Shield can't block stomps.

As the title says... what do you guys think about knights no longer being able to block stomps by shield.? A knight can block a stomp by shielding, crouching ,and attacking. Let archers have a sliver of a chance when a knight decides to cook a bomb under them.

 

stomps are op

 

bombs are op, this allows archers a small way to have a chance against a knight with a bomb

 

well, stomps are op for knights. Slashing while stomping is basically a guaranteed kill. I couldn't care less about archers

 

when a knight just lights a bomb and shields, if the archer can't get a far ways away then he's dead in the air.

 

With the speed that archers can attain, you could use the stun from a successful stomp to grapple-fling yourself to safety before the bomb explodes.

It's a tactic I've used a few times, but as kody said, shielding makes it impossible.

All you have to do to avoid a stomp, is press S. I think this mechanic should be promoted more, and making stomps unblockable by shield would certainly achieve such.

 

This. Just this.

 

I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to this myself...

What makes the stomp do damage (minimum height required?)? Does height increase the damage at all? How does pressing S avoid a stomp? (This makes your character duck, right?)

Also what does and doesn't prevent a stomp? I feel like I've tried to raise my shield before and still died from a falling character, but other times it does no damage.

 

As Geti said, stomping is such a major mechanic of KAG that making any alterations to it would be game breaking. Something like this "could" have been suggested while we were still in beta, but we are not anymore. Major changes in core mechanics of the game, at this point, is a big no-no.

Stomp mechanics have existed from Classic, if you didn't know. That is how core of a mechanic they are.

 

i dont know how i feel about this since both stomp and shield are fucking ridiculous

 

While yes it is possible, the only place that it could reliably happen is when the archer is at a decent height advantage. The shield stun on a knight is so short that one doesn't have time to get the required height to then grapple stomp down.

 

We don't need the archer any more OP than they already are... nor do we want Knights anymore OP...
The devs can't really change anything at this stage since well... they're already done.
If they do change this... the devs will have to fix bugs that would appear due to the change... people would complain and there would be wide spread chaos... maybe some pixelated fires would appear everywhere due to the riots o-o

We do however appreciate the suggestion and hope you'll make more soon.
Just make a suggestion that doesn't involve core game mechanics... o-o

 

Back in the days of Classic KAG, you used to be able to stun a Knight through their shield with a stomp. I don't understand why that ever changed, especially considering the fact that Knights were given a significant shield buff already when they became able to block long to mid-range shots without being stunned.

 

plus hiding a helecopter in there shields powered by a mere 2 bombs

 

If everything is op, nothing is op.

 

Hey, I didn't say that!