halfsword-chat-⚔

[past kestrel]

heaviest golden sword bug

[shy maple]

At least you’re not trying to be hip and young

[outer minnow]

?

[shell bronze]

i live and die by my time period

old skoole

[past kestrel]

getting pressured about looking like a smartass?

[soft osprey]

It is playable for a lot of people, otherwise it wouldnt be rated mostly positive recently. It released buggy, but also playable. Lack of communication i cant excuse. Mcwonder communicates as much as he can across every social media. Devs themselves, idfk

[past kestrel]

search it up

[outer minnow]

What do you mean?

[outer minnow]

K

[past kestrel]

you should search it up

[subtle totem]

for a lot of people... so they should make sure the rest can play

[soft osprey]

One sec

[shell bronze]

naw they just said new content

[soft osprey]

Can you two stop insulting each other

[shy maple]

Gyat

[shell bronze]

asfaik the main/base game has absolutely zero appeal to me in any shape way or form

[subtle totem]

im not talking about bad specs im talking about horrid optimisation that prevents even above recommened specs from playing

[past kestrel]

https://tenor.com/view/peter-griffin-speech-bubble-reaction-fat-big-back-gif-6764194765198671333

[shy maple]

Gyat in Ohio livvy dunne

[pallid token]

i hope they atleast fix the fucking crashes upon dismemberment

[shell bronze]

rizz

[outer minnow]

Didn’t see anything about what you’re talking about

[soft osprey]

Thats the goal..obviously..you were here just a few days ago saying the same thing. Not sure why you expected things to change without an update in a few days

[raven talon]

I love being old. I get to sit back and watch the kids play

[shell bronze]

better yet

[shy maple]

I get flagged if I say that

[past kestrel]

okay so here's the long part of me explaining this bug

[shell bronze]

give me back the demo ai bro what are we even on with this 😂

[restive barn]

i swear to FUCKING god why are the devs (except ghm) NEVER online

[shell bronze]

this playtest ai

[subtle totem]

obviously?? really?? they have zero communication and are focussing on content dude why assume these things

[past kestrel]

if you make your sword as heavy as possible (gold materials, mass, size, stuff like that) and then switch to any weapon, you made that weapon much heavier than usual

[restive barn]

i have LITERALLY never seen the lighting director online

[soft osprey]

Theyre probably like me and just show offline

[shy maple]

Dude I already feel old I suck at games

[past kestrel]

now you know why some guys have 7.2KG polearms

[soft osprey]

Yes fucking obviously what? No, they DONT want to make it playable for everyone or most people. Tf are you even saying

[restive barn]

i want to ask them WHY the shadows are broken even when we put a sky light component

[shell bronze]

all of the video game skill and talent disappearing from my body after my first full time corporate shift

[shy maple]

Either the game is ass or I’m ass and I think it’s the game

[shell bronze]

game ass

take it from me (top 5 half sword players oat)

[shy maple]

Csgo vs cs2 it feels so much worse

[shell bronze]

oh you mean cs

cs2 is garbage

[subtle totem]

dude they arent even putting priority on fixing bugs, instead they are releasing it with extra content and delaying it by months

[shy maple]

Just an example

[shell bronze]

i'm still pretty good at games that don't require my left hand to do insane repetitive stuff

[shy maple]

I hate that map

[subtle totem]

should they not be focussing on major issues before more content?

[soft osprey]

People complain about lack of content, and optimization. Theyre working on both. They need more time than previous, because it’s obviously going to be big.

[shell bronze]

https://tenor.com/view/bugs-life-a-bugs-life-bruh-not-smiling-ants-not-smiling-gif-8815283262918161887

[shy maple]

I play the game on controller sometimes

[soft osprey]

How about waiting for the update

[subtle totem]

and they also need more time because they are also adding more content

[shell bronze]

controller is like relearning how to walk ngl

[shy maple]

You can remap your controller buttons to do certain keyboard actions

[pallid token]

fuck the ai the medieval knight larp is enough to get me engaged but atleast give me proper fucking physics and make it so my game doesent crash whenever i chop a head off in first person

[subtle totem]

so they shouldnt prioritise extra content before releasing major bug fixin updates

[opal ore]

oioioi

[shy maple]

Ever since I swapped to MnK I feel like a short bus kid trying to play controller

[opal ore]

babaaakaaahh

[shell bronze]

you're asking for a lot bro

might have to temper expectations

[shy maple]

Lower blood and switch to dx11

[subtle totem]

what do you think i have been doing for 3 months dude

[pallid token]

gee you're right

[shell bronze]

hurry up and keep waiting

[pallid token]

my bad

[shy maple]

Wait faster

Obviously

[pallid token]

dont work

[shell bronze]

stop waiting and keep waiting

[subtle totem]

i thought it would take less than a quarter of a year for them to fix these things

[soft osprey]

Then stop waiting and play something else, tf you want me to say. Either understand what early access means or move on

[pallid token]

dx11 works better only for 3000 series GPUs and under

[subtle totem]

https://tenor.com/view/truth-nuke-wojak-soyjak-soy-jak-truth-gif-10540901418861964264

[shy maple]

What kinda potato pc do you have

[pallid token]

series 4000 and over work better on dx12

[pallid token]

its not performance issue my game crashes

[shell bronze]

early access used to stand for something almost entirely different but then the paradigm shift happened and now we have people paying for pre-alpha/alpha testing

[shy maple]

This them thar new fangled “MeMes” I hear about?

[subtle totem]

im allowed to complain dude ive been playing and supporting this game for the last 2 and a half years i just want to play it

[shell bronze]

the moment people's money gets thrown into the mix the subject becomes a very funny one to talk about

[shy maple]

My specs are lower than yours and I have no issues with that

[subtle totem]

yes

[shell bronze]

maymays

[pallid token]

great for you

i do

[subtle totem]

exactly

[shy maple]

I think you got a virus bro

[pallid token]

its not a spec issue as was previously stated

[shy maple]

Head chopping virus

[soft osprey]

Yes and it’s been like that for a while and it’s just the industry standard. And people know that and still buy it. Not sure why anyone still expects a finished or even good product when said product is literally still in EARLY development

[subtle totem]

truth nuke

[shell bronze]

my shit crash sometimes when big dismemberment too and i have diabolical specs

top 5 amd rigs in the server

[restive barn]

game not ass

take it from me

[shy maple]

This guy is top 5 everything

[shell bronze]

i'm top 5 person of all time

don't play

[subtle totem]

because the developers said that there werent any major bugs on release

[shell bronze]

the GOAT

[subtle totem]

and 3 months later geuss what

[shy maple]

How about top 5 head with hair people

[shell bronze]

might be top 7

[subtle totem]

who are the other 4

[shell bronze]

some head with hair people OP

[shy maple]

Reduced to ashes

[outer minnow]

Max I can get is 6.4 kg

Nvm

[pallid token]

frankly all i care about is that the money i gave for this game actually gets put into more devtime and the issues get slowly fixed.. all im hoping is the game gets improved, at the end of the day i paid for EA so the devs could work more and improve upon the game

[restive barn]

ok but fr tho the game is LAGGY, the handling is jank, crashes, bullshit blunt damage, not good sfx, npcs use unrealistic polearms, npcs swords too short

[outer minnow]

7.2 found

[past kestrel]

weight of sword is also dependant on the type of pommels, blade, guard, and handle you use

[shy maple]

I used to have head with hair until I didn’t

[subtle totem]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-covering-mouth-stream-scary-speed-scared-gif-3435748839023247479

