Is it me or the fighting gameplay is really hard?

[Terry Duke]

Listen guys, I played Warband more than most, and I don't ever remember struggling this much.

I'm just on the tutorial, raiding the bandit lair, and I can't beat the leader in a duel. I try blocking the hits but I always end up blocking somewhere else. I try blocking up, I block down instead.

Already failed 5 times. Now in warband blocks were never an issue. Most likely the problem early on would be fighting opponents in armor as most of my hits would be ineffective.

But here I just can't seem to block at the right place, using my same moves of the mouse. Anyone else having this issue?

[RedSteelGunslinger]

Yes, very much so. I've probably put over 300 hours in Warband (tho I would not say I was great), but I am getting wrecked pretty frequently. I tried that duel probably 4 or 5 times, and the only thing I can say is that just sic your troops on him. I've had next to no luck fighting individuals in melee, and I feel this is because of the new blocking system. Someone else mentioned an auto block, and I guess this would improve this, but I would also be interested in seeing other options from the Devs. (Even a slightly slower speed option maybe)

[DJSawDust]

I'm awful at blocking. I wish they brought back autoblock

[☯ Icy ᚱᛖᛞ ᛊᛟᛞᚨ▲]

Originally posted by RedSteelGunslinger:

Yes, very much so. I've probably put over 300 hours in Warband (tho I would not say I was great), but I am getting wrecked pretty frequently. I tried that duel probably 4 or 5 times, and the only thing I can say is that just sic your troops on him. I've had next to no luck fighting individuals in melee, and I feel this is because of the new blocking system. Someone else mentioned an auto block, and I guess this would improve this, but I would also be interested in seeing other options from the Devs. (Even a slightly slower speed option maybe)

Originally posted by Grindstone:

I'm awful at blocking. I wish they brought back autoblock

Guys try use your arrow keys for block, instead of your mouse, see if that helps,
(it is in the settings)

I noticed also if i keep moving in a constant circle around the A.i they miss more. it sort of feels cheaty though. (I end up hitting them alot then in the side and the back)

[BigBallinChester]

Whats get me is how the enemy will machine gun swing at you. It's like an endless barrage of blows you almost have no time to fight back and allied AI tends to be stupid.

[Ouroboros]

They should just bring back auto-block, the AI seems to both swing like lightning and hit like a truck. Either auto-block or tone that down a little bit.

[Scrotum Scratcher]

i think the combat is easier than warband but it does take some getting used to. It took me maybe over 20 hours in multiplayer to finally get the hang of it.

the AI is way better in bannerlord though. i've seen them fight better than some players but they're still not that hard to beat. You can lower their difficulty in the options i think

[|Nick]

Blocking is very bad in this game.
E.g.: Using the mouse to turn around AND block does not work properly.
In general, if you want to look somewhere you have high chances to mess up your block.
It's just not intuitive. I see an enemy hitting me from the left side, I try to block, I block somewhere else...

On the other hand, using a shield works very well. You block and THEN you look into the direction the hit comes from. It's the opposite and it's good

[Azade12]

Originally posted by Cracius:

Whats get me is how the enemy will machine gun swing at you. It's like an endless barrage of blows you almost have no time to fight back and allied AI tends to be stupid.

Wouldn't there be something like warband where you could adjust combat speed?

[☯ Icy ᚱᛖᛞ ᛊᛟᛞᚨ▲]

Originally posted by Scrotum Scratcher:

i think the combat is easier than warband but it does take some getting used to. It took me maybe over 20 hours in multiplayer to finally get the hang of it.

the AI is way better in bannerlord though. i've seen them fight better than some players

Players: the A.I sucks (warband)
Players: The A.I is to good!!! (Bannerlord)

[Azade12]

Originally posted by Fefre:

Blocking is very bad in this game.
E.g.: Using the mouse to turn around AND block does not work properly.
In general, if you want to look somewhere you have high chances to mess up your block.
It's just not intuitive. I see an enemy hitting me from the left side, I try to block, I block somewhere else...

I've played multiplayer and can say that blocking is slower. You don't raise your guard as quickly in warband.

[Den9789]

In the gameplay options, there is an option for AI Difficulty. Its on the hardest option by default

[Dex]

have you tried the tried and tested overhead two handed smash? Almost no enemy can deal with it lol. haven't tried it yet here other than against the veteran tutorial guy and he went down without even landing a hit, the bandit guy is tonight though

[TotallynotaBot]

You know you could just slaughter them all with your men rather than duel him.

Not really much issue for me so far.Been winning arena after arena with ease.The AI is way better though for sure.Although I never used auto block and played a ton of multi player in Warband so that may be why I'm not having issue.

Autoblock was pretty much a cheat in warband,you could block whole army's at once if you spammed it.

[|Nick]

Originally posted by Loki Incarnate:

Originally posted by Scrotum Scratcher:

i think the combat is easier than warband but it does take some getting used to. It took me maybe over 20 hours in multiplayer to finally get the hang of it.

the AI is way better in bannerlord though. i've seen them fight better than some players

Players: the A.I sucks (warband)
Players: The A.I is to good!!! (Bannerlord)

The AI is good enough to run alone to the enemy in a tournament and fight alone against two, die and then let me fight against two enemies aswell, instead of 2v2 them... Thats not good AI.

[☯ Icy ᚱᛖᛞ ᛊᛟᛞᚨ▲]

You guys did turn down the A,I combat difficulty in options right?