Tbh I’m not convinced the game has to go back to how it was in most ways. Like, it’s not feints that I feel like I’m missing. I’m missing the feedback and control that I had in WB. Consistent and identifying sound effects from swings, blocks, footsteps, chambers, bounced or weak hits.
And then there’s the weird changes to staggering and how much damage it requires, how fast you can change your movement direction, etc.
For things like that, as well as not just having a flat delay for swinging after blocking and changing your block direction. It just all seems so unnecessary to change from what worked so well.
Exactly.
Also, I just played one match on Warband after playing several hours on Bannerlord and overall I'd say that just starting by improving the damage values and reducing the angle in which players are able to hit their opponents would considerably improve the experience. Fixing blunts and directional shield blocking would already be a huge step forward.