I had a good look through all the comments on this thread. I honestly think that this will be addressed soon. You will need to wait tought. This is not the full game and when this early access was announced they clearly announced that this is not the full Mount and blade experience. There are many features missing[not developed yet] and many features blocked by purpose [not working properly]. My suggestion would be that if you don't want to face the problems and bugs this game brings at this stage hold your urge to buy the game now and wait until further release. Also auto blocking will be easily implemented by the community or even the developers later on due to the fact that people want it so much. Easy fix right now(use a shield). ?️??