halfsword-chat-⚔

[stone umbra]

is it common to not be able to get up in abyss>

?

[supple ember]

Depends on the sword but my sword has better range even with the fully extended arm with the 1H swords

[shell bronze]

you can do stuff like this

i spawned in a commoner/militia sword that looked like my default commoner build's and used that because it was tha shortest thing ever

[supple ember]

(my sword I use)

[modern tiger]

only eight seconds, cray cray

[supple ember]

Love the grabs here lol

[supple ember]

8 seconds is all you need if you use it right!

[mint wadi]

generally speaking with 1h sword I'm going for dodging and stabbing.

[frigid vessel]

my favorite thing to do with a 1 handed axe or mace is to grab them and just start whaling on them

not effective in the slightest, but its funny

[cunning aspen]

One hit decapitation

[mint wadi]

Throwing the shield is fun too

[supple ember]

Very much agreed

[mint wadi]

lol my Willie is fearless haha

[celest spire]

throwing is super hard... I can't do it :p

[supple ember]

I love playing with my willie

[mint wadi]

You'll get it eventually. I throw a lot and still only hit probably 1/10 times.

[supple ember]

You just got to know when to release, its all timing and luck really

This is how it goes 90% of the time lol

[mint wadi]

HI ZEV

[supple ember]

Very nice riposte

[cunning aspen]

He just... Halfed me with one move of little axe

[mint wadi]

Damn.

Mongo is appalled.

[shell bronze]

this is what they want you to believe daggers can do in dnd and fantasy

in reality you get poked and die horribly

[stone umbra]

to be fair a single dagger strike on the worst end does a fourth of a normal persons health

[supple ember]

I like this first parry

[stone umbra]

how do i not feint

every time i try to swing i feint

[supple ember]

What do you even mean

Just attack normally

[mint wadi]

Holy fucking shit. The coolest way to remove a shield from a shield user.

[stone umbra]

i keep trying to do a full swing with the edge parallel but instead to swtiches to the other side without extending

[stone umbra]

extending the weapon

[mint wadi]

Clueless watch this lol

[mint wadi]

I know you like fucking up shield users.

[mint wadi]

Can you record this? I'm not sure what you mean.

[supple ember]

This is how you strike without fienting

[lapis marsh]

The unshieldening

[stone umbra]

alrighty

[shell bronze]

some anakin v dooku bs

i usually stun them to a point where i deem fit and rip it from their hands usually

[mint wadi]

bro tried so hard to give you a tap in the back of the head but didn't have the strength to do it.

[shell bronze]

ikr

if only he had used both hands on his weapon

[stone umbra]

i dont have attachment perms hold o

n

[mint wadi]

max gore moment

[mint wadi]

put it in #game-footage-🎮🎥

[shell bronze]

goofy ass decaps

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1043854764095582260/1399245799019511920/2099101.MP4?ex=688aefb3&is=68899e33&hm=aae5d059a25dc39c4fb35430f0940fa86433ef90e9c22f2caec46526c9632ba5&

shit like this is wyld

[stone umbra]

kk

[mint wadi]

This is a hack and slash game.

[mint wadi]

You're not getting enough movement from your mouse to the game.

[supple ember]

His blood splattered all over my face

[mint wadi]

Essentially you're frames are so low that it's not working.

[stone umbra]

thats

dang

[mint wadi]

I'm sorry, somthing. That actually does suck.

[stone umbra]

truly is a skill issue

[shell bronze]

was Iowkey ready to keep fighting from that jodan no kamae stance

but man decided having his spine chopped was bad enough

[mint wadi]

we both know you were about to give'em the kendo special.

[shell bronze]

that's why a lot of my videos end in overhead/hasso no kamae because you gotta always prepared to follow up if they don't fall or give up

[supple ember]

you got 2 FPS lol unless you just dont have your recording software setup correctly

[stone umbra]

i dot have that low fps in game but like it keeps doing the thing

[shell bronze]

man at arms try not to leave their literal throats exposed for no reason

[stone umbra]

im not running 60 fps either still lmao

[shell bronze]

(impossible)

[supple ember]

Try turning down your sensitivty, and fix the recording so we can see better lol

[mint wadi]

Kendo users be like. (The concept of a helmet or shoulder protection didn't exist in japan)

[supple ember]

Your graphics turned all the way down?

[shell bronze]

you're missing the screaming

[stone umbra]

its on medium because low hurts my eyes

[shell bronze]

need to hit that kiai

[mint wadi]

The fucking scream gets me when I watch videos. Some people go for this manly AHHH and others go for like...pure goat scream

[shell bronze]

YIAAAAAAAH

[mint wadi]

https://youtu.be/nA3nv5GpkcU?t=88

Time stamped.

[shell bronze]

AIIIIEEEEE!!!!

[mint wadi]

THAT'S A FUCKING GOAT AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME IT'S NOT

[small glen]

here another clip from earlier of a Plancon V Plancon, doe this was a lot more sloppy and the AI wasn't defending nearly as well compared to John Defense from Earlier

[shell bronze]

most intense kendo fight

[mint wadi]

The fucking sword docking

lmao

How did Japan manage to create this sport

[shell bronze]

i don't know but it's lowkey fun

i mostly just practice kenjutsu by my lonesome though iwl

[mint wadi]

And remember these are both 7dan individuals.

Respective masters of the sport.

Fucking docking swords.

[shell bronze]

method to the madness lmao

[small glen]

i did kendo

and Shotakan and also Staff training

[mint wadi]

It's the parkinsons docking for me.

[small glen]

I mostly Japanese Martial Arts

[mint wadi]

And how silent the room is so you just hear the clattering of the swords.

[small glen]

the reason why we scream so loudly

[mint wadi]

https://youtu.be/nA3nv5GpkcU?t=137

[small glen]

is because for like two reasons

[mint wadi]

HAHAHA TIME STAMPED

He gets in the other guys face and goes AHHHHH

[shell bronze]

(this is actually a reference to the star wars original trilogy vader vs obi wan fight)

[naive holly]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3376864446

Try some of this stuff

[small glen]

Intimidation

and also we do it either mid strike or before we are hit

its basically just a battle cry

[mint wadi]

I'm especially sensitive to goat scream humor right now

preponte got me goin

[shell bronze]

@small glen and channeling your spirit

[mint wadi]

Prepotente sorry

[shell bronze]

you're focusing all of your spirit on the other guy more or less

[supple ember]

The most useless 4 mins of my life 😭

[small glen]

My sensei just said that was mostly just bs, it was mostly for Intimidation, generating power, or tanking a hit by puffing your chest when you yell

[flint raven]

did big candlestick moveset change?