[outer minnow]

Got the 7.2

[shell bronze]

my hope died after month 1 and now i'm just snoozing on this shi 😂

[pallid token]

if i get rugpulled im gonna pull out the unabomber special

[shell bronze]

if it gets better yay i might pick it up

[soft osprey]

And yet here you are again just to stir the pot

[past kestrel]

do you think he's surviving this 3.6KG golden hammer slam

[soft osprey]

As usual

[shell bronze]

if it doesn't oh well

[outer minnow]

No, unless you miss

[subtle totem]

stir the pot? be real dude

[shy maple]

Nah chief you get more customization, butterfingers and 2000 polygon plant texture

[subtle totem]

sir copesalot

[past kestrel]

i missed ;-;

[shy maple]

From cape cope

[shell bronze]

i'm having a perfectly civilized conversation with like-minded players/owners of the game about well-documented problems with the game that have yet to be fixed

[outer minnow]

I saw that coming, it’s so difficult to land a downswing

[pallid token]

dude im so fucking pissed they rendered the textures with so much detail like why the fuck would you do that 😭

[soft osprey]

If you give up on the game after a month and don’t play for two months and then come into the discord but everytime is just to repeat the hate for the game still without playing , yeah I’d say that’s stirring the pot

[past kestrel]

but 2ND TIME IS THE CHARM (his neck broke)

theres no blood btw

[outer minnow]

Nice

[raven talon]

Man, I payed more for Scrap Mechanic and it hasn't gotten an update in 6 years. I'm still patiently waiting 😔

[shy maple]

I can’t even turn it down it gets set back to high everytime

[shy maple]

No mans sky type beat

[subtle totem]

its not hate dude i fucking love this game but the developers are just doing nothing

[shell bronze]

LOD is dead

and nanite killed it

[shy maple]

The hell is nanite

I’ve heard it before I forget what it is

[shell bronze]

lowk i wanna see what pre-baked lighting and big time LOD does for this game's performance

[soft osprey]

My point being if you gave up after the first month entirely, And haven’t played in months, but still come in here just to state your numerous problems with the game, when it still hasn’t been updated what else can I see that as lol

[shell bronze]

ue5 rendering technique

[shy maple]

Ew gross ue5

[soft osprey]

Brother im not even talking about you

😭

[shell bronze]

https://giphy.com/gifs/meme-to-this-day-dtIGTEaGLRvdODtdQe

[shy maple]

I have no idea why most ue5 games just use all the high tech tools and refuse to optimize

[shell bronze]

it's almost like an update is expected and is yet to arrive and i simply check in once in a while with other like-minded people in this server

[soft osprey]

Cause pretty

[restive barn]

ue5 is the engine hs uses

[shell bronze]

regarding this lack of update

[shy maple]

Like yeah your game looks high quality but I didn’t pay to play a screenshot

[past kestrel]

the damage is just so fucking good that this dude insta-dies but the range is pretty low
only reason i can use this weapon is because my character has lived for over 4-in-game years and is 134KG in mass

[shell bronze]

lazy lma

[raven talon]

Idk man, people be callin Keen Software House lazy and scamming for Space Engineers 2 even though they have a detailed roadmap (no dates)

some people live to complain

[subtle totem]

we share an opinion dude, clueless is a day 1 supporter, he made up like 90% of the conversation in this server

[pallid token]

'cause ue5 is ass if you give it to devs that have never used ue5 before in their life

[shell bronze]

well-done old school rendering techniques yield very similar if not the exact same visual results for the average player

[shy maple]

10 fps like im watching a 1890’s picture movie

[subtle totem]

calling him a hater because he hasnt played in a month is just weak

[shell bronze]

and probably save a TON of performance in the process

[soft osprey]

Bro 😭

[shell bronze]

i was down to box mfs for half sword bro

[soft osprey]

You are obviously not understanding what im saying

Thats ok.

[pallid token]

yeah but they take effort, man

[soft osprey]

Im not tryna argue forever

[shell bronze]

hmmmmmmmmmmm effort

[subtle totem]

he plays and supports for how many years and his criticism isnt valid?

[shell bronze]

ok i wouldn't say years years

about a year i've been onboard

[shy maple]

I think it’s because we’ve lost stylization in favor of hyper realism and shit that looks real life instead of cool stuff with a soul and creativity

[subtle totem]

you got the og role, surely you have played for years right?

[soft osprey]

Again Youre not understanding Literally, never once did I say his criticism wasn’t valid. That’s why we don’t need to continue, Youre not even reading what im saying

[shell bronze]

nah it's ex-mod role

[shy maple]

Give me back the piss yellow era of 2010 games

[shell bronze]

but i'm more OG than some multi-year players ngl

with or without this role i am GOAT

[subtle totem]

dude im reading what you are saying you litterally said he was only here to hate occasionaly

look at your previous messages

[shy maple]

Bring back stylization

[shell bronze]

art style is dead and AAA killed it

[shy maple]

Call of duty lost its style and it just looks like every other game now

[soft osprey]

Show me where I said his criticism isnt valid? I said everytime he comes in here he repeats himself the same things as last time. Stop riding his dick Jesus Christ his ego is big enough

[pallid token]

i mean some hyper-realism can fit well in a game, but like, even for hyper-realism you DO NOT NEED 60000 billion polygon textures

[shell bronze]

yo hop off and let that man do his thang 💪

[pallid token]

think Ready or Not, that game was made in UE5, is very realistic, and well optimized. why? it doesent have 60000 billion polygon textures

[shell bronze]

thas my shooter

[shy maple]

You can make a game look good without doing realistic textures that show me the npcs dick print

[shell bronze]

every single good video game until 8th generation consoles

[subtle totem]

yea? so he repeats criticism that isnt fixed

[soft osprey]

Moving goalposts

[shell bronze]

art style = identity = iconic

= soul

direction is key for a game

[soft osprey]

Like I said, his criticism isnt invalid lol

[subtle totem]

you saw criticism in the chat and started complaining and saying we were stirring the pot

[pallid token]

a lot of games between 2013-2016 look just as good or just slightly worse than today's game with 20x the performance

[soft osprey]

Youre not listening at all 😭

Jesus Christ Youre like a wall of loose bricks

[shy maple]

Gears of war

[lost rover]

The baron strangled me 😭

[subtle totem]

tell me then what are you saying

[pallid token]

battlefield 4, titanfall 2, dying light

[shell bronze]

i don't think it is a very good look for an active moderator to be arguing like this

this is str8 petty squabbles

leave that to the peasants like us

[soft osprey]

Thanks clueless I appreciate your input

[shy maple]

You ever brick a brick until you brick

[shell bronze]

of course! i do my best

[soft osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/rage-bait-ragebait-angry-gon-bait-gif-5270896389597269350

[shy maple]

Insurgency sandstorm, not 2016 but still

[shell bronze]

otherwise you'll pop in whenever i'm cordially beating this dead horse called half sword to keep making remarks

[shy maple]

Looks good, runs good, has realistic maps, lighting, gun models, without running like poop

[shell bronze]

knowing i will continue to do so until the game either improves or my interest completely dies out

[pallid token]

2018, id say still valid

[shell bronze]

doom 2016

[shy maple]

Chivalry 2 as well

[pallid token]

insurgency is pretty goated

[soft osprey]

I usually avoid popping in when you are to avoid any confrontation because of your history here

[shy maple]

I love that game

[shell bronze]

and here you are

[pallid token]

chiv2's great except for when i actually have to play the game

[soft osprey]

Yeah im in bed and saw you go on for a while

[shy maple]

The game is fun but I only play co op because there are people who are legit level 8000 and over

[subtle totem]

and you did pop in this time, just to say that we should be tired of complaining about the state of the game

[pallid token]

i fucking love doom 2016

[shy maple]

Playing it like a movement shooter

[shell bronze]

what history besides a long storied career of clip spamming moderating and staying out of trouble up until the game went stagnant

[soft osprey]

Bro are you still tryna argue

Move onnnn

[shy maple]

It’s not as bad as mordhau with sweats

[soft osprey]

Hey let’s not drag up any drama

[subtle totem]

https://tenor.com/view/half-sword-lobotomy-willie-half-sword-willie-lobotomy-gore-gif-11873384114413719086

[covert forge]

clip spamming my favorite thing to do

[lone whale]

Is there anyway to get to the Experimental Demo...?

