What's up with the flinch mechanics? Just started and it seems like it's impossible to fight 1vX because people don't get flinched, they just attack through damage and you get swarmed by retards as a result.
You have to hit them with the tip of the weapon and in approximately the middle of the animation, to make people flinch. It's not too bad, could be better. A bigger issue for me is that friendly fire is off, so people just swarm.
SP seems alright. What do you gain by blocking correctly with a shield? Seems like you can still block even if you don't get the direction right.
I find it very barebones. You can't even ask an NPC how the realm is doing! Also the campaign menu navigation is giving me a headache. Why couldn't they just use the Warband layout?
Very underwhelming. Maybe I am not far enough into the game yet, but it feels like there's barely anything to do other than chase looters around, which by the way is a pain in the ass on Realistic movement speed.
Not sure you gain anything, but you can get hit around the shield, if you really suck.