Lance hitbox is way off.

[nuffen]

I couldnt find a thread about this, but the problem seems to have been there like forever.

The lances used from horse, also pikes and spears seems to have a problem with the hitbox, making the hits kinda random if you dont know how to compensate.
This makes it hard to hit with the weapons, as you often dont hit the enemy when thrusting ur weapon through him/her, or sometimes you get killed because that wep that obiously missed you, actually hitted you.

What do you people say? Do you feel that this is a problem?

[UrLukur]

yep

[BlackGyver]

Lilith, looks like most of the hitboxes are fucked up. No, actually I don't think it's about the hitboxes, it's probably somewhere in the server. You don't notice such issues when you slash with a sword, because slashing covers quite a wide range, but when you're going archer, polearm or thrower, you do notice it. It's like some sort of general lag.

[forgivers]

yeah it started with .200 patch i often see my arrow go throught some1 like if there was nothing and also
sometime the video clearly show that the pike went way offside from you and still hit you and i have 30-40 ping

hitbox may be fucked but there is a strange server lag since .200

[bruce]

Lances from horseback... idk. I can't say anything is really weird with the hitbox, but maybe I'm used to it.

On foot, definitely, in 1h mode.

[Peasant_Woman]

It is a combination of several factors; hitboxes are slightly larger than character models, the everpresent lag, stabbing with a long weapon seems to hit slightly up and to the left of where the model says it should (this has lead to many many 'misses' where my weapon impaled someone but caused no damage EDIT: This happens more often if you go for headthrusts)

[WaltF4]

Thrusts have always been something of a crapshoot. Since the only weapons I enjoy using are the pikes, I normally just exit the game if my ping gets above 80. 

Shield blocking melee attacks has also felt increasingly random with the newer patches.

[Chaos]

Yes there have been some thrusts where I definitely felt like I shouldve lanced someone's head but didnt and some thrusts where I wasn't aiming at all and still connected with flesh.

[chief]

Getting couched when you are on the opposite side of the horse that the lance point is on, or getting killed by a lance thrust when the point misses you and the shaft kills you as the horse moves foward, (Usually happens with wide thrusts from horse back, I think of it as the "Limbo lance".

On foot, the problems are obvious as well, spears/pikes going through people with no damage, or hitting someone that the weapon model didn't touch.

[Meow]

I voted "I dont know, is that some kind of food?" because i was hungry at that time but would like to change it to "Yes!" now.

[Murmillus_Prime]

No.

If I aim for an enemies head, it hits their head, unless I clearly miss it. If I aim for their back, I hit their back, and the same goes for enemy lancers, either I lance them or they lance me, it's all a matter of timing.

[RagnarLodbroke]

hitbox may be fucked but there is a strange server lag since .200

So true, its so goddamn  laggy atm, i usally have 70 ping but it seems like ( On my screen ) like i have 150....might be my internet that is fucked aswell! Anyway its really irritating, and i cant play!

[Ganon]

The official eu servers lag, but the pecores one (eu 4) is fine.

I don't know if the hitbox is off, can this be modded or is it hardcoded ? Sounds more like a hardcoded feature to me so even if it is off, there's nothing than can be done about it.

[Murmillus_Prime]

Isn't it funny how most people voting yes in this thread probably suck at lancing anyway.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

I haven't noticed any particular problems.  I think its just people who don't know how to time a lance strike.