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Title: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Bjord on August 30, 2012, 06:10:13 pm
Please change the amount of lances that can couch, it makes no sense that you can couch with heavy lance. There are 2 lances that are specifically for couch lancing, make them exclusively couchable.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Rebelyell on August 30, 2012, 06:13:00 pm
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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: BlackMilk on August 30, 2012, 06:15:01 pm
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worst post i've ever seen and definetly a +1 to the suggestion.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Rebelyell on August 30, 2012, 06:25:39 pm
ok remove couch and make us unable to down block lance and I am happy with  That.

I really like you biord but peps often think that balance goes only by nerf, cant agree with that.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Torben on August 30, 2012, 06:53:52 pm
Opened a thread suggesting trading couch for old lance angle. I imagine it helping cav vs cav whilst not buffing lancers Vs inf, concidering all the couching these days
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Teeth on August 30, 2012, 07:19:26 pm
Definitely, the heavy lance is by far superior to these couch only lances, removing the couch from the heavy lance would be a fit nerf for cav and it would fix the internal lance balance. If you want to couch, use a couch lance. Heavy lance has it all right now which is unfair. It's like a greatsword having crushthrough as well as being awesome at everything else. Anyone who disagrees with this must be cav and a heavy lance crutcher. We would get some nice cav specialization.

I also think the cooldown, which is like 20-30 seconds after a couch hit should be reduced, you spend most of your round running circles waiting for your couch to come back. I have a couch specific build, 12/24 and still I do about twice as good with a heavy lance compared to a great lance.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Tzar on August 30, 2012, 08:39:09 pm
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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on August 30, 2012, 08:53:10 pm
I love my heavy lance, and being able to use the couch when there's a heavy infantry who just keeps down blocking my thrusts, or when there's a heavy horsemen who keeps manually blocking my thrust attacks at his horse.  Versus aware people, cavalry lancing is basically useless (unless you can bump-lance, which I've only ever done on accident), both thrusting or couching.  Thrusting people can easily just down block you if they see you coming, and couching they can easily side step you as well.

I personally wouldn't want to see this, as it would be another nerf to the already nerfed lance from horseback, but I think it might be a pretty fair "balance" between the lances. 

To keep this in perspective, I never 1 hit someone with my thrust on my +3 courser riding at full speed, unless they are very weak (low str character) or they aren't wearing a helmet and I hit them in the head.  People can complain about the damage cavalry does, but two points:

1) Damage output goes both ways, if I'm riding fast, I take a lot more damage as well.
2)  I am riding the fastest horse in the game, and thrusting a weapon that is putting that speed, as well as my weight (and the horses) behind it.  That's a  hell of a lot of weight behind that tiny little point that is piercing you.  It is going to do a lot of damage.

I don't think couching is easy mode, or press x to win mode.  The only time it works is against unaware/engaged infantry, or people who are slow and heavily armored (and would otherwise just be able to sit in and open field and down block me until the ends of time).
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Bjord on August 30, 2012, 09:29:30 pm
I don't think couching is easy mode.

I don't think the sky is blue.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on August 30, 2012, 09:37:15 pm
I don't think the sky is blue.


It does the most damage in the game (I'm assuming, maybe arbalest head shots would do more), and in most cases is a one hit killer, but that doesn't make it easy mode.  It's much harder to hit someone with my couched lance than with a thrust (aiming-wise) as you have to telegraph that you are couching, whereas I can thrust a lot later, and a lot closer to my target.  It's very slow to try and move the lance from one side of the horse to the other, and if someone jumps directly into the head of your horse, I don't think I've ever been able to move my lance to hit them (it teleports to the other side of the horse's head).

Anyone who's aware of it, is able to get out of the way of a couched lance 99% of the time.  I like to use it versus heavily armored people who are engaged (or at least attempt to use it on someone who is aware of me, and down blocking so I can't thrust and hit them). 

