DEMO was better then the EA reborn

[hollow widget]

its not copletely differenty

[gloomy igloo]

It takes time

Going back to my previous example, my winter car also only had 1 update its release day about the issues, which didn’t even fix most of them.

This game will very likely get fixed over time calm down.

[woeful haven]

The environments are the cause of most lag and those weren't a thing before

[gloomy igloo]

Thats such a understatement

[woeful haven]

Even itch version didn't have maps like this even though it had some

[wide dust]

overstatement

[quartz surge]

No one gives a shit about that game here bro

[hollow widget]

no its not, they added menus and environments and thats it and somehow the physics got worse too lol

[soft holly]

Is it realistic to want this game to run on rtx 3060

[gloomy igloo]

My winter car is peak. I never said you do, it’s just a very good example.

[hollow widget]

they already had 90% of what here and they added menus and environments

[wide dust]

unreal engine slop is the cause son

[onyx gale]

Normally during the development when they play test they are supposed to use a variety of hardware to ensure that it works on them. And I will add to that that the freaking minimal requirement is a gtx 1060, so I hope they even tested the game on it before saying "you need at minimum, a 1060". Hell, the blood texture is a mess on AMD gpus. They surely did not have enough hardware to test on it. And that's why personally I think posting a not like "We're sorry If some hardware ends up not being supported at remease, we are a very small team with not much of a budget so please give us your feedback". Like, honesty, please.

[hollow widget]

even the environment that was already in the game runs worse

[quartz surge]

And unless you plan to bring those devs over to this game, it's irrelevant

[soft holly]

It makes my graphics card look pathetic

Ive loved it for so long

[woeful haven]

My Steam review right now says

• It's... not ready. It needs a month or two to patch all the performance issues. Don't refund it, but also maybe stick to the demo for now.

[wide dust]

even on my 4080 it has bad performance haha

[hollow widget]

and the enemy ai significantly slows the game down

[light anchor]

i'm willing to say that if you fuck around with the settings you could get it to run good on low, but yeah that one seems hard to justify; wish i had a 1080 around to test it out still; they absolutely did not use enough hardware/different specs and different setups when playtesting this game, the AMD hotfix just proves that

[soft holly]

This is what happens when you "optimize" for highest end pcs in the market rather than the average

[soft holly]

Oh damn

[gloomy igloo]

Lots of physics changed, tons of new content woth weapons and armed, completely new progression aspects, tons of visual changes , multiple very good maps.

[wide dust]

ill test soon on my school pc

with uhd 620

[gloomy igloo]

Have you even tried changing your graphics lmao?

[light anchor]

hell yeah brother let us know <3

[gloomy igloo]

See, this is perfect.

The game has issues, just wai

What I’ve been trying to tell these people xd

[soft holly]

I have kept my 3060 since it pretty much launchrd

[hollow widget]

"very good maps" woods is not a good map, and slums is completely unoptimized as if it had never ben playtested, the dungeon is just a room you could find 10x similar rooms on the unity asset shop

[soft holly]

I think its probably time for an upgrade

[hollow jasper]

the amd hotfix fixed “blood rt” and not the blood pooling thingy

[potent niche]

i'm running it on a rx570 and my performance is great

[wide dust]

knowing halfsword devs it will take 5 years and 70 unreleased patches to fix

[soft holly]

But I need to upgrade my cpu as well

[wide dust]

how

[potent niche]

just go fuck with the settings for a bit

[hollow jasper]

what’s your settings?

[potent niche]

i just turned everything down to low and it works flawlessly only drop i get is in slums

[woeful haven]

This is hyperbole right, you aren't actually this stupid

[gloomy igloo]

You can get it to run gold if you try.

[light anchor]

sorry, i meant the performance issues people with amd seemed to be having based on the update hotfix? i might've just misread it though, that's my bad.

[wide dust]

it is

[quartz surge]

Excuse the off-topic, but is your name a reference to Max Brooks?

[woeful haven]

Awesome let's make out

[potent niche]

no, it's from outer wilds

[wide dust]

base didnt touch them haha

[stray zodiac]

reference to outer wilds

[quartz surge]

I see, my bad

[gloomy igloo]

For me this didn’t help much, I actually got best performance with everything around medium tho I lowered some and raised others to get better looks and slightly worse performance

[wide dust]

played game like 3 min tho

[potent niche]

also I do see what you mean, from world war z.

[quartz surge]

Yeah

[woeful haven]

I hate the game yet I somehow managed to spend 4.6 hours playing it

[potent niche]

I think it depends on graphic cards to be honest

[hollow jasper]

i see

[onyx gale]

I run the game at 70-110 fps on normal maps like cellar or the classic arena. Bit in the forest I go down to 45 at night and 60 max during the day. I already tweaked the settings a lot but the slums runs like shit. And I 6900 xt and r7 5700x3d 32gb ram. Like, it's largely enough normally. But personally my main issue is with the gameplay not specially the performance (even though I am having issues with it).

[gloomy igloo]

At some point, load in, change to DX12 if you haven’t, and try. For me and many others it was a complete then upside down, it may not help you at all but it’s worth a try

(If you haven’t refunded it already lol)

[potent niche]

I also don't drop any FPS in the forest either

[woeful haven]

I thought the night maps should run faster because less lighting

[wide dust]

ill try tomorrow uninstalled but didnt refund

[onyx gale]

As did I but it is not for some reason.

[dreamy field]

Switched to DX12 and I’m somehow maintaining ~120fps on slums now

[quartz surge]

That could help, but it depends. DX 11 seems to run better for me personally

[woeful haven]

I miss the old pitchfork

[gloomy igloo]

Alright, even if that doesn’t work, at least spent a moment changing settings, a lot of things can be lowered or raised to help fps without effecting visuals much.

Worst it hurts is a few minutes.

[woeful haven]

The two-pronged tata tangler got replaced with a three-prong dull piece of shit

[light anchor]

pretty similar results here but less significant differences, i think the slums (and to a lesser extent the forest) is pretty universally regarded as a performance problem experienced by everyone. definitely not linked to hardware specs or anything.

i will say, and this isn't a great solution considering it's not in the game, and you have to go to the settings file itself to change it, but if you go into the user settings ini and change dynamic resolution from false to true, i've seen that give people large performance improvements and even allow them to improve the graphics to little affect by a notch or two, i haven't tried it personally to see if it actually works or not for me since i just wanted to see what people here were saying about the game after i played it for like an hour or two.

[quartz surge]

I could have sworn i saw the old pitchfork in the free mode

[gloomy igloo]

Yea it’s all depends on system and specs, like I said I was barely getting 20 do’s in lowest settings, switched to DX12 and even in mid settings I got good fps (I was also on slums btw getting ~50-69 fps

[hollow widget]

the crazy part is that people acting like these are completely unexpected issues when everyone, even people on very powerful computers (the ones that were obviously playtested for) found these issues instantly on launch. anmd the steam store page says its stable and free of major issues. when people even with monster computers suffer from major issues, poor frame stability and crashes.

[light anchor]

my main problem is just the gameplay too though, i really don't like what they did with weapon handling, but i suspect they made it easier for newer players to get into, i have like 300 hours between the demo and playtest so i'm really used to the old combat and weapon handling, so it keeps throwing me off and making me mad, i'll probably get used to it though if they don't change it, seeing as i won't have a choice.

[gloomy igloo]

Yea I go around high 40s in forest, 50’a un slums, and idk the dungeon since I got limiter at 60 but I steadya t the limiter so prob pretty high

[dreamy field]

Basement is definitely the least intensive map

[quartz surge]

I get a stable 75fps in indoor maps and the abyss

[woeful haven]

I found this weird because it has more stuff in it than the tourney arena but it still runs better

[dreamy field]

Less lighting maybe

[frozen imp]

How did you get it to work? my controller and keyboard both control the same person

[onyx gale]

Argh, I refuse using dynamic resolution. It scales down the resumption to match a given fps value. So if your game suddenly run bad, the resolution will drop significantly making it looks like you're playing a ps2 game. Besides, it may very well not make any pr little different because in this kind of games it's the CPU that's doing the work so if you slutter because of bottleneck, having more from will bottleneck the CPU even more.

