Huge Combat Patch 0.25.50.3

Greetings, Feudalists!

In collaboration with our modding team, we've implemented significant updates to the combat system. Before delving into the specifics, let's outline our primary objectives for these changes:

• Enhance the combat system to more strongly emphasize individual player skills, while still valuing teamwork.

• Rebalance armor to better showcase its strengths and weaknesses.

• Increase the diversity of weapons and combat tactics.

List of changes

Parry

• Extended stun duration for targets upon a successful parry from 0.1 to 1 second.

• Parrying now requires 15 stamina.

Counterattacks

• Broadened the counterattack window from 1.5 to 2 seconds.

• Shortened the post-block/parry animation from 1 second to 0.3 seconds.

Shields

• Lowered damage absorption for inactive shields (held or on the back) from 50% to 25%. No change during active blocking.

• Increased the weight of certain shields.

Bows

• Raised stamina costs:

   - Composite bow: from 20 to 30.

   - Longbow: from 40 to 50.

Lancers

• Substantially decreased horse protection against certain damage types (horses now perish 20-40% faster).

• Reduced the collision damage multiplier.

• Eliminated horse health restoration from the Refresh ability.

• Partially offset the reduced protection with increased health and improved regeneration (details below).

General

• Upped damage modifier for targets in non-combat stance from 1.5 to 1.75.

• Fleeing now requires 70 stamina (plus, we're planning to introduce weapon drops soon, as requested).

Armor

Weapon damage rebalance

• Nordic Sword – slashing damage reduced by 20%;

• Knight Sword – overall damage reduced by 10%;

• Scimitar – overall damage reduced by 20%;

• Falchion – slashing damage reduced by 10%;

• Estoc – piercing damage increased by 10%;

• Bastard Sword – piercing damage reduced by 20%;

• Gross Messer – piercing and slashing damage reduced by 30% and 20% accordingly;

• War Axe – chopping damage increased by 10%;

• Battle Axe – overall damage increased by 10%;

• Nordic Axe – overall damage increased by 10%;

• Morning Star – overall damage increased by 10%;

• War Pick – piercing damage increased by 20%;

• Claymore – piercing and slashing damage reduced by 30% and 15% accordingly;

• Zweihaender – piercing damage reduced by 30%; slashing damage increased by 10%;

• Flamberge – piercing damage reduced by 30%; slashing damage increased by 20%;

• Pollaxe – piercing damage reduced by 30%; chopping damage increased by 20%;

• Bardiche – chopping damage increased by 5%;

• Broad Axe – chopping damage increased by 5%;

• Sledge Hammer – overall damage increased by 20%;

• Maul – overall damage increased by 20%;

• Glaive – piercing damage reduced by 20%; slashing damage increased by 10%;

• Guisarme – slashing damage reduced by 10%;

• War Scythe – piercing damage reduced by 40%; slashing damage increased by 10%;

• Spear – piercing damage reduced by 10%;

• Boar Spear – piercing damage reduced by 10%;

• Awl Pike – piercing damage increased by 10%;

• Bec de Corbin –  thrust damage increased by 10%; swing damage increased by 20%;

• Lance – piercing damage increased by 10%.

Horses

• Riding Horse:

   - HP regeneration rate increased from 0.128 to 0.192 HP/sec.

• Simple Warhorse:

   - HP increased from 200 to 300;

   - HP regeneration rate increased from 0.256 to 0.384 HP/sec;

   - Slashing damage reduction decreased from 0.6 to 0.3;

   - Piercing damage reduction decreased from 0.25 to 0.15;

   - Chopping damage reduction decreased from 0.5 to 0.25;

   - Blunt damage reduction decreased from 0.5 to 0.25;

   - Siege damage reduction decreased from 0.4 to 0.2.

• Hardy Warhorse:

   - HP increased from 200 to 300;

   - HP regeneration rate increased from 0.32 to 0.48 HP/sec;

   - Slashing damage reduction decreased from 0.7 to 0.4;

   - Piercing damage reduction decreased from 0.6 to 0.3;

   - Chopping damage reduction decreased from 0.7 to 0.4;

   - Siege damage reduction decreased from 0.5 to 0.3.

• Spirited Warhorse:

   - HP regeneration rate increased from 0.16 to 0.256 HP/sec;

   - Slashing damage reduction increased from 0 to 0.1;

   - Piercing damage reduction increased from 0 to 0.1;

   - Chopping damage reduction increased from 0 to 0.1;

   - Blunt damage reduction increased from 0 to 0.1;

   - Siege damage reduction increased from 0 to 0.1.

• Heavy Warhorse:

   - HP increased from 200 to 350;

   - HP regeneration rate increased from 0.384 to 0.512 HP/sec;

   - Slashing damage reduction decreased from 0.8 to 0.5;

   - Piercing damage reduction decreased from 0.8 to 0.4;

   - Chopping damage reduction decreased from 0.8 to 0.5;

   - Siege damage reduction decreased from 0.75 to 0.4.

• Royal Warhorse:

   - HP increased from 200 to 400;

   - HP regeneration rate increased from 0.384 to 0.512 HP/sec;

   - Slashing damage reduction decreased from 0.9 to 0.6;

   - Piercing damage reduction decreased from 0.9 to 0.5;

   - Chopping damage reduction decreased from 0.9 to 0.6;

   - Siege damage reduction decreased from 0.9 to 0.5.

Please note that these values are subject to change. We will continue to adjust them based on our observations, analyses, and further feedback from the community.

Additionally, this patch introduces special admin claims where Alignment will be preserved. This paves the way for us to host unique events with special rewards in the near future. Stay tuned to our updates to ensure you don't miss any upcoming announcements!