Blacksmithing

[PsychaChi]

Horseshoes...

Nuff said..

[Lucius Confucius]

What with them?

[VYM]

Yeah I just wanted to make a same post. What a F epic BS to craft a F horseshoe, lmao.

[PsychaChi]

Originally posted by Lucius Confucius:

What with them?

You get some cracked up directional BS with it on mouse and keyboard and you MISS all the time at the edges and takes 3-4 re heats to get it done.

Swords and axes are fine but ♥♥♥♥ me if I have to do another horseshoe again I'll throw my mouse in the trash.

[legionaer20]

true but luckily you dont have to make horseshoes

[Jack Greedy]

Yeah its bit of pain to make a horseshoe , but do You guys know if we can craft other utilities like craftsman kits (ie. blacksmithing one, or tailoring one) to repair equipment?

[Darth Cannabis]

I found horseshoes frustrating at first, but now I have the hang of them they aren't so bad. They are are definitely most difficult compared to swords or axes, but once you get the hang of it you can knock them out pretty effectively.

Honestly I did something yesterday, that should be its own achievement. Last night I managed to bang out an entire horseshoe in a single heating. I feel like once you do that, you can TRULY call yourself a smith in game.

[The_K00lDude]

What i learned is dont bother going down the two tips. Just move up and down the part henry is holding with his tongs. Just as simple as doin a sword then.

[Kryten]

Not having too many problems here, but I hope targeting/hammering gets easier with higher skill level and perks...can anyone confirm that already?

[jaclaffite]

Originally posted by legionaer20:

true but luckily you dont have to make horseshoes

Actually, at some point in the main story (no spoilers), you have to give 3 horseshoes to somebody. If you don't have any in your inventory, you'll need to forge them... I think it's not mandatory to progress the main story mission, though.

[Dan2312]

Maybe you lot whom are struggling have parkinsons disease?

You can snipe and headshot folk in CoD and BF all day long but you cannot hit a f**kin horseshoe? haha

[PsychaChi]

Originally posted by Dan2312:

Maybe you lot whom are struggling have parkinsons disease?

You can snipe and headshot folk in CoD and BF all day long but you cannot hit a f**kin horseshoe? haha

For mouse and keyboard the depth perception value plays a role. You are at an already odd angle of view with a left bound motion control for the camera and hammer which means you move the mouse left and the hammer goes up slightly as it moves left.

The angles are odd and definitely work against you to add value to challenge in the minigame.

Dedicated blacksmithing games dont have this issue because you can manipulate your camera angles to fit your preference. This game has 1 locked view and the sensitivity of the hammer is way out of wack.

Controller users dont suffer from this because it feels like it was made for them. The sensitivity scales for controller with the hammer look and might even feel alot more natural.

On PC you are fighting for control and this is just with the horseshoe but for more casual users it can feel like swords and axes can fight you as well.


My suggestion to devs:

-Fix the camera angles or allow people to adjust their view
-Add sensitivity sliders for the hammer and movement of the swords/axe pieces on the anvil and forge
-Add a setting to show where the hammer will land like a dot or a circle of area that is fitting for the game setting/theme(this counts for people with eye disabilities)

The comment for disabilities does go into this heavily because imagine someone tries to play with 1 eye. Tell me how horseshoes go when you are used to 1 eye depth perception. You will miss almost every strike.

[Primigenia]

the worst my gosh, also with this kind of smithing minigame a mining system would be GREAT

[Dansoprazole]

I agree. Also how the heck do I make a cross guard? All the better swords require stuff I’ve never been taught how to make from scratch.

[Kryten]

Originally posted by Dansoprazole:

I agree. Also how the heck do I make a cross guard? All the better swords require stuff I’ve never been taught how to make from scratch.

All those extra pieces like guards, pommels or hide for the grip seem to be just extra materials that you buy or find, so no extra crafting for those. I am actually a bit disappointed that we do not need to put things together while crafting...its seems always just to be about hammering the metal and then its done. Missed opportunity here....

[makbthemf]

Originally posted by PsychaChi:

Originally posted by Lucius Confucius:

What with them?

You get some cracked up directional BS with it on mouse and keyboard and you MISS all the time at the edges and takes 3-4 re heats to get it done.

Swords and axes are fine but ♥♥♥♥ me if I have to do another horseshoe again I'll throw my mouse in the trash.

They've messed up mouse sensitiveness in blacksmithing and lockpicking mini-games. We need to wait for the first-day patch (which ain't published on the 4th day).