cavalry & dropping weapons on impact

[Tzar]

Well.... cant belieave im reading this shit post from devs.....

So..... more nerfing shit incomming?? srly ??

While you at it, using realism as argument.. make plate immune to cut weapons, implement sprinting, make all wooden weapons breakable, make horses able to kill players when bumping at full speed, make arrow quivers realistic and give them lower ammo ect etc etc

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Getting hit by a plated charger at full speed doesn't instantly KO/kill everyone.

Full plate isn't basically invulnerable to most attacks.

Shield forcefields vs projectiles.

Block forcefields in general for melee.

Throwing lances don't take people in chainmail or under out of action on leg/chest hit.

Super duper permagrip until death on melee weapons, no slipping from rain.

Rigid swords and daggers don't get ruined if hit by a bar mace, mauls don't knock weapons out of people's hands.

No arm/leg crippling.

Staves/axe handles never break.

Axes/picks/morningstars never get stuck inside people/shields.

Steel shields/really heavy pommel strikes deal zero damage to people in chainmail/leather, even if you hit them in the face.

Weapons don't get stuck inside dirt/walls.

Infinite stamina, no sprinting.

... i could go on an on....

[San]

I don't think something like this would be a good mechanic. It punishes you for hitting the enemy.

[Ulter]

I don't think something like this would be a good mechanic. It punishes you for hitting the enemy.

It's not a punishment, it's a tradeoff. You have the ability to land a very powerful, unblockable hit (in case of both couched lance and 1h/2h against a horse) but you might lose your weapon in the process. (Making proper sidearms a useful thing for cav)

Well.... cant belieave im reading this shit post from devs.....

So..... more nerfing shit incomming?? srly ??

While you at it, using realism as argument.. make plate immune to cut weapons, implement sprinting, make all wooden weapons breakable, make horses able to kill players when bumping at full speed, make arrow quivers realistic and give them lower ammo ect etc etc ... i could go on an on....

I really hope the devs won't just implement this as cav nerf, but instead use the idea to enhance the way cavalry works in c-rpg now.
As for the realism...

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Dropping your lance upon hitting your opponent at high speed is not realistic. Having it break, leaving half of the lance stuck in the opponent's dead corpse would be realistic I hoped this mechanic could 'open doors' for some actual changes to cavalry (for example making it more powerful, but harder to play)

[San]

I just think the fundamental system needs to be different before having such a thing. You have a point, Ulter, but I don't think the couched weapons are great enough to simply be one use.

[CrazyCracka420]

Sounds great, also implement when my horse runs you over that you get knocked unconscious for anywhere from 3 to 90 seconds, with a 7% chance of instant death.

[AwesomeHail]

And with durability on couch lances, when loomed, the durability increases significantly so it is worth the money. (at mw can couch like 5 peeps or somt)

1h cav seems really op. I went with a 27/12 if tank with like 46 body armor and 50-ish head armor. still got 1hit by Royanss.

oh and why does everyone use ACS as inf now anyways? did it get buffed?

[Andswaru]

instastab reach.

[MURDERTRON]

What you should do is make it so great lances break every time, then you have to QQF and an NPC squire runs over to your horse to give you another lance.

This is clearly the change the community has always wanted.

[CrazyCracka420]

What you should do is make it so great lances break every time, then you have to QQF and an NPC squire runs over to your horse to give you another lance.

This is clearly the change the community has always wanted.

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[AwesomeHail]

instastab reach.

stay away from my iron staff >:C

[Inglorious]

I don't think something like this would be a good mechanic. It punishes you for hitting the enemy.

Thank God, the voice of reason showed up.

If you're tired of seeing agile great lancers, put in a request to have the strength to use the GL upped to keep those dirty STF's with 11 riding from being able to use them. IMO, that's not playing cavalry, that's being lazy. I know a very many people who would be devastated by a change like that. God forbid they learn to play aggressive as cavalry.

I.E. no more being 10 meters away and being able to lower a lance and instagib someone because you have no acceleration wind-up time
or, from a infantry point of view
I.E. Cavalry wearing nothing but rags and riding at the speed of light are no longer a giant threat because they would have to sacrifice some more points from agi towards str to use that dirty GL they abused you with!

[Andswaru]

stay away from my iron staff >:C

remove knockdown from staff, asap.

[_Tak_]

Thank God, the voice of reason showed up.

If you're tired of seeing agile great lancers, put in a request to have the strength to use the GL upped to keep those dirty STF's with 11 riding from being able to use them. IMO, that's not playing cavalry, that's being lazy. I know a very many people who would be devastated by a change like that. God forbid they learn to play aggressive as cavalry.

Limiting people to certain builds is just a retarded idea. Builds should have variety so people can choose to go with which build they want to play with. Also there aren't that many people around who would have 11 Ridings build. With 11 ridings that leaves you very little to no str that means you can easilly get 1 shoted from a xbox/ archers. Even a small throwing weapon can put you at a massive risk when charging due to speed bonus. don't forget great lance is not the only lance that can couched.

Give free respec to all agile great lancers if what you said got implemented as it will fucked up their build.