Really basic combat for PC keyboard/mouse user

[Philippe_at_bay]

How exactly do I control the direction of attack?

So far I've had a few unarmed fights and one practise sword session by the sheep pens in Skalitz.

I've managed to learn the conecpt of not running out of stamina, and have been able to prolong unarmed fights by pulling back or to the side to recover my breath.

But so far I seem to be just mashing buttons and hoping that my lateral moves change the angle of attack.

That can't be right. There must be something that I don't know how to do, or am to excited in the heat of things to remember doing.

I'm trying to get the hang of this combat system, which is very different from what I'm used to (Mount&Blade and Sea Dogs).

And is it possible to win the first encounter with Kunesh, assuming that you would even want to?

[Viking Noble]

+1

[Philippe_at_bay]

I just reread the help files that you can access from the main menu when you first launch the game.

From what I've been reading, it would seem that moving the mouse forward and back or side to side is what changes the selection on the combat direction rose.

Don't I need to use the mouse to keep facing my opponent?

Or does hitting the Tab button keep me faced correctly, which would then allow me to use the mouse for other things (like altering the direction of attack)?

I haven't bothered using the Tab button yet because so far I've only had to tangle with single opponents (Kunesh and the mercenary tutor).

[Casey]

If you haven't already, open the codex tab with the 'N' key and there at the right side is a tab for tutorials.

Since you are in the prologue you will need to play through the quests to open up further in game combat tutorials.

Failing that, there is a quite good steam guide to combat to peruse.

Also, *HINT* some combat situations are set up for you to fail them to progress the story.

[Jeff]

The mouse doesn't affect which way you are facing, it's just what direction your attack/block you will do.

The game locks you facing your opponent, even when you dodge or sidestep. Only holding shift or walking away from the enemy really hard will break that.

To win at fistfighting, spam quick attack/Jab which is right mouse button. Left is slow and lets them hit you back.

[Lieste]

You move the cursor slightly in the direction you want to guard (where the attack comes from). Each attack crosses the centreline, with stepping from the rear foot, and the next attack will, if you do nothing else, originate from the ending location of the first cut.

Sometimes the devices only require that you attack in tempo (such as Fehlen (longsword), which cuts from the lower left and then uses two 'thrusts' to represent a pair of thwart cuts which hit the sides of the face/head). In the remainder of cases a single change of direction (another small nudge towards the required 'next' guard between when the cut starts and the animation ends with the next attack starting).

If you watch the combat star, you will notice that if you have made one cut which forms part of a known device, the next cut will flash with a white highlight

[YOGI]

It gets way basic in training later in the game....your at just basics right now.."Don't over think it" the game plays dif. from other RPG's..keep playing1