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r/ChivalryGame•
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This game is amazing fun, why haven't I been playing it for years?

I've played a tiny bit in the past but not much and never ranked I guess as I started playing at a Lan Party Sunday at rank 0. I only have reached rank 6 last night so pretty much a total newbie here.

I cannot handle the level of fun I'm having. Every battle, win or loss, is amazing. It's so much fun (and hilarious) to team deathmatch on moors where everyone charges while screaming with swords held overhead. Last night on a loss (I guess your whole team loses their weapons if you lose) one enemy came at me with a sword and I actually beat him and killed him with my fists, too hilarious.

I love in FFA when I saw someone sheath their sword and I immediately knew what to do and sheathed my own as we both had a fist fight to the death.

No game I've ever played has so well replicated a charge into brutal bloody battle as this. Every moment is so good. I don't know if it was an accident or genius design but every part of a battle feels so unique and wonderful as a gamer. Defending tight hallways when the enemy hits a wall with his swing and you can capitalize on it. Jumping into a FFA when 2 people are already fighting. Chasing down an enemy who turns and sprints while shouting "Help!" and the screaming, the constant warcries, oh lord I'm in heaven. The death animation where the enemy falls to his knees and you finish his body by chopping off his head....

I'm hooked, can't help it. Get home from work and boot up the game the last two days and have a blast. I've actually managed top of the leader board several times somehow, a lot of players really are bad but I'm prepared to have my ass handed to me once I graduate from green servers. I had a technical issue with major stuttering (high end PC, made no sense) but I finally solved it last night by running the game in 32bit mode.

See you on the battlefield!

Edit: Well that went as expected, lol.

http://i.imgur.com/1l8TPWX.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/rRrFiS3.jpg

Edit2: Learning how to drag on duel servers and starting to get better.... Actually winning fights now.

Taking breaks from duel server training to fight with my fellow newbs. Almost feels unfair now using my new-found techniques.

http://i.imgur.com/gYovE06.jpg

Posted Feb 25, 2015, 3:07 PM UTC · edited

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graftenεq | gide0n - 50•

Welcome Brother! Always glad to see new players enjoying the game. Despite what some dumb-dumbs say, the community here is actually pretty darn good. The competitive scene is pretty small, but everyone that's been around for a while or is in a clan kind of knows each other and we tend to have a lot of fun. There are a few people that stream the game on Twitch, but not many. Clay is one of the biggest chiv streamers who usually has one going every Friday night.

I would recommend that you leave the green servers ASAP... don't wait to hit lvl 16. Your skill will improve more by playing better players. Servers like "Classic Duels" will really school you and allow you to watch some amazing players that you can try to copy. Just know... on a Classic Duels server (which is in FFA mode) you must bow to a player and have them bow back to you before initiating a fight with someone.

Something that makes the game even more fun is being in a teamspeak with other players. In the side bar there is an IP address for the r/chiv official TS. Sometimes there are people chillin in there and sometimes you need to try to get a few people together to go join it. Somewhere around the mid to upper 30's in rank, you can probably join a clan and you'll always have people to talk to and play with. I didn't join a clan until I was rank 48 and I really regret it, I've made so many more friends and had so much more fun playing this game ever since I joined one.

There's lots of good advice in this subreddit, so if you have questions about things, try searching here for it, and if you don't find it, please ask. There are some trolls here, yes, but there are also a lot of really helpful players that check this sub regularly.

Again, welcome, and keep at it! You definitely have the right attitude to be a long time player of this game.

Oh and if you've never seen it: Criken's Cowardly Crusade

A lot of the bugs in this video have been patched, but it's still really funny.... and there's still a lot of goofy shit that hasn't been patched.

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Remote_StartOP•

I'll watch that video tonight, love the goofy stuff.

This is one great one I saw the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k-xqi4xX4o

I love this one too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_3VZDb7pj4

I game with my GF a lot, and she's joined me in a bit of head chopping the last three days. Gotta say though, the best thing was hearing her randomly shout while putting dishes away, "FOR THE ORDERRRR!"

I'll check out all the stuff you wrote about, thank you, Lord.

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graftenεq | gide0n - 50•

oh god that first one is gold. There was a guy doing that in a server I was on the other night and I was crying from laughing every time he walked up.

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YourMoneyOrYourLifeStealthyRayning - Rank 53•

Starting out is definitely the most fun I've had in this game. The combination of the voice commands, brutality, and responsiveness of the combat relative to other medieval fighting games is simply amazing. And the more you play, the more you get into the intracisies of combat.