[hollow widget]

yea ive figured out it is for sure the lighting that fucks everything up. on slums morning i get 60fp, slums mid day i get about 40 and slums evening and night i got 20 or below

the lighting is the main issue im pretty sure

[light anchor]

to each their own, no argument from me lol, something to think about tho. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[gloomy igloo]

Plug controller in on steam library page, with mouse click the polio for controller not supported, change the stuff it shows to game pad, launch game and try. This fixed it for me

[hollow widget]

same pattern on forest for me

[zinc swallow]

have any devs said anything since the launch?

[hollow widget]

tourney runs well at morning but at any other time it runs so bad

[wide dust]

only 1 minor patch

[hollow widget]

there was the hotfix that didnt change anything for me at least

[woeful haven]

Which didn't even fix the big issue with blood btw, something about AMD

[gloomy igloo]

They released a minor patch and said they were working on fixing the slumms performance and other performance issues

[potent niche]

it's a patch for AMD gpu's but it didn't appear to fix anything

oh shit

[woeful haven]

Ok so it was just more rich people shit

[zinc swallow]

i imagine its nose to the grindstone for em all today, i dont envy them

[potent niche]

I didn't read it fully lmao

[hollow widget]

whenever they wake up lol

[quartz surge]

They'd better

[wide dust]

well nvidia is for rich people instead of amd really

[woeful haven]

You don't understand how poor I am

[gloomy igloo]

Both for rich people at this rate lmao

[onyx gale]

It helped, I went from having huge triangle of blood everywhere to square of blood everywhere.

[potent niche]

it just turned blood pools into squares

yeah

[wide dust]

lmao

[frozen imp]

THank you so much I had been trying to figure it out for a while

[hollow widget]

"hotfix"

[potent niche]

i'm sure it'll be fixed eventually though

[wide dust]

hopefully devs lock in just like they locked in the april 1st update which was also hated

not to this extent though

[quartz surge]

The forbidden windows logo

[woeful haven]

Who the fuck was even complaining about an issue with specifically AMD GPUs
I think the hotfix was really fixing something with THEIR GPUs

[light anchor]

considering there's only a handful of maps on release i wouldn't be surprised if it could take longer than a day or two to fix the slums performance; it could be that the map might need a full rework and, again, given only a handful of maps, that could take longer than, maybe a week, months? i wish i had a timeline on how long their other maps took; not like that's a bad thing but i don't think people should have the expectation that the slums will be fixed immediately.

[gloomy igloo]

I’m interested what the April 1st update was now lol

[onyx gale]

The way I see it it's either dor people who don't know what a GPU is or people who don't mind spending their money on expensive stuff.

[wide dust]

transition from playtest to demo in april 1 2025

[inner adder]

it was the gauntlet

[gloomy igloo]

Yea I expect maybe they will release a temporary fix while they work on a proper one. But who knows

[hollow widget]

part of why the physics feel so bad is your characters wrist are way too floppy and for seomreason you cant swing at head height nearly as well as you could in teh demo

[gloomy igloo]

Oh, I remember lol, i was just as to lose the play test, didn’t actually mind the changes to the game xd

[hollow widget]

like your guy is allergic to swinging for the head now

[potent niche]

it's the strength progression they added

[woeful haven]

Willie naked weights like 65 kgs... he's literally anorexic or something

[quartz surge]

Have you seen your wrists in first person? They look broken

[gloomy igloo]

Ah makes sense

[light anchor]

when i thrust all he wants to hit is the head it's miserable, i've sliced off more heads thrusting with the bastard and short sword on freemode than i ever have swinging them around.

[wide dust]

medieval starved beggar who only eats dogshit and rotten bread haha

[hollow widget]

huh that sound slike a really dogshit mechanic to have in a game like this

[woeful haven]

Tbf that's what he is lmfao

[wide dust]

it can be good if implemented right

[zinc swallow]

is there a way to track any strength stat?

[potent niche]

how buff willies get shirtless

[gloomy igloo]

Also what happend to og Willie face, I didn’t see it when I looked but maybe missed it, was it removed or just changed tk where I didn’t recognize it

[merry plover]

love u bro

[quartz surge]

Yeah, make it organic

[hollow widget]

a game based around player skill where player skill doesnt matter until youve leveled your character 🤣

[merry plover]

gone!!

[light anchor]

yeah i wish he was an option atleast to select or smth

[wide dust]

it shouldnt influence that much

[hollow widget]

it influences a lot rn lol

[gloomy igloo]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-shocked-monkey-disappointed-disappointed-monkey-gif-25631537

[potent niche]

I think it'd be improved if you could spend coin to train or something or make it faster

[wide dust]

spend coin to get steroid

[hollow widget]

spend coin to eat meat for the first time lol

[light anchor]

drugs would be such a goaded update

[quartz surge]

Or if you gained it passively by swinging heavier weapons

[hollow widget]

maybe some spices if you really splurge

[light anchor]

have positives and negatives so like, bigger strength, but shittier stamina, and so on, to spice up gameplay

[woeful haven]

I SWEAR the first face option is Willie but I genuinely can't tell

[onyx gale]

I honestly feel like NPCs are tougher than players, I made myself a trustworthy mace, hoped that the reach and power would help me beat my adversaries but unfortunately NOCs did not seem to react much. For some reason half swording weapons is far more effective for damage. The shorter weapons seems to be the strongest in terms of pure damage done which is ridiculous. Like when you break your ennemy's leg, he fall on you and cut you in half with his rusty knife.

[wide dust]

probably the wrists shit

[woeful haven]

Khajiit Willie gets high on Skooma so he can bash varlet skulls with his big stick

[wide dust]

havent played the game enough to know

[hollow widget]

you gotta level your strenght? what next a survival simulator on the mayflower on the way to the new world and you only get to fight once youve arrived after 4 months of gampeplay?

[hollow widget]

with his big willie*

[gloomy igloo]

I cut a guys arm off with a axe and he proceeded to much me in the face and kill me jnstantly lol he did NOT take that kindly.

[wide dust]

did the gore get any better

[gloomy igloo]

I am happy I finally have a hairy Willie now tho

[onyx gale]

Halfdom come Deliversword.

[gloomy igloo]

Ive been begging for my Willy to grow hair for so long I was so happy to see he finally would

[wide dust]

0.3 was peak halfsword gore

[light anchor]

hard agree, i just don't really understand why they changed the way enemies feel or like, their strength, health or whatever, sometimes enemies hit harder and others it's like i'm kicking toddlers, just lacks the consistency i felt like the demo had (and even the demo was pretty inconsistent, so that's saying something.)

[spark pebble]

Truth nuke

[woeful haven]

Went back to 0.3 today but god the weapon handling pre-playtest was so weird

[hollow widget]

wrist floppiness being tied to strength is so stupid lol

[woeful haven]

Not bad, just weird

[hollow widget]

willie can survive having his wrists twisted 360 because hes starved lmao

[gloomy igloo]

Lmao

[wide dust]

hes so starved the muscle in the wrist has atrophied this is why its so floppy

[quartz surge]

His wrists look how mine feel

[zinc swallow]

anyone beat the progression mode?

[gloomy igloo]

Alright enough of this lmao I’m going to sleep it’s 2:30am for me
lol

[hollow widget]

what annoys me the most is that "champion" in the demo was a guy with a cool look, and some sort of gameplay gimmick, now "champion" just means a slightly taller guy with an axe. total copout.

