halfsword-chat-⚔

[barren hamlet]

Or a way to block. It's pure chance really, i find that combat is just making sure you swing at the right time, very rarely do i ever block an enemy weapon

[rotund galleon]

it works like in real life mostly. you arent so much blocking as you are simply putting your sword in the way of theirs so you dont get hurt.

just play around with moving the weapon slowly and see where it ends up. then you can practice it in combat and you start to notice yourself blocking more often

small movements is key to precision

also if you hold RMB instead of clicking it your chr doesnt lock into halfswording and will go back to regular swinging

[rotund galleon]

so you can start a swing and mid-way hold rmb and make a sideways stabbing motion that can be used as a block. if you start by half swording and let go right before swinging you lunge the tip of your sword where its pointing so it can make a great neck/chest stabbing motion.

[remote kindle]

you gotta get better for that

[wheat leaf]

For long weapons you can halfsword and draw it back to the left, and switch to normal grip as you swing it to let go with the left hand and get a longer range swing

A bit of a flail motion depending on weapon weight but it can work surprisingly well

[rotund galleon]

polearms also have a thing you can do using X to make large sweeping circular attacks

or whatever switch hands button is

[wheat leaf]

I’m so happy they made the switch hands so smooth for pole arms, you can get some sick combos that way

[rotund galleon]

there are a couple of YT'rs that make it look easy but it takes a lot of practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ4DJUHdTKM&ab_channel=m00

[wheat leaf]

I’ve been trying to learn full circles, like swinging, switch hands, draw back on opposite side and switch again for a same side follow-up

[tender quest]

pfft this guy? amateur

[remote kindle]

what did i do to anger the Gods, all my progress is gone

Why's it easier to land hits where you want them to go, in slow mo

[rotund galleon]

if you have your sensitivity set to very high like youre playing APEX or something your gonna need to make smaller movement changes to the mouse while swinging. one slight up or down input makes a huge difference to the direction of the swing with higher dpi.

[amber vessel]

less movement=better gameplay feel

you can win via wild swinging though

[rotund galleon]

true in real life too

wild swinging can bring down a master swordsman just as easily as a peasant

if you make contact

[amber vessel]

generally youll have a higher chance that way against someone who's a master lol

to fool your enemy you must first fool yourself

[rotund galleon]

chance isnt ease though

[amber vessel]

also someone who is untrained will go for force rather than technique which the trained swordsman might not be prepared to counter properly

more agressive too

[rotund galleon]

thats not the point of it though.

wild swinging doesnt get harder to do just because the opponent has a higher skill

it takes the same effort to swing wildly at a tree

but even the greatest swordsman can be taken down by a rusty nail if theyre not carful

doesnt mean the nail had to work harder though.

[wind charm]

Gaming

[vital dagger]

hows bro still alive

[wind charm]

Holy fuck

[rotund galleon]

whoever is in charge of the death screams is my hero.

[wind charm]

Kepontrucken

[rotund galleon]

i think we should all buy the game when it comes out. and maybe fund the kickstarter. i just watched a video from a guy with no ulterior motive who agrees.

🙂

i just cant say enough good things about it honestly. just simply perfect and hauntingly terrifying lol

[charred moth]

this game is a curse

[wheat leaf]

Idk how they managed to make a perfectly normal human model look like an alien when moving

[charred moth]

tell me about it

[naive holly]

Idk why they dont have a kickstarter or ko-fi up

So many people would throw down

[vital dagger]

tf u mean this is a curse

this is a gift

the best thing to ever exist

argueably better than the invention of splinter free toilet paper

[shell bronze]

it's also funny how a lot of trained people will have a more difficult time against a chaotic untrained force than another trained fighter

god forbid i express agreement

🥱

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1043854764095582260/1404665275458261114/Half_Sword_Demo_-_2025-08-11_11-17-33_PM.mp4?ex=689c03fb&is=689ab27b&hm=18caa5a16d2a527cc3a42d4f2bbcdc8cb4a5957b6e1e18a2f323a55e3747aaa4&

unfortunately i wasn't

it's tragic actually

[signal wedge]

can you please stop being confrontational and rude?

[shell bronze]

i enjoy living up to this name if it means seeing such passionate statements from people like you ❤️

[signal wedge]

hey bro I understand you're defending yourself but its best not to give in or respond. If any issues persist further please ping me or any other mod

[shell bronze]

will do
good call

[candid egret]

bored so i paired NPC bosses against eachother in duels, and given them subsequent rankings based off the results accordingly. top to bottom is best to worst

9th beat everyone
8th beat everyone except 9th
5th beat 1st + 2nd + 3rd + 6th + 7th
4th beat 1st + 2nd + 3rd + 5th + 6th
7th beat 1st + 2nd + 3rd + 4th
3rd beat 1st + 2nd
6th beat 2nd + 3rd + 7th
1st beat 2nd + 6th
2nd beat no one (noob)

[slender hull]

I've now become the reaper

[mild nova]

yo how do i get the inside arena ive seen it on the steam page it looks sick

[tired stream]

where does this show up??

is it a messed up axe or

[somber lodge]

only seen it in abyss

[mild nova]

am i mudded?

[little verge]

Did you mean muted?

[pearl ferry]

fighting monkeys in for honor

[leaden yarrow]

Are there any news regarding the release??

Or a demo update

[little verge]

I have no idea what mudded is.

[little verge]

We will be launching Early Access Q4 of this year, Some time between October - December. No more free updates planned.

Cannot help if you cannot communicate

[leaden yarrow]

Alright thanks

[little verge]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-gilmore-feeling-the-flow-working-it-positive-vibes-adam-sandler-gif-1577802084857617369

[obtuse osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/daniel-larson-daniel-larson-daniellarson-lolcow-gif-17950570439600588607

[little verge]

Pricing still to be determined.

#faq

[scenic isle]

this willie is half the man he once was

[little verge]

Discord hides it by default.

[mild nova]

how do i get inside map

[little verge]

What do you mean exactly?

Are you asking how to get an indoor map?

[mild nova]

yes

i saw it on steam page

[slender hull]

THE FUCK?

abyss mode doesn't save???

why'd the get rid of this feature

[mild nova]

its a point game mode ?

[slender hull]

so why can't you continue from where you left off at

it was like that in the demo

[mild nova]

no

[slender hull]

yes it was

in the original demo you could leave the game, come back with the same items

[mild nova]

idk bro i dont remember

but how do i get to the indoors map thats on the steam page

[obtuse osprey]

for some

[little verge]

There has never been a build with item saving in the abyss. There were exploits and mods for this but never a native feature.

[slender hull]

I distinctly remember being able to continue playing with my inventory after beating the boss with two followers in the original abyss, after the game crashed and I loaded back in

[little verge]

Pricing is undetermined at this time. I would not allude to piracy this is against our server #rules.

[slender hull]

the items in your hand dissapeared, but your inventory and clothing stayed the same

there are nazi bots now, huh

[little verge]

The abyss demo has also never had companions.

You may be remembering the mod that allowed you to spawn and team with NPCs.