[shell bronze]

falsifying information and strawmanning "drama"

i suppose bro

[shy maple]

I mean you are kinda just deflecting now

[lost rover]

He think's he's Rex Splode

[shell bronze]

favorite pastime

[pallid token]

the game is just Not That Great, but its okay, its fun sometimes

[soft osprey]

I literally just said “history” you make of that what you wanted to

[shy maple]

Let it go

Take your own advice champ

[subtle totem]

i love mordhau so much i wish the creator didnt abandon it

[shy maple]

I thought they added the demon horde thing not too long ago

Or maybe I’m tweaking

[subtle totem]

yea that was like a year or 2 ago but he just hates the game

[shell bronze]

saying history in that exact context implies some degree of controversy attached to it that requires you to stay away from me

[pallid token]

its also really funny how they added persians like, 4 years ago and to this day have not given them any cosmetics

like

[shy maple]

At least pass it on to someone else

[pallid token]

awesome thanks torn banner

[subtle totem]

he even rejected an offer from redbull to host a mordhau event

[shy maple]

It seems cool but I never got into it

[subtle totem]

spent all the money on coke

[shy maple]

Is he dumb

[soft osprey]

Youre argumentative usually, based on how you became an OG and your attitude every time you’ve been in halfcord since, ive avoided you. Thats literally it

[subtle totem]

there are still some NA servers

[shy maple]

Sounds like a certain Russian dev I know

[shell bronze]

see now that's much better and more straightforward

to each his own

[pallid token]

willie hitting that salsa

[shy maple]

The last time I played I went into a server and it was just me climbing and Infinite ladder for 10 mins until I fell

[pallid token]

go willie go

[soft osprey]

Yeah sorry I didn’t wanna go in detail, damn 😭 like I said, not tryna drag up drama

[subtle totem]

so real

[shell bronze]

it's all good lol, bad blood is bad blood

[subtle totem]

best part of the gam,e

[shell bronze]

the feeling's mutual

[soft osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/pout-kiss-blowing-a-kiss-suspense-christian-bale-gif-16931550113965916217

[shy maple]

I tried pvping and of course I got matched with a guy who dodged everything I threw at him like goddamn Neo

[shell bronze]

it's best you not interact with me if you're intent on keeping the distance

[humble bloom]

I'm joining the war on ragebait...on the side of the ragebait!!!

[restive barn]

when i'm genuinely on a date with my girl but i lowk get slimed out bcz i'm not 7x7=49

[subtle totem]

haha i love the dodging midgets

[shy maple]

You mess with the bull you get the horns

[shell bronze]

2 + 2 = 22

get real

[restive barn]

hey clueless there's an autoparry disabler mod

[soft osprey]

Brother ive just avoided interacting because I didn’t wanna have that whole conversation but now we had it so it’s whatever. Im not gonna ignore you or anything lol

[shy maple]

Can you hit him with your purse already

[pallid token]

wait fr

[shell bronze]

heard

[soft osprey]

It’s empty

[shell bronze]

autoparry been fine to me so i don't see a reason to disable it

[soft osprey]

It won’t do anything

[shell bronze]

not gonna fix the handling 😂

[shy maple]

It work

[restive cave]

My character really just be doing shit with his hands

[shy maple]

I tried saying stuff about the handling but apparently it’s so good and nothing bad can be said about the game

[soft osprey]

Jesus Christ finally someone gets it

[shell bronze]

i'm telling you bro

[restive cave]

Feels like the original abyss demo in a way if you swing too hard

[shy maple]

They lather up my polearm with oil and butter

[shell bronze]

playtest

[past kestrel]

Baron Mace from demo on steroids (3.9KG)

[shell bronze]

handling and ai is a perfect match to playtest

[restive barn]

the handling is jank

BUT

[humble bloom]

its completely redundant, hope the devs choose one or the other someday.

[restive cave]

I felt the handling in playtest wasn't too bad though I might be blinded by not playing it in a long while

[restive barn]

nvm

[shy maple]

The ai is suicidal

[shell bronze]

give it a try if you still have

[soft osprey]

Good god there is nothing as frustrating about halfsword as the fucking polearm slipping out of one hand, and being a bitch and a half to grab onto again

[restive cave]

And I only used base-game weapons

[shell bronze]

open it from the files

[restive barn]

the ai hasn't changed since the demo

[shell bronze]

false

objectively false

[restive cave]

It's still installed, I can run it in a moment

[shy maple]

It has just not by much

[covert forge]

ai feels more dumb

[soft osprey]

It has absolutely changed

[shell bronze]

this is literally playtest ai

[soft osprey]

AI has changed for sure

[restive barn]

???

[shy maple]

Where his ears

[restive barn]

something to do with the fov

[restive cave]

No, you cannot disrespect lord half sword. it is the best game ever and you will not say bad stuff

[shy maple]

They surrender now?

[shell bronze]

minimal self-preservation, swinging WAY before in range, ALWAYS swinging, no concept of spacing and distance

[restive barn]

they always did

what

[shy maple]

You can take your weapon to their neck and they give up

[subtle totem]

it feels like it, so laughably easy

[restive barn]

]they always did

what

[soft osprey]

Did you just say the words “half sword” and “bad” in the same sentence?

[shy maple]

No

[restive barn]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hell-naw-low-iq-unintelligent-mNal0EQtG3jbLtZPuD

[shy maple]

That was something added to the tech demo specifically

[covert forge]

son

[restive barn]

even in the playtest if u neck threat an opponent they give up

[restive cave]

Crap I'm banned

[restive barn]

i KNOW this

[shell bronze]

demo ai
holds a guard, adjusts said guard to your positioning at times, attacks when in range, and swings clean + semi-competently

[restive cave]

Dropped the b*d word in public

[shy maple]

Wasn’t a thing in abyss

[restive barn]

no shit

it's abyss

[subtle totem]

its crazy how easy it is to kill them, wait for the swing out of range and then they dont attack for about a second for no reason

[restive barn]

i don't study abyss

[shy maple]

Then there you go it changed silly boy

[grave pecan]

one small hit to the hand makes you drop ur weapons when you slightly move them

[shell bronze]

literally just wait for the wind-up

they telegraph like insane

[restive barn]

that's a product of the shit handling

[restive barn]

they always did

[grave pecan]

i got hit a lil bit in the hand and couldnt use my poleaxe 😭

[shell bronze]

absolutely not the handling

would not impact when and where and how they start swinging

[soft osprey]

Youre talking about the demo and playtest theyre talking about the early demo just abyss. The neck to sword came in the playtest and was added to the demo when it merged

[restive cave]

If you slow down the game alot in the demo you can see them actually try to swing around your guard and protect themselves a little

[shy maple]

And then it swings behind your back

[shell bronze]

right?

