How to counter feint?

[Sluf]

I can parry a 30kilo Waraxt with my 5gram butter knife without losing much stamina because thats totaly realistic but still got no idea how to counter feints.

Is there a trick or something?

[Bedoune]

Chamber instead of parrying.
Parry leaves you unable to do anything for a few seconds : you're open for punishment.
If you chamber instead of parrying, the enemy cannot feint or else he takes a hit from your chamber.

[METHSTROKE]

Not fall for them

[Sluf]

Originally posted by Bedoune:

Chamber instead of parrying.
Parry leaves you unable to do anything for a few seconds : you're open for punishment.
If you chamber instead of parrying, the enemy cannot feint or else he takes a hit from your chamber.

♥♥♥♥ Dude can you explain me how life works? Cause I have no idea about anything!

ty will try to parry less and go for the chamber

[The Pollie]

I love that the answer is "stab the other guy".

[Sluf]

Originally posted by The Pollie:

I love that the answer is "stab the other guy".

I got the feeling that stabbing is always an answer in this game...

[765]

Originally posted by I parry axes with butterknifes:

I can parry a 30kilo Waraxt with my 5gram butter knife without losing much stamina because thats totaly realistic but still got no idea how to counter feints.

Is there a trick or something?

Like in real life, countering a feint requires a LOT of focus and a certain level of experience with the attack that is being performed.

[Bedoune]

Originally posted by The Pollie:

I love that the answer is "stab the other guy".

The best defense is offense :D

[Sir Lloyn]

listen to the grunts, it he grunts it is a committed attack and if he doesn't its a feint, although its hard to tell with all the noise in modes.

[FlapFlaps]

Listen out for the grunt characters make when an attack animation goes into release aka the part where you can't feint anymore and train your brain to recognise that as a trigger to get ready to parry.

[Tinkuwu]

Originally posted by I parry axes with butterknifes:

I can parry a 30kilo Waraxt with my 5gram butter knife without losing much stamina because thats totaly realistic but still got no idea how to counter feints.

Is there a trick or something?

It's not about realism, it's about the gameplay. I don't understand why everyone complains "It's not realistic!" when it's not a simulator or anything like that.

Wait for a grunting sound before you go to parry, don't get into a motion of parry, attack, parry, attack. Look for a way to get around your opponent's defenses.

[Sluf]

Originally posted by Tinkuwu:

Originally posted by I parry axes with butterknifes:

I can parry a 30kilo Waraxt with my 5gram butter knife without losing much stamina because thats totaly realistic but still got no idea how to counter feints.

Is there a trick or something?

It's not about realism, it's about the gameplay. I don't understand why everyone complains "It's not realistic!" when it's not a simulator or anything like that.

It's part of a joke

[Offline]

Originally posted by Bedoune:

Chamber instead of parrying.
Parry leaves you unable to do anything for a few seconds : you're open for punishment.
If you chamber instead of parrying, the enemy cannot feint or else he takes a hit from your chamber.

Absolutely don't do this. Chambering is not a counter to feints. Chambering is a one way ticket to depleting all your stamina and it definitely won't counter a feint. The second attack from a feinter will hit you before your chamber attack hits the feinter most of the time.
The counter to feinters is, as most point out, to avoid panic blocking. It's hard and that's just the way it is.

[Crytek]

Originally posted by Offline:

Originally posted by Bedoune:

Chamber instead of parrying.
Parry leaves you unable to do anything for a few seconds : you're open for punishment.
If you chamber instead of parrying, the enemy cannot feint or else he takes a hit from your chamber.

Absolutely don't do this. Chambering is not a counter to feints. Chambering is a one way ticket to depleting all your stamina and it definitely won't counter a feint. The second attack from a feinter will hit you before your chamber attack hits the feinter most of the time.
The counter to feinters is, as most point out, to avoid panic blocking. It's hard and that's just the way it is.

Eh nope, you see him doing the stab animation you stab back to chamber him.
If it was a feint he looses.
If it was an attack, you chamber and either try to hit him or morph it into a swing/kick.
If it was a morph you loose, the swing of the morph comes out faster if you arent in hugging distance with a shortsword or so.

[Offline]

Originally posted by Crisis:

Eh nope, you see him doing the stab animation you stab back to chamber him.
If it was a feint he looses.
If it was an attack, you chamber and either try to hit him or morph it into a swing/kick.
If it was a morph you loose, the swing of the morph comes out faster if you arent in hugging distance with a shortsword or so.

All right, you got me there. I was grouping morphs with feints and of course there is a huge difference between the two. But I'd argue that it's all the same in the end, since you have no way of knowing if your opponent will feint or morph his attack. If you try to chamber, it's a gamble and it won't pay off most of the time because morphing is more common and your opponent can always end up blocking your chamber. You'll lose - if not because you are hit then because of the stamina you wasted.

EDIT: I can maybe see the idea behind chambering a morphed attack. That's the only time I could see chambers being useful. If only because people are often not expecting it.. Yet. So if you encounter an excessive feinter, do a chamber as soon as he does a morphed attack - chances are he will feint his morph and get hit.

[Starwight/ttv]

Originally posted by Black Shreck:

Originally posted by The Pollie:

I love that the answer is "stab the other guy".

I got the feeling that stabbing is always an answer in this game...

Just stick em with the pointy end!