Just wondering about attack combinations for bastard swords.

- Mhikal

I should have checked ere this but... I found that when I shifted my attack combinations to target body parts that... well, not very strong but with a 28 stone bastard sword, a "feint" is 4 sec RT, "feint neck" is a 1 sec RT. Intended or not?

-r

My guess would be that you're not skilled enough. The neck's a hard spot to hit, going to be harder to fient/slice/chop/anything at the neck as opposed to a general attack. When you miss by a long shot, sometimes you'll have a shorter RT than usual. Think of it as a baseball player checking their swing as opposed to following all the way thru. That may be what you're seeing. However, miss by a REAL long shot, and you'll get a huge RT.

They weren't getting a huge roundtime because it wasn't garbage text...it's just what happens with a miss sometimes. 1 second RT, normal RT, extra long RT seem to be the options.

I am --- Navak

Looks like just a bug...

Some text doesn't get any response at all from the game, other text gives increased RT while other gives reduced RT.

feint w

< Apparently without direction or thought, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary evades.
[You're off balance with opponent dominating.]
[Roundtime 22 sec.]


You are currently using 100% of your evasion skill.
You are currently using 100% of your shield block skill.
You are currently using 0% of your weapon parry skill.
(You have 5 defensive point(s) left to allocate.)
You are attacking with 0% of your offensive skill.

Last Combat Maneuver: Feint + None


>feint pec

< Awkwardly, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary evades.
[You're slightly off balance and opponent has slight advantage.]
[Roundtime 1 sec.]

Last Combat Maneuver: Feint + None


>feint

< As if effort and skill were a bad thing, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary evades.
[You're slightly off balance with opponent in good position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

Last Combat Maneuver: Feint


Turned up my stances...

>feint
< Driving in with naturally fluid movements, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary fails to dodge, avoiding only some of the blow.
The sword lands a light hit to the peccary's left leg.
[You're nimbly balanced and in better position.]
[Roundtime 1 sec.]


>feint n
< Driving in like an adept combatant, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary attempts to dodge, avoiding only some of the blow.
The sword lands a light hit to the peccary's abdomen.
[You're solidly balanced and in better position.]
[Roundtime 10 sec.]


>feint w
< Driving in like the irresistable force of a cyclone, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary fails to dodge, avoiding only some of the blow.
The sword lands a light hit to the peccary's left arm.
[You're solidly balanced and have slight advantage.]
[Roundtime 22 sec.]
R>

>feint s
< Driving in with naturally fluid movements, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary attempts to dodge, only partially avoiding the impact.
The sword lands a brushing strike to the peccary's right leg.
[You're solidly balanced and in better position.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]

>feint sw
< Driving in like the irresistable force of a cyclone, you sweep a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary fails to dodge, not quite escaping the blast.
The sword lands a glancing strike to the peccary's left arm.
[You're nimbly balanced and have slight advantage.]
[Roundtime 3 sec.]


>feint ne
< Driving in like an adept combatant, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary fails to evade, pivoting toward safety but still partially within harm's reach.
The sword lands a harmless blow to the peccary's right arm.
[You're solidly balanced with opponent in better position.]
[Roundtime 22 sec.]


feint in
< Moving with incredible power and control, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary attempts to dodge, mainly avoiding the blow.
The sword lands a glancing strike to the peccary's right leg.
[You're solidly balanced and in better position.]
[Roundtime 22 sec.]

>feint go
< Driving in like an unbeatable force, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary fails to evade, avoiding only some of the blow.
The sword lands a harmless strike to the peccary's left arm.
[You're solidly balanced with no advantage.]
[Roundtime 1 sec.]

>feint g
< Moving with powerful grace, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary fails to dodge, not quite escaping the blast.
The sword lands a brushing hit to the peccary's abdomen.
[You're slightly off balance and opponent has slight advantage.]
[Roundtime 12 sec.]

feint u
< Moving with powerful grace, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary fails to evade, mainly avoiding the blow.
The sword lands a grazing strike to the peccary's abdomen.
[You're solidly balanced with opponent in good position.]
[Roundtime 1 sec.]

>feint d
< Driving in with naturally fluid movements, you step backward and then slice at a peccary. A peccary fails to evade, only partially avoiding the impact.
The sword lands a grazing strike to the peccary's right arm.
[You're nimbly balanced with no advantage.]
[Roundtime 2 sec.]

>feint o
< Driving in like the irresistable force of a cyclone, you feint a bastard sword at a peccary. A peccary attempts to evade.
The sword lands a glancing blow to the peccary's left leg.
[You're solidly balanced with opponent in strong position.]
[Roundtime 22 sec.]


feint e (applies to any letter from help if used alone including p when I try to attack peccaries as well as help, he, hel)
You can simply "feint" at an opponent for a very quick attack that deals minimal damage. You can also "feint draw", "feint slice", etc. at an opponent for an attack that takes as long as the normal attack and has the balancing properties of that attack, but does the damage and provides the defense of a quick feint.

feint se (no response)
feint up (no response)
feint down (no response)
feint out (no response)


Are some examples...and the RTs seem static.

I am --- Navak