[restive barn]

i'm talking about demo to abyss

[restive cave]

Though swinging wildly still works sometimes

[shell bronze]

i'm gonna boot up demo and boot up playtest right now

[soft osprey]

Whatever you guys are saying, the neck surrender thing was added in the playtest pre merge

[subtle totem]

i love when i swing back a polearm and it flies behind me like an acme cartoon

[shy maple]

The handling is so off, I made a super top heavy mace and swung it around in circles until it kept making that swoosh noise and it crashed down like a damn meteor

[restive barn]

i know thats what i said

[raven talon]

I have a clip somewhere of me literally just jiggling my sword and the AI was moving perfectly in response

[soft osprey]

Youre a Willie charmer

[restive barn]

tahts because of their new wrist system

[restive cave]

When you swing too hard with a polearm so your guy starts spinning it in one hand on some Anakin shit

[humble bloom]

the handling doesnt explain why standoff moments are basically not possible anymore and they just start spam swinging ten miles before they even come into your general location.
I remember one of my beggar boss videos had us staring at eachother waiting for the other to attack first.

[shy maple]

Swinging around behind me and shit

[subtle totem]

this must happen in real life too

[restive cave]

Don't forget it teleporting to guard you sometimes

[shell bronze]

playtest wild swinging excerpt

booting demo

[shy maple]

Don’t forget swapping hands and it fucks your arms up

[subtle totem]

yea its like they made the ai stupid

[shy maple]

How do I play demo again I want it

[soft osprey]

Downloading the demo

[restive barn]

yeah obviously it changed from playtest to demo even i noticed that\

[shy maple]

I remember there being a bug where you stick a polearm into willie, go next to it and grab, it’ll send him flying into the stratosphere

[restive cave]

When I swap hands it'll just legit disintegrate my weapon rarely

[shy maple]

It’s not on steam

[restive barn]

i don't think it changed demo -> ea tho

[restive cave]

Like fully gone

[subtle totem]

lmfao thats so ass, also you have to be like militia tier or higher to get longswords now, when in demo it was 3rd teir

[soft osprey]

The demo is on steam

[restive barn]

happens sometimes in commoner

[shy maple]

The one for the early access yeah

[subtle totem]

that is the ea dude

[shy maple]

I want the gauntlet one

[subtle totem]

we arent taliking about the playtest

[soft osprey]

Theres EA, and the demo. Idk what youre asking lol

[shy maple]

I want the gauntlet demo

[subtle totem]

when we say demo we mean the demo not playtest

[shell bronze]

i don't remember early access ai exercising this level of defense and distancing

[soft osprey]

Thats..the demo

[shy maple]

The one with the classes on the side

[restive barn]

this is definetly playtest/ demo

[soft osprey]

Am I going crazy or what

[shell bronze]

that is playtesdt

[restive barn]

he says it's playtest so i assume it's playtest

[shell bronze]

and this is demo

[shy maple]

You are talking about the early access one with the shitty free play

[shell bronze]

the playtest/EA ai have aggression cranked to max and is missing the measure/self-preservation present in demo

[shy maple]

I’m talking about the one with the preset classes you click on to get a random one

[shell bronze]

i've been trying to preach this since day one

[covert forge]

this

[restive cave]

Even though the ai doesn't defend itself that well I feel it still acts slightly more realistic

[subtle totem]

ill compare ea sworplay to demo

[covert forge]

swordplay gotta downgrade

mostly cus of wrist

[subtle totem]

longswords should be early game

[shell bronze]

infinitely preferable to ea ai

it actually holds guards and anticipates/keeps track of distance

back to playtest

[subtle totem]

do you play the playtest rather than demo?

[restive barn]

either they didn't change it or they tried improving the ai but accidentally fucked it up

i'm not sure

[soft osprey]

brother. again, there is EA which is what you are saying im thinking of, and then there is also the demo

which is what you want

which is the DEMO

[plain brook]

the second one has a long history of being correct in many other parts of the game

so id say that one

[shy maple]

When I got to half sword steam page I get the shitty poopy free play one

[shell bronze]

daddy chill DADDY CHILL!!!!!!!!

[shy maple]

Unless I’m tweaking idk

[restive barn]

btw why did they change willie

i want my beautiful bald man

[soft osprey]

tech demo

[shy maple]

So he can have Lucious locks

[soft osprey]

is the one you want

[shy maple]

Oh

I was tweaking

[restive cave]

Oh I agree, I meant my statement towards the clip. the ea ai kind of just walks towards me, swings once and then gets disinterested because I'm better

[soft osprey]

wont catch me ever buying supporter edition of any game

[restive barn]

just add back the old willie head😔

[subtle totem]

yes yes yes yes yes

[slim meadow]

what if

everyone was gay

oh wait

[subtle totem]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1062807936033894471/1470772608801832981/giphy.gif

[soft osprey]

i begged them 😔 willie was never meant to be..

[shy maple]

They have the bald one with folds

[restive cave]

Fighting like a fat guy boxing on the street

[humble bloom]

at the bare minimum, higher tiers need more variety of duel mutations, armor/no armor, specific weapon types.
swords ingame are pretty expensive and I think I've only seen as low tier as commoner bosses with them, since they get a higher budget to work with than regular npcs.

[shy maple]

Wasn’t the original Willie a placeholder asset?

Like a random one from the asset store

[restive cave]

He's way higher quality than every new face in ea

[uneven berry]

I FUCKING LOVE HALF SWORD

[restive barn]

dont think it was

[subtle totem]

yes there should be fencing modes or something high teir without just having full armour

[soft osprey]

the willie we all know and love was made by halfsword games. before that idk every version but i know one was a model with franks face on it

[shy maple]

They focused on the high quality hair

[soft osprey]

or maybe it was ivans

[restive cave]

Zoom into his nose in the demo and then ea

[restive barn]

???

[shell bronze]

pressing nothing but triangle

[humble bloom]

willie was basically a default generated face from metahuman or whatever its called.

[restive barn]

what is from the asset store, however

[restive cave]

I swear to God he just has like twice as much quality

[shell bronze]

basically feels like they branched off of playtest ai

[shy maple]

However

[restive barn]

are the many plant assets in forest and slums,

[shy maple]

I hate them

[shell bronze]

i play demo

[restive barn]

the water in slums

[shy maple]

I don’t play the forest or slums map as much

[shell bronze]

i only use playtest for comparisons to ea ai

[shy maple]

They run so bad

[restive cave]

https://tenor.com/view/air-punching-all-gas-no-brakes-punching-dont-mess-with-me-pow-gif-16817090

[restive barn]

they have a 70 dollar sky plugin they're not using for some reason

[subtle totem]

i got both clips of combat, ea vs demo and its crazy

[shy maple]

Is everything in the map loaded in at once

And not in chunks or whatever

[restive barn]

dont think so

[shy maple]

Cause I see army tents way outside the map

[covert forge]

whats in the FOV cone is loaded

[humble bloom]

sometimes the assets dont fully load before the black screen fades away, and I've seen stuff load over time in parts.
or at least I think I did.

