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almost 4 years ago - /u/Jaaxxxxon - Direct link

No offense to the guy in the video, but this isn't super high level or 'meta'. If you're good enough to kill everyone normally, this is just showing off. Go watch a comp tournament (we have a section on our discord) and you definitely will not see 360's and emote spam. Actually looking at people and fighting more normally just works better. There's still times where turning away is good for forcing misses or reducing damage, and there are some nasty drags as well, but it looks way better than this does.

almost 4 years ago - /u/Jaaxxxxon - Direct link

Originally posted by SPARTAN-258

They should just buff turncaps, I don't care if drags work less because of it, I just don't want this kind of bullshit in the game, that's what killed chivalry.

Good thing the actual "pro" players like Stouty and stuff dont do those, but they still shouldn't be possible

Buffing turncaps more would make you unable to fight people that walk/sprint around you. There's a limit of how far we can restrict the freedom; too much and the game won't feel good or play properly, and at that point it's more like a lock-on combat game. Too little, and you get reverses and stuff like that.

The way we've made the game isn't to completely remove the ability to turn while swinging, but instead to make spins and stuff less optimal. The best way to play isn't this, so while it's technically possible, at high levels of play it's not effective at all.