halfsword-chat-⚔

[velvet sandal]

LITERALLY what I love using in those tiers

But they always charge at me like they don't care about dying and slice my head off by ARM BARing me

[odd imp]

how do yall play online?

[snow garden]

when are we gonna get an optimization update?

[restive barn]

what weapon should i make

[crimson cedar]

bulwark is a goated game

[steady ice]

Ikr

[simple vale]

started to use spears in abyss cause i usually never do
some good hits with them

[tranquil willow]

me when iaccidentally jab a fork into my leg

[simple vale]

going into camera mode the perfect moment to catch someone comign up behind you

[lament birch]

Yo

[simple vale]

the ancient repulsion technique ...

[slate granite]

someone was hungry

lol ?

[simple vale]

what weapon do you even use to pull that off

[minor veldt]

YOU CAN'T PLAY ONLINE YOU CAN'T PLAY ONLINE YOU CAN'T PLAY ONLINE YOU CAN'T PLAY ONLINE YOU CAN'T PLAY ONLINE

[slate granite]

sword

im sword master

[odd imp]

chill out

[slate granite]

https://medal.tv/de/games/half-sword/clips/kR252Joriucb_svsK?invite=cr-MSxvUkgsNDE4MzgzMzMx&v=17

[minor veldt]

Nay, sire!

[slate granite]

poor willie

[odd imp]

total crashout

[slate granite]

no not really

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1173333726336385137/1402377470254252122/Aq3Qk2N.gif

oh hell no

i dont call myself sword master for nothing 🤑

[cunning aspen]

I fought 4 placon Willies in a row

Damn

Woopsie

Well, I disarm him, I think...

[cunning garnet]

bruh how do i hit a knight in the head with a blunt weapon

its so hard

[idle crane]

Practice

[restive barn]

try to uh

[shell bronze]

practice with poleaxe

[restive barn]

not let your shots do that weird curve

[shell bronze]

shield users when they die to the exact same move

[cunning garnet]

what gain is there in bloodshed!?

[shell bronze]

me when bro tries to grab me

[chilly mica]

how this splitscreen thing work then

[heavy stream]

Do we actually know what the next updates for half sword will have? In the Wip channel there are models for out houses, body bags and wagons which seem out of place for a roguelike system that half sword uses for lack of a better word

[analog zenith]

@restive barn can you add a glass sword that shatters on impact

[restive barn]

no

i CAN make a psuedo invisible sword tho

[heavy stream]

It is an experimental feature that will be shown at gamescon

That does not mean ONLINE either because it would pretty much be impossible to compensate for latency or ping online when doing high level physics calculations when you slice a man’s hand off

[chilly mica]

Sounds good

[naive holly]

Heh,hehehehhwhhhahahah.

The next update is the game releasing in early access, this fall. And its going to have a shitload.

The demo is a fraction of what the games gonna have but they have a pretty tight lid on it. And it's just that, a demo who even knows what the actual game is going to he structured like. There was a poll a while back that asked what kind of gameplay loop/structure people were interested in.

I'll list some things that I know will be included from dev comments etc.

• New maps
• Individual weapon customization
• Equipment customization
• Limited Willie customization /new presets
• Environmental hazards
• Alternate grips
• Revamped gore system
• Splitscreen
• New Arms and Armor
• Probably ranged weapons
• Detailed graphics and control settings
• More optimization
• Splitscreen
• Visor flipping :3

Annnnd probably a ton more I missed, or stuff we dont even know anything, about

[naive holly]

Two inputs, one machine, viola

[chilly mica]

Ye but is it out I meant lmao

[tough yew]

ranged weapons are confirmed for early access

[naive holly]

I thought fencer was abt to completely pick apart my list but naw

Good to know, I try not to assume

But I do be remembering things wrong periodically

[naive holly]

Clearly not 😂

I also said when itd be out first sentence

Q4 2025, meaning somewhere in Oct-Dec

We dont have a specific date yet

[restive barn]

viola

https://tenor.com/view/viola-scale-c-gif-27386295

[naive holly]

Voila FUCK

FUCK FUCK FUCK

ARE YOU HAPPY CHROME

[tough yew]

I'm not feeling nitpicky today but even then you seem to be spot on

[restive barn]

YES I AM

IM MAKING A DRAGONSLAYER MOD

V2

[naive holly]

Ayyyyeeeee

Big sword go brrrr

Classic

[tough yew]

If you really wanna add more add visor fliping for the funny

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1390638858990915646/1390642394990383125/BB.gif

[naive holly]

Be so fr right now actually

[willow cliff]

polearm vs mace is cursed af ngl

[naive holly]

Why is that sick

[plucky cosmos]

because its sick

[restive barn]

HERE IT IS SO FAR

[naive holly]

True

[willow cliff]

every fight so far has just been me closing in to hug range and pulverising their arm

[restive barn]

when is the force being added

[tough yew]

you can interact with the helmet you worked hard for

[jolly gorge]

yo how did you get that

[tough yew]

by actually flipping the visor and potentially being able to recover stamina faster

[restive barn]

I MADE IT

[jolly gorge]

that looks sick asfff

[jolly gorge]

dang nice job bro

[restive barn]

I AM WEAPONS MAN

[jolly gorge]

that looks so siick

[restive barn]

I AM CHROME334 WEAPONS MAN

RAAH

[jolly gorge]

fr tho that weapon looks so cool

does it do like extra dmg or something

[restive barn]

lowk i think the black parts look weird

[restive barn]

it does do extra damage

but at the cost of speed

[jolly gorge]

oh

[jolly gorge]

nah they look amazing

thats the most realistic weapon i have ever seen ngl

[restive barn]

they taper off too fast

[restive barn]

what about vicious weapon packs dragonslayer

people tend to prefer that one

[jolly gorge]

havent checked that one out

[naive holly]

Only thing that I would critique is the rounded tip outer vs the pointy tip inner.

But ik youre working with limited options, all in all looks great

[restive barn]

i know haha

lowk i think the tip is too rounded

[jolly gorge]

i bet 1 swing aimed carefully would cleave the enemy in half

[restive barn]

but its more accurate to the shape of the sword

because the vicious weapon packs one is basically a triangle

[restive barn]

lemme check

[restive barn]

i dont think it can

nvm

it can

[jolly gorge]

knew it

[restive barn]

you just have to really sink in the blade

[jolly gorge]

but still

thats a really awesome design

the edge is bit rounded tho

but overall still looks amazing

id give it a 9.5/10

[surreal island]

anyone know where the photos in camera mode end up?

