Stamina - Lack of penalty. | Forums

[ThePollie]

Does anyone else feel like being Exhausted isn't all that terrible? For a while, I was well and truly good at stamina management, but that stopped once I found myself not really punished by being Exhausted.

I can just turtle up with blocks and dodges, counter the obvious guard-break attempts, and I'll be ready to fight again in just a few moments. The only real issue is Unblockables, since I have to parry them, and if they're feinted could mess me up. But that's about it. Otherwise, I just don't feel any sort of pressure to be exhausted.

[diothar]

When you run out of stamina; it feels like you are flinging wet spaghetti. If the people you played with were experienced; it's likely a fatal mistake.

[xilixer]

honestly this is kind of true. as a warlord main i run out of stamina alot but im hardly ever punished for it. simply because there really isnt any terrible side effect besides a guard break throw knocking you down. which imo i think is only real punish against an exhausted opponent.

[SethUnleashed]

honestly this is kind of true. as a warlord main i run out of stamina alot but im hardly ever punished for it. simply because there really isnt any terrible side effect besides a guard break throw knocking you down. which imo i think is only real punish against an exhausted opponent.

biggest problem is, that while exhausted, blocking is exactly as easy as while you have stamina... and as the heavies are already better at blocking, there is no drawback for them.

you can punish most players if they exhaust themselves, some know about it and will go full-defense for the time

[thewalkingkane]

biggest problem is, that while exhausted, blocking is exactly as easy as while you have stamina... and as the heavies are already better at blocking, there is no drawback for them.

you can punish most players if they exhaust themselves, some know about it and will go full-defense for the time

This is one of the reasons I focus Block Damage - try to power through their exhausted state. Doesn't really work with Conquerers/Warlords, but usually does with everyone else provided they don't dodge too often. But even I'm guilty of double back-dodging and just letting the timer run out when I'm in an exhausted state.

[MinaX-LorD]

I think they need to change it so that if you are out of stamina, you cannot see attack indicators and you cannot back or side step. So it would be more like when you are dizzy. You guys are right, as of right now, when a person gets exhausted, they are only in serious danger if they panic, which a lot of people do. A decent player will just stand there, go on defense and still be able to sidestep while still recovering stamina. THAT needs to change.