[small glen]

it can also help with breathing

[shell bronze]

it's basically the textbook explanation

[mint wadi]

For you it was 4 minutes. For those two? They've been doing this for 40 years.

[small glen]

Kendo was fun when i did it

[shell bronze]

for me personally it's just an excuse to actually scream out when i hit something

feels like i have more force behind the swing

[small glen]

but if you did Hema, and you jump into Kendo

you are not going to experience the same thing

[mint wadi]

This sounds like a great way to get yelled at.

[small glen]

Kendo is very little defense, mostly whoever hits first

[shell bronze]

the hema guy immediately tackling his first opponent

[small glen]

this is basically sort of what kendo is

[mint wadi]

They have a Kendo gym near me.

[shell bronze]

nah we don't use gedan no kamae like that

[small glen]

i still have my wooden training sword

[shell bronze]

this is more like kendo

[small glen]

and my training staff

never used it doe

[supple ember]

Enjoying the view!

[shell bronze]

those men strikes 😂

[small glen]

actually, here something rly odd about staffs in Japanese martial arts

You DON'T really have a "strike"

most of your attacks are just blocks that you can use as a attack

[shell bronze]

usually it's just seigan/chudan no kamae and jodan for people who really know what they're doing

[mint wadi]

We get some surprisingly stacked events here lol damn

[stone umbra]

i got a better video

[small glen]

but kendo is generally funny to me

[small glen]

because at least in hema, when you mess up you can recover easily

in kendo? nah its gg

you messed up? welp, guess thats it for you

[shell bronze]

i need to find a place that does actual kenjutsu sparring

the problem with kenjutsu is that you are literally just going for kill shots and lethal blows

they use different training swords altogether

[small glen]

well because generally speaking

there isn't all too much

[gilded veldt]

https://www.nexusmods.com/halfsword/mods/26

[small glen]

swords were always back up, the forms used were ofc mostly just like

very basic

try to kill as fast as possible

then return back to your bow

spears have more to them

and generally easier

a lot of the spear forms are in "horseback stance"

[mint wadi]

We have a place like this in Louisville but they mark those classes/sessions as invite only.

[stone umbra]

I fixed the recording

[small glen]

and its mostly just poking and blocking that can be used as a attack

[shell bronze]

graaaaah

[mint wadi]

We also have some weirder schools here too.

Tagaki Yoshin-ryū

[shell bronze]

i enjoy my swordplay and all but realistically it was all polearm and archery

the katana sucks outside of traditional stuff and symbolism

[small glen]

idk how the fuck anyone using a Naginata was able to do it

you have any idea how painful the stance is?!

[shell bronze]

def a method to the madness

[small glen]

it fucking sucks to hold!

and you are forced to be low

[shell bronze]

otherwise it wouldn't be a thing

[mint wadi]

Even have a school that actually has a Menkyo Kaiden for Kukishin-ryū

Which is insane.

[shell bronze]

need to get me an actual longsword to play with

[mint wadi]

Because there's not that many in the United States that have that.

[small glen]

Nodachi

ez

[shell bronze]

all i have is this fuckass hand and a half for european weapons

[shell bronze]

katana but bigger

no thanks

same problems

[mint wadi]

There's almost no place in the USA where you can learn Kenpo and Bojutsu from someone with 30+ years of certified experience.

[shell bronze]

give me a montante on the other hand

[small glen]

sellswords arts

did a very good video

on the two weapons

but they generally said

katana and longsword are basically just the same thing

[shell bronze]

need me a good european piece of steel

[mint wadi]

That same school even has like, weird weeb shit too just to get people interested.

They'll literally teach you how to throw shurikens if you want.

[shell bronze]

me when i swing the wrong way and my shit is irreversibly cooked

[small glen]

also i must say

Nodachi forms suck balls

they are hell

[shell bronze]

me when i do a duel that lasts precisely 4 parries and my sword now needs 8 hours of maintenance

[shell bronze]

(the longsword would never do this to you)

[mint wadi]

WHAT THE FUCK IS JAPANESE JUJUTSU

[shell bronze]

WILDIN

[mint wadi]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujutsu

IT'S A THING

WTF

[shell bronze]

egregious work

[mint wadi]

Like I get the name and all

But it never clicked.

I've heard Brazilian Jujutsu my entire life.

[shell bronze]

someone will find a way to incorporate this bs into half sword

[small glen]

shotokan has grapples in it

but its like

getting your ass beat

[mint wadi]

What the fuck is Hontai Takagi Yoshin Ryu

[small glen]

because they are allowed to hit you

[shell bronze]

straight ancient techniques

[small glen]

pretty sure its grappling

[mint wadi]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hontai_Yōshin-ryū

It's literally ancient techniques lol

And there's almost no one teaching it.

[small glen]

because Shotokan has it

so why bother doing it

[shell bronze]

fool's guard is stupid fun

[mint wadi]

Karate is criiinge

[shell bronze]

the shadows really let you see what happened

[mint wadi]

AYOOOOO LETS FUCKING GOOOO

[shell bronze]

KUSARIGAMA

BAE

dude i can't wait for ghost of yotei

[small glen]

never used one 🥹

[shell bronze]

i hate on japanese weaponry and the katana until someone mentions a ghost of game

[supple ember]

@stone umbra try turning your sens way down and control your attacks more. First try to thow a straight and precise overhead attack and then you can work on others.

[mint wadi]

I mean Japanese weaponry kinda sucks but it's not like there was a time they were actually facing european longswords.

[shell bronze]

and then all of the hatred leaves my body as i immediately pretend i am in a kurosawa movie

[dusky heron]

fellas this is literally not half sword

[mint wadi]

Fella you haven't even been in the conversation begone

[dusky heron]

https://tenor.com/view/emoji-gif-25653232

[small glen]

i don't hate Japanese weaponry, i just generally think its fairly dumb to compare a backup weapon to a main weapon

[shell bronze]

me hating on the katana until the most unrealistic bullshit happens in a video game involving it (it's cool now)

[mint wadi]

The Katana has aura.

