Hello devs.. so I have this crazy idea of how you can change this game and really make it more challenging and balanced for each character.. I will try to explain it the best way possible and I hope it reaches you. First know this, I have been playing this game since release and I absolutely LOVE this game. There is NO OTHER GAME like For Honor, it is one of a kind and hopefully not the last of its kind. Enough of that..

In order to make this game truly challenging and each character being unique while also maintaining a fair playing field for all heroes on the battle field- I have a cool idea on how to change each hero to make fighting more challenging and allow for more options when using different heroes. Each hero would still have their quirks that make them unique i.e. shugoki hyper armor, Nobushi hidden stance, warden shoulder bash, conq/warlord/aramusha full guard, etc. however- EVERY HERO WOULD HAVE MANY MORE COMBO OPTIONS AND EQUAL AMOUNTS OF COMBO OPTIONS. The problem that I see in this game is that some characters are far more limited in what they can do in comparison to others. Take Kensei, you can pretty much do any 3-hit combination of heavies and lights that you can think of with kensei... but he is literally the only hero you can do this with. Why doesn’t every hero have this ability to mix up heavies and lights any which way a person pleases? Here’s my idea..

Each character would be able to do any 3-hit combination of lights and or heavies, HOWEVER, each hero would also have four different 4-hit combos and two 5 hit combos. (Only characters that would be exempt of this would be characters with infinite chain combos). Meaning i.e. kensei would be able to do light heavy light and each directional change would be different animations from a heavy light light combo- each hero in the game would also have the same feature. However, there would be special combos that each character can land for extra damage, and each of those combos would be unique to that character. We already have something like this but not every character does. What I’m suggesting is a longer combo that every hero would have but that it would be unique and different for each character. One way to do this is to make it directional specific for each character. Kind of like lawbringers long combo where you have to land a top heavy in the middle of it in order to land the full combo. Each character would have something like this that would allow for more damage to be dealt out, and more mix-up options. And as the opponent it would challenge you to know your enemies’ special combos in order to avoid getting dealt that deadly blow. My idea is actually a little more complicated then how I shared it but I simplified it because it might make the game far more challenging than intended. When I first pictured this I pictured each characters combos being directional specific meaning you have to land hits in specific directions in order to complete combos for each hero. But that’s just too much now that I think about it.

But I do think the playing field would be much fairer if each character could do any 2 or 3-hit combo mixing between lights and heavies as they please. Also making hyper armor for every character that has it work the same way as shugokis hyper armor. And make full guard for every character that has it like aramushas full guard. Allowing warden to soft feint heavy into shoulder bash like valk and conq. All assassins deflect attacks be guaranteed. All characters having some type of parry punish for both light and heavy parries that is listed in the moveset. Or just having a general punish that works against any attack. Lastly, not a huge fan of this idea but it might make the game more challenging and more fun. What if you could choose any of the four feats your character has for each tier BUT you also have the option to PURCHASE a different feat for each tier with either steel, salvage, or a new type of currency that you can earn on the battlefield or purchase in the PS store. The feats available for purchase could be either any of the feats that any of the other heroes have, or maybe just story feats or arcade feats. Just an idea that might be cool and make people enjoy the game more.

Anyway I hope this suggestion finds you and that you take some of it into consideration. I really feel the game would benefit from a change like this to all heroes. I’m sure my idea has some flaws that could be pointed out by the community but if we all put our heads together we can make this game truly amazing.

Yours truly,
yaboyswavey