Unbalanced attribute?

[SixThumbs]

I've been playing M&B for a while now and I don't think I fully grasp the concept of weapons that are unbalanced. How much of a detriment is it really to the weapon?

Edit: the only reason I bring this up is because it appears you can actually feint faster with the drawback of a slightly longer cool-down for blocking or attacking again.

[MrShine]

My understanding is unbalanced weapons have a smaller window for canceling swings/ feinting.  So they are less useful in duels and better to swing away with.

[Vibe]

You can't feint faster since tap blocking an unbalanced attack won't usually even cancel the swing.

[Cyclopsided]

Harder feinting and swing canceling is one of the minor problems with unbalanced weapons.
The main downside is that they take a much longer time to recover from attacks, and are weapon stunned for longer. ie; You can not spam with them, and if you use one you are easy to be spammed.

[SixThumbs]

The only reason I posted this is because you actually have to click faster from the moment you release the attack to when you block to initiate the feint, so I assumed feinting was actually quicker with an unbalanced weapon, and more often then not the feint comes out without the block animation.

Also, what's a castor swing? Is it when you feint late and the attack comes out as the end half of the swing animation?

[Cyclopsided]

A "castor swing" is a double swing technique.
It lets you swing twice on an opponent, hitting him when they should be able to swing back.
Unbalanced weapons have a very hard time doing this due to the added delay.