[small glen]

it's like comparing a kitchen knife to a Claymore

[shell bronze]

ceremonial significance >

[small glen]

no shit the claymore will win

[mint wadi]

The single edge. The angled point. The hamon. The groove that is used in movies to collect blood and throw everywhere.

[shell bronze]

me when my steel is folded 1000 times and the weapon has one cutting edge and a crappy thrusting edge

[mint wadi]

I don't think a single movie has actually represented seppuku correctly though.

[shell bronze]

and it can break if i swing it wrong

[mint wadi]

Still waiting on the movie that does that.

It's always like...stab, move wakazashi, die.

[shell bronze]

true actually

[shell bronze]

i always say

where is the OTHER GUY

where is the chop chop

[mint wadi]

Nah dawg I wanna see a dude stab himself, movie it 3 times in a T pattern, then hunch over and GET BEHEADED

[shell bronze]

frl

you're not dying from twisting that wakizashi and moving it a few inches across your gut

😂

[mint wadi]

And have the guy not behead in one hit. So he is dishonored and his soul is damned too. And then he has to commit seppuku. and it goes on forever as the next guy can't 1 hit the beheading either.

[mint wadi]

This has the makings of a really good family guy skit

[shell bronze]

true actually

[mint wadi]

Too bad Japanese culture has a lot of people that run to defend it the minute someone makes fun of it.

Seriously lol cartoons and games can infantalize and dishonor so many cultures.

[small glen]

wanna know what does suck tho?

like rly badly

THE FUCKING LONGER KATANA'S

i get their use

i know what they are for

[mint wadi]

But the minute they let you do something like cut some wood in a shrine, people get real mad. (looking at you AC Shadows)

[small glen]

but mf, USE A SPEAR

[shell bronze]

me when not one vehement defender of japanese culture is japanese

but real talk ac sucked balls

[mint wadi]

I liked it a lot lol.

[shell bronze]

it hasn't been good since like odyssey

[mint wadi]

It was pretty fun imo.

[shell bronze]

GoT sweeps

[gloomy bridge]

nah naginata

[shell bronze]

GoY continues

[small glen]

*origins

[shell bronze]

true...

[small glen]

Naginata is a spear 💔

[mint wadi]

Honestly I didn't care for GoT that much.

[gloomy bridge]

yeah

[shell bronze]

GoT may not be accurate but i fw the way they treated it like art

[mint wadi]

I thought the combat was cool.

But there WASN'T ENOUGH OF IT

[gloomy bridge]

u didnt say it wasnt'

[shell bronze]

it felt like a fantastic cultural experience and paid a lot of homage

that's why the literal irl island decided to make the devs their cultural ambassadors

[mint wadi]

I wanna be ran through by like 14 guys in a row, but no, it has to be max like 4-5

[shell bronze]

ayo

[small glen]

mods

there is mods

[mint wadi]

Oh

lmao

I thought you were calling for mods

haha

MODS THIS GUY

[shell bronze]

i'm excited for ghost of yotei

[mint wadi]

FUCKING GET HIM

[small glen]

people use mods to spawn like a bunch of enemies

[shell bronze]

yari representation

[small glen]

Ghost of Yotei mods are going to be wild

[shell bronze]

lowkey i'm fw the fact that the industry is FINALLY moving forward with ai and progression

the showcase of NPCs coming to you in the state of play

good shyt

[small glen]

i also hate that we have no 100% accurate art depiction of a "Odachi" or any other form of a long katana

[shell bronze]

and i trust sucker punch with the game

[small glen]

it changes so much

like what the fuck is that man carrying?!

the fucking Zangetsu of his time?!

[mint wadi]

Here is your kurosawa movie.

[small glen]

and there we have this kind of art

of a Odachi

WHY DOES THIS GUY HAVE TWO ANTI-CAVALRY WEAPONS?!

"Naginata... and Odachi... they know me as the, Horse hater."

[shell bronze]

fantastic

[mint wadi]

Sorry sorry I'm fixing it for true kurosawa fashion.

[mint wadi]

Here you go.

[small glen]

I can't stop laughing-

idk why

but a dude carrying two anti-cavalry weapons is super funny

dude must've hate the horse meta

[mint wadi]

ouchie my fps though.

[shell bronze]

based as fuck

them ole skool one shot one kill duels

[small glen]

ahem

[mint wadi]

ahem what

[small glen]

you're only supposed to do one move!! ):<

[shell bronze]

aura farming ruined

[small glen]

i would've just taken it tbh

like stand still and if he hit me

lore accurate Kendo

[mint wadi]

Old timey fist fighting sim

[small glen]

"Oi, Oi, Oi. Put them fist up so we can have ourselves some good ole fashioned fistcuffs!" - Some british man in some back alley

just rename the peasant tier to british tier

[mint wadi]

Halfsword....borderlands edition?!?

[snow yoke]

Is anyone elses game crashing sometimes?

[small glen]

@shell bronze @mint wadi 😭

[mint wadi]

What the fuck is that elden ring-ass boss music lol

[small glen]

Plancon v Plancon music

[shell bronze]

in reality this is what plancon fighting looks like

[small glen]

Plancon: "If you're not perfect, than you're not me."

[lost rover]

plancon a picot is realistically one of the best weapons

[tall dagger]

back to practicing before early acces comes out next month 😎

[flint raven]

i feel like thrusting is so jank to control but npcs own me with it

is there something im missing?

[lost rover]

skill /j

[tall dagger]

its because you are not NPC 🗿

[lost rover]

youtube shorts comment

/j

[flint raven]

no but genuinely thrusts have no force unless im actively running into them is there any other way to give them more force?

[small glen]

so guys, i am happy to say that i finally was able to do a leg sweep with the plancon

sadly, due to the axe being a axe

it grazed me and cut my leg off

i rly don't understand how this would ever cut my leg off

there was no force in it

it just fell

[white cobalt]

Hello, I really hope this is the right place to post it!
I made this irl half sword parody, using stuff from my personal armoury and borrowing a bald ripped friend to play Willy, then attempted my best at editing it...
I wanted to show it to you since you may enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it!

https://youtube.com/shorts/iNgepLEa-A4?si=_7oh-dZ_MujnPKq8

[lusty brook]

it seems like blunt damage gets most affected by the damage amplifier slider, at none its pretty much useless unless you get a direct hit tpo the face but at max amplifier its as damaging or more because of how it ignores armor (kind of)

[wind charm]

https://youtube.com/shorts/iNgepLEa-A4?si=2dmsnuSBLHYqE2_w

insane 🔥

[stone flare]

is it normal to want to buy a computer just to play half sword in it?

