[2020] Mordhau Weekly Feedback/Discussion: 10/27 - 11/2

Originally posted by Jamcakes_

Heya, very exciting stuff in the notes! A couple of things:

• Personally it doesn't make sense to me that ranged weapons are banned in Teamfight when the Short Spear has the most powerful ranged attack in the game and is widely used. The spear throw can easily repeatably deal 50+ damage over the entire distance of the arena and I think the throw should be disabled in the interest of competitive play.
• I think most of the fashion community agrees that the Brigandine Greaves are (in terms of the model) one of the best tier 2 leg options, but it's a massive shame we can't colour the thighs and rivets to match the Brigandine or Corazzina, making them too out of place to style properly most of the time. With editing old cosmetics being out of the question would the devs consider adding replacement that better adheres to quality of Mordhau's more recent cosmetics? Perhaps something like this: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/573910521963610112/770578148025696286/image02.png
• Remove dodge from the game outright ;^)

Originally posted by PotatoKilr

1. Horde improvements such as fixing AI knocking you down easily near ladders
2. Kicks with all items
3. Shields should not be de-equipped when the main weapon is thrown
4. Remove the Huntsman perk or make it a default trait
5. Nerf cleaver damage against armor (stab damage could be slightly increased to balance it)
6. Nerf axe attack and/or combo speed (axes should realistically not be faster than swords)
7. Kills made using a teammate’s mounted crossbow or fireplace should award points to the builder
8. Allow mounted crossbow bolts to be parried

Originally posted by Kierran169

Keep executioners hood after Halloween please. It fits with mordhau's general theme well.

Originally posted by gooseppe1

0) My friend can't download the game since new patch. He tried nearly every known method to fix this issue but nothing helped him. What should he do?

Cosmetic suggestions:

1) More leather colors would be a very cool addition.

2) Brigandine greaves need a rework. These legs are really nice, but sadly we can't colour the leather part. Please fix that.

3) Gothic legs seem way too large, isnt it an issue? 4) Archer arms have clipping issues with most of shoulder options.

5) Please make the leather part of archer arms with bracers colorable.

Other questions:

1) How is the progress going with SDK? What should we expect?

2) How is the progress going with scimitar? Should we expect it in the upcoming patch or it will come later?

Originally posted by Gott_Mogis

I really love you for keeping stuff coming <3 <3 <3 Stay awesome. For me nothing really to complain about.

One thing that i would love to see but expect to be impossible/not wanted from ur side: autobalance teams on level base. my experiance as an avarage 100+ player is that high levels tend to stack. what means that teams of low levels get beaten up often without having carries that help them to live longer. Fmpov Level based autobalance would be the easiest way to balance and most of the time level and skill are correlated. Squads should be prioritised to stay together.

Originally posted by [deleted]

Hey u/Jaaxxxxon, this might seem like a strange request, but hear me out: Please remove 80 player servers.

The average player will choose it because it sounds cool and then wonder why the the map feels unoptimized or why the server feels laggy.

Then they believe that is just how the game is, even though the game feels smooth when servers have a lower player cap.

It does split the population as well, and I believe this is a big reason for complaints regarding population levels and activity.

Since you guys probably got all the optimization data you needed by now, I think it would be in everyone's best interest to remove it soon-ish.

Originally posted by Outlaw_Cheggf

My feedback is that the main menu still says it's halloween! It's not!!! I'm being lied to! You're lying to me right now, Jax!

Originally posted by LibertyG100

Can the servers be rebooted at least once per week ? I noticed that the quality of servers slowly decline weeks after week until an update is released, that actually fix the servers, assuming you restart them. I think it would be a good thing if you could reboot servers more often. Thanks !

Originally posted by Streichwurst

Can we maybe get a folder system for the loadout screen? I feel like most people have just too many loadouts to keep proper track and that would be a great way to filter them. Maybe even have a filter option like one folder 3/3/3 armor or the first weapon in the loadout is 1h, 2h or misc. (ranged and toolbox). That would be awsome!!

Originally posted by thuntershompson

is there ever gonna be a regicide game mode?

Originally posted by MaximusProxi

What i think this game needs the most is something like an "advanced" tutorial (or a very clear link to a video like trix's "advanced guide to mordhau", where new players can learn about riposts, drags and accels, footwork/spacing and keybinds. Reason for that is seeing bigger streamers like xqc or summit that go to ranked duels without even knowing what a riposte is, the most important mechanic in the game . I watched some footage the other day and most of their complaints come from "animation abusing" or not knowing how to deal with 1handed weapon attack spamming. If they knew how to deal with that better by knowing what mechanics actually exist in the game they would've had a much smoother time playing. Also playing with 240 is a relatively big disadvantage.

Stuff I'd personally like to see:

1. Remove automated kicks for teamkilling. Yes I see that this system has it's place in the game for griefers. But it certainly feels bad to get kicked after a 30+ minutes match with over 100 kills, top of the leader board, because that naked maul guy runs injured into your swing. Just remove it or make it so you have to have a certain kill/tk ratio to get kicked (5 tk min, then 1 additional tk for every 10 kills or sth). I personally do think regular votekick is enough if it gave a bit more information.
2. Also give more information on regular vote kicks, like how long the player has been playing in that match kill/tk etc.
3. Protect spawns better. On Camp you often get spawnkilled by the catapult just running 3m out of spawn, blue side. Mountain Peak 1 firebomb can block the complete spawn when spawning in the castle entrance, red side.
4. Give more gold when entering late in horde mode. Entering a game sth like wave 17 with 150g just doesn't cut it. OR give everyone a default loadout after wave 10 (like armingsword, light armor and buckler).

Originally posted by DonWardaddy

Ever think of adding minor stats to weapon attachments, like increase point earned, decrease parry cost by 1, deal extra damage to horse/wood, things that doesn’t change gameplay much but worth trying different sets

Originally posted by needlzor

The only solution I see for this would be to open the game up to more players. Maybe with a free to play model where you could buy cosmetics with money.

I've proposed this as a way to revive the battle royale mode and while it wasn't outright dismissed, it's more of a long term thing.

I don't think the playerbase is dying but the game could use a walled garden mode with level-restricted servers running the game by decreasing the speed to 80%, for people learning the game. Yes, yes I know level isn't everything because new accounts and smurfs and all that but if it reduces it significantly it should already be enough to have some effect.