Multiplayer exploit: spin damage

[Shinigami]

If you do a 360-degree spit with a 2-handed weapon while hitting, you get a 30-100% damage boost!
Feel free to use this in MP games same as everyone else! Except me. I'll watch you get banned for exploiting, since its an obvious bug

I feel its weird you can spin at any desired speed while holding your weapon ready to attack anything. You can actually spin while attacking to increase damage. No special requirements - there is no speed limit for rotating your screen while attacking. A 360-degree spin kills anything instantly.

Not to mention 2-handed axe kills anything in 1 hit...

Yeah I finally purchased the game and started playing MP 

Sorry if its in the wrong sub-forum, I could never learn what goes where.

How do you feel about spin increasing your base melee damage?

 

[okiN]

I haven't noticed any significant damage increase from spinning. It can confuse some new players, but bottom line is you'll just get disoriented and die.

 

[ironpants]

Regardless of any damage increase, people use it to increase the speed of swing beyond what it should be. I do think there should be a swing speed limitation, so people can't just whirlwind huge two handers at impossible rates through mouse movement. Of course properly turning with a swing will speed it up but the primary result should be prolonging the swing so that it covers a wider arc. In real life when I turn into swings I can't make my weapon travel through space at any rate I want, there is a limit imposed by the mass of the weapon.

 

[Ekardt]

Twirls & spins in fact do no bonus damage. Speed Bonuses are applied by movement speed of yourself and of your enemy, and whether they are walking IN to the swing, or walking away from it, not turning or spinning. Physically, yes it would increase momentum and damage, but physically you couldnt even do it in real life. The game applies no speed bonus for turning quickly, though literally it does swing faster, no bonus damage is gained.

 

[HunterAlpha1]

so i guess the most you can get from spinning is to hit your opponent before he hits you?

 

[Ekardt]

so i guess the most you can get from spinning is to hit your opponent before he hits you?

More or less. And disorient yourself. When someone spins it can be really difficult to decide if you should block left or right, because they could be spinning right with a left to right swing chambered, etc.