Saying couching is easy mode, is just the same as saying blocking down is easy mode versus cav.  It's way oversimplifying.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: oprah_winfrey on August 30, 2012, 09:40:34 pm
No, it really is as easy as pressing x.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: BlackMilk on August 30, 2012, 09:45:50 pm

It does the most damage in the game (I'm assuming, maybe arbalest head shots would do more), and in most cases is a one hit killer, but that doesn't make it easy mode.  It's much harder to hit someone with my couched lance than with a thrust (aiming-wise) as you have to telegraph that you are couching, whereas I can thrust a lot later, and a lot closer to my target.  It's very slow to try and move the lance from one side of the horse to the other, and if someone jumps directly into the head of your horse, I don't think I've ever been able to move my lance to hit them (it teleports to the other side of the horse's head).

Anyone who's aware of it, is able to get out of the way of a couched lance 99% of the time.  I like to use it versus heavily armored people who are engaged (or at least attempt to use it on someone who is aware of me, and down blocking so I can't thrust and hit them). 

Saying couching is easy mode, is just the same as saying blocking down is easy mode versus cav.  It's way oversimplifying.
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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Tears of Destiny on August 30, 2012, 11:59:19 pm
Opened a thread suggesting trading couch for old lance angle. I imagine it helping cav vs cav whilst not buffing lancers Vs inf, concidering all the couching these days

This 100%
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Torben on August 31, 2012, 12:03:18 am
This 100%

Why thank you. A man of great insight and breathtaking looks!
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Vkvkvk on August 31, 2012, 04:28:56 am
CrazyCracka420 confirmed as the worst Cavalry in history by none other than himself.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Vibe on August 31, 2012, 08:36:55 am
As a polearm cav as main I agree with this.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Nehvar on August 31, 2012, 09:33:15 am
Agreed.  Leave couching to the jousting/great lances.

Failing that, you could give my claymore and long bardiche crushthrough like SgtTeeh mentioned.  I won't complain!
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Ptolemy on August 31, 2012, 11:18:24 am
Anyone who disagrees just wants to continue using their unblockable X attack with a heavy lance.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Chagan_Arslan on August 31, 2012, 04:33:42 pm
Anyone who disagrees just wants to continue using their unblockable X attack with a heavy lance.

anyone who agrees just wants to have one less thing to worry about
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Tzar on August 31, 2012, 04:36:36 pm
Remove the lol couch huehuehuehue  :)
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Vexus on August 31, 2012, 04:45:43 pm
Been suggested so many times I'm surprised normal lances still have it since the majority always ends up in favour of removing couching from normal lances.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Shpritza on August 31, 2012, 05:40:32 pm
I don't think the sky is blue.

...what color is it?   :P
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Jarlek on August 31, 2012, 06:44:28 pm
As a Great Lance fanboi, I support this!

But can we have a small buff too for couch-lances? The recovery time is really annoying.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: tankmen on August 31, 2012, 07:01:28 pm
people still crying about cav? things never change eh?
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Braeden on August 31, 2012, 07:11:12 pm
Urist was making couches chamberable, which I feel would work well enough for couch-nerfing, so I will refrain from voting until I see if that pans out.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: oprah_winfrey on August 31, 2012, 07:22:51 pm
Urist was making couches chamberable, which I feel would work well enough for couch-nerfing, so I will refrain from voting until I see if that pans out.

You can already chamber a couch, atealst with 1h+shield.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Mr_Oujamaflip on August 31, 2012, 08:38:07 pm
Reduce lance damage overall but increase speed bonus so you actually have to be travelling fast to 1 shot someone. Not this barely moving couch BS.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Teeth on August 31, 2012, 08:51:12 pm
You can already chamber a couch, atealst with 1h+shield.
Nope, it's been taken out off crpg somewhat recently.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Rhekimos on August 31, 2012, 08:57:32 pm
I imagine this would mean a renaissance for the Great Lance. Which is an excellent anti-infantry weapon, while not being very good against other cav.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Rebelyell on August 31, 2012, 08:59:02 pm
whiners gonna whine
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Nightingale on September 01, 2012, 02:42:03 am
I would love this... I have a 12 strength 30 agility Great lancer build, - 4 ps, 10 riding, +3 Courser with light armor.  I am that crazy person that gets on NA at times, you know that Great lancer that no one told pikes were a bad thing for ponies

In all seriousness though, 100% agreed, Heavy lance, Light lance and Normal Lance should receive a slight damage buff though, take away their ability to couch you need to add something to balance it back out. 