[onyx gale]

I losed several times in a row against the first Willies during the fist fights, until I learned that I could simply press space. Kick them right in the nuts and tvey fall on the ground. Hit them with a hammer, they fall on you while bleeding out but you are the lne dying. Lol

[gloomy igloo]

Gn guys j hope to have a very heated argument with y’all again tomorrow :)

[wide dust]

yes

[austere lintel]

Beggar isn't skill expressive right now because the player is so weak and emaciated starting out

[wide dust]

The best fist experience was 0.4 playtest ngl

[hollow widget]

the entire concept of a physics based fighting game is skill expressive

[onyx gale]

And he clearly took steroids as his voice can witness.

[deep wharf]

the baron in this mode is such a pushover

[wide dust]

Ive heard that the voice is just og willy voice pitched up and down

[deep wharf]

his beak is a joke

[light anchor]

fr tho, you can get into a rhythm in the earlier levels if you know what you're kinda doing, but i feel like player health compared to npc is completely offbalanced, i've dealt fatal wounds to npcs in they'll still get up, but you're telling me i get shivved in the shoulder i automatically instantly bleed out and die? what gets me is you don't even get a chance to react, or even 'bleed out' on the ground like you see the enemies do, you just hit the limit to your health bar, and drop dead, game over, really sucks.

[hollow widget]

and whoever it is that says stuff when you win or lose sounds like a chipmunk now

[wide dust]

in the 0.2 itch io version you could see your character bleed out and die

no death screen

[hollow jasper]

That’s because you made his stature short or something lol

[quartz surge]

The main things, i think
They should bring the physics closer to the demo, remove the strength progression, and optimize the maps. If they do these things I'll be happy

[light anchor]

thats fucking awesome

oh well :(

[hollow widget]

i dont think so lol and why would my character stature effect the voice of the officiator of the fight

[onyx gale]

Yes it's quite obvious I would argue. When you make a small Willy for instance. Btw, those size matter currently? In theory taller = longer reach which is op in HEMA and other sports, but being smaller can have the advantage of being more nimble and agile but in half sword you fall when stepping side way while locking so...

[hollow widget]

i mean the guy that says like "we have lost so much why lose more" when you win a round, he has a deep gravelly voice in the demo but sounds like a chipmunk now

[hollow jasper]

It does

[hollow widget]

thats dumb as hell im not gonna lie

[hollow jasper]

If you made him tall af he has a veryy deep voice

[wide dust]

seems kinda cheap to do this ngl instead of doing other voice actor

[gloomy igloo]

That sounds be pretty cool, ive always liked this one mod I seen for some game where when you died it instantly cut tk black silence for a moment. Would be so eerie seeing a split decond a axe coming at yohr neck and the next second, silence.

Maybe it will be modded intro his game one day instead, prob not.

[light anchor]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

maybe the announcer is just castrated; it was the jam back in the day

[wide dust]

yea definitely cool wish ea got a mod sdk

[woeful haven]

mine sounds deeper in the demo, i think it's randomly chosen the voice pitch

another thing you can't customize for some reason

[hollow widget]

in the demo he had 1 voice because i thought it wasnt the player willie saying that, so why would my player stature effect the voice of someone thats not my player lol

[quartz surge]

Sometimes his balls grow back tho

[onyx gale]

It's based on your size.

[hollow widget]

not in the demo lol

[onyx gale]

Ah the demo sorry I've misread

[hollow widget]

if i wanted to make a new character id test real quick but ive been playing tall and small guys varyingly and i swear hes been a chipmunk ever time

[woeful haven]

that's fucking stupid

that's not how voices work at all

[hollow jasper]

Idk to me it works properly

[woeful haven]

why can't i be a little gnome man with a deep voice

or a hulking giant that sounds like a squirrel

[hollow jasper]

You make such a good point lol

[wide dust]

6'8 270lb and sounds like a little kid

[hollow jasper]

id suggest to make a thread on voice sliders as it could be fun

[woeful haven]

this is the way

[hollow widget]

the dumber part imo was i always tought it was like the king or a lord or something congratulating me for winning, so why the hell would my stature effect his voice??

[wide dust]

nah in the demo its willie speaking

im prettu sure

[hollow widget]

nope

laucnh the demo right now and g to say something in willies voice then compare it to the announcer

[woeful haven]

willie has a sick ass voice i would date that man

[wide dust]

what announcer

[quartz surge]

SQUANDREL

[zinc swallow]

the spikey stick still feels like easy mode

[hollow widget]

willie and teh announcer have completely different voices in the demo

[light anchor]

more freedom of customization in freemode in general would be cool, like be a hulking giant, or a tiny little goblin; maybe you already can (?) but i haven't messed around with it too much, just went right into slicing people apart n stuff again. (but the baron and some of the bosses are obviously enlarged, so that's all.)

[hollow widget]

teh guiy who congratulates you for winning bro

[dreamy field]

?

[hollow widget]

the voice lines that play at the end of every round

[dreamy field]

?????

[zinc swallow]

i thought that weas your guy

[hollow jasper]

YOU are the congratulator

[woeful haven]

magnicurr!

[wide dust]

I mean loser willie and winner willie kinda sound different so

[quartz surge]

RAGAMUFFIN

[hollow widget]

im launching the demo right now to take a clip since apparently none of you have ever heard of this somehow

[woeful haven]

varlet!

[quartz surge]

HEDGEBORN

[woeful haven]

dolt!

[quartz surge]

CUCKOLD

[wide dust]

Let not thy hand be heavy upon me

[woeful haven]

am i gonna have to say it or are you

[wide dust]

I pray, let me go hence unharmed

[quartz surge]

COWARD

[onyx gale]

My worse disappointment with this gqme currently is that we do not have weapon creation/customization in free mode. It was the ONE thing I was awaiting for this release. Also no freaking map selector in free mode.

[zinc swallow]

be not the cvost of my life

[wide dust]

For the love of God, do me no harm but let me live

[woeful haven]

FLIBBERDEGIBAT!

[quartz surge]

That's my favorite

[wide dust]

Take heed of my plead, and thy godness, grant me leave to live

Sway me kindness on the forbearance!

[light anchor]

haha yeah it is a little funny, i suspect alot of freemode will be 'implemented' in the days to follow to atleast bring it up to speed with the rest of the game, as the features in it are definitely a little lacking; nothing wrong with that though, it's clear progression mode was their main focus/passion for the game going forward.

[wide dust]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8aoszbz5Y0
victory lines @hollow widget

[onyx gale]

I simply love creating stuff

[hollow widget]

now compare that with willie quipping and its not willies voice

[wide dust]

heres losing too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Wj1905fwc

[hollow widget]

so why in the EA does willies stature effect the victory and loss lines?

dude everytime i started recording and won a round teh announcer never said anything lol

[woeful haven]

are you killing your opponent

[wide dust]

it only says if you dnt kill them

[hollow jasper]

You might’ve put a little hurting on them

[wide dust]

its willie saying it cause he says "Might we not finden a path of peace"

why would a king say that

[hollow widget]

makes more sense

[hollow widget]

its not willie they have 2 completely different voices

[woeful haven]

My favorite is either cuckold or hedgeborn

[hollow widget]

and why would willie say "may we parlay them instead of slaughter them" or whatever that one line is, willie is a peasant, not a lord nor knight, hed never be in a position to parley

[wide dust]

they duel due to an disagreement

trial by combat

[hollow widget]

now we making up lore

[wide dust]

judicial duel

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

[zinc swallow]

wouldnt parley in this regard just mean like talking or

[woeful haven]

Let us parlayen rather than parishen

[hollow widget]

to parley is to speak with someone before combat starts in hopes of solving whatever quareel may come to blows

only lords and their accompanied close knights and advisors would be present in aparley

neither of which willie is and would never be present in a parley

[wide dust]

"A parley (from French: parler – "to speak") is a discussion or conference, especially one designed to end an argument or hostilities between two groups of people"

willies disagree and duel

[zinc swallow]

couldnt a parley occur after combat has occured?

