Long sword riposte is broken

[VRgins]

Dude just blocked my attack and two shot me before I could even do anything. How is that fair? This games combat is very slow its not hard to parry and thats the only weapon any fighters use because of it

[Vinyltavia]

Lantern Shield users slowly creeping out of the doorway while another complaint about longsword parry comes up.
Flute users laughing because they come with a comedic yet lethal riposte that nobody ever specs or uses.
Shield specialist fighters getting crazy action speed after blocking an attack just to wallop you lightning fast.
No its just the longsword that needs a nerf because I got hit by a horizontal 2 tap I should have dodged, blocked, or eaten the hit to a part of the body that would have been significantly less and immediately lethal.
What a ride.

[Basil]

Originally posted by Vinyltavia:

No its just the longsword that needs a nerf because I got hit by a horizontal 2 tap I should have dodged, blocked, or eaten the hit to a part of the body that would have been significantly less and immediately lethal.
What a ride.

We talk about nerfs for damage muiltiplier of unique longsword mechanic, not exactly longsword.
And yes, this two taps literally annihilate the armored units as like as they have no armor even in hand hit. Damage multi is too strong right now.
Really wanna see how you would kite\block as barb or cleric, ah, yes, it would be in lobby.

[Bread]

Dear newbie, if you haven't figured out how parrying works, try killing a boss using parrying. I'm sure that if your words are true, you'll do it on the first try, even if you've been a half-naked warlock the entire game before

[Danny]

I just go for the legs and it works fine.
They don't learn either and it really shows there is nothing going on in the space between their ears,not a single thought behind those eyes.
You'd think that after the 3rd hit to the shins he would stop holding down right click but eh,they never learn.

[Basil]

Just to up this topic after -15 hp to every class. Now riposte literally "oneshot" in head.

[765]

Don't worry it's random. With the way the hitboxes are it's pure luck now to land a parry.

[Basil]

Originally posted by 765:

Don't worry it's random. With the way the hitboxes are it's pure luck now to land a parry.

So you fight against longsword guy perfectly, left him low hp ( after 4-5 strikes during long fight), and then opponent suddenly gets parry, deleting your "full hp" to abyss.
Imagine how this bul****t situation hurtful. After update, riposte damage multiplier doesn't even fit into the fight balance system (not only pvp, pve too).
P.S. longsword parry hitbox much better then hitboxes of all round shields block. And you can parry heavy attacks (even dealt by hammer, that is literally dev's joke).
Just learn how enemy's attack pattern works - then parry comes easy to do, especially when we talk about slower weapons then short sword.

[Mky]

Originally posted by Lenny is my king:

Originally posted by Xanza:

lol

yeah its funny when your version of "skill" is pressing right click once as a slow moving axe is coming towards you thats skilled for you. You say lol because you don't know what else to say when I ask how is that fair.

Yeah this weapon led many people to question some game mecanics. Like why the right clic of this specific 2 handed is a block and not an alternative combo like most other 2 handed ?

And as the game is relatively simplistic, why allowing such powerful option ?

[PugilistPete]

Sounds like you are offering yourself up for the parry, drag your swings, retreat when you hear the ding sound, offer up a parry of your own. If a longsword doesn't get the hitbox square on their pretty much going to be annihilated by your slow-moving axe. A parry isn't as easy as it looks.

[Katzbalger]

It's very easy to parry most of the weapons

[Sarokan]

Originally posted by Lenny is my king:

Dude just blocked my attack and two shot me before I could even do anything. How is that fair? This games combat is very slow its not hard to parry and thats the only weapon any fighters use because of it

Frankly, its a skill issue.

As an example: In the rather poorly balanced hotfix before last, longsword ripostes were one of the few weapons with which you could successfully defend yourself against the “SuperMan” barbarians.

The longsword and its ripostes are strong, but still fair and counterable.

[Mky]

Originally posted by Sarokan:

Originally posted by Lenny is my king:

Dude just blocked my attack and two shot me before I could even do anything. How is that fair? This games combat is very slow its not hard to parry and thats the only weapon any fighters use because of it

Frankly, its a skill issue.

As an example: In the rather poorly balanced hotfix before last, longsword ripostes were one of the few weapons with which you could successfully defend yourself against the “SuperMan” barbarians.

The longsword and its ripostes are strong, but still fair and counterable.

It sure is but why only this weapon ? Why not designing an axe and and a 2h hammer with the same option then ?

Barb got its share of exotic weapons like the felling axe which is good. But on the other hand the efficacy of the double edge axe is less obvious
Anyway, nothing to compare with a 2handed weapon allowing you to parry in a game where parrying is exclusively tied to shields (except longsword)

[Basil]

Originally posted by Sarokan:

Frankly, its a skill issue.

As an example: In the rather poorly balanced hotfix before last, longsword ripostes were one of the few weapons with which you could successfully defend yourself against the “SuperMan” barbarians.

The longsword and its ripostes are strong, but still fair and counterable.

still fair, rofl
you ll be one shoted with 141 hp and 45 phys reduction and you say FAIR?
None of the weapons deal such damage, only longsword riposte, even Bardiche or Halberd, wich has slow and easy to read patterns.
"fair"

[东驰俊久]

That's because you are a novice, and now soldiers are rats in sewers.

[东驰俊久]

Originally posted by Rikuto01:

You will never convince any longsword users that its an overpowered weapon, even with the riposte. It has a tiny parry hitbox and if you miss, its usually game over.

Originally posted by Rubbing Cat:

It's very easy to parry most of the weapons

Your shield can test the power of my logging axe.