[rustic steppe]

usually in your pcs picture folder under steam -> screenshots i think

[naive holly]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Half Sword Demo\HalfSwordUE5\Screenshots

[desert sage]

does anyone else pathologically break their enemies legs?

in game, of course

[buoyant oyster]

Not really

I prefer breaking their head in

In-game ofc

[desert sage]

allegedly

the legs are much easier to hit with shield users

especially if you also have a shield

[buoyant oyster]

I just somehow get the game to give me just fists

So I beat the everloving crap out of em

[desert sage]

hand pavise is peak

beat their faces in with it, it just hits harder than my fists for whatever reason

[dusky warren]

i want replay option fr

[desert sage]

YES

for more CAMERA MODE

[dusky warren]

i want to watch exaclty how i sliced my opponent

like you know when you do something cool but couldnt see

[simple vale]

super concentrated stab i think
took off only around his lip and exposed his teeth

[grand tulip]

whats the new wip about I literally dont get it

[real patrol]

hey @grave pier how did u made this screenshot? It looks epic

[grave pier]

gamma and saturation

[dusky warren]

i love sound of breaking bones

[real patrol]

same. The crunch when you push an enemy with a BIG [F-WORD] STICK is so satisfying

[dusky warren]

and i fucking love when i slit their neck with 1 swift motion and they struggle a little and drop dead

😄

[real patrol]

but it still won't save them from my HELLICOPTER attack!
(i'll send it after 18 minutes. Damn cd..)

[dusky warren]

is that a new feature? i got smacked really hard and my camera shaked so much

[dusky warren]

send in dms

[real patrol]

dms?

[real patrol]

i think it's just a funni glitch

[dusky warren]

i mean send it to me

[simple vale]

one of my best execution type kills in a while

[hollow mountain]

how do you restart your progress after beating the base mode

[real patrol]

try to die or restart the game

[solemn holly]

@hollow mountain

[real patrol]

bro just parried him
(i always killing them with their own weapons)

[real patrol]

+PARRY
+LIMBHIT
+BIGKILL
+HEADSHOT

[hollow mountain]

thanks

[lime shell]

ultrakill mentioned❤️‍🩹 🥹

[simple vale]

figured out i can carry a guy i abused to the point of crippling around to prevent other guys from spawning and get as many chests as i want before fightign the boss

[analog heath]

Why are THEY adding guns 😭

[analog heath]

Wtf how come my game don't look like this at all

[desert sage]

someone after my own heart

[simple vale]

huhg

[desert sage]

I thoroughly enjoy breaking all their limbs so they can no longer fight back

[simple vale]

yeah

[desert sage]

I see I cannot send images

shame

[simple vale]

oh he died

ig he hit his head on a box or smn

[desert sage]

your hands are not as tender as mine

[desert sage]

🤤

[real patrol]

bro just got LEGO'd

[wet stump]

someone on here told me to just bait and dodge the t3 champion and so far this has brought me nothinig but instant death because his sword is too long to dodge

just perfectly parried a pitchfork straight into my skull

[idle crane]

If you look closely at the screen the character is holding a crossbow. And the stuff on the whiteboard teases some stuff we can only speculate about at the moment

[idle crane]

Its a crossbow

[real patrol]

can i post multiple photos in 1 message in #photography📷 ?

[idle crane]

yep

[real patrol]

I think it would be cool to add a comment sections to the #photography📷

Like

It would be cool to comment these fantastic and funny screenshots

[pearl ferry]

im just a peasant with a greatsword

[grand tulip]

my dumbass thought it was a double barrel shotgun

[idle crane]

alot of people did

[idle crane]

You can make threads

[restive barn]

TIL that you can do these cool over the top parries with really heavy weapons

[real patrol]

HOW DID U GET THE DRAGONSLAYER?

[restive barn]

its a mod

[real patrol]

A CROSSBOW? BRO, WE ALREADY HAVE THESE STRONG SPEARS

[real patrol]

WHERE

HOW

[restive barn]

its not done

well maybe it is

idfk

i havent decided

[real patrol]

Bruh

[restive barn]

ill gatekeep

[real patrol]

Is there anything else in mod?

Besides the dragonslayer

[restive barn]

no comment

[real patrol]

Only dragonslayer..

Still cool

[restive barn]

dude i said no comment

[real patrol]

K

[restive barn]

[real patrol]

I'm still bad at this slang

Sorry

[torpid mortar]

eye for an eye situation

[restive barn]

i will gatekeep the dragonslayer mod im using

[real patrol]

I like how NPCs sometimes just stand in front of each other and do nothing

[graceful patio]

Why do my polearms just sometimes drop out of my hands when i swing? Also happens when changing grip side and my character just awkwardly fidgets for the handle

[real patrol]

"Come on, come on, attack!"
"Come on, come on, attack!"
"Come on, come on, attack!"
"Come on, come on, attack!"

[balmy warren]

do you think they will nerf the planson at all? the spikey spear? 90% of all of my deaths when I play free mode is from that autistic weapon which tehee i grazed you and now you die. I can win 70% of the time against them but I really hate walking on egg shells just to try to mitigate the damn spikes

[idle crane]

https://tenor.com/view/nariukiyo-dj-khaled-stop-wait-chill-gif-23353785

[graceful patio]

No, because criticism is heresy and the plancon stays the way it is.

[sleek gull]

I mean this in the nicest way possible.

Skill issue.

[balmy warren]

You're telling me you never die to the spike stick?

[restive barn]

dude

[sleek gull]

Joke aside. It comes down to getting better at deflecting it. Batting it away when it is held low, and raising a block when it comes from high.

[real patrol]

Rage bait 3/10

[graceful patio]

I mean this in the meanest way possible.

The weapon is poorly designed and promotes wiggling it in your opponents face to get a free instakill.

[restive barn]

i feel like the vicious weapon packs dragonslayer is too light

[balmy warren]

i can scoop up the weapon and fling it over my head. It doesnt change the fact that its almost a coin toss if the spikes graze me or not

[sleek gull]

I used to get wrecked by it all the time. But once I learned how to deflect it, it is no longer much of a threat

[balmy warren]

or that your hand gets graced by the spikey presence

[graceful patio]

But once i learned how to deal with the poor physics and noodle arms and trivialized the entire game, it is no longer much of a threat.

[balmy warren]

but I don't want to exploit the damn game to have fun

i want to win by just being better

[graceful patio]

It's physics-based. Exploit or perish.

That is your one advantage in this. An actual brain. Use it.

[balmy warren]

i use to love exploiting games but it saps the fun out of it

[sleek gull]

Exploit is a harsh way to put it. It is about learning how to control your blade, and learning how to move with care and intent.

Full sending it at your opponent is a sure way to get wrecked against the more threatening weapons.

[balmy warren]

I understand that. I dont swing like a mad man and I use stances, distancing all of that fun stuff. I even swap hands during a swing and right click to make my weapon snap back

[graceful patio]

The part when you get to learning how to move 'With care and intent' is like tard wrangling in a colony management sim. Once learned, the game is effectively over as all encounters are trivial.

[balmy warren]

the part I really hate is my perfected "flopping fish" sword art is practically invincible

[sleek gull]

Is that just how things go? Once you get good at something, it becomes easier?

[balmy warren]

just set the dpi to 3k and wiggle wiggle wiggle

[graceful patio]

Yes. But in the cases of games like this, they are over. There is nothing left to do except pretentious challenge runs.

[balmy warren]

I wish I could record my fights but some reason I can use the game bar anymore and I just got tired of trying to fix it

[sleek gull]

I agree that creating new challenges are a way to keep things fresh once you reach a certain skill level. I personally really enjoy that aspect of it.

[balmy warren]

or they can come out with multiplayer

[graceful patio]

I despise it. I play games for one reason alone, that being their normal gameplay loop. When i have to step out of it to have fun, i leave.