The only build with allies was the very first HS dungeons build.

[slender hull]

I'm talking about the noble with two axeman guards boss, after you injured him two guards spawned to fight you

This guy

anyways, sucks that this feature's gone

lost a good run

[little verge]

This was never a feature though, equipment has never been saved in the Demo. The only progress that was saved was half of your points and forward progress were maintained on death, Equipment had to be re-obtained.

[slender hull]

#halfsword-chat-⚔ message
ctrl-f ing from old posts, seems like the fact that the game saves has been mentioned a lot

but I'm pretty sure it was only for alt-f4s now

[barren hamlet]

ARGGHHHHH final stage of AByss AGAIN and crash

was not even any blood

Abyss is easy once you get armour on limbs...

[little verge]

The 'save' that is referring to is the save file that registered gear for the final boss which was a doppelganger. This save file could be exploited and modded into making custom builds and saved gear.

As I stated previously this was never a native feature.

[barren hamlet]

scam

[slender hull]

ah, i never noticed as I always alt-f4ed to exit the game. thought it was an actual saving feature

[little verge]

Always been rogue like.

This exploit was actually removed long before the old demo was removed/merged. It was the root cause of a memory leak. The final boss used to have the same gear as the player and after the fix he was a naked Willie.

[slender hull]

wait I thought the final boss being like that was intended lol

fighting yourself and all

a nvm

[dusk wyvern]

this game is fun icl

[valid summit]

in the final level of the progression tihng my game keeps crashing when enemies drop their armor on death

[ancient loom]

Turn the graphics down

[rose crown]

gang how do I restart to go back level one

im stuck on the max level even if I die

[ancient loom]

In the gauntlet or free play?

[soft osprey]

Follow

[true zealot]

give us a gun in half sword i need it

(joke)

[ancient loom]

Only if its one of these old hand cannons

[true zealot]

nah add the eoka from Rust

[slender wraith]

what is the best way to beat ultimate challange

im not getting the armor from them

[true zealot]

don't

[slender wraith]

why

[true zealot]

lowk not worth

[slender wraith]

dont you unlock some sandbox mode_

?

[true zealot]

you already have it unlocked

[slender wraith]

how??

[ancient loom]

Real. The baron is fun for 5 minutes and then you go back to lower tiers

[true zealot]

click this button on the bottom

free mode

its always been unlocked

[slender wraith]

ohh i didnt realize that was sandbox

[true zealot]

real ones know that we used to only have access to free mode

no gauntlet

[slender wraith]

damn

[sharp nest]

that was worse

no reward for getting a rank

he slid

[slender wraith]

lmao

[sharp nest]

oh crap i pinged him

[slender wraith]

how many chats does it take to get lv3 😭

[sharp nest]

he just came online man

sorry frankfurt hotdogs

[hasty raven]

That’s fiine

[slender wraith]

im not even lv1

omd

[sharp nest]

well yeah u just joined

[slender wraith]

ig ima have to talk for a while

nah

like 12 hours ago

[sharp nest]

thats still new

[slender wraith]

holy

[lapis marsh]

thats very new yeah

[slender wraith]

oh

[restive garnet]

rare to see you, hello

[lapis marsh]

ive been here since january

[slender wraith]

ive been playing the game for a while

just havent joined the dc

[sharp nest]

i pinged him by accident thats why

[restive garnet]

[slender wraith]

what do you record w?

[shell bronze]

steam recorder

[ancient loom]

Am i tweaking or do these clips lose pixels and gain saturation with every one posted

[slender wraith]

wth is that

[slender wraith]

brutal 😭

[sharp nest]

dont know about the pixels part but definitely feels like it for saturation

for me they get lower quality

[ancient loom]

Built in clip maker from steam

[golden bear]

any1 getting fatal error sometimes and crashes?

[slender wraith]

blood

[slender wraith]

how do i use that

[shell bronze]

discord compresses when i post from phone

[ancient loom]

Go into settings on steam and look for screen recording

[slender wraith]

aight ty

[slender wraith]

how do you dodge

i have so many questions

[shell bronze]

hold shift and move in any direction

[slender wraith]

aight

[shell bronze]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1043854764095582260/1404665275458261114/Half_Sword_Demo_-_2025-08-11_11-17-33_PM.mp4?ex=689cacbb&is=689b5b3b&hm=6a20fdaea8734f9d3a6e7cf68bb7a28bb7b5fada69e69ae13237a9de3b29b4e8&

[slender wraith]

how are you this good yo 😭

[shell bronze]

i died a lot

[slender wraith]

how tf do you get good by that

[shell bronze]

figuring out how and why i died and trying to stop it from happening next time

[lapis marsh]

practice

[soft osprey]

Doesnt everybody learn from their mistakes

[slender wraith]

not if i just loose my head out of nowhere

[somber lodge]

yeah you dont just send it, you say "oh I left an opening for an attack" or "I couldve parried"

you can take a moment to reflect

[shell bronze]

lower damage to yourself and analyze your own footage

[slender wraith]

ohh

[shell bronze]

turn off gore to prevent decapitation to yourself

[lapis marsh]

there's usually a reason for you losing your head

very little is left to chance in half sword

[slender wraith]

yea

[slender wraith]

this works?

[shell bronze]

yeah it works both ways

[slender wraith]

but i wanna cut ppls heads off when they die

[analog pelican]

playing with armor and shields just annoys me, cus you cant attack your enemy, you can beraly move your arms, youre super slow, no mobility, you get not even an impact sound from hitting their shields, and the fights take forever and you can do no damage ot them unless you bludgen their head precisely with a giant stick EXCEPT YOU CAN BERALY MOVE AT ALL IN A CLUNKY PIECE OF ARMOR SO THERES LESS OF A CHANCE YOULL BE ABLE TO HIT THEM AT ALL IN ANY WAY THAT MATTERs, BNECAUSE IF YOU HIT THEIR ARMS OR LEGS IT DOES NOTHING BECAUSE ITS ARMORED.

[shell bronze]

then you gotta get used to not letting yours get cut off first

[slender wraith]

holy yap

[novel hound]

when is the full game coming out?

[analog pelican]

not to mention that all the enemies just try to run at you non-stop so you cant even hit them cus theyre too close

am i missing something?

[lapis marsh]

q4 this year

[analog pelican]

cus to me its just unfun.

[ancient loom]

Don't play knight. Man at arms and veteran is better because you can still aim for weakspots

[slender wraith]

q4?