[covert forge]

i think

[shy maple]

I’m so damn hungry

[subtle totem]

this is ai in eahttps://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/msdh6hUwzCa1lTFC7?invite=cr-MSx4SlMsNTIxNjc1MDkw&v=15

[shy maple]

I’m gonna eat something

[subtle totem]

vs demo aihttps://medal.tv/games/half-sword/clips/msdgikvX6-5bTm3TO?invite=cr-MSxxUEcsNTIxNjc1MDkw&v=14

[shy maple]

I will take a chip, and eat it…

[restive cave]

They also have dynamic tentacles sfx

[subtle totem]

EA ai are just swinging randomly without aim

[restive cave]

No joke

on God it's just sitting there

[humble bloom]

VFX, not SFX.
thank god

[subtle totem]

why did they make the early access ai so much worse??

[restive cave]

It looks like they just made him hold alt instead of swing horizontally

[raven talon]

Just wait until you get the DM about voice acting them 😂

[restive barn]

i KNOW

[restive barn]

i KNOOOWWW
\

[slim meadow]

tentacles huh?

[restive cave]

DYNAMIC TENTACLE VFX

[restive barn]

anmd they have miles morales too

[restive cave]

[subtle totem]

idek what they did

[restive barn]

noclue why they need dynamic tentacle vfx tho

[restive cave]

WHY IS MILES MORALES IN HALF SWORD

[raven talon]

it's probably for when we slice open abdomens and intestines spill out. Unironically

[restive barn]

no clue but it's here

[restive cave]

Maybe if you do like 10000 spin kicks you unlock him and become the amazing spiderman

[humble bloom]

placeholder model for climbing animation testing?

thats the only logical connection I can make

[plain brook]

or maybe testing for spiderman x half sword crossover

[restive cave]

Imagine it's true and we get slimed out for predicting the future

[covert forge]

swinging

that would be cool

either objects on a map like vines or something idk a grappling hook maybe

[plain brook]

maybe a miles morales model was a testing rig

[raven talon]

it's for testing the 15th century Japan DLC, ninja swinging

[plain brook]

ive use some weird placeholders in my time

the unreal engine store mighta just had that for free or something

[subtle totem]

oh wow this is real i found this in the game files

[restive barn]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1193556706223984681/1366535872891064401/attachment.gif

[covert forge]

https://tenor.com/view/chimutan-chicken-cillian-murphy-peaky-blinders-gif-15173158631897442446

[subtle totem]

https://tenor.com/view/nodding-smoking-monkey-approves-smoking-monkey-nod-smoking-monkey-approved-yes-gif-11297356

[restive cave]

The chat when you say the forest shouldn't have that many meshes

When you say they should optimize the 400 dollar foliage meshes

https://tenor.com/view/paiva-paivaa-cortisol-effects-reasonable-crashout-cortisol-gif-18374890919777555677

[subtle totem]

i paid for all the meshes so im using all the meshes

[plain brook]

if they paid that much for the meshes then should they not already be optimised

tbh the issues isnt little things as much as stuff like lumen and nanite being forced on

[restive cave]

Is lumen what brightens the maps

[plain brook]

lumen is raytracing

[restive cave]

When I turn eye adaption off half the maps go dark

[plain brook]

thats fake hdr

i hate that effect but it doesnt hurt fps much

most of the maps dont have baked lighting

[restive cave]

You have to legit bring a screenshot into a program and enhance it to see in the forest chest in evening

[plain brook]

so it relies on real time raytracing via lumen

[restive cave]

Set all lights to dynamic award

[plain brook]

ive turned it off and the few maps with baked

run really well

even on my old bad pc my brother uses

with a 1070ti

if the game had baked lighting and a non dlss upscaler like the demo it would run almost as well

raytracing is a gimmick that doesnt improve the quality of lights nearly enough to be worth the performance cost

its only still alive because it lets developers offload dev costs to the end user

[subtle totem]

https://tenor.com/view/truth-nuke-wojak-soyjak-soy-jak-truth-gif-10540901418861964264

[plain brook]

its slower than a standard dynamic lighting system and worse than raytraced baked lighting if given only a few hundred tracers

[raven talon]

done conservatively it's not too harsh on performance and looks fantastic. Plus you can do cool stuff

[plain brook]

thats baked or raytraced

well i mean

is it raytraced in runtime or in map compilation

because you cant tell from an image

and if you move that it will take a second before it adjusts

[raven talon]

that's SE2, runtime. It's a ship building game

[plain brook]

yeah the problem is that its too slow to be good

if you move the light the shadows will lag behind

thats why raytracing is a poor dynamic system

its why its only used to render movies or baked lighting normally

[restive cave]

Yard I assume

Yard legit runs like 20+ more fps on my computer

[plain brook]

i went from 20 to 120 on the 1070ti rig

the 2080 super rig isnt that gpu limited so it was only like 30 extra fps

[plain brook]

yard and the basement both have a baked backup

and forest in day

[restive cave]

There should be a mod that just bakes the lighting on the maps that need it

[plain brook]

the game should just have a damn setting to turn raytracing off

its not required

[plain brook]

lol

[vital bluff]

#photography📷 message acc amazing pic holy damn

[outer minnow]

What is the highest kg anyone has gotten a character to?

Without mods or anything, just the normal game

[hollow quiver]

150

[vital bluff]

I'll have to check when I get home today

[shell bronze]

trvke bro

[plain brook]

fr

spears beat everything but everything beats katana

[hollow quiver]

But bare hands

[plain brook]

depends

[outer minnow]

Jebus, I’m at 97

[outer minnow]

What day are you on?

[hollow quiver]

Around 40-60

[outer minnow]

Wat

[hollow quiver]

+-2 days non stop game

Hours*

[outer minnow]

I mean in game day

Like the day counter

[hollow quiver]

I said

40-60

[outer minnow]

How

[hollow quiver]

I dont actualy rememver

My brain calculated math rn

[outer minnow]

You just sit grinding muscle for hours?

[hollow quiver]

No, literally playing

[outer minnow]

Do you mean lbs

[hollow quiver]

No

Kg

[outer minnow]

So modded?

[hollow quiver]

No

[outer minnow]

Brother 150 kg is an insane number for halfsword

How did you just acquire that much mass?

I’m at 97 kg after like day 160

[hollow quiver]

All baron gear
2 baron peak
4 long and heavy swors
Glitched gambelson

And maxxed heigh and weigh

You need train legs too

[outer minnow]

All that in 40-60 days

Now I know you’re bsing me

[hollow quiver]

No

[outer minnow]

It takes so long to get to lord rank

[hollow quiver]

Nope

[outer minnow]

From beggar

[hollow quiver]

You need play only high rank battles

[outer minnow]

You’re telling me that you did all that, got from beggar to lord in 40-60 days

• 150 kg weight

Bull

[plain brook]

150 is too much

[outer minnow]

Me thinks he’s trolling me

By saying all this

[plain brook]

maybe he means grams

[outer minnow]

Maybe

[outer minnow]

Btw what about you?

[outer minnow]

.

[outer minnow]

.

[frank rose]

126

[outer minnow]

Damn

[outer minnow]

What day?

[frank rose]

hold up

[frank rose]

i train with heavy weapons

[outer minnow]

Currently 97 kg at day 180

[outer minnow]

Fun, does that make a difference, I thought it was just exhaust your stamina to gain muscle?

[frank rose]

yeah

[outer minnow]

It makes a difference?

[frank rose]

no

[outer minnow]

Ok, you just said yeah to two questions, only one of which was a yes or no question.

But ok cool, thanks

[frank rose]

i suggest doing sparring in the morning

5 times

before you battle on day

[outer minnow]

Sparring actually does something?