[sleek gull]

Then I can see why you feel the way you do. This isn't much of a game as of yet. It is a demo with very little in the way of gameplay loops. For someone like you, I can see spending 10 hours before being done with it.

For someone like me who likes to create challeneges and new ways to play, it is nearly endless fun.

[balmy warren]

I've basically been slowly mastering every weapon and learning how to deflect and parry with them

[graceful patio]

I only really keep playing vr games endlessly as i'm not restricted by bad animations and noodle arms

[sleek gull]

I use Steam to record clips. If you haven't looked into it, you should check it out.

[balmy warren]

I thought about it but I'm kinda lazy lol

[sleek gull]

I have to disagree with the bad animation and noodle arms. The game doesn't feel that way to me. So I cannot relate

[graceful patio]

Good for you.

[balmy warren]

I have almost over 100 hours on this game and its just one of those I play until I get angy from some silly situation

[balmy warren]

it comes more common if you play any of the longer polearm weapons

I've noticed certain swings you really cant do or it happens

[sleek gull]

I have done that. I have 700 hours in Half Sword. I've done nearly everything there is to do.

[balmy warren]

damn you been grinding grinding

[sleek gull]

Heck yeah! This game vibes with me in a way few others have.

[balmy warren]

I agree

I just dont want to burn myself out on it

[pearl ferry]

that's kind of like the point of all games right

being good at a game is fun right

you're making it sound like it's the opposite

[balmy warren]

I'm just kinda hoping that pvp will come out because I will definetely play non stop then

[graceful patio]

As long as it is designed in a way that still offers a notable challenge when played at the highest level of skill.

This is not.

[pearl ferry]

if you consider "wiggling your sword a little bit" as highest level of skill then thats on you idk man

[balmy warren]

you could set your damage dealt to minimal and taken to max

[graceful patio]

And i sitll run around in circles to bait overhead knockouts and throat stab one hit kills. Wow, so much change.

[balmy warren]

I stopped circling because the bot doesnt know how to handle it. I fight them head on all the time

[gaunt parrot]

By definition the highest level of skill is being able to play perfectly consistently, the hardest challenge a game could offer is requiring constant perfect play. A player at the highest possible skill would not struggle with the hardest challenge, no matter what

[balmy warren]

^

[graceful patio]

If you count making a computer do it, then that is the definition. Humans have limits.

[balmy warren]

I guess you could try using a controller that might change it up... or use your left hand for mouse and right for keyboard lol

[pearl ferry]

he just said he doesnt like "pretentious challenges"

[balmy warren]

I don't read

[pearl ferry]

fair

[balmy warren]

lol

i forgot

[graceful patio]

Good. Save yourself the headaches.

[gaunt parrot]

So no min dmg to NPC max damage to player ultimate challenge?

[pearl ferry]

highest level of play is pulling off cool moves like this consistently. if i wanted to just kill everything immediately then... I can just go play something else i dunno man

[balmy warren]

the only thing I struggle with ultimate challenge is if the game crashes or not before I can kill the last guy

[graceful patio]

Learn to read if you want to discuss things with me.

[graceful patio]

.

[pearl ferry]

i play to have fun and having fun in half sword is doing cool moves and parrying and shit. if that's not fun and you dont find killing people fast fun either then just don't play

[balmy warren]

have you tried just fighting infront of them without circling? you can still dodge but it makes it more entertaining for me than playinc nascar with them

[graceful patio]

Yes. Criticism is heresy, after all. How dare i expect your precious noodle arm simulator to not get instantly trivialized after 4 hours of play? The blasphemy.

[pearl ferry]

Me when I play the qwop-like physics game and get mad when it is qwop-like and physics like

My bad chief

[sleek gull]

Not very noodly to me /shrugs

[balmy warren]

i think calling it qwop is a little much but I understand

It takes a hot minute before it starts to click how to control the guy

[pearl ferry]

the guys move like they're in qwop. their arms jiggle if you use anything that isn't a commoner arming sword

but that's part of the fun for me. it makes it silly and really funny most of the time

[pearl ferry]

and getting the system to cooperate with you to make it look like this IS fun and is part of that skill ceiling

[sleek gull]

Fun one from last nights stream.

[pearl ferry]

if you dont find it fun then ummmmmm game is not for you i guess. go back to rim world or whatever sim of your choosing

you can probably check back on the game in q4 when it's EA

[balmy warren]

just play rimworld that game ruins other simes lol

[graceful patio]

Having a stroke?

[balmy warren]

?

[pearl ferry]

Since you think 4 hours of gameplay makes the game trivial you could probably play for 2 hours and refund if you still think it's trivial then

[balmy warren]

am I?

[graceful patio]

Simes?

[torpid mortar]

devious ass windup

[gaunt parrot]

He said earlier he hates sims

[balmy warren]

listen my fingies do what they want

[torpid mortar]

nvm

it hit his neck and did fuckall

[gaunt parrot]

Tragic

[balmy warren]

some times they like adding an extra letter

[pearl ferry]

Tragic

[graceful patio]

This is untrue.

[pearl ferry]

Maybe it's time to play board games or something then

[balmy warren]

or table tops

if you got money 40k is a helluva drug

[graceful patio]

Fantasy forever, no matter how many sigmarines gw throws at me.

[balmy warren]

they ruined fantasy with age of sigmar

[idle crane]

https://discord.com/channels/1043854763189600337/1086506182090440794

[gaunt parrot]

Ok not exactly hates, says they suffer from the same issue half sword apparently does

[sleek gull]

One of the things that elevates the fun of Half Sword for me is, the HEMA aspect.

If you spend the time to get really comfortable with fine mouse movements and simulate actual sword technique, you can have some really cinematic bouts. What drives me, is perfecting that.

[balmy warren]

^^^^

[graceful patio]

I get around the trivialization by having a modlist so long that i don't remember 90% of what i installed or what can happen.

[pearl ferry]

that explains a lot

[gaunt parrot]

So fun in games for you comes from not knowing what’s going on?

[balmy warren]

shit halfsword has mods?

[graceful patio]

I'm talking about rimworld, but yes hs also has mods

[balmy warren]

I might be having a stroke hold up

[graceful patio]

No, but being dealt an unexpected but solvable problem and solving it with the ressources i collected and manage.

[balmy warren]

rimworld I probably have around 300

[graceful patio]

The problem here is willie's throat and the solution is any stabbing tool.

[sleek gull]

From what i've heard from the community team / testers of Half Sword, we should see more challenging combat comes Early Access. A bit more of "randomness" in the sense that the AI will be smarter and not just throw simple strikes at you. I am looking forward to that. I, like you, want more of a challenge.

[gaunt parrot]

Then use a blunt weapon

[balmy warren]

willie's throat can take a stab tho sometimes that shit kinda intimidates me lol

[graceful patio]

Rmb-> X -> Lmb

[balmy warren]

the bonking stick is kinda fun for a bit

[sleek gull]

If you haven't tried it yet. In one of the Vicious Weapon packs on Nexus has training swords. You get all the Long Sword movement, without the sharp edge. It is super fun to use.