Great lance is pretty balanced imo, Only a select few can survive a full speed couch... and even at that point I am just like  :shock: and then wait 20 seconds for them to stop paying attention again and couch them again
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Teeth on September 01, 2012, 11:28:32 am
In all seriousness though, 100% agreed, Heavy lance, Light lance and Normal Lance should receive a slight damage buff though, take away their ability to couch you need to add something to balance it back out. 
Nope, these weapons are strong enough without having a crushthrough attack.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Spartacus on September 01, 2012, 11:37:06 am
I don't think the sky is blue.
Actually the sky is not blue.

Edit: I do not think that couching should be removed because a person can just run around holding down block and he would be secure against cav (of course he hast to look at the cav and downblock).
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Zlisch_The_Butcher on September 01, 2012, 12:53:13 pm
Actually the sky is not blue.

Edit: I do not think that couching should be removed because a person can just run around holding down block and he would be secure against cav (of course he hast to look at the cav and downblock).
Any halfdecent cav with more than 1wpf in polearm and a heavy lance can bump-lance...
And to the people bitching about their lances not onehitting everyone, lol, we must be playing a different game, whenever I'm out of throwing lances and loot a lance I'll pretty much onehit anyone I'm attacking 50% of the time, and I got 0 fucking ps.
Back when I last had a lancer alt I could also onehit anything as long as I wasn't stationary...
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Vkvkvk on September 01, 2012, 04:20:30 pm
Actually the sky is not blue.

Edit: I do not think that couching should be removed because a person can just run around holding down block and he would be secure against cav (of course he hast to look at the cav and downblock).

You forgot the bump damage and the bumpstabbing. Effectively locking me down in a downblock animation until I die via bump damage or bumpstabs because I can't reach him with his huge ass lance.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Nightingale on September 01, 2012, 09:33:48 pm
Nope, these weapons are strong enough without having a crushthrough attack.

I wouldnt know, I have only ever had a Great lance alt, but I still believe it would be fair to give them +3 damage on the weapons thrust and remove couching. I say its a fair trade even a bit one sided actually. Remove Lancer ability to couch (crush through- sorta like that) for +3 thrust points.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: DaveUKR on September 01, 2012, 09:36:08 pm
You forgot the bump damage and the bumpstabbing. Effectively locking me down in a downblock animation until I die via bump damage or bumpstabs because I can't reach him with his huge ass lance.
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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Tzar on September 01, 2012, 09:43:16 pm
TBH i allways wondered all the way back to native why the heavy lances had a couch ability in the first place since i find it a bit overkill  :lol:
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Torben on September 01, 2012, 09:54:23 pm
TBH i allways wondered all the way back to native why the heavy lances had a couch ability in the first place since i find it a bit overkill  :lol:

you cant be serious?  in native the great lances had thrust,  the long awlpike was useable on horse with shield,  and you wondered about the heavy lance? haha
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Equal on September 02, 2012, 12:07:29 am
If you want to remove couches then stand near a pikeman - I promise I will never couch near you. :) Problem solved!

Oh wait nvm that would be teamwork :lol:
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: dodnet on September 03, 2012, 02:31:09 pm
To keep this in perspective, I never 1 hit someone with my thrust on my +3 courser riding at full speed, unless they are very weak (low str character) or they aren't wearing a helmet and I hit them in the head.  People can complain about the damage cavalry does, but two points:

1) Damage output goes both ways, if I'm riding fast, I take a lot more damage as well.
2)  I am riding the fastest horse in the game, and thrusting a weapon that is putting that speed, as well as my weight (and the horses) behind it.  That's a  hell of a lot of weight behind that tiny little point that is piercing you.  It is going to do a lot of damage.

