Combat needs riposte mechanic

[MrAnderson]

Parrying seems really not worth it. I am aware you can backstab basic enemies after a successful parry, but parrying bosses seems high risk with almost no reward. I really hope a riposte mechanic will be added.

[RobeRonin]

while i agree compared to other games the initial parry seems bad but much later in the game you realise their are runes and gems to buff and or debuff certain mechanism like parry ! for example most gems added to glove slots will add a damage burst while parrying!

[MPN64]

The reward is full focus on parry - use special move!
I think I read somewhere that the devs had ripost on parry but removed it for the above reason!

[Beardo]

Nope. Parry is excellent in this, PARTICULARLY for bosses.
There's no better way to stun an enemy and get big damage in than with a parry. Using your shield to block, you still get damaged and you still get knocked onto your ass if you have low poise.
There are a LOT of skills that tie into the parry (or block system) such as reflecting or dealing damage back to the attacker, doing elemental damage, giving you stamina boosts or healing you.
There's a surprising amount of build-craft with this game that lets you do some great stuff.
Don't ignore or sleep on it. You'll be missing out otherwise.

[Zouls]

Originally posted by MrAnderson:

Parrying seems really not worth it. I am aware you can backstab basic enemies after a successful parry, but parrying bosses seems high risk with almost no reward. I really hope a riposte mechanic will be added.

For what it worth i just got gloves that deals 12 damage on parry.

[Phishfood]

really? it seems to always refill my focus to 100 and that lets me pull off the special attack of my weapon.

[February]

If you're complaining about Parrying, you're clearly missing the Parry window and that's all there is to it. You get time for free damage after that and get free Focus, so no, a "Riposte" is completely unnecessary and devs made the right call there.

You're not landing Parries, not getting Focus and not executing your special move(s), which makes you think the combat is missing something completely additional when it isn't, at the very least not the thing you're talking about.

Just the fact that you wrote "high risk with [b[ALMOST NO REWARD[/b] explains it all - you can't land a damned Parry to save your life.

A far more reasonable suggestion would be to ask them to increase the Parry window; perhaps the timing is too small for you (read: your reflexes are too slow) and that's why you're struggling

[MrAnderson]

Originally posted by February:

If you're complaining about Parrying, you're clearly missing the Parry window and that's all there is to it. You get time for free damage after that and get free Focus, so no, a "Riposte" is completely unnecessary and devs made the right call there.

You're not landing Parries, not getting Focus and not executing your special move(s), which makes you think the combat is missing something completely additional when it isn't, at the very least not the thing you're talking about.

Just the fact that you wrote "high risk with [b[ALMOST NO REWARD[/b] explains it all - you can't land a damned Parry to save your life.

A far more reasonable suggestion would be to ask them to increase the Parry window; perhaps the timing is too small for you (read: your reflexes are too slow) and that's why you're struggling

Jesus christ, why are you so angry. It's a suggestion on an early access game. It's completely fine to disagree. No need to act like a little child.