[lapis marsh]

i personally find knight pretty fun but i understand if you dont

[lapis marsh]

oct-dec this year

[slender wraith]

ohhh

lets hope in october ima buy it

[analog pelican]

what part of it is fun

because i must be missing something entirely from it

[tough yew]

Fun is subjective

[slender wraith]

i find knight fun cus it takes long time

[lapis marsh]

aiming for the head is one part

[tough yew]

He could be finding another aspect a lot more fun than what you might find as fun

[lapis marsh]

knight tier is basically an attrition war

[shell bronze]

some things suck less than others in half sword and using a shield is up there for suck

[analog pelican]

yes but thats impossible with the big clunky armor

[shell bronze]

knight tier is just baseball bat simulator at its core unless yo

[shell bronze]

incorrect buzzer

[lapis marsh]

nah its very possible

[ancient loom]

The armor changes almost nothing imo

[analog pelican]

well, not impossible, BUT MUCH HARDER, NOT TO MENTION THAT YOU CAN NOT GET THE SATISFACTION OF HITTING YOUR ENEMY WITH A HUGE HIT, BECAUSE THERES NO HUGE HIT, THE ARMOR FEELS LIKE IT LIMITS YOU TO JUST BERALY TAPPING YOUR ENEMY

[shell bronze]

me when armor works

😱

[analog pelican]

the armor makes the arm movement much less fast, makes swinging stuff slower, makes moving slower

makes everything slower

[lapis marsh]

blunt weapons like maces and warhammers do good damage

[lapis marsh]

not that much

[analog pelican]

but only to the head, correct?

[slender wraith]

nah

[slender wraith]

you can break bones

[lapis marsh]

to anywhere, but the head is most efficient

[ancient loom]

Literally didn't notice that at all in almost 100h of playtime

[shell bronze]

the armor feels fine to me it just drains stamina more

[analog pelican]

well compared to commoner it feels like im trying to swing while in water.

[lapis marsh]

i really dont want to say its a skill issue unironically but it might genuinely be a skill issue

[analog pelican]

i have never even once been able to break bones at all, not even when ive already won and begin hitting their leg

[shell bronze]

but if you play proper and without bs ass flailing/restraining yourself to short combos or firm strikes

[lapis marsh]

you using the greatswords? cuz they suck ass

[shell bronze]

you usually don't have an issue

[wheat leaf]

Is it that the higher ranks have heavier weapons? Commoner only has very light swords and poles

[analog pelican]

i prefer using swords, but for armor i try to use maces, but so far i have not once seemed to take damage from having my limbs hit with a blunt object while in armor.

[analog pelican]

poles?

[ancient loom]

Use polearms.

[shell bronze]

that is also one factor

[wheat leaf]

Pole arms and pole axes n such

[lapis marsh]

polearms specifically are the best at that tier

[shell bronze]

i find myself downgrading my knight/man at arms loadout to the standard longsword

[wheat leaf]

Spears n halberds

[tough yew]

factually wrong statement

[shell bronze]

but the polearms are just bullshit ass meta

[lapis marsh]

elaborate

[shell bronze]

(historically proven)

[lapis marsh]

'i play rock every time' type argument

[tough yew]

They can hit hard and knock down an armored guy in less than 5 seconds

and are pretty fun to use imo

[analog pelican]

this is what i mean with "commoner"

much faster

[lapis marsh]

warhammers can do the same

and are also fun

[tough yew]

That does not make the greatswords "ass"

[lapis marsh]

its mainly because the swords are lighter

[lapis marsh]

their handling is awful

[wheat leaf]

Note that commoner has the shortest variant of longsword, might be a bastard sword even

[analog pelican]

i do not think so

[lapis marsh]

it definitely is

[tough yew]

Also blunt weapons are probably gonna get nerfed hard in early access against armor

[shell bronze]

hard to lose a fight with a polearm unless you're trying to flourish or otherwise do something not pragmatic

[lapis marsh]

i can respect that honestly

[shell bronze]

in the name of style we bleed

[wheat leaf]

Blunt impact across all weapons or just the blunt intended ones? If you could guess

[lapis marsh]

you dont use polearms because they're too good, not because they suck. goated

[wheat leaf]

Yeah I can’t lie I got bored of poleaxe after winning too much

[shell bronze]

polearms are just very

overpowered.

[tough yew]

Well, I'd say blunt impact but don't quote me on that

[lapis marsh]

as they were irl

[tough yew]

its just my guess because they'r just busted at the moment

[analog pelican]

anothber super annoying part of armor combat is that your enemy just tries to run you down, push you over, super annoying, and you cant do anythbing about it because you cant just stab them super easily like you can with other ranks.

[shell bronze]

there's a reason why they gave those bitches out to common people irl and nothing else

[tough yew]

There is no reason why pollaxes should one shot someone 3 seconds in the fight

[shell bronze]

comes with the territory

[lapis marsh]

clueless if pvp ever comes out we gotta run ones

i have already designated you as my rival

[shell bronze]

only if we do longsword

[ancient loom]

That's the point of armor

[shell bronze]

i know i'm not winning against polearms even with a polearm of my own

[lapis marsh]

longsword vs poleaxe and i'll hold back

[analog pelican]

if its unarmored longsword you can count me in.

[shell bronze]

it's not my specialty

[lapis marsh]

skiller issuer

im not winning with longswords

[analog pelican]

what, so the point of armor is to make you be a bumbling idiot that falls over and run at your issues like some stupid animal?

[tough yew]

run the set when splitscreen comes out

[analog pelican]

uncivilized

[analog pelican]

bumbling idiots, HETHEN, SQUANDRAL

[wheat leaf]

Ofc can’t say for sure right now, good to know though

[lapis marsh]

you sound like a commoner main like clueless

[shell bronze]

i play commoner against armor don't get me wrong

i find armor too easy

it's not the same

[wheat leaf]

Better for grappling work tho

[ancient loom]

Real life combat was brutal. If it was civilized everyone would just duel with dull swords or smth like that

[analog pelican]

whats the point of fighting enemies if you are unable to deliver large amounts of injuries unto them at a rapid rate?

[shell bronze]

there's enjoyment in everything

we all have our preferences

[analog pelican]

also if theres armor i wouldnt be able to do this

[tough yew]

yeah because armor is supposed to protect you from that

[analog pelican]

id probably be more of a fan of armor combat if there wasnt so many shields

[lapis marsh]

pvp for half sword is gonna be so interesting to watch when it happens

[analog pelican]

because hitting a shield doesnt even do anything

[lapis marsh]

shields are mega redundant on high tiers

[tender quest]

willie lost his footing there

[shell bronze]

if there's armor i wouldn't be able to do this either but that's kind of what armor was made for

[lapis marsh]

ive seen 45 trillion ais instadrop their shield roundstart on high tier lmao

[lapis marsh]

fuckin vergil type shit

[analog pelican]

im gonna do this and win every fight.

[shell bronze]

everyone immediately learns how to throw stuff

[lapis marsh]

blocks

[shell bronze]

in armor they just toss their mace at you and instantly KO you

[summer brook]

there will be a crossbow

[ancient loom]

I would be running warhammer with no shield. One of the best weapons in the game

[analog pelican]

but what if there was 40 000 war hammers?

[shell bronze]

that hidari gedan guard ❤️

[lapis marsh]

i run poleaxe always. suprisingly good blunt damage, though it has a hammer head on the opposite side so fair

[shell bronze]

love using it against a lot of things

[sharp nest]

if i could send gifs i would send one right now

[lapis marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-fresh-no-embed-permissions-no-embed-gif-1634188402748383601

[ancient loom]

I would probably die from being crushed by 40 000 war hammers

[sharp nest]

how do u even get perms

to embed

[analog pelican]

https://tenor.com/view/bergionstyle-shadowsofcaliban-darkangels-theunforgiven-grimdarklegends-gif-397040468678027165

[lapis marsh]

talk to get level 3

[sharp nest]

ok

[lapis marsh]

rabbit ears fuckin aah

[analog pelican]

will this be the 40 000th tier in half sword?