[frank rose]

ye

i use heavy weapons for sparring

[outer minnow]

Ok

Thanks

[shy slate]

has anyone managed to successfully choke an enemy
there seems to be a choking mechanic if you manage to hold your weapon or hand near someone's neck but this seems to be extremely hard to do

[frank rose]

wdym hard to do

just crouch

[near garnet]

bros on a day

[frank rose]

whats the issue

you dont like days

[near garnet]

bros on a day

day bad night good

[frank rose]

all natty willies use day

[frank rose]

is there a way to bypass the hair limit

[lost rover]

Yes

[frank rose]

how

[lost rover]

If you set the hair values to a negative value your head is skinned

idk

[frank rose]

no i meant the long hair

[restive barn]

no

[frank rose]

oh

[lost rover]

Man i wished they made us able to adjust helmet meshes i really wanna make a pompadour that shoots blue lasers

[frank rose]

what

imma use my other save file

[floral vale]

havent played in a hot min

[buoyant oyster]

Gonna post this because funny old half sword demo

[warped apex]

Hit a little trickshot

also a eyestab

[restive barn]

f

[grim juniper]

Any info on timing of the next patch?

[frank rose]

every time someone asks for update devs take an extra month for it to drop

[runic gale]

Isn't it at like I saw like a video where whenever you get up to day 50 or something like that or up to day 50 you get abyss and you get another one where those guys from the rest shop those three people like turn into another thing so is it only for that certain day or is it like forever cuz you don't have in this picture

[frank rose]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-desert-speed-idiot-mario-bros-wii-gif-4579521032062283911

what is bro talking about

[warped apex]

using a speed clip in here what has this come to

[runic gale]

I swear there's two more there's abyss and then there's also those three guys that are talking I swear I'm not going crazy

[frank rose]

excuse me

i dont speak

gibberish

thank you

[runic gale]

Hold on bro I'mma find the video

[frank rose]

🤺

[frank rose]

he speaks gibberish english

[runic gale]

I found one I just got to find the abyss

Because now those three people just went up in the picture so now I just got to find another one which is the abyss

[rapid pond]

https://tenor.com/view/duke-dennis-duke-dennis-hell-you-gif-5178780600089613297

[past kestrel]

i think i snapped his neck

[runic gale]

Because this guy sent a picture that he was on day 1,000 or something and I was confused why he doesn't have abyss or the three guys that I sent in the picture that says memories I think because I don't know how long you keep those things so

now i see it theres abyss

[frank rose]

dude what

dude you have amnesia

[runic gale]

Never mind all I was trying to see is abyss and the memories guy that's all I was trying to find bro

[frank rose]

its in night not day

[runic gale]

ohhhhhhhhh

mb

[frank rose]

worse eye sight ever

[runic gale]

yea ig

https://tenor.com/view/half-sword-lobotomy-willie-half-sword-willie-lobotomy-gore-gif-11873384114413719086

[frank rose]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-speed-ishowspeed-pc-speed-pc-ishowspeed-silly-gif-11299080907485356235

your bio says alot about you

[runic gale]

what?

[frank rose]

your bio

[runic gale]

nahhhhhhh\

[frank rose]

what

[runic gale]

it says stuff i cant say

[frank rose]

dude what

[runic gale]

bc in #🧠rot

[frank rose]

what nation are you even from

[runic gale]

U.S

[frank rose]

larp

[runic gale]

what bro?

[frank rose]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-fortnite-thinking-trying-not-to-laugh-smiling-gif-12861870368381362412

you clearly arent even from the us

you cant even speak english properly

[runic gale]

Bro that's cuz I have dyslexia.

[frank rose]

no you dont

you have amnesia

and is lying

[runic gale]

whats that?

[frank rose]

memory loss

[runic gale]

oh

i dont

[frank rose]

yes you have

[past kestrel]

triplets!

[runic gale]

3 Willies

[strong shadow]

the three wise willies

[past kestrel]

sweep

[strong shadow]

ur crushing bugs

[frank rose]

is that 130 or 140kg

[past kestrel]

speaking of crushing bugs

[past kestrel]

my character?

[frank rose]

ye

[past kestrel]

134KG

[frank rose]

mine is like 126kg

hes a natty

[subtle totem]

lmfao impaled him in the air

[past kestrel]

i impaled his dih and let him hang in the air

[strong shadow]

they were not expecting their opponent to be a medieval tank

[frank rose]

yo

[subtle totem]

hello burg

[past kestrel]

its starting to get normal to break their bones with bare fists

[frank rose]

my characters like 126kg now

from 122kg to 126

[subtle totem]

is there a way to just disable the limit rather than setting your weight higher?

i would love to do that

[frank rose]

what limit

[subtle totem]

weight limit

i thought the max was like 96kg

[past kestrel]

there is no max weight

its just the game slowing your muscle progress down after 93KG

[frank rose]

ye

[subtle totem]

ahh okay

how long did it take to get to that weight?

[past kestrel]

for me, 170 hours of not dying

[subtle totem]

jesus

[frank rose]

135 hours

for 126kg

[subtle totem]

so it really slows it down

[past kestrel]

think i broke his arm

[frank rose]

whos the champion now

[subtle totem]

https://tenor.com/view/fein-fein-cat-feinfein2014-credit-to-feinfein2014-for-the-gif-spooky-cat-gif-17333334288836395443

[frank rose]

(the round was knockdown and i won)

[past kestrel]

for no reason

[past kestrel]

you know i gotta do this

[frank rose]

relatable

dude wha

how did i got teleported

[past kestrel]

lol

[frank rose]

300kg willie then spawns and kills me

[past kestrel]

135KG on Day 1654

[frank rose]

/j

[past kestrel]

you better not lose that character

[subtle totem]

they made the ais so easy

[frank rose]

the angels spared my life again

ill be careful next time

[frank rose]

is this your character

henrish

[past kestrel]

yesh

(kinda)

[soft osprey]

For reference i hit 98kg around day 200. Another person hit 107 at day 400, and then theres that one animal of a guy that showed you 135kg on day 1654. It’s unclear if it’s locked by day count before you can gain more or if it’s just stamina burn, as nobody has taken the time to test it yet by just going into training for hours, and I certainly don’t wanna be the one to do it

[past kestrel]

oh yeah, especially if you died with no equipment on

[frank rose]

i only had a hosen

[sleek gull]

Maybe with these updates, if more information was provided on how the newly implemented systems are intended to work....

[sonic prism]

You guys what do I do? If my half sword continuously crashes every time I join the game

[sleek gull]

Don't want hand holding. But a basic tool tip explaining how it works would go a long way

[proud cliff]

I sliced a piece off willie's helmet, I like tapped the side of his neck and nothing happened and then 1 second later part of his helmet fell off

[soft osprey]

Did you use a katana?

Only way I can imagine

[proud cliff]

folded 9000 times

[eternal scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/johnnysins-johnny-sins-betboo-betbootr-gif-24928670

[hoary moat]

There hasn’t been an update in over a month and the game could still use many qol, ui, and performance fixes. What is going on?

[eternal scaffold]

idk

[sleek gull]

Its a small team, and they are working on the next update.

[hoary moat]

They were putting out hot fixes almost every day at the start of EA. It is crazy to expect at least one a month? The game is still so laggy and has awful ui. It is not ready for new content

[eternal scaffold]

game isnt laggy for me, whats your specs?

[hoary moat]

Rtx 3060

[eternal scaffold]

ah i got a 5060

8gb version too

[hoary moat]

It’s defo not only my card. A game like arc raiders which is also UE5 looks better and has double the frames of this game.

[eternal scaffold]

i see your point, but doesnt that game also have a bunch of devs?