[wide dust]

but in the voiceline they resort to speaking it diplomatically

[hollow widget]

man id say i defined that pretty well

[wide dust]

it can also be used to end the argument though

[hollow widget]

did you read the "in hopes of solving whatever wquareel may come to blows" part iwrote?

[wide dust]

yes but if you fight you can end the argument diplomatically

instead of killing

[hollow widget]

thats what i said bro

read again but more carefully

[wide dust]

you said before blows

[zinc swallow]

parley doesnt have to happen before fighting

[wide dust]

but you can parley even after the fighting

"to meet in order to discuss something, especially how to end an argument or a war"

war

is killing people

[hollow widget]

oh sorry bro i just used it in the context it was most used lmaop

pedantics police

[quartz surge]

Yeah, you hit each other a few times, decide dying is not worth it, and talk it out

[hollow widget]

and teh line "may we parley them rather than parish them" implies before combat lol

[wide dust]

this

[wide dust]

it means to talk and not kill ourselves

like willie gives up you accept and no one dies

[hollow widget]

huh

[quartz surge]

"most common"

[hollow widget]

its almost as if i know what the word means and when parley was most common

[wide dust]

"During/After Battles (Sometimes): While less common, parleying could occur during a pause in fighting, often to negotiate a surrender once one side was clearly losing or to arrange for the removal of the wounded."

[quartz surge]

Most common can mean both 50.1% and 99%

[hollow widget]

gus im sorry i defined the time by wehn it was most often done now hop off

im right youre right my define is right more often

hop off

[quartz surge]

Hop off what?

[hollow widget]

my big fat willie

[quartz surge]

Willie is gone

[hollow widget]

no hes right ther

[quartz surge]

That's fine, take time to grieve

[wide dust]

willies assassination (red shirt guy)

[hollow widget]

willies judgement

[quartz surge]

Willie's ascension to the heavens

[hollow widget]

oh no

[wide dust]

willie in his prime (decapitated someone)

[hollow widget]

i swear ive actually paraded heads like taht lol

[velvet tide]

Did the game get any better

?

[hollow widget]

not yet

[golden blaze]

nope

[quartz surge]

I went back to the demo after the EA and it was better

[golden blaze]

they told people to update their drivers

thats about it

[hollow widget]

"In medieval history, parleying—a formal, no-hostility discussion between enemies (from French parler, to speak)—was conducted by high-ranking territorial magnates, such as Kings, Counts, and their knights, often meeting with city officials or opposing leaders." i dont think dirtborn peasant willie would be present for a parley meaning it makes no sesne for it to be willie stating "let us parley them rather than parish them"

[quartz surge]

DOLT!

[onyx gale]

it's always the fault of players of course

I restarted the EA, I found the cheat code to win any duel. Just take a shield and run in your opponents. It will make the fall, easy win and you get to progress faster and learn what the games has to offer.

[woeful haven]

Sick hat bro

[hollow widget]

that sick ass tall hat was in the demo but its not in early access lol

[quartz surge]

I can no longer be a murdergnome

[hollow widget]

that thing was probably soaked in like egg yolks then left to dry in the sun on an insert to make it stiff in the rightr shape lol

whatever they used to stiffen that hat mustve smelled SO bad

[quartz surge]

Or it was just tough canvas

[hollow widget]

extremely tate before 1500 and probably expensive, plus who the hell would want to wear the tough canvas taht would scratch up your head as a hat

maybe it was felted

[quartz surge]

Strong head

[hollow widget]

poor willie would be a epasant levie with a penis tip helmet and spear before ever becoming a knight present at a parley lol

[coarse cradle]

anyone not like progression mode? I feel like gauntlet was so much more fun

[hollow widget]

im torn on it

[coarse cradle]

Instead of progression mode i'd like a more indepth gauntlet mode rn the progression mode leaves u stuck with slum and bad cards lol

like knockdown and circle aren't so fun imo

And like 6 round of just brawls is too much i dont like this new system im ngl

One loss and u lose it all, i like gauntlet where u only lost 1 or 2 points

[hollow widget]

i dont like that they didnt add a function to avoid the completely broken maps in the hotfix

if you get a map pool with forest or slums only its basically gg for your character

[frigid fox]

what are some games worth playing while waiting for optimization fixes?

[quartz surge]

Try Exanima

[mellow dagger]

I played the half sword early access, its pretty good, deffo needs a performance fix on the slums and the slums could need a re-work, blood getting cropped is one of the problems too

[frigid fox]

whats it about?

[mellow dagger]

I've encountered one random crash in my 4 hour playthrough but thats manageable

[quartz surge]

What's Half Sword about?

[soft holly]

We who are about to die

[frigid fox]

medieval sandbox fighting game?

[mellow dagger]

Its exactly like half sword but with 70% less gore and isometric

[soft holly]

Try that

[mellow dagger]

Its a dungeon sandbox fighting game

[mellow dagger]

Its ragdolls are fun tho

[quartz surge]

With physics based combat, it has an arena mode and a dungeon

[soft holly]

Try whe who are about to die, its the same gameplay but gladiators

[oblique orbit]

My game really has been unplayable and im really disappointed bc they said the performance would be better then the demo. The demo runs with no lag but on the full game its basically a slideshow and I have my settings on low and it set on ultra performance

[soft holly]

If you like half sword you will like it

[quartz surge]

Id say Half Sword and Exanima are pretty much equals, just heading in different directions

[mellow dagger]

Weird i have the minimum requirements and everything on low and it ran like butter

[oblique orbit]

Maybe my pc is just ass lmao

[mellow dagger]

Medium and up started to get laggy tho

[frigid fox]

is Exanima way better optimized?

[mellow dagger]

Ehhhh sometimes

On a good day

[quartz surge]

It has way lower requirements

[mellow dagger]

It hasn't been updated in a few

[quartz surge]

I get 200 fps in the most demanding areas

[quartz surge]

SOON

[mellow dagger]

In 2030 the next exanima hotfix will happen

Ngl i loved the zombie abyss mode in this early access

The zombies are so stupid and clumsy

[oblique orbit]

Is exanima a good game if I like games lile halfsword and we who are about to die?

[mellow dagger]

They're fun to fight agaisn't

[quartz surge]

Yeah, it feels like a gift from the heavens when an update drops

[oblique orbit]

Ive seen a bit of it but not much

[quartz surge]

I have like 500 hours in it

So I'm biased

[mellow dagger]

If you're playing it expecting half sword, lower those expectations there no gore system, mostly just blood

But its ragdoll system is rlly cool

Feels gritty

[frigid fox]

I know this may seem a dumb question but
is the GTA: DE any good?

[oblique orbit]

Is the combat good? Like does it feel smooth to play?

[mellow dagger]

It takes a while to get used to

Its extremely more finnicky and complex than half sword

[quartz surge]

No gore, less in depth combat, but it's replaced by exploration and environmental interaction and physics based magic

[mellow dagger]

I played for 10-20 hours and was still losing to beginner grunts

Cuz i slipped on something and they got my ass

[quartz surge]

My neurons started firing when i first used a plank to hold up a broken lever

[oblique orbit]

Well i have 37 hours in the halfsword demo and I just beat the ultimate challenge yesterday so maybe im not built for that game🥲

[mellow dagger]

Yeah no its definitely for SOME type of people

[quartz surge]

Definitely not for everyone

[mellow dagger]

But try it out

I tried it out and i personally prefer half sword

[quartz surge]

I usually depends on what you started with

[mellow dagger]

Its not as satisfying in some parts but when i want a game that kicks my ass instead of half sword i'd go with exanima

[oblique orbit]

Ill give it a shot is it expensive?

