A new character idea

[Jeph]

I've been dying to have a fencer character in for honor for a while now, i know all assassin's are mainly female so please for the love of god make this unisex, i don't play PK because she's got basically no health and i don't play gladiator because he's too expensive, i'd like a midway character that has no initial stance (like PK and some other light classes) but that also has a longer range with a rapier to compensate for the dodges, maybe you could make this a non parrying character, and make it so that he can only do light attack parries, mostly because it's very hard or basically impossible to defend with a rapier without hitting the weapon out of the way.
I'd like for him to be styled probably with either a brigandine, light italian cuirass or one of those cuirasses painted like a brigandine, i think they're milanese styled cuirasses, and maybe with a spanish kettle helm, i realize this is nowhere near the time period, but you have romans and vikings and ninjas, i don't think this'll be too bad.
also please i BEG you don't make him edgy, everyone hates the edgy characters that cames with the previous seasons, personally i absolutely hated black prior, i like his shield and two hander but i'd rather not see it again.

[Asmodia]

id personally rather see a form of saber fencing, its essentially the same style as rapier just less stabs and more cuts. that would def make it easier to make his moves understandable as rapier fencing is more of trying to stab middle and there isnt really a middle guard in this game. also ♥♥♥♥ decaying block its useless and shouldnt be in the game

[Jeph]

Originally posted by born to slime:

id personally rather see a form of saber fencing, its essentially the same style as rapier just less stabs and more cuts. that would def make it easier to make his moves understandable as rapier fencing is more of trying to stab middle and there isnt really a middle guard in this game. also ♥♥♥♥ decaying block its useless and shouldnt be in the game

yeah, i guess that could work, but i'd rather see the saber and rapier more of as cosmetics, his main weapon is just gonna be a short sword and he's gonna resemble some stylized fencer of olden periods and what not, plus yeah, decaying block is meh and just makes it harder for the defender rather than the attacker, as they won't see the attack coming until you attack.

[Asmodia]

Originally posted by Jack:

Originally posted by born to slime:

id personally rather see a form of saber fencing, its essentially the same style as rapier just less stabs and more cuts. that would def make it easier to make his moves understandable as rapier fencing is more of trying to stab middle and there isnt really a middle guard in this game. also ♥♥♥♥ decaying block its useless and shouldnt be in the game

yeah, i guess that could work, but i'd rather see the saber and rapier more of as cosmetics, his main weapon is just gonna be a short sword and he's gonna resemble some stylized fencer of olden periods and what not, plus yeah, decaying block is meh and just makes it harder for the defender rather than the attacker, as they won't see the attack coming until you attack.

true that a good point, lb has poleaxes and polehammers as reskins so that would be a good idea, on the realism side it would be impossible to kill someone with a cut with a rapier but this game sure is far from that lol

[Jeph]

Originally posted by born to slime:

Originally posted by Jack:

yeah, i guess that could work, but i'd rather see the saber and rapier more of as cosmetics, his main weapon is just gonna be a short sword and he's gonna resemble some stylized fencer of olden periods and what not, plus yeah, decaying block is meh and just makes it harder for the defender rather than the attacker, as they won't see the attack coming until you attack.

true that a good point, lb has poleaxes and polehammers as reskins so that would be a good idea, on the realism side it would be impossible to kill someone with a cut with a rapier but this game sure is far from that lol

heh, this game'll have you use a small farmer's scythe and kill a man in full armor, so the realism side doesn't matter, i just like the gallantry.

[Spooki Spoopi]

Were rapiers even in use at these times? I know that there was a time where all 3 (or 4) of these factions were active at once... but were the French also there? It's a bit confusing if you try to throw a renaissance fencer in the middle of heavy duty mountains of muscle and steel/iron.

[Xherdos]

i personally want to see Lu Bu in for honor a Hero that can one-shot everything

[Asmodia]

Originally posted by Spooky Spoopy 0-0:

Were rapiers even in use at these times? I know that there was a time where all 3 (or 4) of these factions were active at once... but were the French also there? It's a bit confusing if you try to throw a renaissance fencer in the middle of heavy duty mountains of muscle and steel/iron.

remember we have a 4'11 forest hobo running around with a hatchet and a kukri

[Jeph]

Originally posted by Spooky Spoopy 0-0:

Were rapiers even in use at these times? I know that there was a time where all 3 (or 4) of these factions were active at once... but were the French also there? It's a bit confusing if you try to throw a renaissance fencer in the middle of heavy duty mountains of muscle and steel/iron.

eh, who gives a damn if they were actually there or not, it'll likely looks cool and certainly sounds cool to me, so i'd love to see it, plus his rapier would likely be held almost like the bastard sword of the prior.

[SushiJaguar]

For Honor takes place in an alternate history where, around the 15th century or so, the entire world collapsed because of humongous natural cataclysms. Everybody who survived started fighting over the few remaining resources and pieces of intact land.

