This game is going downhill drastically with all the recent nerfs. I played a few rounds Monday afternoon, after a month-long hiatus, and couldn't believe how wonky melee had become as a two hand user.
Pretty soon we'll all be playing a game that has been dumbed down to the levels of world of warcraft.
My friend got me into this game because it took a lot of skill to play, but frankly I don't think that is the case anymore.
It seems like the developers are genuinely trying to pidgeonhole people into playing certain classes like cav, ranged, or sword and board.
Maybe it's a coordinated effort to remove interest in the game in time for the release mount and blade 2.
Spinning didn't need to be nerfed for anything other than pike because of the drastic length. But, Instead of getting a minor tweak for an extremely specific problem for an individual weapon, the developers smashed a very minor niche problem with a sledgehammer and ended up creating far more glaring issues that need solving over entire general mechanic areas.
Now we're left with ground combat that feels wonky, lagged, and anything but fluid. Melee feels as rough and disjointed as the thought processes of a 90 year old woman with a severe case of Alzheimer's disease coupled with Dimensia. I now get the impression my weapon is being tugged on by an invisible spectre who is trying to sabotage me from hitting an enemy player.
Overhand swings are basically worthless now in a 1 on 1 confrontation due to the lack of speed, range, and nearly total lack of maneuverability. Stabs aren't far behind. The entire vertical spectrum of combat is now obsolete because of players who would much rather play an FPS version of diablo 3 rather than a mod derived from the Mount and Blade engine that rewards skill rather than overzealous, unreasonable whining from people that don't want to deal with any kind of learning curve whatsoever.
It's about 5 times harder to stab passing cavalry, who aren't barreling toward me head on, as I am now trying to stab a fast moving target with the game physic mechanics that I'm 100ft underwater and wearing a sweater made out of solid lead.
No spinning mechanics needed to be nerfed whatsoever for anything other than the pike due to how long it is. People need to stop screaming for nerfs just because they don't know how to block the easiest, most telegraphed, and expected attack in the entire game; the simple stab. It seemed like dexterity was finally getting equal treatment to strength, but the disparity between the benefits of both has never been more blatant and obvious than it is now.
Dexterity is now obsolete as an attribute. It was drowned by the tears of a thousand strength crutchers who don't want to play a skill based game.
By the way, I have never played a Dex build. the closest I've ever come is pure balance, but there is no way in hell I would ever consider being even remotely balanced now.
The magic of this mod is quickly drying up. It is dying to appeal to a mass of casuals. If history of the gaming industry has shown us anything, this is how all great franchises ultimately die.
CRPG is dying.
