SaltySpecula Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) The 1.16 update altered the sword attack animations to a much slower, but more realistic attack swing. The sword swing animation is now longer than a spear's thrust animation. The problem is, the damage of the sword was not buffed to offset this attack speed decrease. As it stands now, a Steel Longsword (Attack Power -4.3hp, attack range 2.5m) is now doing less damage per second and has less attack range than a Black Bronze Spear (Attack Power -4hp, attack range 3.5m) due to these changes. This is not taking into account a spear's throw damage either. As both swords and spears can be used with a shield without penalty, this change renders swords completely obsolete as a weapon type. It also makes combat against anything tougher than a Deep Drifter, even in full Steel Plate Armor with a Steel Longsword a risky proposition in 1v1. Against 2 or more Nightmare Drifters, this renders combat a near suicidal proposition, especially as both shield and torch/lantern cannot be equipped in the offhand simultaneously. If you intend to keep these changes to sword attacks, please increase the damage of all swords by at least 50%. If not, please remove swords from the game entirely as they currently serve no purpose. Edited January 18, 2022 by SaltySpecula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aledark Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 I agree with your observations. Should change it from a pure damage to like a DPS stats in vanilla and boost swords. Currently, i feel a bronze spear and or steel axe is superior to a steel sword in matter of DPS as your attack lands over multiple hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwind Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 There's already a release candidate available where swords have a faster swing speed. Also, this is not a bug. This is a feature in the process of being tuned. Please don't submit bug reports for things that are not bugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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