Hi. I just started playing the beta.
My friends are telling me, "to fight, you need to hold down L2 to lock on, then do ..."

being an independant person, i decided to try fighting WITHOUT doing the lockon.... and I find it a much more enjoyable experience!
I can freely swing and cause mayhem...
except for one, rather large problem.

It only lets me swing in ONE WAY.
(only from the "right" ?)

This is horrible and extremely limiting.
If you allow swings without lockon anyway.. Why not pay attention to the right stick, and let the player specify left/up/right swing, even if L2 isnt being used??
Really frustrating!