[analog pelican]

its a mildly interesting thought, having each additional tier be 1% more futuristic.

[lapis marsh]

we need a specific name for that maneuver

[lapis marsh]

^

[analog pelican]

im downloading something rn so i havent been able to watch any of the videos

[shell bronze]

what makes it funny is that it literally only works in half sword

oops wrong clip

[lapis marsh]

stubbed his toe😔

im thinking we call it the cheese grater

[ancient loom]

Umarmungstechnik. Thought of it on the spot

[lapis marsh]

granted i think slicing the back of someones neck open would probably kill irl

[lapis marsh]

'embrace technique' hmmm perhaps

[shell bronze]

always works if you manage to hit the polearm square and as close as possible to the edge

and you have to always strike first or at the same time

otherwise it's just death

[ancient loom]

It told me "hug technique" when i typed it into the translator. Bruh

[analog pelican]

"the embrace of death"?

[shell bronze]

great idea

it's literally just an upwards flick from migi gedan no kamae and then a side swipe to the other side to wind up/further deflect/bind

[pearl ferry]

catapult technique

[stiff belfry]

41 Hard Willie’s have already joined AFC, halfswords first and only online competitive league that will begin when early access does, with fist play and weapons divisions.

Will you be next?
DM me for an invite.
Logo made by @harsh imp

[lapis marsh]

mods ban him self promo

[shell bronze]

true!!

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1043854764095582260/1402749818903855206/47EDDB1.mp4?ex=689cf512&is=689ba392&hm=953681f09b2a0b5ff7d0e8ec626b253b73a221f4fe03d1f3a53e80cb5c60cfdd&

[lapis marsh]

i love halfsword more than other fighting games because its so different

[shell bronze]

it's also a higher risk move against actual spear users

you have to strike first and firmly or else they just stab you extremely quickly

[lapis marsh]

its not about memorising combos or stupid shit like that

[ancient loom]

Better yet send him into the abyss

[shell bronze]

look at just how close he was

[stiff belfry]

They're too busy chatting in AFC rn to ban me

[shell bronze]

and how that simple quixk thrust could've ended the fight in his favor

[lapis marsh]

im at the stage where im developing techniques to counter specific weapon types

[supple bear]

yo

[lapis marsh]

i play very reactively against swords

[shell bronze]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1043854764095582260/1401778417036296252/4678621.MP4?ex=689cb822&is=689b66a2&hm=c708f24d237bc672db8d47aa505b9ba4e7cd600ce06cbe40799401bc19d22acc&

[shell bronze]

swords are actually better countered predictive

they have like 6 strikes and a few stabs/feints

[supple bear]

cooking rn with swords

[shell bronze]

and they usually go into stance before they throw it unless they feint

[lapis marsh]

im more talking like stances

if they're using normal grip i halfsword and play defensive

[supple bear]

all you gotta do is hold shift

[lapis marsh]

if they halfsword i use normal grip and go agressive

[shell bronze]

if they halfsword just diagonal/kesagiri

[lapis marsh]

basically constantly trying to keep the situation where i have the advantage

[supple bear]

alt stab and over head

and sway

[errant coyote]

Sorry for the unrelated, but has anyone else so far had the glitch where the pitchfork turns Willie into a windmill

[lapis marsh]

forcing them to attack when they're disadvantaged

[shell bronze]

usually i go vom tag/jodan or hasso/shoulder(?) vom tag against half sworders

instant murder when they try that bs on me

[supple bear]

yea multiple times

[ancient loom]

Yes. Many times

[lapis marsh]

half swording is a weird grip because whether it's defensive or not depends on the armor and weapon the opponent has

[lapis marsh]

against less armor and things like axes its defensive, against high armor, other swords, and poleaxes its offensive

[shell bronze]

like this!

[lapis marsh]

yeah the ai cannot defend their upper half when halfswording

[shell bronze]

willie half swording again?
see if they can cover side or diagonal swipes

[shell bronze]

literally

they also make the mistake of trying to flail with it

instead of rushing/being close to use it sometimes

i transitioned right into jodan no kamae there in case he wanted more but thankfully he didn't take too well to his spine getting tickled

[supple bear]

yo

im back

[runic osprey]

Just got my arm cut off by a pair of shears... They deserved that win they've had it rough

[wheat leaf]

Can’t even be mad at that ngl

[lapis marsh]

skill issue

[supple bear]

guys i got a new laptop but i forgot how to optimize for half sword and i get small hitches

[runic osprey]

Exactly sometimes something is crazy enough that its amazing

[wheat leaf]

Have you tried dipping the laptop in hydrochloric acid

[runic osprey]

It was 100% didn't notice him coming from behind whilst I was looting a chest lmao

[supple bear]

no but i did try dry ice and it helped ngl

[wheat leaf]

Liquid nitrogen might be the next step then

[runic osprey]

Hold it by the middle to help in close quarters

[supple bear]

i got sum on me rn

[wheat leaf]

A family favourite drink for the summer heat

Household staple

[supple bear]

but i actually got a good gaming laptop

[wheat leaf]

Why

[supple bear]

because a week ago i was playing on 4gb

of ram gng

[wheat leaf]

Yeah I’d bug out, can’t bash for that

[supple bear]

now i play on 16gb

[wheat leaf]

16 is kinda the minimum for most games these days

[rotund galleon]

i generally go for low CAS latency 32gb of RAM

[wheat leaf]

I’ll admit I was surprised how little difference there is in practice between 16 and 32

[supple bear]

no shit its 16 gigs more

[rotund galleon]

you have to go into the bios and change the speed to match the latency of all other components to get the best results

[wheat leaf]

No I’m saying for being 16 more it doesn’t feel like it

[supple bear]

you say speed but idc

[wheat leaf]

I’ll have to check that bios part tho

[wheat leaf]

Might be bottlenecking on other components too iirc my cpu is a bit behind

[supple bear]

speed is the ddr

ddr 4

mid

ddr5

your set

like mghz

ghz

[supple bear]

for cpu

and all of that

gddr

is for gpus

[rotund galleon]

the higher the mhz difference the slower it translates that data between all components RAM tends to have optimal latency when around 1400-1800 in my experience

[supple bear]

see

im telling you that when you have more ram slower perform

16 is perfect

32 gigs is being an idiot

[rotund galleon]

sending the RAM past that tends to result in a notable drop in data accuracy.