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dqsg22•

I remember that first day so well. Called my best friend in tears of laughter and told him he had to install it right away. For all we bitch and moan here it's still the most memorable game I've played in the past 5 years.

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tubz•

You're going to fit right in! Enjoy the game for what it is and don't be a dirty try hard and it will never get old. This silliness is part of what makes it unique. FOR AGATHA!

Source: Been playing over 2 years and still feel like OP's post every time I play.

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Jonks•

I felt the same way when I first started playing. A friend recommended it to me and I watched the videos on the steam store page and looked through the pictures and I wasn't interested at all. The friend convinced me to buy it and I was blown away when I actually started playing. I feel like the marketing really doesn't do the game justice.

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sesstreetsT | Sir Loin of Beef•

Yeah man love to see a newbie enjoying the game. Just be patient and youll be killing others of higher level and itll be even crazier.

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XXLpeanuts•

Best thing is that even after over 800 hours I still come back after a few weeks of not playing and feel exactly as you do now. That never goes away, it's got the best replay value out of any game I have.

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gentlemandinosaurTemplar | Terse ()==[:::::::::::::>•

800? Oh I remember when I was first starting out too... :D

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XXLpeanuts•

Haha, honestly given how many times my rank reset and the games fucking lost all stats and even forgets what dlc i have bought it wouldnt be surprising if that number is far bigger than it seems.

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gentlemandinosaurTemplar | Terse ()==[:::::::::::::>•

I am just playing... though I didn't even get close to being okay till about 600-700 hours.

I am at 1370 now. And I still suck.

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XXLpeanuts•

What do you define as sucking at the game though? I found most games id finish top after about 300 hours or so. But i play a lot of fps games and adjusted easy. Oh and i basically dont play unless im high, i get too angry otherwise.

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dirtyapenz•

We all start with scores like that btw

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TNGSystemsRockandGrohl•

Dat progress tho..

Are you dragging the claymore? Switch to gr8sword m8. It's 8/8 weapon. Zwei is even draggier but I find it too slow when you don't wanna drag.

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Remote_StartOP•

That round I went all Claymore VG. I just unlocked the Zwei after that round. Still learning many of the weapons but the Knight's Longswords and VG Greatsword lines both feel most natural to me. I have the hardest time with skilled MAA right now.

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TNGSystemsRockandGrohl•

I used to main MAA and then decided to main VG then Knight. I used to love MAA but it's just too easy to get traded and gibbed these days. Especially when they nerfed dodge, BS stab and removed first-hit-flinch, MAA isn't very viable to play. Mad respect for those with the skills to play it smart and the patience to not get wah wah when you get insta-gibbed by stupid shit. Knight allows for more errors and I still make lots of errors like prioritising wrong targets, getting greedy, panic parrying and falling for feints.

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Blog_15•

I'm the opposite honetly, I used to love playing and was basically addicted. But nowadays whenever I log on, I get insta killed by just about everyone online before I can even get a hit in. After about 5-6 deaths without even touching an enemy I just log off and wonder why I even bother playing anymore.

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tubz•

You're just out of practice.

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DoubleJumpDude•

I got bored of it which sucks because I love this game.

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redditors_r_manginas•

This guy haven't seen the spinning ballerinas yet, shh, don't spoil it for him. Let him have fun until he hits 15 rank.

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XXLpeanuts•

It's still fun with all that especially if you get good.

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Remote_StartOP•

I can't figure out how they spin so fast. Even at unplayable max sensitivity I can't spin more than a 90 degrees while swinging. I have picked up the dragging and actually beating some high rank players doing that stuff. Then I saw a lvl 13 on a newb server with 25-0 KDR doing maul 360 degree spinning. Even by myself I can't figure out how it's done.

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XXLpeanuts•

They do the spin before actually hitting the attack key/stroke. Its so fast ita barely possible to see it but they do for most of those attacks.

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redditors_r_manginas•

They usually refuse to get good.

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XXLpeanuts•

It just comes natural, after a while you dont even need to block much, just walk out the way of most swords.

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GandalfTheGrief•

Nothing wrong with it. I am a drag queen/spinderella.

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ThemightyoakwoodProgramX5•

Maul drag ftw.

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GandalfTheGrief•

I like my heavy flail and longsword.

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mobinstime•

I liked all the spinning and dragging shit when I first started. I just assumed that since I wasn't able to do it well the players who did that must be extremely skilled, so I didn't mind getting killed by them.

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