[stone flare]

I always change my mind about a vr headset when i think about half sword so i idk what to choose for xmas.

[tall dagger]

no

[tall dagger]

bro jacked asf

[tall dagger]

halfsword EA comes out before christmas so probably a PC. VR is better on PC anyway

[stone flare]

but my budget is on a laptop, could it still run 60 fps?

[tall dagger]

i wouldnt count on it tbh. but i couldnt give you a clear answer bc i dont know much about gaming laptops

[sand herald]

This is awesome

[stone flare]

damn it, alright thanks anyway.

[subtle lodge]

anyone knows why my game crashes literally every 15 minutes even when i checked program files ?

and I didnt modified game files

[fierce acorn]

backwasher

[dusk adder]

is that dark souls 3 main menu theme

I believe it is

[deep citrus]

trve

[stone flare]

what is "lock on strength" in the settings?

[restive barn]

polearm sword

[tall dagger]

however you can use a laptop to mod standalone VR

[tall dagger]

turn off blood and gore and dont use epic graphics if you are running gauntlet or void

[sweet hamlet]

just blood is fine to turn off

I haven't had much problems with gore itself

[elfin sail]

whom else be playing thy halfsword with a controller

its lowkey fun

[muted granite]

Abyss rweally laggy

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1269621023892967436/1354509492254937208/togif.gif

[restive barn]

hi lee i have been unbanned

[muted granite]

Oh hi

Hru

[restive barn]

good ig

[muted granite]

Nice nice

Im almost back from holiday

So i can hs again

[grizzled rock]

hi I need help

ultimate challenge keeps on crashing

saying unreal engine 5 fatal error

[tall dagger]

turn off blood and gore. and dont play on epic graphics

[grizzled rock]

oooo

Im playing on low will try offing blood and gore

[pearl ferry]

when the enemy willie screams noooo it gives me 50% more accuracy

[elfin sail]

h

[gusty coral]

juist kicked a willies knee inwards i feel bad

you know i had to hit him with the thy skill is proven

[chilly salmon]

@keen haven https://discordapp.com/channels/1043854763189600337/1047194231875321856/1400081306074878054 he just got unscious from hits he have taken.

[keen haven]

second one send him to heaven

first one he ate, maybe

But the fact that he instantly died after the second kick is magestic

and powerful

very powerful

[pearl ferry]

willie didnt want to get up and fight so

[analog zenith]

i think in early acess they should add i practice mode for example sword fighting where you can clash swords learn how to parry and so forth and in settings you can turn on killing or the surrender of thy opponent

and execution

[coarse elm]

nah i swear this is a joke, you guys really need to fix the fucking crashes

every time i get a good attempt in the ultimate challenge the game just decides to flip me off and crashes

right now i got to the part where you fight 3 enemies at once, i had the chestplate, a decent helmet, shin armor and the many spiked plancon, and the game just decided to crash

clearly either enemy spawning or item despawning causes the crash

because it always happens after completing a "round"

[pearl ferry]

loony toons weapon

[solemn holly]

crashes are caused by a third party plugin that handles the blood/gore, devs have attempted to fix it, but due to the plugin's limitations they are unable to do so

devs are working on their own replacement which'll be in the early access release

though they won't be updating the demo

[coarse elm]

so in order to not have it i'm supposed to fully turn both of them off?

[tall dagger]

It’s an accumulation of the blood, gore, and melting bodies. Turn blood and gore to minimum and stick to stabbing and cutting. Try to avoid explosive blunt hits and dismemberment. Hope this helps. Early access releases within the next 1-4 months ❤️❤️❤️

[coarse elm]

avoiding explosive blunt hits is a bit hard given that's the only way you can kill armored enemies

[solemn holly]

sort of, it does help, but it's not a 100% garunteed solution

at least the vast majority of crashes only happen during the ultimate challenge

so you can have blood/gore on during 1v1s, last stand, etc

[tall dagger]

Not entirely true. You can knock them down and subdue them. Although I’ve never really had any crashes with the heavy armor anyway.

[coarse elm]

this shit pretty much exclusively happens in the abyss infinite mode and the ultimate challenge

kind of hard to knock down and subdue a single enemy when you have 3 more attacking you at the same time

[tall dagger]

Any mode with melting bodies 🙂

[latent lagoon]

Sounds like a problem with how many enemies are loaded in

[solemn holly]

also that

the bodies don't actually despawn

[tall dagger]

I know. Sounds like a challenge. Perhaps even an ULTIMATE CHALLENGE.

[coarse elm]

btw is the cuirass that covers your back fully the best chest armor?

[tall dagger]

is that the black one?

Whatever the black armor is. That’s the best. Besides baron

[coarse elm]

it's not black

[tall dagger]

Then no. But aslong as you get full coverage then you’ll be alright

[restive barn]

cuirass is the full torso armor

i fink

[tall dagger]

Weapon pack 2 acquired 😎. I love assassinations with the reverse grip dagger.

[restive barn]

i want somebody to guess how many weapons are in c334s weapon pack 4 as of right now

[tall dagger]

15. 14 of which have 2 variants. Armor and no armor

[restive barn]

nope. 70

[tall dagger]

…

[restive barn]

140 when you include armored versions

[tall dagger]

…..

Holy shit

[restive barn]

i think its the biggest weapon pack yet

[lost rover]

a pan with a hook

Of death and destruction

[coarse elm]

btw what is "kiting"

[restive barn]

no clue

[tall dagger]

Soul eater scythe? 👉👈🥺

[restive barn]

image

[tall dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/soul-eater-maka-anime-gif-26579372

[restive barn]

no.

