Help? How do I use the Dark Moon Greatsword R2 Skill?

[varanzmaj]

So....after charging up the blade, I can't get the damn R2 skill to fly straight at a locked on enemy. 50% of the time it flies off into the dirt in front of it.

I must be doing something wrong. Can anyone help me out here? How do I 'aim" the skill for lack of a better word?

[asl pls thx]

as long as you are locked on your enemy, and your elevation is roughly the same - this shouldn't be an issue. what you're describing indicates not being locked on to the target while using the skill.

[Oku]

Make sure you're locked on and aren't on a sharp incline, the beam demands only the finest of flat grounds and if you attempt to use it on uneven footing it will be so offended at your audacity that it will fly off at a 45 degree angle in to the ground or the air for no reason other than to spite you.

[varanzmaj]

I'm definitely locked on and there is no inclination between me and the target....this has to be a bug of some kind....

[Arbadacarba]

check options menu

[frowningmirror]

Uhh, the Darkmoon Greatsword beams are best used *unlocked*. If you lock on to a target, the elevation for the beam will always be horizontal (for whatever reason). You can temporarily lock onto the target and then unlock if you want to know their general position.

[varanzmaj]

Is it really bugged? I busted my ass off so I can try a build with this sword, and now I find out its terrible?

[Julymorning]

Time to gitgud and melee?

[varanzmaj]

Check out this guys video, I can't get my sword to fire off like that. No way. Unless Im like 5 feet away from my target it just shoots into the dirt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHkcWCnwzg

[varanzmaj]

Originally posted by Julymorning:

Time to gitgud and melee?

I've been using melee for the last 95 levels, I just wanted to try something different. Only to find it's completely busted.

[Oku]

Originally posted by varanzmaj:

Is it really bugged? I busted my ass off so I can try a build with this sword, and now I find out its terrible?

It's not bugged, it's just weird. I run it and it is VERY worth building in to. Each beam is theorized to do upwards of 2000+ a pop to average resistances enemies with a perfected build, possibly more. It's been seen doing 1500+ reliably and I regularly do 1100+ with it and I'm only halfway done getting everything I need to max it out.

[frowningmirror]

Originally posted by varanzmaj:

Is it really bugged? I busted my ass off so I can try a build with this sword, and now I find out its terrible?

I wouldn't call this a bug, many weapons in past games work like this, you merely have to free aim for best effect. It is a bad PVP weapon though, it's almost exactly the same as how it worked in every other game, and it's certainly still a good weapon to trade with, but this time everything has a ton of poise damage or interrupts. Ultra Greatswords, dual wielding weapons, the moonveils vertical L2, bleed, sleep

[frowningmirror]

Originally posted by varanzmaj:

Check out this guys video, I can't get my sword to fire off like that. No way. Unless Im like 5 feet away from my target it just shoots into the dirt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHkcWCnwzg

Hes free aiming without lock on

[Entelechia]

your camera is your aim, point your camera slightly above. it's dumb I agree.

[varanzmaj]

Originally posted by frowningmirror:

Originally posted by varanzmaj:

Check out this guys video, I can't get my sword to fire off like that. No way. Unless Im like 5 feet away from my target it just shoots into the dirt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHkcWCnwzg

Hes free aiming without lock on

How do I do that? How do I free aim it like that?

[frowningmirror]

Originally posted by varanzmaj:

Originally posted by frowningmirror:

Hes free aiming without lock on

How do I do that? How do I free aim it like that?

Unlock, then move your camera into the floor* so you're looking up. It's pressing the right stick in on controller. You may have auto-lock on in the settings, take it off, it'll help