[quartz surge]

I don't think so

[mellow dagger]

15 bucks

[quartz surge]

I paid like 9 for it

On g2a

[oblique orbit]

Well as a soulslike enjoyer maybe my masochistic side will like it 😂

[oblique orbit]

Oh bet

[quartz surge]

Just be prepared for a steep learning curve

[oblique orbit]

🫡

[quartz surge]

Practice arena is your friend

And so is the manual

But that's enough about that game

[mellow dagger]

Oh god you sweet summer child

The learning curve is extremely high

Prepare thyself

[oblique orbit]

Purchased and will be playing when I get off of work

[mellow dagger]

Hell yeah!

[quartz surge]

https://tenor.com/view/exanima-bucket-exanima-bucket-gif-26253560

[mellow dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/exanima-gif-26994552

[quartz surge]

Footage of me curving an overhead

[mellow dagger]

I never thought i'd need a bigger mousepad cuz of a game

[quartz surge]

https://tenor.com/view/gizma-master-ogre-exanima-gif-24445510

[mellow dagger]

Tbh once you manage the exanima learning curve you can beat about any game

The gift

[oblique orbit]

Oh this looks lovely

[quartz surge]

Imagine having ogres in Half Sword

[mellow dagger]

Thats the final boss iirc?

Or just a boss

Idk i never reached that part

[uneven relic]

Just a boss in the arena

[quartz surge]

It's just an arena fight

[mellow dagger]

Game never let me go through much cuz i fucking suck

[mellow dagger]

I see

[quartz surge]

Haven't played in ages , but i might make a new save after work

[mellow dagger]

And idk if im ready for torture again

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/G6iXL02aoAAyFer.gif

[oblique orbit]

Thats how it feels getting lightly touched by the wind in the EA

[quartz surge]

I used to be really good at fighting the ogre
You haven't lived until you beat it with a quarterstaff

[mellow dagger]

Yeah no quarterstaff is fucking balls

I hate it for letting me down in the arenas

[mellow dagger]

EA?

Oh Early Access

[oblique orbit]

Early access

Yeahh

[mellow dagger]

Tbh the EA is fine difficulty wise

[quartz surge]

But the iron shod quarterstaff is absolutely beautiful, and i hope to see it in half sword too

[oblique orbit]

Is there like a leveling system or something im missing

[mellow dagger]

I've never had a problem with me being too flimsy or the enemy being too strong thats usually manageable

[plain mountain]

after dying and the game crashes, you will be stuck on this screen trying to go into progression mode, cant do any inputs and you can only close the game. I'm not sure if abyss or free mode work since i havent tried them. So far it persists through a reinstall of the game

[mellow dagger]

There isn't one

[mellow dagger]

Try to send that into the common issues reported thread

[plain mountain]

i did, wanted to see if someone could help here

i'll try wiping my saves too

[mellow dagger]

Tbh i haven't had that happen to me so i dont know, it worked fine for me

Maybe your game is possessed

By Willie

Willie.exe

[mellow dagger]

Thats weird tho for sure

[mellow dagger]

Strange how the game is very situational based on different PCs

The only problem i had in the game was the slums lagging, and i played for 5 hours

[plain mountain]

uhh so which ones do i delete? all of em or nah?

[mellow dagger]

You got the steam?

[plain mountain]

yup

i got supporter edition

[mellow dagger]

Maybe delete everything and then verify files

Idk

[plain mountain]

alright i just validated

time to see

[mellow dagger]

He said it above there

Oh nvm

[plain mountain]

behind the scenes of development and entire soundtrack by goodmalware

the curse persists

[mellow dagger]

Tho dx12 is definitely overall bugged

And putting the resolution in the settings at 720 helps alot

[plain mountain]

i play on low 720p dx11 cause i get best performance that way

[mellow dagger]

Thats weird, wait for devs to notify you

[plain mountain]

while it still looks relatively good

[mellow dagger]

Maybe they'll know something

[plain mountain]

come on man i need the progression mode so bad

i need instant fix

[mellow dagger]

True the low settings do look pretty good

Im not a dev so idk how to help you dude

[plain mountain]

i tried to ask mcwondebeast like 3 times but he didnt see my message

[mellow dagger]

I think he's probably busy fixing alotta bugs rn

He'll get to you i think

[plain mountain]

no hes community manager the devs fix bugs

[mellow dagger]

Ah well

Tbh i only came here to say that my experience with the EA was fine i dont really know much

[quartz surge]

I sure hope the devs are hard at work

[plain mountain]

fuck man i really wanna play this

waiting since 2023 only to be able to play 2 hours

[quartz surge]

So do I, but I'm at work

[mellow dagger]

Tbh i preferred playing abyss

[quartz surge]

Me too

[mellow dagger]

Progression mode needs a bit of work

[quartz surge]

I always preferred the abyss

[plain mountain]

abyss is fun but i want the progression mode its my favorite part

[quartz surge]

Even before

[mellow dagger]

I mean the EA Abyss

[quartz surge]

And i meant both xD

[mellow dagger]

Progression mode is not that good for now dont worry about it the devs will see your problems

[lime prairie]

Is this where we're allowed to throw our criticisms without the Gestapo mod team pulling us out from the floorboards?

[plain mountain]

i know its early access but this bad of a bug that not even a dude in the game team dosent know how to fix it

[mellow dagger]

They do look here

[lime prairie]

You wouldn't sell out a neighbor in the attic tho, right

[plain mountain]

if your criticism is actually good and 'performance bad on my bad pc this game suck also lot of bug'

then you can speak

[sick glacier]

not true i got a poleaxe

[mellow dagger]

Man if you wanna act rancid go to the boys groupchat

Here we're just chilling

[quartz surge]

I got halberd and a few swords

[plain mountain]

oh my god man noo i really wanna play this

[quartz surge]

I feel like the performance thing is a bit overblown

[sick glacier]

Where are all of the new gamemodes in the trailer

[mellow dagger]

The game wont go anywhere try to distract yourself

[plain mountain]

yes thats because it released in a VERY early state

[quartz surge]

Most of the maps run fine

[lone swallow]

There probably for update 1 which was pushed back because of optimisation

[plain mountain]

i cant bro i only wanna play half sword

[mellow dagger]

Be a bit more patient you can't do the impossible

[sick glacier]

Is it going to be added back?

[mellow dagger]

And fretting about it rn will only make you more anxious

Chillax

[lime prairie]

Nah nah my b. I'd just heard about the reputation of the mod team coming in. I'm chilling. I've got a list, I just wanna make sure using this chat as intended isnt rancid behavior

[lone swallow]

Probably in the near future

[plain mountain]

abyss works atleast

[mellow dagger]

True they do, just slums runs like ass whenever i look over the horizon

[plain mountain]

i'm gonna keep trying i would be ok if abyss or free mode broke but man not my career mode

[mellow dagger]

Like actual slide show

But besides that

Every other map works perfectly

[quartz surge]

If you look at the wall, it runs like an indoor map

[mellow dagger]

Real

I wouldn't say its shit i had alotta fun playing it

For 5-ish hours

[quartz surge]

Some things feel like they were downgraded

[open crane]

most aspects

[idle pine]

I feel like the game needed about at bare minimum is about 3 months of work on it, to 5 months to fix most or all the problems need fixing. Also this is just a guess since I just played it about 70 minutes of the game and refund it until its worth $25.

[mellow dagger]

Idk what i would even call shit in it, its decent, only problem is the DX12 and performance

Its just not polished

[quartz surge]

But, I said it for the demo, and I'll say it now. There's a fuckton of potential

[mellow dagger]

I loved making my own mace

[plain mountain]

I FIXED THIS SHITT

[mellow dagger]

Fighting with the flail like a martial artist

[mellow dagger]

Hell yeah!

[quartz surge]

The flails are awesome

[open crane]

if they chose to release it in this state idk why people think it's gonna be fixed any time soon ngl

[quartz surge]

Why wouldn't the devs fix it?