[rotund galleon]

32gb is useful for certain things

[supple bear]

yea but 16 is better for seeing long gaming sesh

[rotund galleon]

if all you're doing is gaming then i agree

[supple bear]

thats exactly what im looking for

[rotund galleon]

i make frankenstiens though

[supple bear]

wtf

[rotund galleon]

not out of ppl but out of old pc's

[supple bear]

3d modeler

oh

[rotund galleon]

no i interlink old pc's together to form a sort of linked backup processor for large scale programs to test things out

[supple bear]

does duel channel have anything to do with this conversation

like ram wise

you have like 4 slots in your pc rn right

[rotund galleon]

also taking multiple motherboards and connecting them physically and using similar instructions for multiple displays that allow all components to try and work in tandem to try and make a reliable "supercomputer" its highly inefficient rn and mostly just fries things to bits but i like to try.

[supple bear]

so that makes sense

i use all four

would

[rotund galleon]

i guess its more like a server than anything else

[supple bear]

if i had a pc

i have a laptop rn

[rotund galleon]

pc's are expensive... so i feel that

[supple bear]

i have a 3060 super in it

and a i7

[rotund galleon]

my main unrealistic goal is to create something as close to BT from titanfall as i can lmao

[supple bear]

real

[soft osprey]

I connect with your mothers board every night, physically

Or something

[supple bear]

you again

[soft osprey]

Please laugh

[supple bear]

hahahaha

[soft osprey]

Thanks! I am very funny!

[rigid stirrup]

its not intended to be defensive

[rotund galleon]

and for that im trying to see how cpu's can be linked to create a form of true artificial intelligence. so far ive realized you need to create a structural frame that mimics the architecture of the brain for things to be compact and easily work together. what we have now is just a small rectangular area of off and on points and having even a 3rd input state would greatly increase processing power like how quantum computers work.

[supple bear]

i never see you in mods

[rigid stirrup]

it only ends up being that way ingame because the way willie usually holds the sword is with barely any strength

[supple bear]

i read that in 15 secs

[rigid stirrup]

so it flops around and cant stand against any strong blow

[lapis marsh]

i can use it defensively with polearms

particularly against axe overheads

[rigid stirrup]

yeah you can use it defensively or offensively but the main point of it is for fighting at closer ranges

[rotund galleon]

do i need to do something to be able to post a screenshot here?

[sharp nest]

get to level 3

for embed perms

just talk a bunch

[rotund galleon]

how to speedrun? lol

ok will do.

thank you btw.

[lapis marsh]

should be able to post in #game-footage-🎮🎥 as well

[rotund galleon]

overall though my main problem is data storage limits. SSD's are great but the data to area ratio is not yet where i need it to be...

not for half sword. for making a true AI that has a physical body to assist in the processing of data enough to be equal or comparable to humans or even a deer to be honest.

to see something you create successfully interact and adapt to its environment would be amazing. even if its out of reach rn it is very possible. imo

i mean beyond the simplified sensor trigger = programmed reaction things we have today

[tender quest]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1124550722692853770/1404941679592603708/HalfSwordUE5_2025-08-12_22-35-22_-_Trim.mp4?ex=689d0566&is=689bb3e6&hm=88471fd3889f3d6086bda60fd2dee2f0344b470107fb11ec6dbb3d3b06276349&

[rotund galleon]

ok i posted one crime against me to gamefootage channel

they stabbed me in the neck and violated me while i bled out... and another willy was crying in the fetal position while they did it.

[rustic steppe]

does anyone else think the crossguards on the swords in this game kinda dont work? or is this just a me issue

[lapis marsh]

wdym

[soft osprey]

He means “does anyone else think the crossguards on the swords in this game kinda dont work? or is this just a me issue”

[lapis marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/simple-shrimple-shrimple-gif-its-really-that-shrimple-not-so-shrimple-now-gif-26259869

[rustic steppe]

so i clash with another sword, mainly in the commoner stage, and someone always walks away with a hand injury. seems like the swords just phase thru the guard if you get me

[tender quest]

explain

[rotund galleon]

ive died from being stabbed in the side by the crossguard of a sword b4

[rustic steppe]

skill issue icl

[rotund galleon]

yes. most often i win easily but occasionally willie just gets fed up with my bs and violates the deepest parts of my soul

[tender quest]

seems okay

[rustic steppe]

maybe give it a go in the commoner phase, those arming swords might be the problem?

[lapis marsh]

they're more designed to prevent the opponent's blade from sliding down and slicing your hand off in a bind. if you're getting hand sniped in clashes then that's just lack of skill

[rustic steppe]

seems primarily like its happening in clashes, like getting my hand chopped clean off. could be a skill issue for sure

[rotund galleon]

#game-footage-🎮🎥 i posted the violation here

[lapis marsh]

you're probably way too close to the enemy

[rustic steppe]

not too sure what that means

[lapis marsh]

it means what it means, if your hands are getting chopped then thats usually a result of being too close to the enemy for too long

although its hard to know for sure without footage

[rustic steppe]

bro its a meele game i kinda have to be close. i mean it could be just a luck thing with flaining swords and stuff in one hand if thats what u mean. ill try farm some clips for us

[lapis marsh]

getting too close for longer than you need to strike means your enemy has an easier time hitting you

[calm coyote]

Rs

[rustic steppe]

could probably stop clinching on commoner all together yeah true

[lapis marsh]

if you're in the range where your enemy can hit you, you need to be in that range for a good reason i.e you're in the middle of striking them

[calm coyote]

You parried with the thickest part of your blade

[rotund galleon]

they dont generally have the angle to be able to cut off the hands from where you can normally hit with a casual strike. the angle needed to make it most likely is when your touching eachother or so close that if you swing a greatsword. you will end up hitting them with wour hands or wrist. if you are half swording then willie can just slide his sword behind your sword and lift up to sever your hands.

[calm coyote]

You are not John longsword

It's me

[rustic steppe]

i cant wait for online pvp so i get to sweat out that kinda mode then hate the sweats

[calm coyote]

My ping is egregious so if I went online I'd basically be teleporting around

[rotund galleon]

magic

magic man willie

we need spells

🙂

sorry tryna talk a lot to level up. if im being anoying just let me know.

[calm coyote]

Bro you know how uncounterabld spells are

[rotund galleon]

spells to increase movement

dash to the side

or bring a shield

or magic

[rustic steppe]

jokes aside fuck commoner boss bro moves faster than i can block

[rotund galleon]

a good rework for animations would make this game perfect

yeah some of these boss' are mean

[turbid knot]

I think they’re going to add bows

The slow mo is called Arrow Time

[lapis marsh]

i would say skill issue but commoner boss is def hard as shit

[rustic steppe]

seems like random flailing to me enigma code of halfsword

[rotund galleon]

and then theres those times a cat hair gets caught under the lazer of your mouse and it just stopps letting you do anything but awkwardly run around facing a single direction...

[rustic steppe]

easy enough with the pitchfork but i wanna beat him wit sword

[rotund galleon]

going in halfswording is good for defense against polearms until you can close in past the head fo the polearm.

[rotund galleon]

and if you go in holding the halfsword button instead of locking it in. you can let go after passing it and bring it to your shoulder then let go and sweep left and you kind of thrust the sword into their face/chest/neck area sometimes.