[tall dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/maka-albarn-soul-eater-anime-gif-23516810

[lost rover]

axe isnt a modular timg

[restive barn]

this exists tho

[lost rover]

i mean scythe

[lost rover]

How Lee

[tall dagger]

That uh…. Holy shit 😳

[restive barn]

is it tuff

[lost rover]

Yes papa 👅

[tall dagger]

I can already see the amount of carnage clips I’ll be making with that scythe…

[coarse elm]

fuck yeah, i beat him without touching the damage sliders

finally

[tall dagger]

Siiick

[analog zenith]

peasants are my fav kill

[restive barn]

what weapon should i make now

[analog zenith]

samuri sword?

can't spell wait how do you make them?

[analog zenith]

can we get a tutorial or do you use blender

[restive barn]

next

[restive barn]

its js editing weapon components

like the head of a poleaxe

or the crossguard of a sword

[analog zenith]

im asking do i need to install mod or nah

to make custom ones

[restive barn]

uh you can do it without mods

but theres a sav to json converter that i dont use

[analog zenith]

thanks

[lost rover]

2 tiny hammers

not really tiny

[restive barn]

hammers already exists

[lost rover]

is a golden dagger possible?

[restive barn]

yes

[analog zenith]

what about handle of a samuri sword and the blade of a machete

[languid coral]

im shameless with the self promo but here https://youtu.be/H2z6A34lEfc

[restive barn]

possible

[lost rover]

that would be awesome

[restive barn]

hi sable

[languid coral]

hi

[restive barn]

im making a cyan lightsabre wait

[languid coral]

[analog zenith]

lightsaber?

[restive barn]

yes

[analog zenith]

does it cut like one or

and can you release it on nexus please i really want lightsabers

[restive barn]

not that good tho

[analog zenith]

you would need very good lighting for blade but would prob cost alot of performance

[restive barn]

unfortunately i cant edit lighting

[analog zenith]

oh i'll make one in blender and show you what i mean

give me a few days if you want high quality

[restive barn]

i dont add blender models

[analog zenith]

well i will

[restive barn]

k

[clever path]

how the hell do u beat the 3rd boss

[restive barn]

wait for him to miss then wall of his sword then attack

[clever path]

got it

will keep u updated

[coarse elm]

i saw somebody fight the baron in the gauntlet, but going into the gauntlet as a knight after beating the black knight it's just infinite regular enemies, is the baron in the gauntlet just a mod?

[solemn holly]

it's a progressive battle, you have to defeat waves of increasingly difficult enemies, once you beat them all, the baron spawns

[coarse elm]

yeah i know that

i'm not talking about the ultimate challenge

[solemn holly]

do you mean like people 1v1ing the baron in the regular fenced in arena?

[analog zenith]

my pc is cooked i added too many polygons and now i can only use discord

@restive barn lightsaber in blender is taking longer than expected

[last sun]

Have you tried ✨️turning it on and off again✨️?

[restive barn]

Decimate.

[ashen bough]

has anyone made boxing gloves weapon mods

those would be sick

[restive barn]

i think i can make one

[ashen bough]

no I wasn’t asking for anyone to make some I was just seeing if they were already a thing

[restive barn]

k

[ashen bough]

but you can make some if you want to

[twilit escarp]

he had a longsword, I had 1 hand, a dagger and a dream

[analog zenith]

so clean

[halcyon void]

i was just fighting for my life in the abyss after dying to a random willie in the commoner tier and the tier 2 boss came up to me

chopped one of my legs clean off

so im trying to run away

i guess he also broke one of my arms with the leg slice cause it was not doing anything

i manage to get a hold of his scythe

pull it down with one army

he runs right trough the blade and cuts his own leg off

[twilit escarp]

the sheer power of grappling

didn't mean to send the video too

but that was a clean neck slice

[halcyon void]

the thing is neither of us died

i dont know why

i guess you just dont bleed out in the abyss

so i had to basically kick him to death

with one leg

while he was stuck in the fence at the edge of the void cause he tried to run away and got stuck

i really need to start clipping some of the shit that happens in this game

[small dove]

bonk

the sequel

the prequel

[muted dew]

Nah give me the War scythe

[subtle crown]

no matter what I do I cant stop fatal crashes during the final guantlet 😩

im praying 🙏 for help

I tried vsync, lowering graphics and lowering gore

It only happens later on in the guantlet I think when theres alot of armour lying about

[rustic steppe]

turn off blood completley is the only way to stop it, problem with unreal engine unfortunately

[neat crow]

I just realized how promising this banner is for the full game

I hope we can customize characters like that

[pliant igloo]

Guys, the final challenge allways crashes

[analog pelican]

i just think giving up takes way too long in the game, its unreasonable,, takes like 10 seconds while you slowly bleed out, not to m ention it can just easily be avoided "dying" so it just makes it take longer time to keep playing the demo because if youre about to die youre going to have to go back to the main menu anyways but can easily avoid "losing your character" so it just seems pointless.

and if you dont have time to even begin giving up then theres no point in it taking long anyways, since then it wont matter, but if you are slowly dying and can begin giving up then you can just go to the menu and go to the main menu to avoid dying, but either way it slows down the gameplay, atleast if youre in the sandbox mode where you just want to keep fighting fight after fight after fight repetedly as fast as possible it really halts the momentum i think.

[little verge]

The fatal crashes in the Ultimate challenge are primarily due to an issue with a 3rd party plugin that is being used for blood.

For most users disabling blood using the blood slider in the gore options resolves this issue.

We are working on a more permanent solution.

[shell bronze]

that early access gore about to get me goofin on max blood

[pliant igloo]

okay thx, can i somewhere delete my process? I can die like 100x and still be there. just want to start normal again

[small dove]

the scythe spin is the most deadly attack

[pliant igloo]

like i just want to start again. the final challenge is so bad....

[restive barn]

krill issue

[pliant igloo]

a sword is glitching thre my body...

no armor snf a mini sword. Vs Two armored guys with long range weapons?

[restive barn]

git good

im joking dont take this srsly

[pliant igloo]

hm...

Like i almost did it ig. Game crash

do you know if i can reset my game and just start again?

[restive barn]

you can

also if u wanna avoid crashes set graphics on low and gore on none]

[pliant igloo]

oh where can i start again?