[mellow dagger]

The EA genuinely is extremely fun rn, the only problems in it are very fixable and i wouldn't call it shit for having said problems but they should put fixing these problems at highest priority

[quartz surge]

I bet most of our complaints will be fixed in a couple of weeks

[mellow dagger]

It seems very random for different computers

[open crane]

if fixing it would only take a couple weeks they'd have fixed it before release

[quartz surge]

I have a strong feeling they didn't test it much

[mellow dagger]

What

I played it for 5 hours.

I legit have the MINIMUM requirements

[open crane]

this isn't stuff that just slipped through due to lack of testing, it's fundamental problems with the gameplay

not talking about just performance

[mellow dagger]

It is in a fixable state

[quartz surge]

I mean, i could tell right away that the physics were off

[mellow dagger]

I would never call it shit

[flint abyss]

half game lmao

[mellow dagger]

Have you played it?

The combat is decent for me overall

[quartz surge]

It's decent, but the combat in the demo was great

[mellow dagger]

You guys are assholes genuinely 😭

I know how hard they be working

[open crane]

hard at work making the game worse than it was a year ago

[mellow dagger]

Calling it shit is just so mean tbh

[quartz surge]

Have the devs responded, aside from the patch last night?

[mellow dagger]

Calling it shit ≠ constructive criticism

Imagine your teacher just saying "yeah no your project is ACTUALLY dogshit"

[open crane]

you don't get paid to do a school project lol

[mellow dagger]

You guys are very hard headed

Just have some kindness in your criticisms man

Yeah?

Just say the problems without calling it shit

Is that too hard?

[quartz surge]

This chat is going to shit

[mellow dagger]

True ...

?

[quartz surge]

He has a point

[mellow dagger]

No man

I am not saying you can't tell your issues

Its just unnecessary to keep shitting on the game

IMO

[open crane]

are you new to the internet? genuinely

[mellow dagger]

🤦‍♂️

You guys cant act like this irl istg

[polar island]

Devs know very well what the issues are despite the harsh way people describe their feelings on the EA otherwise they wouldnt have come out with hotfixes so early

[gritty sedge]

So it ain’t worth buying

[quartz surge]

Not yet

[mellow dagger]

"Huh whats the problem on being the harshest possible on giving out my issues with the game? Huh?"

[gritty sedge]

Arl saved my buck

[mellow dagger]

I mean abyss is pretty fun

[quartz surge]

Give it a couple of weeks

[mellow dagger]

^

I had a pretty good experience with it overall but it deffo needs a few fixes first

Its too volatile rn

[near fjord]

temu baron

[near fjord]

also what the hell is lord rank

[mild halo]

How are yall alive

[near fjord]

how are YOU alive

i thought you went to play mordhau

[mild halo]

I went to sleep

Yes but only for an hour

i didn't even realise it was a rule lol

[mild halo]

https://tenor.com/view/ugh-tommy-boy-not-again-chris-farley-stressed-gif-11507723

[wispy tinsel]

The lurking was insane

[mild halo]

fr

fked up

[echo gull]

made with mematic😭

[wispy tinsel]

Yeah I only have access to that rn lmao

Too lazy to crop the watermark

Or pirate premium

[prisma iris]

https://tenor.com/view/remember-when-gif-14612637151641490440

[torpid fulcrum]

https://discord.com/channels/1043854763189600337/1466875889626124378 petition for free mode to get better

[honest ermine]

Do you guys like tall girls

[feral glade]

Do stilts count?

[echo gull]

as long as im taller

[mystic cedar]

todo

https://tenor.com/view/what-kind-of-woman-is-your-type-aoi-todo-jjk-jujutsu-kaisen-aoi-gif-12856579206164707339

[feral glade]

I have never seen one so I wouldn't know. I only know Willie

[quartz surge]

Yeah but I'm pretty tall myself, assuming you mean taller than me

[quaint anchor]

No

[feral glade]

Yes

[echo gull]

define pretty tall

[quartz surge]

I will not

Just know that i banged my head enough times to have brain damage

[molten urchin]

The reviews went from 37% mostly negative to 50% mixed

the patch actually did something

[quartz surge]

Just wait until the actual patch comes

[ruby edge]

Try this. The slums are running like crap but it fixes everything else. It worked for me. Its a temporary fix until the update. im getting about 110fps.

-Graphics (low)
-Resolution (1920x1080, No higher)
-framerate (unlimited)
-Display (fullscreen)
-DirectX11
-Vsync (0ff)
-DLSS (ultra performance, if capable)
-Reflex (boost)

[cinder crater]

i cap my fps at 60 and it runs perfect at medium

ive got a 3060, it does need some optimisation but it is EA

[shy bridge]

Why is there reflections underneath the map

[sullen dagger]

thats not a reflection it’s willie heaven

[woeful haven]

Exanima and We who are about to die aren't very good recommendations imo

They're physics based like Half-Sword but the weapon controls aren't actually that similar

For both of them it's more like you're guiding your character's swing instead of actually doing it yourself

It feels like shit to me

[velvet tide]

Is the game any better?

[muted flame]

its already good

[shy bridge]

And I imagine the abyss is Willie hell

[sullen dagger]

yes

[sullen dagger]

you can see his bald head in the white light look close

[shy bridge]

Is it just me or do i see LeBron

[tacit rain]

still laggy

only on slums for me though

[echo gull]

you hate slums bc its poorly optimized, I hate slums bc its a fucking slip&slide. We are not the same

[velvet tide]

wdym

[velvet tide]

and the bugs?

[sand widget]

Slipn slideeeeeee

https://tenor.com/view/slide-gif-25983229

[velvet tide]

for example i just had to create new character every time i opened smth in traven

[sand widget]

Pffffffft

[muted flame]

the games good it just needs a few bug fixes

[velvet tide]

idk

[sand widget]

I quite like Slums

[echo gull]

the design is dope, Im just salty bc I fell down the drainage slope

[sand widget]

Pfffft yeah I really like it

[prisma iris]

We cant hate anymore

https://tenor.com/view/please7tv-please-beg-pray-hope-gif-3860103425950934673

[flint briar]

yall were doing so much yesterday and for what lmao

[frank zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/suck-itself-suck-itself-it-aint-gonna-suck-itself-well-gif-20752210

[wispy tinsel]

AW HELL NAH

they actually updated

this better be good or I'll still hate on the devs

[flint briar]

told yall to have faith lo

[true mulch]

Just play the demo if y'all hate the EA.

[potent osprey]

yo guys did they fixed blood bug on AMD

[tulip pewter]

thats it

[potent osprey]

wym with thats it

[willow verge]

is anyone else pissed off by the abyss mechanics

[willow verge]

like the ghouls just being able to one tap you if they get too close

[potent osprey]

alr ty bradar

[tulip pewter]

nobody give af about the blood we care about the optimization and the buggy gameplay

yea okay well thats pretty bad but game play and fps more important

[primal fjord]

5. wristlocks

[velvet tide]

fr

[deep wharf]

I care about how it seems like all they did was make the game less fun to play with more maps

[warm phoenix]

Do y’all still think the demo is better?

[velvet tide]

yes

[warm phoenix]

I think ea is better than the demo honestly (it’s just funner)

[deep wharf]

as far as feel? demo is better.