[balmy warren]

i hope they add a flail I want to see how funny that can become

[idle crane]

Do i have some news for you. Let me find it real quick

[gaunt parrot]

That would probably get really weird with physics, also you’d be able to hit yourself with it and it would probably happen a lot

[balmy warren]

I like playing the low tier free for all when you can get the paddle and start smacking the shit out of willies

[balmy warren]

DO THEYYYYYYYYYYY

[sleek gull]

The Oar looking thing? Hell yeah!

[balmy warren]

Im about to start modding halfsword

[idle crane]

https://x.com/EpicGames/status/1953494574951010587

Epic Games Store (@EpicGames)

In Half Sword, weapons and armor are based on real historic relics. Try the free game demo and experience it yourself! https://t.co/dR4uWJ4f0M @Halfsword_game

X · Aug 7, 2025, 4:32 PM

[balmy warren]

my heart is happy now

I better be able to knock myself out with this or I will be depressed lol

[sleek gull]

I want to see that modded into:

[idle crane]

True

[pearl ferry]

https://tenor.com/qI3Bp4WiBIG.gif

[sleek gull]

Double the Flail, Double the Fun!

[pearl ferry]

flail time

[sleek gull]

https://tenor.com/view/defense-gif-10206358

[graceful patio]

Really want to see you do that in first person

[sleek gull]

I like to play with first person sometimes. It tests my muscle memory since I can't see my own sword half the time lol

[graceful patio]

I play it exclusively.

I see no value in playing with a backup drone camera

[wheat leaf]

can be beneficial in 1vX

And grappling especially

[graceful patio]

KcD muscle memory makes me run in circles to deal with 1vX

[sleek gull]

I'd like to see some first person Brave Stands or Carnages. I never do them in first person, and I don't think i've watched any clips of people doing it.

[wheat leaf]

Rather than having the muscle memory of a headless chicken, you can observe

[shell bronze]

getting jumped simulator (worse)

[graceful patio]

Or you could stop relying on an extra pair of eyes and get some spacial awareness you talentless peasant.

[wheat leaf]

Be mad while your running in your muscle memory circles, and lmk how 1st person treats you in t8

[sleek gull]

Show us the goods! I want to see that spacial awareness at work!

[shell bronze]

wit armor i wouldn't mind first person brave stands

[gaunt parrot]

You did say it was useless, don’t know why now your saying playing in 3rd person is easy mode

[graceful patio]

Quote me saying that.

You've made stuff up twice already.

[wheat leaf]

To be clear, do you really think 1st person gives you more spacial awareness than 3rd

Any tier

[sleek gull]

Actually. Yes.

Since you have things off screen that you need remember and predict their positioning

[graceful patio]

No, i do not. I'm telling you that I am doing it this way because i'm used to it and look down at you for not doing it my way because i am petty like that.

[gaunt parrot]

“I see no value in playing with a backup drone camera” (referring to third person view) “you talentless peasant” (talking to a person that uses 3rd person instead of first)

Hows that

[wheat leaf]

Real, at least you straight w it lmao

I can respect it

[shell bronze]

the hating goes crazy

[graceful patio]

Pretty good. I should have replaced No value with something that sounds less objective.

[wheat leaf]

And props to ya for using 1st in the 1st place that shit feels like living in go-pro found footage

[sleek gull]

I still want to see some of these First Person clips. Not doubting the skills, I just want to watch, observe, and maybe be inspired to try something I may not have tried.

[primal beacon]

send your pc characteristics pls

[graceful patio]

How do i clip things on steam, i know they added it but i forgot

[wheat leaf]

As soon as it gets to grappling your just gonna be observing willie’s big ass forehead

[sleek gull]

This is the way

[shell bronze]

7800x3d
7900 xtx 24gb
64gb ram

[primal beacon]

i have 4070 and 32gb ram and got 40 fps in dx12

[graceful patio]

Nevermind, the steam way unfocuses hs

[shell bronze]

i play 1440p 60fps high

[graceful patio]

obs it is

[sleek gull]

In the Steam App.
Top Left downdown menus
View
Bottom of the list is Screenshots and Recordings

[wheat leaf]

Obs is the way

[sleek gull]

I don't use OBS for clips since it is an additonal application that needs to be open. I try to keep as few applications open at a time to maxmimize my games performance.

[graceful patio]

Potato gamer?

[wheat leaf]

Make sure to change the filetype it records in to so the files and embed in discord, shit had me using a google file converter before I figured it out

[graceful patio]

Depending on quality i might have to yt this

[shell bronze]

anti polearm warfare

[sleek gull]

From there you click on this to access your back ground recording.

[sleek gull]

Once you are in that back ground recording. It opens up the editor where you can set start and end points for your desired clip

[sleek gull]

I love that you have gotten away from the super fast back and forth swing, and are really driving intentional attacks. You have gotten so good!

[graceful patio]

It doesn't let me paste it

Server locked priviledge?

[sleek gull]

It might be a file size issue. Try posting it in the Game Footage channel. That allows more than 10mb if you don't have Nitro

Oh! Nvm, you are level 1 on this server. Need level 3 to post clips in thsi channel.

[graceful patio]

sent it in the other channel

[idle crane]

level 2. You can post it in game footage without level 2 tho

[sleek gull]

You can then forward from Game Footage to this channel. It adds an extra step, but it works

[idle crane]

[shell bronze]

i still do it when i fight armored guys

[sleek gull]

And. Thats a nice and clean kill! Especially with the low visibility visor.

[graceful patio]

I find going for the throat rather easy with the polearms

[sleek gull]

With how much else was going on in there, it is forgiven lol.

[graceful patio]

But that's my obvious polearm bias talking

[shell bronze]

otherwise my intention from day one was always to go for clean kill strikes

[graceful patio]

On that note, let me turn my polehammer around so i can gouge willie's throat out with the beak

[shell bronze]

being team kenjutsu n all

[idle crane]

it is planned

[graceful patio]

very good

[broken bluff]

Is there a way to disable Abyss mode from popping every time I die in challenge mode?

[wheat leaf]

Alt f4

[sleek gull]

I did hear that this is something on the table. Flipping weapons around to use the other side.

[graceful patio]

Mantic just confirmed it

[sleek gull]

I really like your shoulder parries. I don't do those, and I think I need to.

[shell bronze]

they're sometimes jank and i just force them into a crouch parry instead

[restive barn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1224867206739787846/1372927668072353854/togif.gif

[wheat leaf]

I’ll never get how you have such solid defense, I can’t parry for shit w the way the game behaves lol

[shell bronze]

but in reality it doesn't really take much to win fights

even as a commoner vs up to veteran/lesser armored maa

[sleek gull]

Fine Mouse Movements is how I personally do it.

[shell bronze]

you gotta get a feel for it

[wheat leaf]

I just can’t get the sword movement to be consistent, if I do I’ve had plenty of attacks blow right through, definitely a time and practice matter overall tho

[shell bronze]

for blocks/parries i found that you have to move it way less than you think

[graceful patio]

Lower the sens

That's it

[shell bronze]

firm swings it's just a feel thing, you have to throw hands against the dummy

[wheat leaf]

I parry good irl and in vr, halfsword not so much

[sleek gull]

To get more control. I spent time with the training dummy and moved my mouse as slow and minimal as possible. It really taught my hand to not make long sweeping movements across the desk and instead tiny little movements. It changed the way I control weapons in the game in a drastic way

[graceful patio]

You need to forget the concept of solid bones and pretend that parrying is only real if you have higher momentum.

