Character body stances

George_Black

Are you in favour of more realistic combat stances or more fantasy influenced? And I dont mean anime fantasy, tiny schoolgirls swinging greatswords around.

Personally I do not like the current 2handed warrior stance.
Too hunched, makes the character look short.

I would prefer more proud, defiant stances, even though they might not be historically accurate.
Give your feedback to the devs.

Percimes

As much as I would like a more realistic flavour for combat, I'm afraid it isn't a liked thing by players. Melee combat depends a lot on footwork, weight transfer and body mechanic, which make it a rather static business with launches and retreats in and out of measure. For Honor captured it well, but I believe it was one of the aspects that wasn't well implemented and liked in Throne and Liberty's beta test* and in one of the old presentations of melee combat pre-alpha 1 for Ashes.

Without realistic attack animations, realistic stances are not as important. So I'm fine with the rule of cool, as long as it's not in the ridiculous territory.



*Range classes in that beta could move out of reach of melee too easily. People don't realize it's quicker to swing a 5-7 lbs two-handed sword (or any lighter weapons) than it is to move your whole body out of its range. You can't easily walk or run away unpunished, and realistically all it takes is one good hit to incapacitate someone. Realism vs game.