[turbid knot]

What weapons do you guys think would be cool in this game

I would love to have a scythe

[rotund galleon]

there is a scythe

[rustic steppe]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-does-he-know-gif-26833694

[ocean sundial]

why does my game crash when willies fall from any height

[turbid knot]

But you can only get it from the boss

[misty grove]

When they crash, you crash

[rotund galleon]

willie is pressing the quit button because he is scared of hiets

hights

[tender quest]

his sword definetly hit the crossguard

[rotund galleon]

anyone else notice that willie sometimes becomes sentient and masterstrikes you out of nowhere then flips the sword in a circular motion slicing off your sword hand followed up with a single disrespectful boot to the face sending you home to the very dirt you belong too? or just skill issue?

[turbid knot]

That happened to me today

It was super weird

[rustic steppe]

i like to think the devs are cracked and can just lock in with willie sometimes

[calm coyote]

Look at the clash more closely

[turbid knot]

At least I’m pretty sure you can only get it from there

[calm coyote]

The first place it hit was the blade, and then it stopped short of the crossguFx

[blissful granite]

bro how do you get your movements so smooth

[turbid knot]

Maybe by turning up the sensitivity

[rotund galleon]

it makes me wonder if the devs are using a LLM AI to make an adaptive enemy based of player input and willie success rates. lol

[turbid knot]

That’s what I think sometimes

[rustic steppe]

havent met a willie that knows how to block properly tho

[turbid knot]

But then I kill three Willies in a row with the exact same strategy

[rotund galleon]

ive seen them block a few times but its definately rare

[cursive nest]

is there a sandbox mode and if not is there any way i can get it? is modding possible

[turbid knot]

One time I was fighting a Willie who had that 1 hand Norse axe and I had the big axe, he blocked every single one of my attacks and then cut me clean in half

[rotund galleon]

i dont know, ive tested it out pretty well and after two or three times of doing the same thrust input at the ideal time. willie tesnds to start moving to the right or left more often from start

[blissful granite]

i mean you can just not do gauntlet mode

[cursive nest]

i wanna fight like peasants while having weapons tho

is that possible

[turbid knot]

You can mod

[rotund galleon]

goto free mode

[cursive nest]

yeah ik about free mode but you are always fighting against someone who has the same build as you

[rotund galleon]

or mod and place willie's at will

[turbid knot]

I think it’s curseforge?

[remote kindle]

I think i got better, i'm landing head hits pretty consistently without TIme slow

[rotund galleon]

grats!

[turbid knot]

Nice art

[cursive nest]

is there a way to fight enemies with them not having weapons or armor but you do

[blissful granite]

theres mods on curseforge for half sword??

[turbid knot]

I think

[rustic steppe]

nah bros studying medieval tech for the meta

[lapis marsh]

ovderiths loader on nexus mods

[cursive nest]

how do i install mods? i am new to all of this i just joined the server

[turbid knot]

Oh it’s nexus

[lapis marsh]

theres instructions on the mod page

[calm coyote]

Nexus mods

[cursive nest]

where do i find the instructions?

[calm coyote]

Go to the mod page

But what you'd mainly do is

Extract

[blissful granite]

lol

[calm coyote]

Open the launcher

And that's how it'll inject into the game

[lapis marsh]

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

[calm coyote]

It's easier than other games

[calm coyote]

Yes

[turbid knot]

Thanks goofy guy

[rotund galleon]

you can also select a willie then go into the first area hold G and go back to main menu. the next time you load up you go back to free mode and just hit start. then youll have the selected kit. and youll be fighting peasant willies. the only mode you get your weapons though. is the 4v4 brawl where you normally start with a dagger. you instead get whatever weapon you chose

it works that way because the game saves your chosen state until death. but free mode doesnt save state. it just defaults to the lowest teir.

in the save file i mean

[blissful granite]

are they gonna charge for the game?

[rotund galleon]

they should

[turbid knot]

I would pay

[blissful granite]

I wouldnt mind buying it im just curious

[turbid knot]

Maybe 10 dollars?

[blissful granite]

thats the price i hope itll be

[calm coyote]

I hope they don't charge

[leaden yarrow]

A free to play model wouldn't make sense for an indie game

[rotund galleon]

it depends on the amount of features they add. if its a full mmorpg then i would pay monthly for it easy. that would be amazing but most likely i htink it will be around the 15-25 range if its more than just a fighting arena? just an arena like the demo we have 10 would be fair i think too

[lapis marsh]

i'm willing to pay like 40, potentially more given that theyve said that whats in the game now is like 5-10% of what full release will have

[rotund galleon]

oh no! my weather app just told me to expect 1cm of rain tomorrow? i better make sure to batten down the hatches lol

id say 35 more like it in that case

[pearl ferry]

If this was an mmorpg it would fry every single pc you'd try to play it on

[obsidian gull]

hello any tips for someone new?

[rotund galleon]

nah you just store the actual game on servers running it. and the end user only has to have the communication and control aspecs of it installed.

[pearl ferry]

tips on what specifically

[lapis marsh]

dont strike too fast, try to move with the momentum of the weapon. slow is smooth and smooth is fast

[obsidian gull]

combat cause i tried the playtest (didnt know there was a demo) but i sucked horrendously

[rotund galleon]

dont trust a discount surgery offer in Thailand from an email you got?

[shell bronze]

also wind up

people don't wind up for stronger strikes and it's annoying

they just flail it like a water hose

[obsidian gull]

by wind up do u mean sw2ing with jy camera

[pearl ferry]

flick strikes work sometimes if you can aim them

but dont just rely on flicking ur shii

[lapis marsh]

he means pulling your weapon back a good distance before swinging

[pearl ferry]

bring the weapon back into position and wait for it to align and then swing

[shell bronze]

snap cuts are fine (i do them for fool's and high guards like jodan/vom tag) but for stuff like what i sent above

[pearl ferry]

you can also let go of m1 as the swing goes and move your camera in the direction of the swing to add momentum and force to it

[shell bronze]

actually no that's wrong clip

[rotund galleon]

he means to bring the sword all the way to one side then sweep the mouse to the other side in order to properly swing the sword with full strength

[obsidian gull]

thx guys well ima play demo

[shell bronze]

this is a good showcase

one from hasso no kamae for a diagonal cut and one from overhead vom tag

that extra wind up makes a massive difference if your intent is a killing blow

[rotund galleon]

instead of putting the sword next to them and wiggling it around in hopes it may stick to him.

[cursive nest]

@lapis marsh setup the mod and everything

ill click the peasants

then ill press the keybidn i use to load a loadout

then i click play demo

and at first with the training dummy i have my weapon and armor

but when i select to fight agaisnt one person

i spawn with just my armor

no weapon

only fist

[lapis marsh]

because you're fighting against peasants

they're hardcoded to spawn without weapons

[cursive nest]

oh i see

[lapis marsh]

fight the next tier up

[lapis marsh]

good stab

[obsidian gull]

i am succeful

why cant i send a pic?

