Reason to invert attack direction?

[Teddy bear]

I would actually like a topic on this  witchery "relative to enemy position"

Think it's like auto-block option, only regarding attacks
Automatically chooses optimal swing by enemy position towards you.
I've strong feelings it's singleplayer available option only (or could be used on servers with auto-block on?
Don't know for sure though.

[Vibe]

Didn't even know there was an inverted attack option 

[CrazyCracka420]

I like the regular attack directions personally, if I move my mouse right and left click I think of it as my guy chambering his weapon to the right of his body, and then when you release, you follow through the swing (like a wii-mote like other people were saying with inverted).  Seems very intuitive to me.

Inverted mouse controls seem like you would be out of position a lot, like if someone is to my right and I want to swing from left to right, I would have to move my mouse FARTHER right to chamber back my swing, and then move my mouse right again to follow through the swing...

[oprah_winfrey]

It is a preference thing. The only "advantages" are:

1) people might not be familiar with your movement
2) Easier to turn into your swings
3) Easier to spam overheads and stab people in the head
4) Not is important with the turn nerf, but lol stabs could look weird because they originate as your players is looking up at the sky.

I think the biggest disadvantage is that chambering side swings is "harder" or not as intuitive.

[Tanken]

Going to give this a shot over the next 2-3 weeks.

[Fyre]

To swing your weapon to the right means you have to draw it back behind your left shoulder.  This corresponds to the left mouse move to start the swing.  Makes sense to me.

This. Especially because of holds. I always felt that the swing was the charge up of the attack, so it made sense that when I moved my sword to the left and held it, the sword stayed on the left, until I let go and then it swung right.