I can't really contest this, but I don't remember it being this bad, honestly. Granted this was back when EC was first playable and the melee system was about as deep as a puddle in the Sahara. Just swing until one person falls down. I haven't played much (or at all) since then, and so I've enjoyed the depth they've added to melee, but.... I just wish it work work! I jus wanna krump' sum oomiez and panzies!
Believe me, you are not alone when you wish melee would work as it should But remember the Dark Days of the powerfist madness. Or Autotrack-Attacks Or D-Bash not working at all (RMB spam melee autowin) Or the times when the Shieldbro, without pressing the button had a more than 180° Protection. Or Mark of Nurgle Groundassault was the uncontested Champion of melee I am by no way saying melee right now is good, but it's a lot better than builds we had before, believe me
Unfortunately melee mechanics are by and large broken. The majority of the time I d-bash it doesn't work. Same goes for the majority of the time I used strong attack vs d-bash. Bugs...
It ain't you, OP, it's the game. What seems to work best for me at the moment is to take the best available melee weapon and simply spam the fast attack and roll out of the way when I see the enemy preparing a defensive bash or heavy attack. Not much skill involved and not very reliable, but best result/effort ratio. Let's just hope they fix and rebalance melee soon.
This stuff happens to me a lot....always thought it was just crappy client/server data relationship. Glad I am not the only one suffering this bullshit. Usually rage at the screen and then stop playing for awhile, sometimes days. Is there a cause of this stuff?
I would have to guess it's because the game is in Alpha. They're still working on getting systems into place and all that. With computers, one small change (to a human) can cause dramatic changes to how a code performs. And given how complex real-time action-oriented combat is, honestly, it's no wonder things are broken.
I preferred the days when Dbash stunned for longer and both parties no matter what the class had an equal chance with it. What determined if you won a dual or not was your skill with using it. It might of seemed drawn out and clunky but at least it worked somewhat. It just seems a complete mess now. It is the same trend with a lot of things when a new patch drops. Something that just needs tweaking a tad gets completely over written to something much worse. Well not all things but certainly most in the case with Melee.
