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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #150 on: June 24, 2012, 08:55:56 pm »
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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #151 on: June 24, 2012, 08:56:48 pm »
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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #152 on: June 24, 2012, 09:02:50 pm »
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Or do the following: Put shield away when there's an anti-shield weapon coming up, they're slower and unbalanced, usually, so you can progressively get better at blocking, after that, play the odd round without any shield.

That's how I did it.
That would be a decent way to learn in siege. Doing it in battle would lead to a lot of downtime though, without getting all that much practice in.

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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #153 on: June 24, 2012, 09:06:04 pm »
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Well battle was the only gamemode avaiable when I did this.
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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #154 on: June 24, 2012, 09:11:34 pm »
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That would be a decent way to learn in siege. Doing it in battle would lead to a lot of downtime though, without getting all that much practice in.

Even in battle you can and have to pick your fights...
1h-only isn't for the front line anyway.
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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #155 on: June 24, 2012, 09:13:55 pm »
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That seemed like a brilliant idea- two hits from a big shield breaker and I'm 1 h only anyways.  But just checked the game, and I'm 160 ping.  I guess I'll just throw jarids randomly then die:(

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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #156 on: June 24, 2012, 09:43:02 pm »
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Throw jarids from horse for maximum randomness!
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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #157 on: June 24, 2012, 11:45:35 pm »
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Even in battle you can and have to pick your fights...
1h-only isn't for the front line anyway.
I meant more that if his blocking is poor, then he's going to put his shield away, miss one block against the axe user, die, and spend the next two minutes twiddling his thumbs. That's a really rough way to learn how to manually block.

Siege is a bit better, especially if he is on the attacking team. Duel is the best practice though, since he can spend his time practicing his blocking with nearly no downtime between fights.

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That seemed like a brilliant idea- two hits from a big shield breaker and I'm 1 h only anyways.  But just checked the game, and I'm 160 ping.  I guess I'll just throw jarids randomly then die:(
Are there seriously no servers that give you a lower ping? What country do you live in?
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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #158 on: June 25, 2012, 03:58:18 am »
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Are there seriously no servers that give you a lower ping? What country do you live in?

Vancouver Canada, but I think its my connection- web stick  :oops:  Euro servers seem to have the same ping as NA.  Guess I'll have to pay double internet bills to dominate this game.

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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #159 on: June 25, 2012, 04:33:04 am »
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I meant more that if his blocking is poor, then he's going to put his shield away, miss one block against the axe user, die, and spend the next two minutes twiddling his thumbs. That's a really rough way to learn how to manually block.

Siege is a bit better, especially if he is on the attacking team. Duel is the best practice though, since he can spend his time practicing his blocking with nearly no downtime between fights.
Are there seriously no servers that give you a lower ping? What country do you live in?

Vodner is spot on.  Totally agree, the more intense the practice the faster you will learn.  I think a mixture of Siege and Duel is the best way to learn. I would not play duel exclusively, its great for learning to block but siege will teach you how to deal with changing terrain (narrow walkways, elevated terrain, stairs, fighting in confined spaces, etc.) and fighting more then 1 person at a time. 

 
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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #160 on: June 25, 2012, 06:03:16 am »
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Vancouver Canada, but I think its my connection- web stick  :oops:  Euro servers seem to have the same ping as NA.  Guess I'll have to pay double internet bills to dominate this game.
Yeah, tethered / satellite internet is going to give a really awful melee experience. You're not going to have enough time to consistently counter people trying to double-swing you, plus player positions are going to be horribly out of sync on your screen.

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I think a mixture of Siege and Duel is the best way to learn.
I agree entirely. That's how I spent my first six months or so playing Warband. I can't begin to imagine how aggravating playing battle as a new player would be.

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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #161 on: June 25, 2012, 06:11:29 am »
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Back in the old, old days of cRPG, battle was really fun. Your objective as a peasant was to survive as long as possible and die in a good spot, near the battle.
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Re: 1 handers without shield
« Reply #162 on: June 25, 2012, 06:54:48 am »
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I agree entirely. That's how I spent my first six months or so playing Warband. I can't begin to imagine how aggravating playing battle as a new player would be.

I did this. Certainly needs a "special" mindset. Downside: still can't block manually  :mrgreen:

Back in the old, old days of cRPG, battle was really fun. Your objective as a peasant was to survive as long as possible and die in a good spot, near the battle.
Yeah, was way more fun than auto-running into the enemy and still getting the same XP...
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