[tranquil blaze]

he looks so tired of this shit lol

[subtle totem]

the specs usually dont matter for the performance bugs

effects a lot of people with good specs too

[hoary moat]

It certainly does, but my point is that half sword devs have the tools and instead of taking time to fix performance properly they move ahead with new content on an unsteady foundation.

[subtle totem]

hopefully its fixed soon

[eternal scaffold]

hold in there guys, remember the dev isnt even in the discord

[tranquil blaze]

i feel like the biggest performance issue is the characters in itself

[subtle totem]

yea they should prioritise a performance improvement before adding new content

[past kestrel]

my guy, why was there patches focusing on optimization then?

[eternal scaffold]

fair

[past kestrel]

game certianly feels better now

[eternal scaffold]

please keep it civil guys

[eternal scaffold]

definitly i can run slums at a solid fps now

[subtle totem]

its a performance bug please dont start this

it effects some people, no matter the specs

[hoary moat]

They weren’t nearly enough. They should have kept going with them. Launch day was absurd, today is from absurd to plain bad. An improvement, but still way below my expectations when I bought the game

[eternal scaffold]

how does it effect some people when were all downloading the same game

i dont even have the best gpu and i get good performance, maybe try switching to dx12?

[tranquil blaze]

different specs, software etc

[subtle totem]

thats called shitty optimisation, we are all downloading the same game but different specs

[eternal scaffold]

yeah same

[hoary moat]

I’m using dx12

[subtle totem]

the specs do not matter dude

its a performance bug

[eternal scaffold]

a 3060 is kinda old two generations old

[subtle totem]

or bad optimisation

[past kestrel]

this is early access, expect performance issues

[subtle totem]

i can barely play the game on a 4070 super

[sleek gull]

https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/8h0eESjCY6uYG6lRNcQ6dzAFkR6NXt3MPJBT4Fezzzg/https/media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExYnRvMWg2ejZ0N3FzMmllMG1kY3dubzhsM3JlcWkxajg5dHgzdnZkcSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/47He7W0ElELua8Y5b2/giphy.gif

[subtle totem]

its a performance bug

[eternal scaffold]

thats crazy, i can play at 60fps with my 5060 8gb version

not even the best cpu either

[subtle totem]

yes but hopefully they fix the performance before adding new content

[hoary moat]

Was fine with performance issues like 2 months ago but there hasn’t been performance improvements in over a month. I’m afraid they think the state of performance is acceptable and will never go back and fix it

[subtle totem]

yes because it runs fine for some but badly for others even with higher specs

[subtle totem]

i worry about this too

[eternal scaffold]

limit your fps?

[tranquil blaze]

i kinda just miss the demo light engine

[subtle totem]

what

[eternal scaffold]

i just dont see how the game runs worst for you considering you have better specs then me

[subtle totem]

dude its a performance bug or optimisation issue

[tranquil blaze]

for me it depends on how my pc feels atm

[eternal scaffold]

crazy

[soft osprey]

I would also fear for this if it wasn’t for the fact I am super smart and intelligent and cool and read the actual #announcements

[eternal scaffold]

i get solid fps

[subtle totem]

specs dont matter and they fix it soon hopefully

[tranquil blaze]

if my pc feels lazy then the game runs on 30 fps with clay textures

[eternal scaffold]

lets hope, goated pfp btw

[subtle totem]

lmao thanks

[tranquil blaze]

but then it also has got times where i got 60fps with good textures

[subtle totem]

yea it was amazing for me on launch, i was running max settings at 120fps

[tranquil blaze]

i'll probably stick to the demo for some time, mostly because of said issues i just mentioned

i dont want a mood ring pc

[crimson compass]

Sooo uhhh any physics or combat updates coming soon?

[subtle totem]

same

[soft osprey]

Coming, yes. Soon? Who knows, the devs dont like to communicate with anyone

[subtle totem]

maybe, the devs dont announce anything

[hoary moat]

How does this help? They just say, “we have been working on performance mainly over the past weeks. We will fix them ASAP” and then radio silence for weeks. It don’t exactly inspire confidence

[tranquil blaze]

which is a bummer, but i get why

[crimson compass]

I'm kind of worried about the game honestly. It seems like a lot of the changes made were intentional, so I'm concerned the shitty floppy combat is their 'new vision'for the game.

[tranquil blaze]

lets not forget the whole ballcrushing scenarios

[soft osprey]

You said “im afraid they think the state of performance is acceptable and will never go back and fix it”

[tranquil blaze]

cool that they implemented that tho

[crimson compass]

Same with like the alt stabbing thing being deleted/replaced with a useless high guard

[soft osprey]

You should wait for the update to come out to see if it fixes things

[crimson compass]

I've been waiting for a month and a half lol how long could it possibly take to make the wrists more rigid

[subtle totem]

hes just afraid that could happen

[subtle totem]

dont worry next update is going to be animals or something

[hoary moat]

I don’t understand how these statements conflict. Them saying we will continue to work on performance is different from actually fixing it. If they actually make significant improvements next update I will gladly eat my words and update my steam review because I do enjoy the gameplay. I just don’t think it’s very likely

[soft osprey]

The wrist issue is directly tied to the strength/muscle system, it’s not as easy as just making wrists more ridged, they have to adjust the entire strength system

[subtle totem]

you wont even remember the other issues

[crimson compass]

I don't buy this at all to be honest. There has to be a stat that controls the ratio of wrist strength to normal strength. I refuse to believe it's something that should take almost 2 months to fix.

If they can't fix that then the strength system should be dropped entirely for right now imo

[soft osprey]

You said “im afraid they think the state of performance is acceptable and will never go back and fix it”
The announcement makes it clear it’s not an acceptable state and theyre working on it. Literally addressing the exact thing Youre concerned about, but you’re asking how it conflicts? Theyre working on the update. Wait for it to release and then judge it after

[subtle totem]

its the least of their concerns lmao

bigger fish to fry

[crimson compass]

Such as??

The combat sucks in the combat game. That's a pretty huge issue imo

[tranquil blaze]

i just hope that things go exactly as planned in the end

[subtle totem]

the massive performance issues, major bugs, crashes, free mode and softlocks

among other things

[pulsar swift]

https://giphy.com/gifs/titanic-FoH28ucxZFJZu

[crimson compass]

It's still ue5 slop there is a limit to how good performance can get tbh

[subtle totem]

they should prioritise people being able to play the game over wrist issues

[soft osprey]

This community is super torn about the game. I see a lot of people saying combat sucks and then i see people making Reddit posts showing it doesnt suck, and then I see steam reviews saying mostly positive, and then I come back here and it’s mainly trash talk

[tranquil blaze]

i barely have wrist issues tbh, probably depends on having a big ass weapon

[subtle totem]

but at the moment its bad for no reason, like some people cant play even with good specs

[crimson compass]

IMO they should fix the combat physics first. What is the point in more people being able to play just for them to go back to the demo lol

[crimson compass]

More people are playing the demo than EA. I think that says all they need to know.