[wheat leaf]

See on one hand I’m getting told to lower sensitivity but on the other I’m being told make as tiny little movements as possible and those kinda contradict

[shell bronze]

they really don't

lowering sensitivity allows the fine movements

[wheat leaf]

Only in the sense that lower sensitivity requires more movement for the same input

[sleek gull]

With tiny movements. My Mouse DPI is at 1600. And my in game sensitivity is at 20% above default.

[shell bronze]

notice how the average player plays and see how they're all flailing and chaotic and not one wind up to a majority of their movements

[wheat leaf]

Ooh freaky I do around 70% ingame and 400dpi on mouse

[shell bronze]

then people like militus and higher echelon players have a certain nice control to their weapons

i know i personally keep to a VERY strict discipline with my playstyle

[sleek gull]

My first 200 hours was at like 10% sensitivity and around 1000 dpi. Almost every 100 hours I bump it up lol.

[shell bronze]

all of my stances are strict and as textbook as can be, and every strike is to maim or otherwise kill

[wheat leaf]

I’ve made a lot of progress in terms of not being flaily, it happens still sometimes but usually I try to initiate and end interactions smoothly. Just a depth perception issue the more I think about it, also could be too major of movements when switching guard positions. Like making a horizontal cut instead of switching from right to left guard

[sleek gull]

The Dpi I believe is more in relation to your resolution. I have a 2k monitor, so I bump it up a bit higher to clear more distance with less movements.

[graceful patio]

Absolute Yapper

He's still going

[wheat leaf]

I play on low/no damage often, lemme tell you when they start doing this it’s almost a panic to kill them so they stop

[sleek gull]

Its like a cat yowling out the window lol

[shell bronze]

major movements are fine in most regards it's how much you move the mouse

[graceful patio]

It's been 2 minutes and he's still screaming

[shell bronze]

that's how you see me flick from guard to guard

[graceful patio]

And standing

[wheat leaf]

Perhaps might be that I’m too far to one side before I initiate the change, as in if I’m holding a guard the game might consider a drawn back position and thus read it as a swing

[shell bronze]

especially common in my man at arms "samurai" build

since i always start from hasso no kamae

[shell bronze]

that could be it

[wheat leaf]

Fools guard and tail guard have done me well when I do land the parries lmao

[wheat leaf]

They combo very nicely with overhands

[shell bronze]

those feel cool and snappy when you do land clean shots

[mental kelp]

Absetzen and sprechfenster

[formal summit]

hot take nerf the plancon

[shell bronze]

cold take

[sleek gull]

when sharing clips, I will always share this one. (volume required)

[glass orbit]

Bc

[glass orbit]

Bro

All y’all have NPC damage on max

Y’all are noobs

[sleek gull]

Default for me = )

[shell bronze]

waki no kamae/tail guard for you @wheat leaf

[glass orbit]

Same

[sleek gull]

The throw was beautiful

[glass orbit]

This guy definitely has it on max

[shell bronze]

the only thing i have on max in my game is gore and lock on

[sleek gull]

Could just me Max Gore. makes cleaving more likely

[wheat leaf]

you make it look much cooler than when i do it xD

[shell bronze]

nah i'm sure yours is just as cool

[radiant arch]

its so damn easy to mess people up in this game

is there a way to like run this game on lower-end devices?

[wheat leaf]

this is a older clip, not the best example but its kinda the combo at mind, tailguard rising strike into a head snipe

[radiant arch]

i can't run my game for more htnaan huor since it always crashes

[wheat leaf]

the greatsword can be hard to make look good, while it does make very nice sweepy flourishy movements, it also just sways around a lot from the weight

[radiant arch]

is there a sandbox where you can give yourself weapons or something?

[wheat leaf]

custom skin loader

[pearl ferry]

awesome bind fight :3

[sleek gull]

Ya know, I had an issue recently where I was getting a ton of crashes suddenly. I then noticed I had Window Hardware Acceleration turned on.

As a shot in the dark, check to see if you have that turned on in your Window Settings. If so, try turning it off.

[radiant arch]

whats that

[shell bronze]

with fool's guard/gedan-no-kamae i usually just use it as an excuse to poke people and do some false edge cuts

[wheat leaf]

well the one i got is OVRDTH's loader, a mod you get and it gives you hella pre-set loadouts

[shell bronze]

@wheat leaf like this

[sleek gull]

I like to use the Half Sword Trainer to spawn in items like weapons and cloths. Then I equip it all and save it with the OVRDTH Selector.

[shell bronze]

double sent one clip for some reason

[wheat leaf]

its hard to get consistent, but ive had a few really nice rising strikes from fool's. like up and straight into the neck or chin

can work as a hand snipe too in some instances

[shell bronze]

try using those on disarms against shield users

like this

[wheat leaf]

brotha when you said disarm i thought you meant his weapon not literally disarm

[shell bronze]

it's just also a very effective thing to use against most one handed types

[wheat leaf]

its a good guard position for that reason so long as you know your spacing

[graceful patio]

Do one in first person

I asked this earlier, please do

[wheat leaf]

make it a t8 clip exclusively for the 1st person

[radiant arch]

my device is so low-end that anytime i load into abyss

like i meet an enemy

it just crashes

[graceful patio]

I don't find full helmet 1st person to be terribly offensive, it just takes rather long to kill someone when you're largely guesstimating your swings

[radiant arch]

i don't think thats available on my device

[shell bronze]

remind me in 8 hours when i come home from this blue collar shift 🤣

[graceful patio]

Occupation?

[sleek gull]

Are you trying to play on a Windows computer?

[shell bronze]

cable technician

[radiant arch]

i am on windows, windows 11

[shell bronze]

fiber optic and coaxial

[radiant arch]

i don't think i looked hard enough

[graceful patio]

Forbidden spaghet

[shell bronze]

i touch grass daily and pay my bills

[wheat leaf]

tf are you doing here

[radiant arch]

IRS slave

[shell bronze]

rather that than be a deadbeat basement dweller

[sleek gull]

To access and manage hardware acceleration settings:
Open Settings: Right-click the Start button and select "Settings" or press Windows Key + I.
Navigate to System: Click on "System".
Select Display: Click on "Display".
Find Graphics Settings: Scroll down to "Related settings" and click on "Graphics".
Adjust Default Graphics Settings: Under "Default settings," click on "Change default graphics settings".
Locate Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling: You will find the "Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling" setting here.
Enable/Disable: Toggle the switch to either enable or disable the feature. If you change the setting, you will need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

[soft osprey]

Yeah ok nerd lmao

[graceful patio]

Everyone quiet down, the expert is talking.

[radiant arch]

wow people actually parry in this game

[soft osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/damn-right-breaking-bad-gif-14029087

[sleek gull]

Yup!!

