Technical Issue mblocking not working?

[some dank memes]

when i try to mblock nothing about my lightsaber position changes, is this supposed to happen as i cannot tell if there is a problem with mblocking for me as i have tried to disarm with it but nothing happens so im pretty sure that mblocking isn't working for me

 

[Sammy]

If this is for the current Open Beta, please direct feedback here.
1.4.5 Open Beta Dueling Feedback

If this is the live build, you may be mistiming your mblocks -- I have seen many disarms occur recently.

 

[Tempest]

The animations only play while walking when you do the inputs.

 

[some dank memes]

The animations only play while walking when you do the inputs.

i hold down block and when the strike is coming towards me i hold lmb and move to the left if it were coming from the right

 

[Tempest]

That's also incorrect. To Mblock an incoming right horizontal, you'd Mblock to the right.

 

[Lessen]

You have to walk (hold shift)

(although Tempest's phrasing almost suggests that you can MBlock while not-walking, and you just won't do the animations. I have no idea if that is or isn't true.)

 

[Tempest]

You have to walk (hold shift)

(although Tempest's phrasing almost suggests that you can MBlock while not-walking, and you just won't do the animations. I have no idea if that is or isn't true.)

This is correct.

 

[Tempest]

You have to walk (hold shift)

(although Tempest's phrasing almost suggests that you can MBlock while not-walking, and you just won't do the animations. I have no idea if that is or isn't true.)

This is correct.

 

[Lessen]

wow that's.. obscure. Or poorly-explained. Like a lot of things at this point i guess.

 

[UL-532]

So what are the conditions under which an MBlock can occur now? Seems to be a lot more difficult than before V1.

 

[Sammy]

So what are the conditions under which an MBlock can occur now? Seems to be a lot more difficult than before V1.

Not that complicated.. proper mblock input (while walking) followed with a PB (minus staff) with the correct timing will disarm a non-swingblocking opponent.

 

[Lessen]

@SammyBeaux Wait, didn't Tempest just clarify that you don't actually need to be walking? That the animation won't go off, but you'll still mblock? That's how I interpreted his reply, anyway.

 

[Sammy]

@SammyBeaux Wait, didn't Tempest just clarify that you don't actually need to be walking? That the animation won't go off, but you'll still mblock? That's how I interpreted his reply, anyway.

Well, yes, you can mblock without holding shift (which won't trigger the animation) if you're blocking -- I'm not sure if that's been changed or not.

 

[Tempest]

Crystal clear clarification for how to Mblock:
- You don't need to be walking
- You do have to hold block + do an attack input with the following:

• Perfect block the incoming swing
  
• Match direction of incoming swing with proper movement (when you walk, the matching block animation for the corresponding swing makes it fairly easy to see if you were correct
• Directions to input based on incoming swing:
  • Incoming top left: move back + left
  • Incoming left: move left
  • Incoming bottom left: move forward + left
    
  • Incoming top: move forward/back
  • Incoming top right: move back + right
  • Incoming right: move right
  • Incoming bottom right: move forward + right