[warm phoenix]

demo is probably better for physics

And all that

Like blood and optimisation

But for fun I like ea more

cause there’s more to do

[lime bloom]

Barely playable rn

[deep wharf]

early access feels clumsy, you cant really do many of the things you can do in the demo because willy has glass bones and paper skin

[primal fjord]

yall fr trippin the demo is only more fun if you add mods after a few hours

[warm phoenix]

It’s quite playable

[velvet tide]

no

[warm phoenix]

It’s more punishing

[primal fjord]

after i beat the baron it got boring till i downloaded mods

[lime bloom]

If I’m only doing what can be done in the demo anything else runs like absolute poop

[velvet tide]

i just play free mode most of the time

[warm phoenix]

I can play forest and every map fine

carnage is hard though (always has been) cause my cpu is shit

though that’s on my cpu

It’s genuinely outdated as hell

[lime bloom]

I have a decent pc r7 5700x rx6700xt 32gb ram, game runs like absolute trash on anything other than the cellars or the demo map

[warm phoenix]

Well that sucks for you

[deep wharf]

if this is the EA when its delayed I fear what abomination of performance we would have gotten last month

literal pc frier

[warm phoenix]

I have a gtx 1650 and game runs fine

my pc specs are ass and the game is playable

I play on medium graphics tho

And shadows on low

[lime bloom]

Okay? Clearly there’s an issue maybe not for you but clearly you aren’t the only one playing it

[safe pier]

the maps run fine for me but the fps randomly goes to 5 whenever hair appears
or anything else really

[deep wharf]

playable isnt really a good bar to have when not much else improved aside from map

[warm phoenix]

Yeah but how do I have a worse pc and get better stats than you

Maybe it’s a problem with your pc

Or something

[deep wharf]

bait used to be believable btw

[warm phoenix]

Wdym

do you think I’m trying to ragebait?

[woeful haven]

it's been a day and i'm coming to the uncomfortable realization that i'm having fun

[lime bloom]

It’s an optimization issue

[deep wharf]

the game is fun

just not... what everyone wants

[warm phoenix]

Ok whatever you say

[warm phoenix]

yeah cause people had sky high expectations (fueled by devs aswell I suppose)

[deep wharf]

I prefer the demo for feel, its responsive and willy doesnt have anemia

[woeful haven]

like i didn't think i would even enjoy this gameplay loop much but i'm having a blast

[warm phoenix]

Nice

[whole flint]

well this aged poorly

[warm phoenix]

Yeah I agree

[woeful haven]

ofc willie is still a little bitch boy who can't stand or swing a woodaxe but so are the enemies sooo

[brave ridge]

i mean after playing for a bit my willie can swing heavier stuff

[warm phoenix]

Yk some idiots review bombed and refunded the game cause their rigs couldn’t run it on day 1

[woeful haven]

yeah i think you get stronger every rank

[deep wharf]

Early access feels sluggish and unresponsive, with most enemies either going down in one tap, or knocking you down and hitting you until you have to give up because they cant actually kill you

[whole flint]

yeah

[brave ridge]

i remember seeing that when u lose stamina u gain a bit of strength and that piles up

[woeful haven]

which is a weird system but ig makes sense since you're getting richer and gaining higher status

[whole flint]

get armor
shoulder pavise
long pokey or bonky thing
successs

[deep wharf]

I have the full baron set lol

[woeful haven]

ok actually that's pretty cool

[deep wharf]

still doesnt prevent one hit while down knocking you back down

[warm phoenix]

I think it’s for realism

The more you play the better your character is

[whole flint]

i havent had that issue tho?

[warm phoenix]

cause realistically peasants weren’t skilled they were just peasants

[woeful haven]

how are people already beating the game, i spent like 3 hours on the beggar tourney alone

probably because i wasn't hiring mercenaries much but yknow

[whole flint]

Have you exercised your character at all? I find lifting heavy crafted weapons help

[deep wharf]

I used a hammer

simple as

[brave ridge]

the game's progression seems reversed

its hard early game

but really easy late game

[woeful haven]

a beggar has a hard life, a lord not so much

[warm phoenix]

Yeah

[brave ridge]

thats a good point

[warm phoenix]

Like if ur in a full suit of armour it’s gonna be easy to fight

[woeful haven]

by the wayyy i hear the "final boss" is just another fucking baron
like wdym we DON'T fight the jester

[warm phoenix]

(Assuming your strong enough)

[woeful haven]

i wanna fight the jester that would be such a cool final battle

[deep wharf]

its always baron

[woeful haven]

and like he does some crazy shit

[deep wharf]

he has a garbage weapon too, in his hands

he cant aim it for shit

[woeful haven]

does he not have the strength buff he once had

[deep wharf]

he does

[keen drum]

well at least they just started to optimize the slums

[deep wharf]

he just cant really aim it

its a beak but its huge

[woeful haven]

his willie is too big

[deep wharf]

he's just like me fr

[woeful haven]

i hope they add playable women so we can do joan of arc larps

girl knights are fucking sick

and if there's the issue of realism they can js limit it to the player character and not add enemy women

[warm phoenix]

are there any good mods out rn?

[rustic locust]

The game is better now it's actually quite fun

[brave ridge]

crosshair mod

[warm phoenix]

On what

[rustic locust]

I still haven't worked out how to use crossbow

Lol

[woeful haven]

i think in a week once the optimizing kicks off

people will be able to accept EA a lot more

[warm phoenix]

Ik how to use it it’s just horrible to aim

[brave ridge]

https://www.nexusmods.com/halfsword/mods/173?tab=files

[rustic locust]

Nice

[rustic locust]

What tier are you

[woeful haven]

i coulda sworn the crosshair is in the EA trailer, idk why they wouldn't add it as an option

[brave ridge]

crossbow is fun if you're fighting lower tiers

i got used to the aiming

just remove your helmet

[rustic locust]

What tier are you guys

[brave ridge]

so u can see what you're shooting at

[brave ridge]

lord

[warm phoenix]

commoner

[warm phoenix]

Ty

[rustic locust]

Nice w

I'm lord

[woeful haven]

stuck on peasant because i suck at the game

i made a pretty cool hafted axe though

[brave ridge]

use a spear type weapon, or just incerase ur damage and decrease enemy damg

[rustic locust]

Dude it's fine it's was a brutal grind for me and for everyone else the amount of tries it takes

[woeful haven]

i don't want to play optimally, i want to have fun

[rustic locust]

Wanna tip

[brave ridge]

fair

[rustic locust]

Want a tip I mean

[woeful haven]

i want to use weapons that make me feel cool

[brave ridge]

i honestly just cheezed the first tier

its not fun for me

[woeful haven]

spears are cool but only sometimes

[brave ridge]

the later tiers are better for me though

[brave ridge]

they are cool if you're using them

[rustic locust]

Put the player damage if your struggling on low so you take less damage

[woeful haven]

basic spears are okay i guess but they're well

basic

i like other pokey polearms though

[warm phoenix]

spears suck imo

Even in demo

[woeful haven]

stick an axe on that shit and you're laughing

[warm phoenix]

Does anybody ever actually use a spear and a shield in the demo?

[rustic locust]

Poleaxes are w for high tier

[woeful haven]

shields in half sword are fucking ass

[warm phoenix]

Like Yk that guy with the pavise and spear has anybody actually used that

[warm phoenix]

Nah they good

shields are very good if u know how to use

[rustic locust]

Yeah I did for low tier like soldier or milita

[woeful haven]

either they get in the way because they're too big or they're seemingly useless because willie is anorexic and can't keep a buckler held out from his body

[warm phoenix]

How do u aim the spear it’s so ass

[warm phoenix]

I like the one that’s sort of strapped to your arm sideways

In the demo

[rustic locust]

Idk I'm just lucky I guess everytime I aim I hit dead on

[warm phoenix]

It’s very good

Cause you can use it as a basher if you get close

[rustic locust]

I play it and steam deck as well which is easier for me

[woeful haven]

i would usually just use a sword or pollax

[warm phoenix]

yeah well I like more brutal combat

[woeful haven]

that's fair

[warm phoenix]

Pole arms are too easy

Also I’m talking about against armoured guys

So the sword would be useless

near enough

[woeful haven]

i like polearms when i just wanna win fast but swords are fun when i want to pretend i know anything about fencing

[rustic locust]

Pollaxe is so peak when you strap a shield to your arm that saved me so many times

[warm phoenix]

Yeah

[rustic locust]

The new armour looks cool

[woeful haven]

i like trying to stick it in the armor gaps, under the armpit and stuff

[warm phoenix]

Fair

I hope they add an ancient overhaul

[woeful haven]

it feels so fucking cool when you finally get it

[warm phoenix]

Mod

[rustic locust]

What do you guys think about the new armour

[warm phoenix]

it would be cool to play as like a Spartan hoplite or a Roman

[woeful haven]

haven't seen any because i'm stuck

[deep wharf]

also if you are having trouble with crafted weapon handling, using irl point of balance refs will likely help

[warm phoenix]

never really properly seen it

[woeful haven]

normally with hafted weapons the weight should be towards the head right

same with maces

[rustic locust]

Oh ok well there is a whole different ranges

[woeful haven]

idk if its different for hafted axes specifically

[warm phoenix]

Is there?