[lapis marsh]

talk more here to get to level 3 to get pic perms

[obsidian gull]

ahhhh

makes sense

well i was trying to send a very bloodied body during a fist fight cooked him

[rapid bronze]

i dont agree with what is being said here and i am invoking my 5th amendmant rights

Long live China

[twilit escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/bing-chi-ling-alex-mei-bing-chi-ling-alex-gif-21908053

[rapid bronze]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/447539718318718986/1337723266516647946/caption1.gif

[twilit escarp]

Mao Zedong couldn't even starve himself, yet he also couldn't feed even 1 in 45 million people well enough to keep them alive, what a fatty.

[rapid bronze]

i rebuke it

[soft osprey]

No poltiks please

[mental kelp]

behind the back block

[twilit escarp]

are personal insults against long dead politicians ok?

if they don't involve their political stances

like am I allowed to say "Mao Zedong was fat" or is that too political

[obsidian gull]

i keep dying to crete champion

[twilit escarp]

Those Cretans are very dangerous opponents.

[soft osprey]

It’s more, controversial figures like dictators, sexual offenders, terrorists and the like. We just like to keep it out of the discord because it leads to arguments/debates and at the end of the day this is a gaming discord, with the devs of the game and their backers so we’d like to keep the discord as clean as possible

[twilit escarp]

gotcha, no more mention of despots.

[obsidian gull]

can u half sword in half sword

[twilit escarp]

no

[soft osprey]

What is halfsword + halfsword

[twilit escarp]

quartersword

[soft osprey]

Math checks out

[twilit escarp]

or fullsword?

[obsidian gull]

fullsword def

[soft osprey]

this word is the bane of my existence

[twilit escarp]

ok, nosword

[obsidian gull]

1/1 sword

[soft osprey]

This is a couple months ago

It’s more now

[twilit escarp]

1^1 sword

[soft osprey]

Hearing the same joke 600 times drives a man mad

[twilit escarp]

you can't say that after setting it up

[soft osprey]

It’s true, I did it on purpose

So I can show you

Youre welcome

[twilit escarp]

I refuse

quartersword is where it's at

[soft osprey]

😡

Mods please get this man

[twilit escarp]

I'm just a chill memetic hazard, let me be

my special property is bigotry in massive proportions

[obsidian gull]

i can be your half of your sword

[soft osprey]

This guy gets women

[obsidian gull]

no : (

[twilit escarp]

or does he swallow swords

[soft osprey]

Bro does well for himself, im sure

Either way

[twilit escarp]

don't worry, virginity isn't permanent

[obsidian gull]

i can mordschlag your sword

[soft osprey]

You had me at mord

[twilit escarp]

he had me at sh(l)ag

the L is silent

[obsidian gull]

you had me at he

[twilit escarp]

this is the weirdest throuple I've ever been a part of, I think we should break up

[obsidian gull]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[twilit escarp]

Moai has a child, he's too old for me, I'm sorry

(sorry Moai)

also I'm straighter than a ruler, unfortunately

[flint lodge]

Can u get mods in the game and if u can how can u?

[twilit escarp]

black magic fuckery

[flint lodge]

?

[twilit escarp]

in all seriousness

nexus has a few

most have installers

[flint lodge]

Oh

Ok

[twilit escarp]

but that requires using sketchy .EXEs

which could brick your PC

[flint lodge]

Oh Naah

[twilit escarp]

so use at your own risk

[flint lodge]

Naaah

[obsidian gull]

i just witnessed walter white cook somebody in sword combat

[hollow delta]

blud is NOT a fnaf jumpscare

[wispy pecan]

Will half sword come to console?

[tacit prawn]

no

I hope not

[obsidian gull]

i hit a npc 3 times with my fist and he just gave up

[jolly nexus]

Remember what they did to ready or not

now imagine with half sword

[obsidian gull]

I DID IT I BEAT GRETE CHAMPION

[shell bronze]

you have a lot more grete champions

[obsidian gull]

still i beat the first one at least

[shell bronze]

as a citizen of halfswordia i just want to tell you the third one is a bit

tricky

[lapis marsh]

difficult even

[tall shard]

do they plan on adding jousting thatd be sick

[shell bronze]

use the pitchfork they give you in peasant instead of upgrading to commoner

[obsidian gull]

well that first one was hard cause u have no weapon and the guy has an axe

[lapis marsh]

they have said no

[tall shard]

ah ok appreciate it broski

[obsidian gull]

um so i died as a peasent and was naked in some foggy ah place but killed every body what was that

[molten galleon]

Mr fantastic

[lapis marsh]

that was the abyss

i presume you were playing gauntlet mode initially?

[obsidian gull]

yeah

[lapis marsh]

if you kill enough people to get back to the tier you died on you get to start again at that tier without losing progress

[valid summit]

this guy grasping for straws

the buckler is all he got

[obsidian gull]

is there any point in finishing already gaven up opponents?

[desert finch]

not really

[obsidian gull]

BRUTAL PLEASURE

[valid summit]

WOOOOOOOOOOO I finally did it

[desert finch]

exactly

i love insulting the willies in fistplay after i down them so they get back up to keep fighting

[obsidian gull]

HOLY duel wielding smithing hammers are broken af

you can just hold moth m1 and m2 and swing like hell and it works

i beat second grete

[red wyvern]

:(

[wheat leaf]

When will they add this, when will they add that. Bro when will they add Freddy fivebear

[cyan cloud]

Sir Frederick Orsinus, by Grace of God

[warm moth]

COME WATCH WILLY HIMSELF MASTER THE ART OF USING THE WILLY MACE IN VC NOW!

[wheat leaf]

Come watch Willy himself master the art of using the Willy

[devout yew]

fun

[river cedar]

best weapon for scythe boss might be fists tbh

[austere salmon]

wrong its a greataxe

[warm void]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-fantastic-reed-richards-marvel-fantastic-four-ultimate-alliance-gif-14045277017270699281

[deep shale]

wrong its a knife

[analog pelican]

"do you know, how i got these scars?"

[elfin abyss]

i got a tip for you abyss dwellers

[untold zinc]

bruh i keep getting fatal error on baron

[elfin abyss]

turn blood and gore off

if you have the space in your belt whilst in the abyss! grab a lantern or three! you can throw them to deal damage!

[untold zinc]

whats the fun in that

[elfin abyss]

not having your game fucking crash

dumbass

[untold zinc]

but then no blood and gore 🙁

[elfin abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/dumbass-butt-head-mike-judge's-beavis-and-butt-head-s2-e4-stupid-gif-14074228603224192990

then have your game explode

dork

https://tenor.com/view/its-fun-to-be-mean-adam-b-adambyt-being-mean-is-fun-i-enjoy-being-mean-gif-17967013

[untold zinc]

i choose this option

[elfin abyss]

you dont have to turn gore off

just the blood

chop people in half! they still have bones

[mental kelp]

wecker (sorta)

[humble vapor]

oml i just found out about the second life thing

Yk where you kill some significant guy in the abyss after dying

anyways hey chat

[warm void]

Hey

[obsidian gull]

bro i hate the axe guy so much i keep dying cuase i doge his first attack go in for a hit and his axe get caught on my leg and i insta die

[humble vapor]

yeah i didnt know this was a thing and thought a single death was just back to the beggar 😭

[warm void]

The commoner boss is harder.

