Yep, in the triple digits I can see the swing coming but it takes like 3 seconds for my character to start working on that block I told him to do so I prefer just swinging as wildly as possible and pray the other person can't block. And hope an admin teammate is not next to me. For some reason it's always an admin I tk...
Actually now that I think about it, my character not doing what I tell him to do is sort of a feature à la Top Gear, whereas when I see someone approaching and see he's about to swing if I tell my character to block he delays as if saying, "Are you sure?" Then I die, which is sort of like my character reminding me "Well it's your funeral." because blocking does nothing to kill the other person thus reminding me not to block next time.
Really useful piece of advise my character gives me.