[deep wharf]

depends on the weight overall and how you are using it tbh

something with a shield wants the pob to be near the middle so you can flick it without it being sluggish

[woeful haven]

i feel like the wood tinting didn't work before

minecraft lied, birch is the darkest

[warm phoenix]

are there people that have already finished the game?

[woeful haven]

my friend with a nasa pc did it all last night

[warm phoenix]

Nah birch is light irl

[woeful haven]

he's fully capable of that but won't let me FUCKING GIFT HIM PROJECT ZOMBOID

[warm phoenix]

Fr?

what is project zomboid

[woeful haven]

EVERY TIME he says some shit about "ooogh i don't deserve it" but like literally me and 2 of our mutual friends have been nagging him about it for weeks

we REALLY want to play it with him

whatever

[warm phoenix]

Maybe he just doesn’t wanna play it bro

[woeful haven]

it's literally on his wishlist??

[warm phoenix]

How was I meant to know

[deep wharf]

also weird how the warstaff is still the best weapon in the game despite the complaints in the demo

[woeful haven]

fair enough

sorry all of this is irrelevant

[warm phoenix]

it’s fine

[woeful haven]

warstaff is the plancon right

[warm phoenix]

What is project zomboid tho

[woeful haven]

best zombie indie game ever

easy to mod too

[warm phoenix]

Alr

btw ima go I’m tryna rank up in halfsword

Cya

[gloomy igloo]

its mid imo, not much to do

[warm phoenix]

Guys

How do u get into the wagon

In forest map

Anybody know

[gray viper]

hold space bar to jump

then try to find a way

remember that if you have too much weight you won't be able to jump as high

[velvet tide]

bro ts is unplayable half of the times i spawn without my weapon

and whenerver i use anything in traven i have to make new character

[velvet tide]

like wtf am i supposed to do unarmed when a guy runs at me with an axe

[gray viper]

If you drop your weapon during an encounter you'll lose it, unless it's insured in which case you can get it back from your inventory

[cosmic heart]

ur supposed to get fucking good

[fathom elm]

delete ur save, there's a tutorial 4 it somewhere here

[woeful haven]

the armor progression is a little bit questionable... this is me in peasant tier

[wind urchin]

yeah it needs rebalancing, probably

[warm phoenix]

alr

[warm phoenix]

did you steal armour?

from the forest

or from anywhere else

ie champions etc

btw does anybody know if you can have save files

like i have a really good save rn

i dont wanna lose it

but i wanna go back to peasent shennanigans and all that

i might just buy the game again on my second steam account

[woeful haven]

sallet is from abyss but everything else was bought

[warm phoenix]

how did you buy all that stuff

armour or higher tiered weapons never showed for me

also the abyss scares me (like its dangerous to play in without armour imo)

so i avoid the abyss unless i have to save a chracter

i tried playing the abyss twice from menu (with nothing) and i got to at most the second skeleton cause they just bit my face or neck and i was dead instantly

[flint briar]

this thread is entirely invalid bc the demo doesnt have a physics horse

[sand widget]

I like fighting the ghouls. Only lethal if they get your neckish area. And your healing in abyss is boosted quite a bit in return. I had an axe buried in my back and couldn't move but once it fell out and I struggled on my back trying to get up for 2 minutes while fighting a ghoul off my vital wound healed

[torpid fulcrum]

looting enemies is crazy my willy is veteran rank and this good gear

[flint briar]

do you know how/if you can take armor off enemys?

[maiden quarry]

hold q or e when you grab them

[torpid fulcrum]

yeah

you press e while grabbing the part of the guy. for example if u want helmet grab his head and hold e

[flint briar]

very epic

[indigo forum]

OH WHY DIDNT I GET THIS INFO EARLIER

WHAT

[meager musk]

I am still unable to play progression, I don't even know what the first screen looks like cause I crash to desktop for daring to press the play button

[mild halo]

the forest is buggy as hell

[meager musk]

All I have access to is shittier versions of the demo

[hollow widget]

how do you equip picked up armor in the poop version?

ive been fighting with these pauldrons longer than it took to fight my opponent

[willow verge]

i always get bit on the chest and then flop around on the ground before giving up and quitting the game after like 5 minutes, at one point the red kept fading off my screen then coming back immediately afterwards

[sand widget]

Mmm if they have to bite you give them your hand/forearm I'd definitely recommend a 2 handed weapon against ghouls as its easier to defend yourself. Also wearing a pavise on your arm at like...peasant or commoner goes a long way as with a two handed weapon it covers your torso nicely

[sullen dagger]

the game is playable now

I may rest

[willow verge]

it’s more of an issue on lower armour tiers when i get a hatchet pushed into my sternum accidentally or get tapped in the stomach with a hammer and double over screaming for a minute and a half

[sand widget]

That was...fucking awsome

[woeful haven]

Do you guys know if there's a way to rewatch the intro cutscene? I accidentally skipped it when I first started

[tender grove]

probably a file in the games folder

[woeful haven]

NVM found it

[woeful haven]

You're right

[tawny blade]

the futere features list contains animals what does that mean

[cosmic heart]

that means a feature in the future will be animals

[tawny blade]

thanks bro

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1060669775455473744/1276959323209076790/ezgif.com-optimize.gif

[candid rapids]

/e dance

[indigo forum]

hold q/e depending on what hand you have it on

[prime wagon]

I cannot watch cutscenes in games anymore

My impatience physically hurts me

[molten urchin]

This duel will afford plenty of entertainment

5 second pause

the duels will fight with longswords

5 second pause

let the battle begin

10 second pause

i hate kcd tourney

[prime wagon]

Ow

I did bring myself to watch the KCD cutscenes somehow

Oh wait I was on stims

[tawny blade]

i reverse grip in the game?

[hollow widget]

doesnt work but i already stopped playing

[pulsar narwhal]

fully modeled fly btw

[gloomy igloo]

It’s so crazy how so many servers now treat low level users like shit, how do you expect people to get past beginner roles if you treat them like shit for being one? They will just not want to talk.

@velvet tide you wait for them to swing and run in and attack while the momentum carries their arms down still, then try and control their armed hand with kne hand and attack wjth the other, then retreat and repeat.

[gloomy igloo]

Hm, ive yet to get a single piece of armor I have no clue how you get it and I’m on peasants tourney

[quartz kestrel]

normally you dont unlock armor until around commoner-militia, i have no clue how that guy managed to get armor in peasant

[gloomy igloo]

I was about to say lol

[grave yarrow]

looting

not npcs but the chests

or you can find them in the abyss

[silent plinth]

guys what im about to say might be crazy

but half sword gauntlet better than EA...

[plucky pewter]

Personally I buy them or strip it off NPCS

Can’t figure out how to strip the arm armor but leg armor, helmets, breastplates, etc. Has all been fine

[molten girder]

its back but i changed my mind

[quartz kestrel]

just position your arm right next to theirs so your hand cant auto target when you grab

[near fjord]

really?

easy ass game

too short also

this game is beatable in like 6 hours