[restive barn]

uh

[pliant igloo]

Thx for the graphic tipp

[restive barn]

this

also hi sord

[dapper trail]

I’m in Scotland

[pliant igloo]

thx

[restive barn]

oh coool

[small dove]

i think sometimes when you beat a boss in the abyss and enter the next tier, the game gets confused and spawns a bunch of items in the same place.
this is the second time it has happened

normally i wouldnt be complaining, but i lost my arm

[restive barn]

also pack 4 has a loadout with 2 zweihanders so you can have zweihander duels

[small dove]

so i cant even use any of it

[dapper trail]

Sounds cool

But I’m in Scotland

[restive barn]

oh right

[pliant igloo]

i love you man....

Thx for the tipp, really

[sullen compass]

The wip channel is so strange to me

Anything but fix the fatal bugs

I legit kept getting fatals right before beating the baron for like a week straight

[light garnet]

half sword shit and piss update

[upbeat adder]

When was the last update to this game lmao

[compact pond]

So can someone tell me whats the WIP channel for?

[light garnet]

april

[restive barn]

wip stuff

[compact pond]

I just see sum random objects etc

[raven solar]

theres gonna be a big update when early access launches

[light garnet]

well, the last substantial update

[compact pond]

whats wip, or be quiet

[light garnet]

was in april

[raven solar]

they wont be updating before that i believe

[sullen compass]

Need dat

[small cairn]

lets lock someone in the outhouse

i hope they add rope

[sullen compass]

To show work in progress

[restive barn]

like assets such as weapons or maps or props\

[sullen compass]

Work in progress

Stuff they're working on

[compact pond]

thank you

[tawdry coral]

when is the game gonna get an update?

[sullen compass]

It's all props and useless shit

[small cairn]

fall

[compact pond]

xddd

[short iron]

Wow! Can you believe it! Halfswoard release just a week away

[meager torrent]

I just low-key lifted willy above my character's head, and willy was still standing, so it was like 2 willys stacked on top of eachother, and this was in the demo where grappling is harder

[compact pond]

I want a new update so bad xd

[restive barn]

hey fyi i find it to be very coolk

[sullen compass]

I just hope the full release has online mode to play with my friend

[little verge]

https://tenor.com/view/really-mhm-whatever-dont-care-gif-14311338872635812139

[rapid shore]

is there a devlog for this game or any indication of what the plan is?

[short iron]

I love lying on the internet

[sullen compass]

I do too, not to be rude or say the progress is worthless, but they got bigger fish to fry

[sullen compass]

That's a lie

[short iron]

But this is real, my father is friends with mr half sword

[restive barn]

true

[little verge]

No devlog. We are launching Early Access in Q4. devlog planned with update schedule.

[idle crane]

They have multiple people frying different fish

[near grotto]

Honestly boutta mute #work-in-progress

[restive barn]

mcwonder why are there so many sparks

[sullen compass]

I knew this would happen

[little verge]

Lamb and pork aswell.

[sullen compass]

What you're doing is actually very smart

[restive barn]

so many sparks whenever binds

[sullen compass]

But also dangerous

[short iron]

I do have to get rid of it bc it always gets me too excited

[idle crane]

You could get rid of the WIP notification role

[cursive jacinth]

how

[rapid shore]

nice. im curious about how exactly yall did the RL. is there anyone on the team who would be down for a 10 minute call?

[restive barn]

you first dual wield them and then you drop one and then spawn an npc

[rancid sluice]

I personally want more toilets

[cursive jacinth]

but like how did you get that zwei

[little verge]

RL? Depends on the team member and the subject.

[restive barn]

i made it

[cursive jacinth]

oh

that’s cool

[near grotto]

True, WIP doesn't have blood murder death death and gore so it's useless to me now

[rapid shore]

reinforcement learning. I assume that is how the physics bodies were trained

[idle crane]

https://tenor.com/view/not-yet-you-wait-wait-antonio-banderas-desperado-gif-2696375269853630161

[restive barn]

wip notif is js an instant serv revive

[short iron]

Wait loadouts are in the game?

[restive barn]

its a mod...

[short iron]

Ah sorry

[silent flax]

gibs would be pretty cool

[lavish estuary]

I love the wip notifs

Everyone who complains should just off a bridge tbh

"How dare the devs take time on the rest of the game >:(" lmao

[idle crane]

Don't go that far.

[short iron]

I will off a bridge, I’ve killed many before

[little verge]

Ah ok. According to Frank there is not reinforcement learning being employed. There are plans for an in-depth exploration of mechanics in the future post release.

[little verge]

https://tenor.com/view/you-just-went-a-little-too-far-colby-denim-richards-stories-from-the-bunkhouse-yellowstone-gif-17625656

[raven solar]

please add bettin

g

[silent flax]

kinda wild thing to say when you have christ is king in bio lol

[idle crane]

I bet Willie will win the duel

[idle crane]

Stop

[short iron]

When will they add a game mode where I can bet on two NPC’s fighting from the stand (all my gambling sites have banned me 😔)

[raven solar]

https://tenor.com/view/biden-blast-joe-biden-biden-blast-gif-6547929686164862695

[rapid shore]

wow thats interesting. i thought for sure it had to be reinforcement learning. I would still like to talk to some of the devs specifically about how the physics bodies are implemented, but I can wait for the dev-log post about it if no one wants to chat about it

[opaque bane]

Yo when is halfswords coming out?

[tired tapir]

Why was I expecting some green ogre to just kick the door open?

[compact pond]

who the f

[eternal egret]

somebody once told me

[raven solar]

Frank lol

[compact pond]

holy shit

;x

[little verge]

Timing is not good, everyone has a full plate with Gamescom. There will be allot more time for discussion later. We have a huge deadline to meet with the Q4 Early Access release.

[mental kelp]

What about full plate with gambeson

[meager torrent]

Anyone else low-key accidentally recreate Daniel cormier's takedowns

[restive barn]

gn chat

[rapid shore]

I totally get it. I will reach back out after the crunch if my questions aren’t answered by the dev logs

[little verge]

Sounds like a plan!

[mild marten]

I remember once I reached Man at Arms one day where I had a really good streak I ended up dying in the abyss because the dude's axe went into my shoulder because I moved it myself while stabbing him

[terse nimbus]

any tips for getting through the waves before the baron i've been stuck on it forever

[little verge]

Reach is king. I often will stick with a hoe until I can get a spear. Most hits in the early waves will equal long term death.

