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[Gage5t]

I have to agree with the majority of opinions here who seem to say he is overall to slow. There just isn't much that's fast enough to initiate other than the Celtic Curse, but that will get old quick if that is his only opener. And he is by no means a good counter fighter when he is only guaranteed OF lights or heavies when he is not parrying an assassin type. If an assassin class player is good enough they can recover fast enough from Caber's Toss or a heavy parry and block the OF light or parry the Unlockable heavy.

And along with his large stamina costs for not so high a reward, another con for the Highlander also does not regenerate Stamina while dodging in Offensive Stance. It also costs stamina just to cancel being in Offensive Stance.

I enjoy the fact that he is a hard character to play but as it has been confirmed by other players posting in this thread the raider and the warden are both capable of dealing more damage from a hit. Doesn't seem right for his lack of speed and combo options. All he can do is have a good feint game if played well but even that is detrimental as every move and feint is far more Stam draining than most the other characters I have experienced personally.

I love the character though. Will definitely keep playing with him.

[Knight_Raime]

I have to agree with the majority of opinions here who seem to say he is overall to slow. There just isn't much that's fast enough to initiate other than the Celtic Curse, but that will get old quick if that is his only opener. And he is by no means a good counter fighter when he is only guaranteed OF lights or heavies when he is not parrying an assassin type. If an assassin class player is good enough they can recover fast enough from Caber's Toss or a heavy parry and block the OF light or parry the Unlockable heavy.

And along with his large stamina costs for not so high a reward, another con for the Highlander also does not regenerate Stamina while dodging in Offensive Stance. It also costs stamina just to cancel being in Offensive Stance.

I enjoy the fact that he is a hard character to play but as it has been confirmed by other players posting in this thread the raider and the warden are both capable of dealing more damage from a hit. Doesn't seem right for his lack of speed and combo options. All he can do is have a good feint game if played well but even that is detrimental as every move and feint is far more Stam draining than most the other characters I have experienced personally.

I love the character though. Will definitely keep playing with him.

Sorry but that's false. If you cabers toss anyone an OF light or a defensive light is guaranteed. if they are blocking yours or parrying it you're messing up on the timing. Assassins can parry the unblockable heavy after the toss. but not the OF light.

[Sir_rage_quit]

Sometime people are able to gb me even if my weapon is a 2 inch of there head .... when im using celtic attack that annoying

[kweassa1]

The stamina cost for canceling OF needs to be removed

- it's not an attack feint, and its a shift between basic attack form only.
- the way it is, canceling OF and reverting back to DF is a very integral part of his kit
- he already has very low stamina efficiency


HL needs to be able to revert back and forth from OF to DF freely,

[Knight_Raime]

The stamina cost for canceling OF needs to be removed

- it's not an attack feint, and its a shift between basic attack form only.
- the way it is, canceling OF and reverting back to DF is a very integral part of his kit
- he already has very low stamina efficiency


HL needs to be able to revert back and forth from OF to DF freely,

In general I think we can all agree that he needs better stamina. either a bigger pool or less cost. If he did more damage I could understand the stamina situation as is.

[Alustar.exe]

So I'm getting the hang of managing stamina, it ducks that I'm limited to maybe a few chains of heavies then I have to revert back to DS, my main problem right now with Highlander is engaging assassins.
Any tips are welcome

[brainfrog.345]

the main issue i see with him is his health pool and damage. He just can't trade effectively against most classes. Considering the sluggish speed of his attacks he should have the most damage.
Shugoki for example, hits harder, with faster attacks and a higher health pool. Doesn't make sense to me.
OIther than that i enjoy playing him very much, for now. Will have to wait and see how he fares once people have figured out how to beat him.

[AatiGumer]

Can you tell me what language the Highlander speaks? Gaelic? Icelandic?

[kweassa1]

I'm kinda thinking the reddit translation (although good work and interesting) is wrong.. and in all odds, he's probably speaking old Irish/Gaelic.

[Vasher.]

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this...if they have I apologize. Why is this character made to be a Heavy/Vanguard Hybrid, and meant to trade blows and put on pressure when A: His Stamina is quite low, B: Why is his health pool only 5 more than a PK's? The Gladiator who is supposed to be an Assassin Hybrid has far more health...doesn't make sense to me.