Blocking/Parrying

Decimus

I think blocking/parrying opponent's attack(s) should stagger them a bit, leaving them vulnerable to a counter attack.

That'd slow down the melee combat a bit (not a bad thing) and would make it more tactical and fun in my opinion.


Just a random thought I had today, let me know what you think.

jwinn

I totally agree, that would be great. It would definitely make melee encounters more meaningful. Currently melee combat is spam left click and pray you don't run out of stam first.

Cain

hitting block as soon as you see their weapon light up from the weapon special and blocking their damage and wasting their stam isnt enough ? seems fine to me. ive killed tons of people just mongoloid left click spamming into my block.

Wololo

the block seems in a good spot right now for the BR, its actually worth to use but not OP. i do agree any sort of active block in the mmo could be more substantial though

jwinn

Currently just holding down the block key drains stamina. I believe this should be removed. Stamina should only be effected when an attacker hits you while blocking. I also think the damage absorbed by blocking should be adjusted slightly. I've been rick rolled by people just spamming their melee wep while I was blocking. Maybe the damage mitigated can be adjusted depending on weapon type/rarity etc.

I also think a perfectly timed block should have a small chance to knock back the opponent as Decimus suggested.