[radiant arch]

i just swing and hope for the best

[graceful patio]

Those who play properly parry. Alternatively, Left overhead 15x

[shell bronze]

left overheads are the way against shield users

[wheat leaf]

when the frick are they gonna add freddy fivebear into the game i stg

[graceful patio]

They are the way against everyone because my polehammer has more range

[shell bronze]

just beat it

[wheat leaf]

right overhead if you got a poleweapon imo

[shell bronze]

polehammer/poleaxe gameplay is pretty fun

i've been trying to learn

[graceful patio]

Guess why it's my entire profile

[wheat leaf]

im glad they made the grip changes so smooth for poleweapons, they be insane in fights cause of it

[brittle bison]

Me personally, hammers maces and any other blunt weapons

[brittle bison]

Nothing quite compares to the joy of shattering skulls

[wheat leaf]

you strike me as the type to have a poster of a rock on your wall

[brittle bison]

Or just breaking the willy's kneecaps and watching him struggle

[graceful patio]

https://tenor.com/view/wallace-and-gromit-hammering-fast-hard-at-work-working-gif-26932115

[brittle bison]

You would be correct

Rocks are cool

[graceful patio]

Polehammer gameplay

[wheat leaf]

"honey would you like anything for dinner??"
Booger eater in his room:

[graceful patio]

I'm the hammer man.

Literally, look at my username and pfp

[brittle bison]

Too long, I prefer getting up in my enemies faces

[graceful patio]

Alternatively, aim right and one shot

Can do that in half sword grip too

[brittle bison]

While that's nice, is it not more fun to break people's kneecaps?

[graceful patio]

It's a polehammer. You outreach everyone else. Break his knees, skull, shoulders and spirit if you so please.

[brittle bison]

Something just hits different about obliterating a Willy's kneecaps with a blunt weapon

[wheat leaf]

gotta hand it to the blunt enthusiasts, its a nice feeling when you get that affirming thud noise of knocking someone out 1 strike

[brittle bison]

You make a very strong point

[soft osprey]

They are! People really take them for granite

[brittle bison]

Sometimes you gotta beat them on the ground a bit until they gurgle

[soft osprey]

Laugh please

[graceful patio]

I have a big ass cylinder of granite in my room from an internship at a geology research company

[brittle bison]

Make sure they don't wake up again

[soft osprey]

Forget you guys

[brittle bison]

I like you

[wheat leaf]

https://tenor.com/view/fairysoobs-spongebob-reaction-oh-brother-this-guy-stinks-gif-25698553

[brittle bison]

Lmao

[graceful patio]

Using it as a throwable would obliterate poor william

[brittle bison]

Hell yeah

[graceful patio]

It weighs 15 kg

It's my elite paperweight

[wheat leaf]

thank you for working with the Geology research team, heres a giant fucking cylinder

[brittle bison]

The kneecap obliterator

[graceful patio]

I asked for it because they had four tons of these just existing in a warehouse

[brittle bison]

Kneecaps vs 33lb granite cylinder

[wheat leaf]

i wasnt aware you sought out the cylinder

[brittle bison]

The cylinder must remain unharmed

[wheat leaf]

did it call to you by chance?

[graceful patio]

The hammer head on my pfp is cylindrical

[graceful patio]

The cylinder wins every matchup that involves william

[wheat leaf]

no matter which way you put the willy, the cylinder always wins

[brittle bison]

Absolutely

[wooden socket]

i broke a guys leg by slamming him into the fence

[brittle bison]

The devs should add rocks that you can just pick up and bash skulls in with

[wooden socket]

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/kR4C2WJkVOV14Im4W?invite=cr-MSxucWksMjAxNDg5MDU0&v=8

[brittle bison]

Half sword WWE

[graceful patio]

The peasantry must be subjugated.

[mental kelp]

caught under the hands

[shell bronze]

it's great too

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1043854764095582260/1403219191913512990/6D43021.MP4?ex=689769f5&is=68961875&hm=c8a850673e69497eeeb92ca3c602e548b2c320e38a1fbbc04b04863462535d33&

hitting those home runs

[wooden socket]

i may have had a minor lapse in judgement

not that it mattered

[exotic stump]

Oooo he hurt me Willie

[wintry compass]

Ouch

[fleet sand]

i legit thought the new WIP was a double barrel shotgun until i took a closer look. lol

[cyan cloud]

“Parry this”

I’d still die to that one peasant with a pitchfork but at least my death would complete his farmer cosplay.

[tight fern]

i wish there was a shotgun

[mental kelp]

durchwechseln

[wheat leaf]

Insane way to leak ranged weapons, thought it was an actual execution for a split sec

[gilded veldt]

what is it?

[solemn holly]

crossbow

[harsh imp]

lil sneek peek to a poster im making

its the modteam tournament poster guys 😼

[little verge]

AFC title card backdrop?

[harsh imp]

maybe

[restive barn]

bro think he in an edit😭

[harsh imp]

its a tournament we may be hosting for you mod team guys, whenever multiplayer comes out we plan on making a huge tournament with as much mods as we can get and make yall sword fight, would you be down to participate?

[harsh imp]

aye im not the one who took the screenshot 🤷‍♂️

[restive barn]

who does bro think he is😭

bro is NOT him 😭

[shy maple]

Honestly there should be a drawback to hurting your hands

You can smash them into the rocks for hours and you can pick up a weapon and use it normally

The Raven's Beak

[restive barn]

😭

[mental kelp]

https://tenor.com/view/jarvis-erase-gif-1159901542694943356

[restive barn]

🥀

[pearl ferry]

the point of the estoc

[restive barn]

asstoc

[pearl ferry]

https://tenor.com/view/truth-nuke-jevil-deltarune-jevil-deltarune-truth-nuke-jevil-truth-nuke-gif-7698744649736936633

[little verge]

I already know all about it! Yes of course when the time comes count me in.

[remote kindle]

how do you hold them with the point on the right?

[harsh imp]

Awesome! Thank you so much! if youd like an invite to the discord, I can gladly send you one.

[little verge]

please do, I did not know it had a Discord.

[harsh imp]

I cant send it in here, so ill send it in your dms.

[restive barn]

modded weapons

[shell bronze]

X

[idle crane]

If its sword fighting then im getting smoked by fencer and militus. If im allowed 2h mace then i stand somewhat of a chance

[remote kindle]

this is gonna help a lot

[pearl ferry]

wait. wrong clip.

there we go

[soft osprey]

If im allowed to be in full gear while everyone else is naked with no weapons, and they don’t get to move around, I’d win

[idle crane]

Nah id do the super punch on you

[sleek gull]

https://tenor.com/view/falcon-punch-stop-interrupt-what-captain-falcon-gif-23526096

[somber lodge]

what circumstance do you even use these stickers

literally what is this

[wild dust]

how to achieve this skill bro

[idle crane]

This

[idle crane]

and this https://discord.com/channels/1043854763189600337/1270577738826256536

[stiff belfry]

Daily plug for AFC
Halfswords' first league, join the fray
DM for your invite

[obtuse pivot]

bruh theres never actually any updates

its always WIP or announcements

I took a break from halfsword a few months ago

and Ive come back to 0 updates

I trust that they are doing smth great in wip, but cmon

amazing game tho

[stiff belfry]

its a demo

[raven solar]

there wont be any updates to the demo

next "update" is early access

[pearl ferry]

q4 is early access so wait till then

[latent karma]

https://tenor.com/view/oceanmamv2-squidward-gif-24842582

[shell bronze]

practice and die a lot

[dapper briar]

is it normal to get no weapons with soldier

or a bug

[idle crane]

its a bug

[signal wedge]

me when I see a bug on the ground

[compact hamlet]

30 second unskippable ads are going hard

just got another unskippable

[dapper briar]

also

does anyone know how to stop the baron challenge from crashing when the 4 guys come

[pearl ferry]

run dx 11 low blood and low gore

[idle crane]

Turn blood off completely

[dapper briar]

thank you

[grand tulip]

I thought the same deadass

[upbeat jacinth]

is there a good way to grapple nowadays in non-playtest

[mental kelp]

there is apparently but I got no idea how they do it tbh
https://discord.com/channels/1043854763189600337/1244313050174197850

they may or may not be actually helpful idk, they might just say look at their clips

[drowsy flint]

can you guess which enemy the game forced me to lock on to?