[odd kiln]

wtf is up with the bitrate

[terse nimbus]

Thanks 🙏

[keen dune]

how can i stop holding the missing hand when my arm is cut off

[odd kiln]

it depends on the damage sliders afaik, the lower they are the more likely it is that your character can just keep fighting, but losing a limb is usually gg

[keen dune]

thank you

[pine root]

When doese the real game comes out

[somber lodge]

we dont know

[sweet hamlet]

We remain very seriously committed to launching early access by Q4 this year and that is what is eating all our time right now
They're trying to push for EA release by the end of the year #announcements

[meager torrent]

Bro it's so annoying when I try to do a takedown and instead of grabbing the leg he breaks his shoulder just to grab the head

[wispy bobcat]

"whats the point of life?" mfs when send me on my way by rusted root comes on:

[desert acorn]

I love getting good executions in fights

[deep shale]

i hate it when my arm twists and gets stuck behind my body

[deep citrus]

I've encountered a glitch where I cannot drop the item in my right hand

[mossy dust]

Does anybody know when the release is?

[proven verge]

#faq early access planned for end of this year

[deep citrus]

it fucked my run

[proven verge]

#faq end of this year for early access

[mossy dust]

Ok thanks

[obtuse rune]

Anyone elses progress get reset?

I finally beat the damn game and came back to see all of it was gone😭

[flint dove]

Why do devs keep posting pictures of random 3D assets instead of posting things about the actual development of the game?

[lapis marsh]

It’s things that they’re working on

You can’t expect world shattering updates every time

You gotta make background objects sometimes

[wicked rivet]

we need wooden swords

they look cool

[lapis marsh]

Bonk

[wicked rivet]

i threw someone into a wall

full force

and they're still alive

:C

I'm going to use that outhouse in wip to throw it at them

[lapis marsh]

Real

My opponent when I hide underneath the outhouse and stab them when they take a shit

[wicked rivet]

ovdrth mod doesn't work for me so I can't get those "training swords" or "katanas"

or that samurai armor

[wicked rivet]

just kick the outhouse and watch what happens

it will fall over

and they will be covered in shit

and i would probably quit

before they come near me

[lapis marsh]

Skull emoji

[wicked rivet]

How to get invincibility in half sword :

Jump in a outhouse's toilet

and fight the baron

[stone flare]

what is lock on strength?

[tough lily]

Does anyone know why I keep getting fatal error?

[cedar timber]

i keep getting it to dw

[tough lily]

Ah ok I thought it was something that I was doing

Also should I be running the game in dx11 or 12?

[idle crane]

if its in ultimate challenge or abyss try turning blood off

[tough lily]

No this was in brave stand

[cedar timber]

i get it after playing for 1 hour +

[idle crane]

dx11 is better for most people but dx12 can be better for others. or cause crashes

[cedar timber]

its totally random for me

[idle crane]

Both of you should try the other dx optioon

[tough lily]

👍

[cedar timber]

alright

[cedar timber]

whens the full game coming out do you think?

will it be in 2026?

[idle crane]

Full release is unknown. Early access is later this year in Q4

[cedar timber]

oh nice

ive only just joined the discord now but I think i was one of the first early early testers for half sword

[wicked rivet]

december or smth

[gusty flame]

i wonder if they are gonna add houndskull bascinet helmets in ea

[blissful rapids]

bro i am at rgw purple guy but i cant beat

did you ever beat the game=

?

[cedar timber]

dx12 + 4k looks immaculate gawd damn

[lapis marsh]

Pc explode

[cedar timber]

pc is at 42 degrees 🫢

[small glen]

Outhouse, a wagon with bags, a corpse covered in a bag..

yeah this means we might see some insane maps later on

Outhouse could suggest some farm like maps

where you are fighting in just a giant open grassy field, the wagon could suggest more "town" like maps, and the corpse could mean a ton of different things

[lapis marsh]

Me picking up the outhouse and throwing it at you

[small glen]

you made me think now

would these props have physics

realistically i doubt it, but it would be funny to dump a cabinet over someone in the indoor maps

[elfin abyss]

blood off

[cedar timber]

i like the blood tho 😈

[elfin abyss]

have fun with crashign 24/7

[cedar timber]

out of my 11 hours ive crashed 2 times its not that serious lol

[urban jackal]

this guy is still alive somehow

[cedar timber]

common problem: you need to consume his limbs

[urban jackal]

https://tenor.com/view/ohhh-duh-why-didnt-i-think-of-that-gif-21849807

[jolly gorge]

half sword please make a lil update please

[wicked rivet]

It takes time

[oblique stream]

willie

[latent moon]

Fa

[wicked rivet]

willie

[oblique stream]

willie

[wicked rivet]

https://youtu.be/oRTKOIZZ09Y?si=AOWFo4ufZhjIUudW

pierrot

[urban jackal]

thats somewhat impressive

[wicked rivet]

has anyone tried covering the whole floor fully red with their blood?

[latent moon]

for a second i hoped that was "face ripper"

[urban jackal]

i love this game man

[summer brook]

i had a better image but i cant find it

[true ruin]

oh my god being a civilian is awful everyone has blades no one has armor its so easy to spend more time in the void then fighting in the actual arena

[latent moon]

silenced willie real quick

[shell bronze]

commoner is fun

it's the best for practicing and replicating cool longsword only duels since there's like 4 weapon choices in the whole league

[true ruin]

and when i go to grab the candelier to beat the void again for the 17th billion time it final destination impales me eviscerating all my bones instantly

[latent moon]

its shocking how much you can get away with on commoner despite having no armor

[urban jackal]

whats with his head

[true ruin]

its just gettting hit feels so inconsistant, sometimes you lose an arm and your all good, sometimes it tips your pinky toe and your just instantly dead

[shell bronze]

once you get used to preventing damage and predicting where people hit or may hit its not too bad

the only bitchin part about commoner is the feinting but you just get used to it and learn to dodge/do actual fast twitch parrying

sometimes the ai get real vicious

[latent moon]

yeah true look at this
its like my willie has an ai of its own

[shell bronze]

against mace users everything is free

[latent moon]

did you not catch it?