I don't think couching is easy mode, or press x to win mode.  The only time it works is against unaware/engaged infantry, or people who are slow and heavily armored (and would otherwise just be able to sit in and open field and down block me until the ends of time).

I can remember only one couch I survived (with almost no health left) through all my generations and I have a strength build with many IF and quite some armour. You're either trolling or doing something completely wrong if you don't oneshot almost everyone on a +3 courser!
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Herkkutatti666 on September 03, 2012, 02:52:00 pm
This has been suggested many times and it has always get over 9000 minuses, when bjord_le_gay suggest it, it gets over 9000 + . da faq
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: dodnet on September 03, 2012, 03:34:12 pm
This has been suggested many times and it has always get over 9000 minuses, when bjord_de_gay suggest it, it gets over 9000 + . da faq

It's the headdress  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Piok on September 03, 2012, 05:17:06 pm
This has been suggested many times and it has always get over 9000 minuses, when bjord_de_gay suggest it, it gets over 9000 + . da faq
It is because there is another thread about bringing old lance angle back so cav. do not minused him to not look biased :mrgreen:
Actually hippophiles are salivating on old lance angle :lol:
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Torben on September 03, 2012, 11:51:48 pm
Not about bias, just a tradeoff i woulda thought would work : )
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Kafein on September 07, 2012, 08:51:21 pm
Sorry for the self-quote but I think it needs to be posted here as well.

This really looks good on paper, but I think it would have horrible consequences.


I think nobody wants a surge of jousting lance 9/33 cavalry, but that is what is going to happen if regular lances become unable to couch. That kind of build is already too effective given it's small upkeep (for cav).

Regular lances losing couch attack means jousting lances will be more popular, and with a couch-only lance you don't care at all about strenght, which lets you get 11 or even 12 riding.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Teeth on September 08, 2012, 12:16:48 am
9/33 jousting lance cav would in no way be more powerful than the omnipotent heavy lance cav. What is the use of 11 or 12 riding if you'll have to use it to ride in circles while you wait for the 20 second cooldown after you hit something.

I doubt anyone would even go jousting lance cav, but if a few do, hurray more variety on the battlefield. I remember everytime I played with a heavy lance I barely ever used couching. Another example is Schmacko, top notch cav player who always tops the scoreboard, but never couches. Heavy lance is strong enough without it. Pure couch is not that strong.

Again, even on my 12/24 couch build, I do way better with a heavy lance, with which I never couch, than with a great lance.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Kafein on September 08, 2012, 03:47:31 am
9/33 jousting lance cav would in no way be more powerful than the omnipotent heavy lance cav. What is the use of 11 or 12 riding if you'll have to use it to ride in circles while you wait for the 20 second cooldown after you hit something.

I doubt anyone would even go jousting lance cav, but if a few do, hurray more variety on the battlefield. I remember everytime I played with a heavy lance I barely ever used couching. Another example is Schmacko, top notch cav player who always tops the scoreboard, but never couches. Heavy lance is strong enough without it. Pure couch is not that strong.

Again, even on my 12/24 couch build, I do way better with a heavy lance, with which I never couch, than with a great lance.

You must have seen Lungy playing at least once. I can guarantee you that you do not want anymore people with that kind of build, as anything more gay is automatically ranged. The cooldown is only a minor issue, as it is largely balanced by the number of kills you do not miss to lag/latency or because it wasn't a oneshot (with 11 riding, a jousting lance oneshots almost everything).

Couched lances only apply in cav vs cav when you were able to sneak up on someone so the class that will be hurt the most by an increase in those is infantry.