[upbeat jacinth]

the guy who was on the floor

[drowsy flint]

https://tenor.com/view/pointing-that-is-correct-thats-right-good-job-way-to-go-gif-18723702

and it got me stabbed in the side of the fucking head lmao

[upbeat jacinth]

yea

[shell bronze]

hard part about finishing people off is that sometimes you whiff and lose aura as they go down

[small dove]

its fun punching naked willies so much its considered a war crime 😊

[drowsy flint]

challenge the best, bleed like the rest

[small dove]

i miss willie head exploding if you bonk it hard enough

considering the fact that willies constantly injure themselves on fences by accident, you can probably win a fight against a willie by simply having 0 player dmg and max npc dmg enabled and then just waiting for them to off themselves by bonking into the fence trying to kill you

[mental cargo]

when was that a thing

[small dove]

early demo

[mental cargo]

oh

[small dove]

when the demo was perma abyss

only abyss

nothing else

you cant

[shell bronze]

you can play it like herding a bull

[small dove]

ye

but

it would be funny winning a 1v1 against willie

without doing a single input

mods n stuff

youtube

the closest thing to a black clothing piece i can find on commoner is this hat

[small dove]

there are no black leg or chest clothes

[naive holly]

Bruhhh you can edit the
.savs thats how john got it

https://youtu.be/H2z6A34lEfc

[small dove]

you can get all blue, red, and yellow and some other colors i think

without modifying anything

[naive holly]

You can spawn dark Grey with enhancer but thats not pitch black

[small dove]

all blue

all red

[naive holly]

Yeh

[stone umbra]

what does prepare yourself for the ultimate challenge mean?

[naive holly]

Youre about to do the ultimate challenge lol

[small dove]

wouldve been cool if the hat didnt ruin it

[stone umbra]

why does all my armor disapear when i go to that teir

tier

[small dove]

because its ultimate challenge

you fight against enemy

enemy drop weapon and armor

and you pick up the weapon and armor

fight higher tier enemy

and do that until you get to the baron

then you fight baron

[stone umbra]

oh okay thanks

[naive holly]

Yeee its the point

[small dove]

i got all yellow commoner but acidentally refreshed it

[naive holly]

Turn off blood or else the game is gonns crash

P sure you can get everything primary by rolling

[shell bronze]

might make a mini version of commoner boss to fight man at arms/veteran with

[stone umbra]

rolling?

[small dove]

i have been trying to get all white commoner for so long that i noticed that the menu willie bobs back and forward as if he's breathing

[cursive sluice]

Don't you just guys love it when it happens?

[small dove]

ranch potato

[cursive sluice]

all that progress gone?

[idle crane]

Turn blood off. It should stop the crashing

[small dove]

the crashing should hopefully been either reduced or fully fixed when early access is released, if im correct

which ofc is gonna be nice

[naive holly]

Yeah like selecting a random kit

Changing equipment

[naive holly]

I have all white commoner but he has sabatons on lol, if youre interested

[analog pelican]

i have begun practicing throwing daggers, is there anywhere i should post this specifically?

[digital epoch]

Why i get everytime fatal error on "Build True champion"

[mental cargo]

set gore level to gentle

[digital epoch]

Doesnt help

tried low grapichs too

stil

I have powerfull pc

can run at high grapichs the game

[mental cargo]

try reinstalling?

[digital epoch]

i did

[shell bronze]

man's dressed like he going to church

[odd lodge]

Peak

[soft osprey]

Turn blood off. You can leave gore at whatever you’d like, as it affects dismemberment

[digital epoch]

find it

that is what i did

[vital perch]

nasty hilt smack

[shell bronze]

good demonstration of just how INSANELY quick a spear can kill you in this game

if it wasn't for my guard and immediate deflection that thing would've killed me before i could even think

that was the kind of attack that my usual dodging/feinting can barely avoid

[vital perch]

ffs i hate the fact that sometimes my clips look amazing but have to throw them away because i took damage

[slow sundial]

how do i beat the man of arms champion he seems to take 0 damage

[vital perch]

aim to the head to knock him out with blunt weapons

[slow sundial]

ty

[shell bronze]

get a polearm that has a thicker end and beat him against the head with it

damn this is an old clip

crazy how ai sometimes will try stabbing like 15 times

[vital perch]

g

[lapis marsh]

H

[vital perch]

i

[lapis marsh]

J

[vital perch]

k

[lapis marsh]

L

[vital perch]

m

[lapis marsh]

N

[alpine tangle]

does anyone know why the warstaves do like no damage now? i can kill knights faster with the tongs then with my warstave

[lapis marsh]

Warstaves? Can’t remember what those are

[remote kindle]

Can i rip off my limbs in the Menu screen

[lapis marsh]

Probably not

[remote kindle]

bummer i'm trying anyway

i can see my bones

[alpine tangle]

the long staffs that have a hammer, spear head and a pick head on it

[lapis marsh]

Oh they do pretty good damage

You just gotta hit them in the head to make the most of them

[alpine tangle]

for me it cant even give the enemy a concussion

and the same thing when they use it on me

[lapis marsh]

You might not be swinging it right

[languid gazelle]

devs please make it impossible to die when wearing full black armor

[alpine tangle]

side to side and vertical

[alpine tangle]

already is bro

[lapis marsh]

I mean actual swing technique not just direction

[alpine tangle]

fast single swings, no repeated swiping

[silent fractal]

Today I learned you can knock helmet's off enemy Willies.

[alpine tangle]

yup, i find it very difficult to since i don't know how it's triggered

[silent fractal]

Neither do I, I got a weird lucky kick in that did it.

(I had lost my hand and was desperately trying to win)

[lapis marsh]

Not too fast. Make your swings smoother, swing in conjunction with the weapons momentum

[alpine tangle]

alright

[sweet hamlet]

can't say I've seen that one before, I've... chipped off the helmet

[shell bronze]

happens

[lapis marsh]

It happens yeah

[sweet hamlet]

I shouldn't be surprised it can happen ,but this is the first time I've had it chip

[digital epoch]

is there way to disaple that the bodys in abyss doesnt dissapear because in older demo or game test it were like the bodys stayed on the ground and im sad that they dont do it anymore

[young ledge]

This is how you deal with the Baseball bat of doom

[lapis marsh]

Strongest torture stick user vs weakest long sword user

[digital epoch]

Did you just parried it there 😂

[silent fractal]

Pretty sure that's a performance thing.