So that's why rapiers wouldn't be out of place.

[JKArtorias]

Originally posted by Spooky Spoopy 0-0:

Were rapiers even in use at these times? I know that there was a time where all 3 (or 4) of these factions were active at once... but were the French also there? It's a bit confusing if you try to throw a renaissance fencer in the middle of heavy duty mountains of muscle and steel/iron.

We have a Samurai with a big axe, a Knight with a sword who uses his shoulder more, a Knight with a kite shield who can slit your throat with it, a Viking who uses his dane axe's pummel more than its head.

The Knight's live on open lava, Samurai who wear wood armor live in a murky humid swamp and the Viking's(Raider) who canonically wear no shirts but just one fur sloshed over his shoulder live in snow.

But a Rapier? No no. lol, just busting your balls.

I too think a Rapier would be nice, i'd prefer if they went a fantasy route and added stuff based upon the religious backrounds of each faction. Pale Horse(Scythe), Odin(Spear) etc.

[Jeph]

Originally posted by God Of Conquest:

Originally posted by Spooky Spoopy 0-0:

Were rapiers even in use at these times? I know that there was a time where all 3 (or 4) of these factions were active at once... but were the French also there? It's a bit confusing if you try to throw a renaissance fencer in the middle of heavy duty mountains of muscle and steel/iron.

We have a Samurai with a big axe, a Knight with a sword who uses his shoulder more, a Knight with a kite shield who can slit your throat with it, a Viking who uses his dane axe's pummel more than its head.

The Knight's live on open lava, Samurai who wear wood armor live in a murky humid swamp and the Viking's(Raider) who canonically wear no shirts but just one fur sloshed over his shoulder live in snow.

But a Rapier? No no. lol, just busting your balls.

I too think a Rapier would be nice, i'd prefer if they went a fantasy route and added stuff based upon the religious backrounds of each faction. Pale Horse(Scythe), Odin(Spear) etc.

yeah, absolutely, after all they've sorta done that with the shaolin, i'm glad you like the idea

[Wallahluigi]

I would love to see a fencer character (I am a saber fencer), but i see a lot of problems with it. Saber fencing was originated on cavalry, and epee fencing (dont even mention foil, it can barely penetrate leather) was mainly used my higher ups and for petty self defense (not so much the ruthless *armored* fighting we see in for honor)

Fencers also dont really have any kind of bashes at their disposal because the historical lack of armor made fencing very much sword front and center. While heavily armored people would still use their swords as the main focal point, they had more leeway when trying to tackle or kick their opponents.

Not to mention Tiandi is pretty similar to a saber fencer rn (at least weapon wise)

I would love to see one but I feel like there would be a lot of problems implementing it.

[Jeph]

Originally posted by Caulin:

I would love to see a fencer character (I am a saber fencer), but i see a lot of problems with it. Saber fencing was originated on cavalry, and epee fencing (dont even mention foil, it can barely penetrate leather) was mainly used my higher ups and for petty self defense (not so much the ruthless *armored* fighting we see in for honor)

Fencers also dont really have any kind of bashes at their disposal because the historical lack of armor made fencing very much sword front and center. While heavily armored people would still use their swords as the main focal point, they had more leeway when trying to tackle or kick their opponents.

Not to mention Tiandi is pretty similar to a saber fencer rn (at least weapon wise)

I would love to see one but I feel like there would be a lot of problems implementing it.

you're right, tiandi is already a saber fencer, i guess all we need now is a rapier fencer, for the bashes though, i think it would be just a punch, we're talking sort of stylized european fencer so the european arts are gonna be more on the nose, if you get my meaning (probably gonna be a bloody nose too)

[Asmodia]

Originally posted by Caulin:

I would love to see a fencer character (I am a saber fencer), but i see a lot of problems with it. Saber fencing was originated on cavalry, and epee fencing (dont even mention foil, it can barely penetrate leather) was mainly used my higher ups and for petty self defense (not so much the ruthless *armored* fighting we see in for honor)

Fencers also dont really have any kind of bashes at their disposal because the historical lack of armor made fencing very much sword front and center. While heavily armored people would still use their swords as the main focal point, they had more leeway when trying to tackle or kick their opponents.

Not to mention Tiandi is pretty similar to a saber fencer rn (at least weapon wise)

I would love to see one but I feel like there would be a lot of problems implementing it.

The italians would use sabers/rapiers with plate armor, i dont know the name but one duelst was nutorious for grappleing his opponent in a fight so there is an option for like a grapple bash or push i guess

[Bimmelkaes]

Originally posted by DragonEmperor Xherdos:

i personally want to see Lu Bu in for honor a Hero that can one-shot everything

Lu Bu <3 , but Cao Cao is nice too