11+ riding also offers excellent survivability compared to other cav setups simply because you can spend very little time in dangerous zones and do your job even better as dodging that is much harder, all of this wearing peasant rags of course.


Overall, I'd say super high agi cav does just as good as a good classic cav player, but it's way cheaper and you don't need much training do start doing good.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Torben on September 09, 2012, 06:58:26 pm
People keep forgetting that couching only works on level ground. Anything that slows down the horse, like sloped terrain, will cancel the couch.

Hop on the small hill and couching cav will have to pull out a swinging weapon.

Overall, +1 to suggestion.

champion arab and courser with 8+ riding and you can couch up slopes. with the right line i can do it with six riding already
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: BlindGuy on September 09, 2012, 07:46:18 pm
THIS IS A RAGE POST. A hero doesnt like that sometimes he is killed by couches. Its really just that. Heavy lance is a superweapon, sure, its supposed to be, without paying upkeep for a horse u are not gonna use the heavylance. I dont play cav at all cause I fucking suck at it, but of all cav that attack me as an archer, shielder, 2hander, lancers are the LEAST effective and LEAST scary, they can only get you with a back attack or when you are already being ganked, and the first: Be aware, and second, once your attacked from behind while already being ganked, wtf does it matter if it was a couch lance, an arrow, a pike, dead is dead. The OP is LITERALLY in the minority:

Despite what he may say about how from his experience blah blah blah blah, this thread was made cause he was playing 1hander no shield, the only class lancers can engage head on, simply by couching/thrusting at max angle as they turn away from enemy. This way 1hander cannot hit back without being lanced. This makes lancers the ONLY melee enemy that Teeth cannot get a sneaky hit on with the ghost reach on rightswing.

This OP was, very basically: Scissors claiming that rock is OP.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Torben on September 09, 2012, 07:55:56 pm
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haha,  nice pov
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Malaclypse on September 09, 2012, 09:07:11 pm
This makes lancers the ONLY melee enemy that Teeth cannot get a sneaky hit on with the ghost reach on rightswing.

This OP was, very basically: Scissors claiming that rock is OP.

Original Poster was Bjord I'm p-sure.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Bjord on September 09, 2012, 09:23:05 pm
Original Poster was Bjord I'm p-sure.

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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Zlisch_The_Butcher on September 10, 2012, 01:46:25 am
This way 1hander cannot hit back without being lanced. This makes lancers the ONLY melee enemy that Teeth cannot get a sneaky hit on with the ghost reach on rightswing.

This OP was, very basically: Scissors claiming that rock is OP.
1h right swing ain't got ghostreach you just suck and GTeethX didn't make the thread, and GTeethX ragerespec'd to polearmer and he never used first person so he wasn't even a proper 1h god like that one American guy.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Spa_geh_tea on September 16, 2012, 06:39:02 pm
Remove couch from all non joustingg lancess, increase great lance length to outreach heavy lance thrust.

Done.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: sF_Guardian on September 16, 2012, 08:49:29 pm
Remove couch from all non joustingg lances, increase great lance length to outreach heavy lance thrust.

Done.

I guess noone wants the Lance of Compensation back...
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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Spa_geh_tea on September 18, 2012, 06:36:48 pm
I guess noone wants the Lance of Compensation back...
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Yeah that one was too extreme, I'm talking about just enough to ensure a joust lance will connect first 70% of the time. Currently its heavy lance 98% of the time.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Joker86 on September 18, 2012, 07:06:38 pm
1. Couching IS easymode. I bet if they ever find the Ark of the Convenant, there will be a third stone plate, claiming that couching is easymode, carved into stone by gods will and power. "11. Thou shall not couch your next, for this is lame an not my will."

2. Even if 99% of all attacks with heavy lance are stabs, if you remove that 1% and reduce the versatility you can't really say it's a nerf, but you would fix internal lancer balance, at least a bit

3. Pure couching indeed is still sub par compared to backstab-lancing (note that this was a RELATIVE statement  :wink: ), so a few buffs to couch only lances could be applied.

