do people hack or something?

[C-Thatch]

How do people swing so freaken fast? Yes I suck at the game but it really isnt fair at how someone has a 2h weapon like a sword or axe and is swinging 3 times before you can even swing your first 1h sword swing.

"Away with you begger" 5000 times gets annoying how do people do these taunts?

I love the single player but man the multiplayer feels really cheap unless I am missing something.

[Tuidjy]

You can get a faster swing and better damage by:
- spinning (with the mouse) in the direction of the attack
- walking (with the WASD keys) in the direction of the enemy
- riding on a horse
- hitting with the middle segment of the attack arc
- hitting as the enemy is performing a particular action
- hitting a critical spot as the head
- having higher proficiency (different MP classes)
- upgrading your weapon

Also:
- each parry incurs delay in both combatants, and it depends on relative weapon weight
- you can parry with an attack (lookup chamber blocking)
- you should cancel (with the right mouse) attacks once they miss or even hit
- you should let off the right mouse button for your block as soon as it deflects the enemy's blow
- not all the attacks you see are actually attacks, they may be canceled feints
- ping matters a lot
- some people are that good

As for hacks, the only one I have seen in thousands of hours of multiplayer is automatic blocking. It is pretty easy to get around, and even exploit...

[White, the Loiterer]

The taunting is done by downloading a file from a website advertised by the server.

Don't worry, the viruses your computer gets are purely coincidental....

[TD2013]

It's best to note that there is also alot of Macro Mouse and Keyboards with Turbo mode that cause the hopelessly broken melee combat. As shown in this Video (showcasing a Macro mouse)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-beJIDOVeQ

Another Trick that's being played out is you see players come at you while very oddly looking all the way down to the ground; This is appearantly a Glitch that allows for a double attack, however how it exactly works I do not know. But I do know anyone doing this is aware of of this glitch and abuses it.

Players may also not equip boots of any kind, this is to gain a speedboost on movement. Be carefull for this one, as Spear abusers (WfaS) will use this for rapid attacks and backpeddling, avoiding your counter attacks.

Lastly, be very mindfull of the "naked" appearance as that is an Accuracy, and speed boost, and makes 2 handers (spear, greatsword, ect) even more hard to deal with.

In all, Cheats sadly do exist. But what wrecks it for newer/inexperienced players mostly is this whole list of Bug abuse and Glitch use, and Macro mouse Programming which right now makes it impossible to figure out what a player is doing. It's just insane twitching and running around as if they're on a Speed cheat.

I do hope all these exploits get fixed in bannerlord, hopefully. For it's a royal mess in MP right now in warband and especially Fire and Sword.