Made an account after reading this entire thread to point out that everyone making the "git gud kid" argument doesn't give a **** about disabled people, and that y'all should be embarrassed. Try some empathy on for size.
I have a disability called osteogenesis imperfecta, and while it doesn't affect my ability to play this game, I have lots of friends that DO have disabilities that affect their ability to play games like this, and a few of them play Warband and refunded Bannerlord because it was literally unplayable for them without autoblock. People with disabilities are the largest minority group in the US, making up
26% of the population, 14% have mobility issues. Having accessibility options is always good, and will bring more people into the game. Stop thinking of auto-block as an "EZ babby mode", and start thinking about it as an accessibility setting. None of y'all would be saying this **** if this thread was about asking for a colorblind mode instead. You should support features that will get more people to buy and enjoy the game, not throw a fit about it or get mad at people who aren't having fun for...not having fun? Enjoying things differently than you do? Being unable to play the game because of physical limitations? Honestly there's really no defense unless people were asking for it to be added in multiplayer, which literally nobody is doing.
I always played Warband with autoblock since I started playing the game like 9 or 10 years ago. Not because I was bad, but because it was simply more fun for me to play with it on. Warband was always a power fantasy game for me, which is why I never got into MP. I don't care about having 1337 SKILLZ, I don't care about becoming a master swordsman in a single player game. If that was the kind of experience I was looking for, I'd just boot up Mordhau and play on a duel server instead. M&B has never been about being a top-tier elite Gamer. Taleworlds should add autoblock, if only because they're missing out on sales from lots of disabled people that would like to play the game but can't due to mobility issues.