 if i had to guess

tough ledge
white sierra
#

or just play the demo indefinitely lmao

tawny anvil
snow otter
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yep i think if u dont have enough money to buy just 1 game, how do you living???

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u can jobbing half mounth to delivery and by that game i think...

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i did it, whorked 3 mounth to buy laptop and now if someone say go to work i m running away

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/fatalerror

tawny anvil
snow otter
tawny anvil
#

for living

snow otter
#

nice motivation👌

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how much body do u have in the hous?

snow otter
tough ledge
#

I’m not the one to demonize devs over the price of games, in 2025 gaming has been proven to be luxury lol

hexed kraken
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I hope they add blades locking/binding together when sharp edges meet. I think it would make parrying easier, and add another fun layer of realism/authenticity

dusk adder
#

what it's gone

#

huh

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can't find it oh well

mental kelp
#

And Half Sword Enhancer to spawn in the stuff I wanted

dusk adder
#

Is it just me or should the tiers have weapons that are based on the player's skill?
like the first tier should have only the most basic example of each weapon type, like spear, mace, axe, sword, maybe shield
then the next tier has bit more types and expands upon pre-existing weapons, such as dividing 'spear' into billhook and winged spear

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cause right now, there is a huge jump in equipment from commoner to militia tier

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u go from from 2h sword, 1h sword, mace, buckler all the way to multiple polearms, axes, pavises

tender quest
hexed kraken
#

they also should let you pick up the femur bones in abyss and use it like a mace/totokia

dusk adder
#

especially the 1H weapon ones. every single time they attack from top left

brazen crest
brittle cliff
#

i cut ones head off in the first swing to them going for the waist

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BRO

#

THESE BOSSES ARE SO WEAK

#

ONE SWING AND HES DOWN

shell bronze
blissful elbow
#

guys, I simultaneously won and lost a round, and now i've been thrown into the arena completely naked and without a weapon, to face a fully armoured soldier

shell bronze
brazen crest
shell bronze
summer pollen
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what is the point of the spike on the top? does it stab or slash?

brazen crest
#

i searched up like falchion circa 1300 and got a similar sword

summer pollen
#

aight

tight isle
#

i mean anything pointy can stab (just probably not the best at it)

grim latch
brazen crest
tender quest
wind charm
wind charm
stoic trail
#

i just installed half sword on my pc ,my specs are i3 1115g4 dual channel 8gb ram ive run most aaa games but somehow this game keeps crashing ive tried change from dx12 to dx11 and then to dx12 again but nothing works ive also tried setting my paging file higher but still it doesnt do anything i either get a fatal error crash or a out of memory error

brazen crest
#

the games only crashed for me once, but i didnt do anything for it

solemn holly
solemn holly
#

devs have decided not to use the plugin anymore and are working on their own solution which'll be in the early access release

tender quest
cunning aspen
#

Well one-hit victory at commoner boss was fun

#

Just slap him with sword to face

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He beat me with my own plancon

pearl rover
#

How to get this game

shrewd ore
shrewd ore
#

get steam

pearl rover
#

I know

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But i can download beta

#

Only

shrewd ore
#

yea thats

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what you download er

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the demo

brazen crest
pearl rover
#

Ok

#

Thx

brazen crest
#

you're welcome!

#

btw the demo is pretty complete ngl, can't believe its free

#

feels like a full game

pearl rover
#

Oh

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I cant Play on this fight area

brazen crest
#

wdym?

pearl rover
brazen crest
pearl rover
#

I will write later

#

I cant in this moment

brazen crest
#

alr

zenith atlas
#

wsp

stable rivet
#

how you deflected that sword as if it was thrown at you

stable rivet
stable rivet
stable rivet
dusk adder
#

@wind charm what is your ingame sensitivity

pearl ferry