[young ledge]

Slapped that bitch aside like it was nothing

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

[silent fractal]

https://tenor.com/view/medieval-sword-gun-parry-this-parry-gif-1204733511031848007

"Parry this filthy casual"

idk I like this joke so much.

[shell bronze]

i hate that fuckass stick

[lapis marsh]

Poleaxes deal with it easier

Yet another poleaxe W

[shell bronze]

my honest reaction to historically proven polearm meta

[remote kindle]

omg why can i die from walking ontop of a weapon that's on the ground 😭

[shell bronze]

and the fact that reach is king

[lapis marsh]

Stubbed your toe

[lapis marsh]

Why don’t you use it then. Get with the times old man

Swords are soooo yestercentury

[young ledge]

Me too bro

[jolly gorge]

my character got stripped after I won and died at the same time

[lapis marsh]

Yup

[shell bronze]

the same reason why people still play music with instruments instead of synthesizing

it be an art i choose to preserve

[lapis marsh]

Won’t be preserved when I cut off all your non vital extremities

[young ledge]

Personally, I would never show my face in public again if I got done like that

[jolly gorge]

me when I hit longstick and longstick go no balance and I can cut the bigstick guy to pieces

[remote kindle]

I'm really STRONG #game-footage-🎮🎥 message

[lapis marsh]

Me when I half sword grip and beat the shit out of you

[shell bronze]

you're not the first person to present such threats to me

[lapis marsh]

I believe I will be the last, however >:)

[shell bronze]

i don't practice this for the sake of function anyways if i wanted to win i get a voulge and practice hitting home runs

[young ledge]

Lads I have only played this game vanilla. What mods do you recommend? I have hundreds of hours, just never modded

[shell bronze]

the shittiest most poorly trained spearman can take care of an experienced swordsman so i don't bother measuring sizes

[shell bronze]

loadout selector and enhancer 100%

[young ledge]

From nexus?

[shell bronze]

yes

[young ledge]

Epic

[shell bronze]

enhancer lets you spawn stuff and people

[young ledge]

Lets me pick my shit?

Damn

I need this

[shell bronze]

and have super strength

and invincibility

loadout selector lets you save builds

[young ledge]

Are they installed through vortex?

This?

[lapis marsh]

yup

[bronze hearth]

can anyone recommend me mods?

[silent torrent]

I recommend using mods

[thorn granite]

I think you should use mods.

[shell bronze]

mods are great i recommend them

[jolly gorge]

what's the one sword guard where you hold the sword on the back of your head

[polar void]

Love me some mods

[olive pulsar]

Looking at the halfsword steam page, the video that plays shows fighting in an interior space. Including a room and what looks like a throne room......is that in the game?

[latent mountain]

not rite now

[shell bronze]

you mean vom tag

[thorn granite]

I believe it's only on the itch io version, a really old one.

[shell bronze]

there's also the italian guards (i don't knowa single one)

[jolly gorge]

no, not that one,

the sword would be horizontal to your head

[olive pulsar]

Gotcha, so its still only arena for now?

[thorn granite]

The current demo is still only the arena and the abyss.

[shell bronze]

which direction is the point facing

like to the side?

[jolly gorge]

left

yeah

[olive pulsar]

sweet, thx

[thorn granite]

The court, outside, the old version of the arena are only on half sword gauntlet version on itch io.

[shell bronze]

if that's the case then i'm thinking some kind of italian guard

or kasumi no kamae for kenjutsu

[thorn granite]

I may be dumb, i forgot the first half sword version name on itch.

[shell bronze]

since i do kenjutsu that's the closest thing i can think of

[thorn granite]

Oh yeah, it is half sword gauntlet.

[jolly gorge]

this is more or less what it looks like

pardon my horrible drawing

[obtuse coyote]

I find it vexing when an enemies weapon is obscured behind my charecters body, realistically this wouldn't happen, and first person feels unwieldy, can we get a slider to change the opacity of our charecter? To better see where our opponents weapon is while still being able to see our own?

[noble oasis]

Does anybody have a video link or something to help me instal mods on the current version?

[thorn granite]

Hmm, this does look like a guard stance, i forgot the name of it though.

[jolly gorge]

realistically this wouldn't happen, and first person feels unwieldy,
you can't have your cake and eat it too

[shell bronze]

looks like kasumi no kamae to me

or at least close to it

i can't think of any named longsword guards for that

[jolly gorge]

don't they have the sword in FRONT of the face at kasumi no kamae?

[shell bronze]

it varies so much iwl

[thorn granite]

The stance has the sword infront of their face most of the time, that and they're posed sideways.

[latent mountain]

were so much better wielding weapons irl because we can feel what our body is doing without needing to see it

thats probably why its really hard to make it realistic

[shell bronze]

sometimes it's overhead like ox, sometimes it's parallel with your face, sometimes the blade is sideways

[latent mountain]

probably

most likely

[jolly gorge]

hell, you'll definitely be more accurate irl than with a mouse

[latent mountain]

literally in wip theres a picture of a crossbow

probably like how a crossbow would work

hmm maybe theyre gonig to give us a new map huh

[shell bronze]

that's why i gave up trying to do half of the moves i do irl

you're basically controlling noodle arms on a 2d plane (mouse)

[jolly gorge]

also, why is the fool's guard so popular? it's either that I don't know anything about it or it's really sucky

[jolly gorge]

tbh I don't do swordfighting irl I just liked the game a lot on the vids I saw

[shell bronze]

it's cool but imo fool's/gedan isn't something you want to bring into a fight with experienced people

[latent mountain]

i want to learn fencing just to get better at this game

[jolly gorge]

I think the reverse grip is also bad irl but good in half sword

[shell bronze]

@jolly gorge

it also works better with longsword because of the short edge

reverse grip is balls for anything but daggers

[jolly gorge]

I don't like daggers

[thorn granite]

Also, the issue with half sword is the response time, since the arm movement is delayed, including movement, you feel like it's slow tank controls rather than responsive as alot of games.

[shell bronze]

my personal favorite stance to use in this game is hasso no kamae

it's a very offensive stance that can catch right side swipes

[latent mountain]

i like that tho it makes me feel like im better at controlling my body

[silent fractal]

uh... so I may have found the Half-sword space program.

[shell bronze]

stick with longpoint until you can reliably kill 9/10 willies you fight

then advance to different guards

[jolly gorge]

I think that if the opponent has a shield, most right guards tend to not work

[latent mountain]

search it up

[shell bronze]

and that's where i go to jodan

well not this clip

[paper aurora]

My game crashes going into the abyss from gaunt mode and when coming out, if I go in from menu

[shell bronze]

but against shield users it's left side waki no kamae

or that fuckass baseball bat stance

or jodan/vom tag

[jolly gorge]

YES this

I do this but also the right guard version

[silent fractal]

Well, apparently kicking without a leg in the abyss can send you into orbit for some reason... I mostly go crash free.