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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: How much for that Warhorse in the window?

« on: September 05, 2011, 12:48:18 pm »

Would it be absolutely retarded to buy a warhorse instead of a dest/cat?

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Beginner's Help and Guides / How much for that Warhorse in the window?

« on: September 05, 2011, 12:04:47 pm »

Hey guys, should i purchase a destrier for a lancing build (would be an upgrade from rouncy) get a warhorse, or grind even longer for a cataphract? Does it make sense to sell the rouncy, buy the dest, and then buy a cat for high multiplier games? i'm pretty bad so the heavy horse is hardly going to assure my team victory, but i like the idea of a mobile crushing 1shot lance horsebrick. thanks.

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: When doth I thrust-ith?

« on: September 03, 2011, 02:27:39 pm »

Thanks for taking the time to reply guys.  I think i have everything i need to know now!

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Beginner's Help and Guides / When doth I thrust-ith?

« on: September 03, 2011, 09:55:39 am »

I've transitioned to a rouncy-riding, level 22 heavy lance user.  It's been fun (except jousting against high tier horsed, heavily armored cav) but i'm not actually sure when i should be couching a lance.  It seems like i'm more accurate and have more damage potential when i'm thrusting.  What is the consensus?


edit: BTW do you get a speed penalty for using heavy lance with shield?

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: Why am i always getting outswung?

« on: August 30, 2011, 04:14:20 pm »

Thanks very much, I appreciate the help!

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Re: Why am i always getting outswung?

« on: August 30, 2011, 03:53:24 pm »

Do you mean as i block? Or after i block and as i throw a side swing?  BTW, do Overhand and Thrusting  blows with the german poleaxe take longer/ is one better for that situation?

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Beginner's Help and Guides / Why am i always getting outswung?

« on: August 30, 2011, 03:42:22 pm »

Hey guys, i'm only lvl 22 at the moment so i'm experimenting with costlier builds.  My char is currently 16/15 with 128 polearm WP, and 4 WM.  I'm rolling with a German Poleaxe, 2.5 weight difficulty 13 helm, and 20 weight difficulty 13 chest.  I find that in 1v1 i can usually parry relatively well, but i get trapped and simply cannot swing fast enough once i have successfully parried. This usually results in situations where i block about 3 2hander blows and then get smacked once when trying to return, and then die to a second blow while recovering/ after another block/swing round.  I am simply stuck on the defensive, and i typically can't make room via backpedal because my opponent is pressing his advantage.
This is particularly annoying with one handers: i can pop shields quickly enough with the side swing of the GP, but i get rushed/swarmed to the point where the naked guy with the fast club will quickly intercept my hugely slow swings and just rate of fire me down.  Is this problem in part an equipment thing? am i geared too heavily? Is there a specific technique i really need to know?  Also, entirely unrelated, but what the hell is with 1 handed axes that hit around 1.5x again their length?