[obsidian gull]

nah i beat him first try no dif\

[analog pelican]

thats crazy

[daring oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/now-kith-mike-tyson-gif-13249709

[shell bronze]

when new people say they struggle with 1st and 2nd boss i weep for the willies they will lose trying to fight the third and then having to inevitably fight back up to the third

[hollow turret]

why would i be getting a fatal error while on the ultimate challenge

[little citrus]

unreal engine blood plugin

[hollow turret]

?

how fix?

[little citrus]

u dont

[hollow turret]

o

[little citrus]

thats something the devs have to update

[hollow turret]

ah

ty

[little citrus]

which isnt gonna happen til early access

[hollow turret]

👍

[vagrant ibex]

My game is stuck on vsync how do I take it off

[shell bronze]

my baby little longsword

[south ether]

I'm stuck at this "Get ready for the final challenge" phase and no matter how much I die, it keeps me there. How do I go back?

[wheat leaf]

NEVER GIVE UP!

PUSH ONWARD

[south ether]

No. I just want to be beggar again

[wheat leaf]

might as well just finish the whole challenge tho

[stone lintel]

I switched my game to dx12 and its not letting me play what do i do

[wheat leaf]

you are on the precipice of gold and you yern for the dirt again

[burnt smelt]

Wish we could start past the third boss

[mental kelp]

I think it's something like you have to add "-dx11" to the steam launch options to force it to go there if you can't run dx12

[wheat leaf]

lowkey yeah the first 3 are the most challenging

[stone lintel]

Oh ok, thanks mate

[hybrid parcel]

how am I supposed to block? the controls arent really that good (for me at least) to actually parry attacks

[wheat leaf]

i beat Baron first try, 3rd boss takes me like 3 tries minimum every run

[hybrid parcel]

but when I do its such a cool thing lol

[wheat leaf]

when you hold shift with the sword forward it enables autoblock, which kicks in to move your weapon only slightly to intercept the incoming attack, but for parrying you gotta be very careful with timing so you dont swing right past it while trying to hit said incoming attack

so the way i interpret it, try to learn how the autoblock wants to behave, and work with it. it doesnt ever stop so you wont have a good time trying to fight it

[wheat leaf]

"hold this rq"

[shell bronze]

i love leaving stuff jabbed into people in comedic manners

[hybrid parcel]

oh damn I didnt know that ty

https://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/kSZDI8jAx03VC_mqf?invite=cr-MSxkN1MsMzc2Mjk2NjY&v=7 so hold on the thing I did here was that the autoblock or did I manage to somehow parry it myself?

[shell bronze]

me when i get grabbed

[wheat leaf]

i think that was you there

[wheat leaf]

got any examples of autoblock vs intentional blocking that might help?

[hybrid parcel]

so if I understand it correctly, I can either use the autoblock or move my mouse in the direction the attack is coming like in for honor?

cause usually when i try to do that my guy attacks instead of blocking it

[shell bronze]

i do

i'm gonna show you what autoparry does

[wheat leaf]

take my word with a grain of salt im not that good but yes and no, the autoblock only comes in for certain circumstances, you have to be holding shift and holding the sword in a longguard aka the neutral middle position, it basically does the minimum movement necessary to put your weapon between you and the incoming attack

so if its a heavier weapon hitting you, you'll probably wanna move the sword towards the block anyways

[shell bronze]

whenever i'm holding that extended high position notice how it twitches back whenever the guy starts swinging

@wheat leaf

[hybrid parcel]

oh alright appreciate it, but its sounds easier said than done lol

I will hop in endless mode and try it with sword bots

[shell bronze]

it's the game bringing the sword back closer to me

[wheat leaf]

it 100% can be that way, me personally ive always preffered to aim for full swing parries, i dont use many guards that keep the sword in front of me when fighting so it doesnt engage much

[shell bronze]

i don't do a lot of swing parries

very unpredictable and doesn't do too much

if the game had a bit more precise control i would definitely be throwing zornhaus left and right

but most of my parries are redirects and simple blocks

[wheat leaf]

good example of it, i think another aspect is that it forces your mouse movements to rotate within those tighter guard positions. which also leads into why it can sometimes mess with swing parries

[wheat leaf]

they can be effective at times but def less controllable and predictable

[lofty lily]

might be the craziest spin slam

i've ever gotten

[shell bronze]

one very noticeable one is when you're holding vom tag

autoparry makes your sword rotate WAY more

[wheat leaf]

i was watching like "oh yeah decent slam... OH-"

[shell bronze]

mace users when they suck

[wheat leaf]

Mace willies walk so we can run dont diss

[shell bronze]

a little stance practice while i wait for my next longsword opponent

DAMN this guy was actually aggressive and swung the fastest out of every willie i've fought so far

i had a blast messing with him

[wheat leaf]

im tryna learn how to do this kinda grappling and slams but i havent been able to do it properly once, any tips?

[shell bronze]

then after i have that kind of fun i run into assclowns like these again for the next 100 or so fights

[lofty lily]

Grab behind the knee and make sure their a little dizzy first

if its not working add a kick to try to lift them high

as it boosts you and your opponent both up

[wheat leaf]

you ever find the game tries to make you grab their hands instead a lot?

[lofty lily]

Yeah

try punching behind their knee

[errant coyote]

That’s good though if you have a short sword or a dagger

[lofty lily]

it helps avoid grabbing anything else and gives you a higher chance of grabbing the sweetspot behind their knee

to get the lift

if you punch behind the knee and time the grab right

[wheat leaf]

ill try to give it more of a punch, i might be trying to hard to aim slower

[burnt smelt]

Nah, first and second are easy enough to cheese with practice

[wheat leaf]

yeah they are just more variable, scythe can randomly pop you in half, or you get a shit hand of items with the axe guy

[shell bronze]

knife is all you need

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1043854764095582260/1401033500018217001/358E941.MP4?ex=689d4e20&is=689bfca0&hm=9133378026c8dd02225ac675a1b14d1540698146aa10d7596c2686b6e3afdb15&

[lofty lily]

Here's a video showing where to grab

But unless your lucky or practice alot you wont really get that many double leg takedowns

so try to also wrap behind the same knee with your other hand

instead of going for another leg like i did

[wheat leaf]

i finally got a full rotation drop, unfortunately his foot like phase through my head on the way down and knocked me out

[lofty lily]

Jesus

start out with ankle picks

just grab an ankle and yank em off their feet

its a classic

those are fun and help you set up harder slams

[wheat leaf]

seems harder to reach further down though

[lofty lily]

try double clicking

Here's a vide on the ankle picks

[wheat leaf]

been able to land a few half decent single-leg takedowns so far, working on the ankle pick

[lofty lily]

The lower you grab the more likely youll get it

foot or toes are the sweet spot for some reason

[wheat leaf]

oh btw do you use lock-on or nah?

[lofty lily]

When im in the standup yeah

When im shooting never

gives me more control of grabbing behind the knee

[wheat leaf]

i think that might be giving me trouble too ive never turned off lock-on for grappling