4. Afraid of 9/33 builds? Increase the STR requirement of couch only lances. Or how about taking STR into calculation, to inflict one or more or all of the following aspects:

- couch damage
- couch duration
- couch recovery time

This would represent a nice counterweight to the AGI-spec, where you gain more speed and maneuverability. You would have to make choices, and creating characters would become interesting, adding versatility to the game. Not like horse crossbowman, where there is literally no value in putting anything into STR above the crossbow requirement.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: camperus on September 20, 2012, 10:52:43 pm
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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Bjord on September 20, 2012, 10:54:13 pm
I'm going cav, probably respeccing. Then I will abuse the shit out of couch lance. Trust me, it won't be a pretty sight.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Riddaren on September 22, 2012, 01:14:29 pm
Balancing the game by removing options is not going to make the game more fun. That is for sure.
Individual player skill will will become less important for every such nerf, no matter the class.

You can nerf the damage done to 1. It's still a far better option than removing it.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Riddaren on September 22, 2012, 01:19:26 pm
Definitely, the heavy lance is by far superior to these couch only lances, removing the couch from the heavy lance would be a fit nerf for cav and it would fix the internal lance balance. If you want to couch, use a couch lance. Heavy lance has it all right now which is unfair. It's like a greatsword having crushthrough as well as being awesome at everything else. Anyone who disagrees with this must be cav and a heavy lance crutcher. We would get some nice cav specialization.

I also think the cooldown, which is like 20-30 seconds after a couch hit should be reduced, you spend most of your round running circles waiting for your couch to come back. I have a couch specific build, 12/24 and still I do about twice as good with a heavy lance compared to a great lance.

Then remove stab for all 2H weapons above 100 length.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: San on September 23, 2012, 05:08:39 pm
Balancing the game by removing options is not going to make the game more fun. That is for sure.
Individual player skill will will become less important for every such nerf, no matter the class.

You can nerf the damage done to 1. It's still a far better option than removing it.

That's not true if it's one option (or very few) completely dominating a myriad of other options. Most of the time it's fine to expect a "best" option, but I suppose people think it's too much now.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Camaris on September 26, 2012, 12:37:37 pm
Just make it so you can chamber couched lances.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on September 26, 2012, 04:27:43 pm
Just make it so you can chamber couched lances.

As far as I knew, you could...that WAS the only way to counter them (besides it breaking your shield, dodging the lance, or taking it like a champ).
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Riddaren on October 01, 2012, 09:58:27 pm
As far as I knew, you could...that WAS the only way to counter them (besides it breaking your shield, dodging the lance, or taking it like a champ).

You can chamber if you have a shield.
Atleast you could 2-3 months ago. Have not tested it since then.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Overdriven on October 01, 2012, 10:04:45 pm
Seen a lot of people using great lance recently.

However, I think the issue is not so much that heavy lance has couch, but that the couch only lances are far to short and slow for what they are. In order to make the couch only lances a viable option, they need to have a significant length advantage over the heavy lance. 230 just isn't enough over the heavy lances stab reach to make it worth while, especially when taking into account it's slower by 9 speed and heavier by 3.2. As well as like teeth said the cool down on the couch needs to be lower for couch only lances.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: moorane on October 04, 2012, 11:11:58 am
What Bjord said in his original post^^....
Or at least make couched lances chamberblockable. Wouldn't be a huge nerf but would give melee players at least a fucking CHANCE of surving it.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: BlindGuy on October 06, 2012, 05:57:57 pm
What Bjord said in his original post^^....
Or at least make couched lances chamberblockable. Wouldn't be a huge nerf but would give melee players at least a fucking CHANCE of surving it.


Its fucking easy to survive: ITS THE MOST EASILY AVOIDABLE ATTACK IN THE FUCKING GAME and yet QQ about it. Guess who leads the QQ? a FUCKING 1hander. Sure, he thinks its OP, cause its fucking rock to his scissors, but any 2hander, polearmer, or even 1hander who isnt a STR built char laughs at the idea of being couched while aware. Sure, when your not looking, it rapes you, but so does a great maul overhead to your back while your fighting someone else.