[soft osprey]

Just understand your opinions are just that. Your opinions. You may think combat sucks and needs to be fixed in some way that better suits you, but not everyone feels the same. Hence the ratings

[subtle totem]

yea i can tell alot of people love this game but arent pleased with the launch and time after. hopefully devs release update soon

[soft osprey]

Oh really, more people are playing the free game than the paid one? I wonder why someone might play a game for free over paying

[eternal scaffold]

well it is free

[hoary moat]

My concern is the way the announcement phrases it. “Performance has been performance”. Feels to me that they are saying they are moving on besides the occasional small improvement. To me it just seems like a very non-committal statement and I’d like to see something more substantial put out about what their actual plan is for performance specifically

[sleek gull]

Better idea, scrap it all together. Imo, it is the sorce of most movement issues, it is not well explained nor understood, and it simply a hindrence. Drop the muscle system, and achieve greatness = )

[eternal scaffold]

maybe the dev went back to the drawing board

[subtle totem]

the strength system is awesome idk what you are on about

[tranquil blaze]

i like the system, i always loved seeing progress on my own character but i get your idea

[hoary moat]

I like the strength system ngl

[soft osprey]

lol my point exactly about how torn the community is on the game

[subtle totem]

they should work on it more but dont scrap it

[crimson compass]

It started out reversed with MANY more people playing EA and it has completely trailed off lol. There is zero argument that the combat in the demo is objectivelyt better, more precise, more satisfying. Really my only issue with the demo vs EA is weapons glitching through the armor and that 1H blunt weapons kind of suck

[subtle totem]

to be fair most people agree its cool

but yea

[soft osprey]

Idk what yall want from the devs when half the community wants one thing and the other half want another. Except it’s worse cause it’s really split up into like 10%

Poor guys lol

[crimson compass]

100% agree. The strength system is straight up a hinderance to actually good gameplay.

[soft osprey]

Oh well they signed up for it

[subtle totem]

they dont listen to us anyways

or talk to us

[soft osprey]

They listen they just don’t talk

Ever

At all

In the slightest

[subtle totem]

are you saying that you prefer demo combat?

[tranquil blaze]

probably mostly because of the fear of being torn into pieces just for showing up

[crimson compass]

I don't want to fucking grind randomly swinging at stuff for 30 minutes for my character to feel good to play. What they have done in effect is make the first couple hours of gameplay fucking SUCK.

[sleek gull]

The system could be good, but currently, it breaks more than it enhances. Scrap it, move forward with other things, and revisit it later when it can be implemented without disrupting the rest of the combat game play.

[crimson compass]

Yes 100% lol

[soft osprey]

Honestly I like the challenge of early game way more than how easy late game is

[subtle totem]

alr good

[crimson compass]

Demo is objectively better.

[subtle totem]

yea it is

[soft osprey]

The only challenge is the baron tournament and only if you do it solo

[crimson compass]

sooo

[subtle totem]

soooo

[crimson compass]

If they didn't lobotomize the AI late game would feel better...

[tranquil blaze]

i do think implementing it at the start was a good choice because people 100% would complain if they added it at some point in the game. ''why did they implement such a shitty feature, i loved being strong''

i mean they complain today too

but i hope you get what i mean

[crimson compass]

They need to at least allow is to set the weight in free mode.

[tranquil blaze]

oh yes definitely

[crimson compass]

Free mode at 80kg is useless dogshit

[subtle totem]

i honestly think its a net positive because it makes the early game more interesting, you have to play it safe being weaker and all

[soft osprey]

Another point of contention. I like AI better in EA, ive had way more intense moments and standoffs, weapon clashes and what not than in the demo

[subtle totem]

but they should rework it a bit

[sleek mica]

That's irrelevant. The overall playerbase for Half Sword has rejected the next version of the game. The current course simply isn't working.

[tranquil blaze]

yeah the ai feels more like a challange, can agree on that

i hate the zombies tho xD

[crimson compass]

How lol my AI is completely braindead compared to the demo

[tranquil blaze]

but the way i can slice them is fun

[soft osprey]

The reviews are mostly positive recently. Please yall stop trying to talk for everyone because your own opinion

[subtle totem]

the ai just swings randomly and is way more predictable now, i havent lost a single champion fight for ages because its so easy

[sleek gull]

Thats what I mean though, implement it later when it is proven to work with everything else within their testing environment. It is clearly not working as intended, so for the time being, why leave something in game that breaks other things. Either prioritize fixing that so the rest of their work going forward isn't poisoned by a broken system, or disable it completely until they know it plays well with the rest of the systems.

[crimson compass]

AI in the demo actually tried to anticipate and parry your strikes MUCH BETTER. In EA I just swing my poleaxe and they go down like a sack of shit

[subtle totem]

only about a quarter of the reviews are negative

[soft osprey]

Because that’s just..wrong

[subtle totem]

yes truth nuke

[crimson compass]

Have you actually read the positive reviews??? 90% of them are people basically saying the game sucks but they are positive reviewing to support the devs i.e. not an actual positive review lol

[soft osprey]

They aren’t

[soft osprey]

Wow im glad of the thousands of reviews you read 90% of them, better man than me

[tranquil blaze]

eh fair, i cant exactly speak of experience so i recommend taking my texts with a grain of salt xD.

[sleek gull]

Golden Strat. Stand still. Wait till they approach. Their first swing will 90% of the time be out of range, but close enough for you to take 1 step forward and clock them.

[subtle totem]

do you want some clips i got comparing them? it shows how they lobotomised them

[tranquil blaze]

also now i want to try the demo npcs again, see if theres actually a big difference

[soft osprey]

Brother im a mod for the discord, ive seen more than enough clips for a lifetime of people proving their sides

[subtle totem]

im just saying because its really obvious how stupid the ai is now

[soft osprey]

These conversations always go in circles 😭

[subtle totem]

but if you hate me thats fine too..😩

[crimson compass]

It's literally not wrong lol you are straight up coping. The AI is more dangerous and more engaging in the demo. In EA they can't even hit their swings 90% of the time. They basically just buffed the AI in EA with superhuman strength and they can instantly pop up from being knocked down to give the illusion that they are good.

[soft osprey]

It’s just pointless cause youll show me a clip to try to prove theyre stupid, and then tomorrow someone’s gonna show a clip to prove theyre smart, and so on and so on.

[subtle totem]

why would that happen

[elder tendon]

bro people review bomb everything for the dumbest shit

[soft osprey]

Mf this shit happens literally every day. Was I not in here literally last night to people arguing over the game

[elder tendon]

reviews literally don't mean anything anymore

most of them will end up getting deleted by steam

[crimson compass]

If the game actually sucks its not a fucking review bomb lol. It just means the game is bad.

[elder tendon]

opinion

[subtle totem]

you arent talking about half sword right?

[elder tendon]

yea i love the game

[soft osprey]

Your personal experience isnt more valid than mine lol

Just because you disagree doesnt mean im coping

[crimson compass]

Not an opinion lol. That is a fact. It's not a review bomb, there are tons and tons of valid reasons that people have not to like EA

[subtle totem]

yea idk why it has to be an argument

[sleek gull]

Don't let us piss you off. We complain, but we shouldn't be irritating you. I apologize on behalf of those who don't understand why you should be apologized to.

[elder tendon]

the game sucking is LITERALLY an opinion

[subtle totem]

you can argue about performance and shit but why argue about an opinion

[crimson compass]

Yes that is an opinion but that doesn't make negative reviews a review bomb

Review bombing is negative reviews over somethign unrelated to the game

[subtle totem]

yea its just criticism because people are mad they wasted money

[crimson compass]

This is not a review bomb, lots of people just legitimately dont like the gameplay

[sleek mica]

Again that's irrelevant when most players either haven't bought the early access or went back to the tech demo

[elder tendon]

ok sure

[subtle totem]

for an incomplete sometimes unplayable product

[tranquil blaze]

criticism is always good, as long as its constructive

[elder tendon]

it says "early access" right there bro