[shell bronze]

the creepypasta looking ass stare

[latent moon]

yes

[urban jackal]

DAMN

cut a chunk of his back off

[latent moon]

bonk

[shell bronze]

mace is only good when players use it lmao

[latent moon]

nah the 2h mace is good

1h is terrible ngl

[shell bronze]

1h works too

[summer brook]

1h is 3x weaker

[shell bronze]

it's still functional if you know how to swipe heads

[lapis marsh]

bonk

[sweet hamlet]

I was honestly thinking just swinging a cadaver at someone but this works too

[lapis marsh]

grevious bodily harm

[tough tulip]

has anything been said about when 1.0 can be expected? these WIP look soo good

[urban jackal]

i wish you could damage and break shields

it would make it kind of more fair

[small glen]

The one handed one later on is rly broken

Mainly because it sort of just solos everyone

But I generally think maces are just kind of shit

[shell bronze]

that golden one does massive favors if you know how to swing

but honestly maces are just bad

[sweet hamlet]

I think shielding should have a tangible stamina impact at least. Or like, stamina actually being relevant for an NPC, cuz it certainly feels like it dosen't

[shell bronze]

i hate them and kill them with absolute ease every time

[small glen]

Especially when you have swords, and polearms that could one shot

[small glen]

And the mace can't even rly parry

[shell bronze]

1h users in general are fodder

[small glen]

Unless it's the axe

Which for some reason is so sharp

That it can cut you into pieces but just walking on it

[shell bronze]

only if you get hit with it

[small glen]

Half of the time it doesn't even hit me

It just falls on me

[small glen]

Literally yesterday it fell on my leg and just cut it off

[queen bronze]

I feel rare playing untitled goose game while i am playing half sword

[small glen]

There was no power, it FELL

[lapis marsh]

canonically accurate

[true ruin]

why does your character forget how to hold a spear when walking backwards like what is bro doing

[small glen]

Wdym

The worst weapon in the game: the one handed spear and shield

That thing is so buns 😭

The knife can at least fucking kill something

[lapis marsh]

thrusting in general is clunky rn

[small glen]

It's not that

[true ruin]

it becomes like hyper sensitive and your character really wants to hold it like a baseball bat but if you trying swinging it that way it just does not work

[small glen]

It's the fact you cannot swing it

AT ALL

[lapis marsh]

its not designed for swinging

[small glen]

The small spear is just awful in general

[shell bronze]

actual balls

[queen bronze]

It would be cool use militia while the bot is a beggar

[shell bronze]

i get more scared when they drop the shield

[small glen]

That thing has only killed me when I was in carnage and the ai randomly pokes me from behind

[shell bronze]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1043854764095582260/1394234280535920761/Half_Sword_Demo_-_2025-07-14_4-13-58_AM.mp4?ex=688bd21c&is=688a809c&hm=69dc75f17b8a3a17a9da932d6de1c7c89669206b3fb6ba74a97dcbe8f11612da&

[lapis marsh]

ive seen ai spawn in with a shield on high tiers and just immediately drop it lmao

[shell bronze]

literally the moment when the pushover becomes an actual threat

[lapis marsh]

he locks in

[small glen]

Idk why, but when I use the Falchion, I drop the shield and instantly get ready to fight them with it

Which idk why

It can't defend for shit

[shell bronze]

falchion is fun

[small glen]

Unless it's a longsword

[shell bronze]

it only sucks when the ai uses it

[lapis marsh]

falchion is goated honestly

better than 1h sword

[small glen]

Which for some reason the Falchion can defend perfectly against

[small glen]

Cleaving weapon go brrr

[shell bronze]

objectively the arming sword is literally balls

you deal no damage and you swing like crap

[lapis marsh]

it's literally the bastard child of a sword and an axe and i am all for it

[small glen]

Most arming swords are inherently bad

I find it funny

The point of the shield and arming sword is to counter spears and polearms

But you can literally just hit there legs or wait for them to swing and just win

[shell bronze]

it sucks so bad

[small glen]

I will tell you one thing

High tier shields?

Fuck those things

I hope they burn in hell

Most boring thing in the world to fight

[spark yoke]

Icl the only use I have for the massive shields is to run into people with them then drop them

[shell bronze]

just hold a baseball bat stance to the left and swing at them until something gives

it's so free

[small glen]

Why are the high tier shields so unbothered by everything 💔

[true ruin]

i really hope they change the void it takes so much time and its not every much fun

[small glen]

The buckler needs a buff ngl

It needs to be a parry weapon

Same with the off hand dagger

[shell bronze]

there's ways to deal with them

[small glen]

It needs to be better for parrying

[shell bronze]

just hit them from the left enough times and they fold

especially when you just fish for openings

[small glen]

Because some goobers say "I love parrying with the buckler!!" And they show a clip of them hitting the AI sword with the buckler but the AI chooses to just not instantly one shot them because of how open you become with the buckler

[shell bronze]

people when they tell me they parried and it's just their sword touching the other guy out of coincidence or them flailing aroind

[lapis marsh]

i would say buckler is a decent parrying tool on high tier armors

[shell bronze]

and this contact provided not one bit of leverage or protection or even style points

[small glen]

The ai feels pity towards you when you use the buckler

[small glen]

So they choose to not wreck your shit instantly

[lapis marsh]

it's just overlooked because literally every other option is better bar other shields

[shell bronze]

if the strike was not going to hit me i don't consider it a proper block/parry

[small glen]

Not even high tier

Unless you parry a mace

Because when you parry a mace in this game

They hand holding it goes flying

I am sorry but the buckler is a better blunt than it is a parry weapon

[shell bronze]

it's a nice boxing glove

[small glen]

It's best defense is when it's holstered

[lapis marsh]

true

[small glen]

Polearm parrying is just hoping the AI doesn't hit your hand when you defend with the shaft

[lapis marsh]

wear gauntlets

[small glen]

Which funny enough

Never happened to me

They hit my hand once but it gave me a bruise

Never actually disabling the hand

[small glen]

I don't get gauntlets on the tier I play

[lapis marsh]

fair

[small glen]

It's just gambesons

[muted owl]

break a leg twin

[sweet hamlet]

it's awful for us but my god the NPC is insanely tanky with it with perfect precision it pisses me off

spear and shield users in ultimate challenge are the biggest threats other than planchon mfers

[sleek gull]

live in 5, deets in bio

[vague goblet]

I think something's wrong with my installation of half sword

[gusty flame]

erreaadregesfesd

[summer brook]

sword