THIS IS NOTHING BUT A QQ THREAD. O and BTW, I do not, and will not, play as a lancer, or any cav for that matter, since they killed my cav with the slot system and "unsheathable" tags many moons ago. I play infantry, 1hander, shielder, polearmer, 2hander, archer, crossbowman, and on NONE of them do I ever feel threatened by couched lances. EVER.

As I stated above, sure they rape you when you dont see them coming, but while your busy fighting, WHO GIVES A FUCK what backstabs you, be it couched lance, arbalest, poleaxe to the head, lolstab: GANK IS GANK.

This thread is started by a guy who is a GREAT duelist with very fast twitch reactions, but unfortunatly his awareness must be shit, and wants the game changed for HIM.

/end this thread ffs, its a joke.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Bjord on October 07, 2012, 08:50:10 pm
:lol:

Calm down, your post is a serious overreaction (then again which posts of yours aren't?). I'm cav now, anyway. I still think it's too easy to score kills with couch lances, so I see no reason to "/end" it just yet.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: dodnet on October 07, 2012, 08:58:15 pm
BLABLABLABLA

What a lot of shit...
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Tzar on October 08, 2012, 11:17:06 pm
30 mill left for me to be able to mount my champion 4 legged noob carrier kdr booster GoCart..  :lol:

Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Casimir on October 09, 2012, 01:14:03 am
Being able to top the battle scoreboards with a great lance, riding a champion war horse while trollololing TomMyyY tells me that couching is a great and powerful tool and all should bow before its might.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Shpritza on October 09, 2012, 09:34:06 am
Then remove stab for all 2H weapons above 100 length.

 :shock:  What...i don't even...   :shock:
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Tzar on October 09, 2012, 05:18:47 pm
:shock:  What...i don't even...   :shock:

Apparently cav think 2h stab is more powerfull then their x key 1 hit lol key
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Zlisch_The_Butcher on October 09, 2012, 05:28:39 pm
Apparently cav think 2h stab is more powerfull then their x key 1 hit lol key
It is.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Tzar on October 09, 2012, 05:35:38 pm
It is.

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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Shpritza on October 09, 2012, 05:59:28 pm
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This, man said it all but just in case i'll say it again...

...WTF, LOL, OMFG, HAHAHA
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: XyNox on October 09, 2012, 06:58:10 pm
Wut ? Does that mean there are still people here who do not know that cav has been implemented so people with down syndrome can win in this game too ?
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on October 10, 2012, 05:50:02 pm
Wut ? Does that mean there are still people here who do not know that cav has been implemented so people with down syndrome can win in this game too ?

It's a team game.  But I can see how rambo/hero types would think otherwise. 

Horses were deployed in combat because they allowed you to move faster than being on foot.  There are also other advantages it provided.  Just as there are disadvantages to being on horse versus being on foot.  I'm sure there are plenty of people like yourself, who are sitting in graves for half a millennium or so who felt just like you.  I'm guessing they also thought cavalry was "OP".  And I'm sure you can find plenty of graves where the occupant also felt archers were overpowered, or that heavily armored melee enemies were OP.  That's kind of the point of war, is to demolish your enemies.  You do this by taking advantage of the enemies weaknesses, and limiting your own weaknesses to being exposed by the enemy.

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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Teeth on October 10, 2012, 08:04:04 pm
Apparently cav think 2h stab is more powerfull then their x key 1 hit lol key
It is.
Using only 2h stab is a lot easier than using only couch.
Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Tzar on October 10, 2012, 08:37:14 pm
Using only 2h stab is a lot easier than using only couch.

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Title: Re: [BALANCE] Couch Lance
Post by: Arrowblood on October 10, 2012, 08:51:04 pm
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