MORDHAU – #14 Patch Notes & HOTFIXES | Combat changes & Optimizations

HOTFIX 3

Just a small client side patch that fixes the tutorial from being non-completeable due to the catapult not reaching far enough.

HOTFIX 2

Performance

Fixed texture streaming issues and performance drop associated with it, for real this time

Gameplay

Fixed dodge not working in some cases
Adjusted catapult rock movement to be a bit shorter to avoid people shooting out of spawn protection
Adjusted shield high block animation, no longer puts shields above head and now covers body more without extending forward too much which could be abused, fixes the broken looking blocks when a shielder is looking up
Longsword strike main mode windup speed buffed 10ms (now 25ms total compared to patch 13)
Billhook immobilize slowdown reduced from 50% to 40%
Shortspear miss recoveries to 500ms
Arming sword strike combo slowed down 25ms again
Parry turncap slightly less strict
Undercut glance now more lax, will trigger less on "normal" drags
Reverted 5% global attack turncap change
Huntsman window for receiving extra damage after you’ve switched from a ranged weapon reduced to 3 seconds (from 4)
Fixed a bug involving certain objective barrels being catapulted

HOTFIX 1

Performance

Fixed Taiga performance drop
Fixed texture streaming issues and performance drop associated with it

Gameplay

Reverted the drag attack compensation change since it had unintended consequences
Added new undercut drag prevention change to address this move specifically. This causes undercut drags that hit late to glance off, same with undercuts that were used to reverse hit enemies.
Kick miss stamina cost reduced to 10
Buffed archery projectile speeds (Recurve bow 5000 -> 5400, Longbow 5600 -> 6000, Crossbow 6100 -> 6500)
Adjusted recurve bow sway significantly
Adjusted longbow sway slightly
Recurve bow now 1 point cheaper

Visuals & Misc

Fixed player name display appearing even when aiming a bit too far away from the player

UPDATE 14

Gameplay

Substantial CPU optimizations across the board to improve overall FPS and remove stutters and hitches during gameplay, especially on larger player counts
Optimized and improved loading times
Workaround for server information update error
Reworked Feitoria Invasion layout
Disabled dodging with barrels
Changed how deliverables work, it is now possible to drop them and pick them up (for attackers), and defenders can hold interact to destroy them
Disabled climbing on oil cauldron, ammobox, rock spawn, rock basket
Time to decline objective participation from 6s to 4s
Fixed a case where dying on ladder in Horde wouldn’t remember your equipment
BR/HRD Ladders on Grad now raise-/droppable
King-type objectives (Invasion) are now invulnerable until the first player could've possessed them (prevents rushing to take advantage of AI)
Traps and pavises no longer allowed to be placed on destroyables (which when destroyed would cause them to float)

Combat

Parry/Chamber box is now bigger - now significantly wider horizontally, fixing cases of attacks going through parries. Now always covers the legs and feet vertically, this fixes the broken toe stabs and makes it much easier to deal with overhead drags to the legs. - also affects shields, although less. Parry knockback reduced slightly
Parry turncap slightly more strict
Global attack turncaps 5% more strict
Trying to change attack direction during a strike release too many times will now get compensated by the game - this fixes (or attempts) the broken drags such as sky drags, waterfalls/wessex etc and promotes playing more “normal”
Attack lunge now decreases gradually after 105cm weapon range (Longsword) - this means that the longest weapons now have the least amount lunge
Miss recovery is now based on weapon length and speed or “weight” - this means that short one handed weapons now have significantly less miss recovery, making them much more nimble and lighter in use. Longer weapons have more, making misses more punishing.
Blunt weapons now have crippling effect - this means that being hit by a blunt weapon now slows you down more when being flinched and causes more camera shake/stun effect - comes in two tiers, strength depending on the attack and weapon. Tier 1 slows down 12.5%, Tier 2 slows down 25%
Billhook now has immobilize on the attacks that pull. This heavily slows down enemies and allows you to control them much easier
Stab knockback is now straight and more predictable
Huntsman now works differently and is no longer based on quiver, now only applies to enemies with a bow/crossbow in hand. This means that when switching to a melee weapon from a ranged weapon, after 4 seconds you no longer take the huntsman bonus damage, allowing archers to go melee without being oneshot from huntsman.
Fixed active parry blocking from behind
Plate leg armor now doubles kick damage
Kicks no longer have headshot damage
Kicks no longer drain stamina
Following up a feint with a stab will now have 50ms more lockout - this should fix most unpunishable stab feints

Weapons & Equipment

1H Axe strike windup 25ms faster
1H Axe recoveries reduced to 400ms
Arming sword strike combo is now slightly faster and has a bit more raw damage
Arming sword recoveries reduced to 400ms
Warhammer recoveries reduced to 400ms
Warhammer main mode strike torso damage increased by 5
Quarterstaff now has 400ms recoveries
Quarterstaff alt mode strike damage now the same as the main mode, strikes now have 75ms faster combo speed
Maul miss recovery to 600ms
Cleaver miss recoveries reduced to 400ms
Cleaver stamina negation nerfed by 1
Cleaver stab no longer flinches
Cleaver now takes 20 stamina to chamber instead of 15
Dagger miss recoveries reduced to 400ms
Dagger now takes 20 stamina to chamber instead of 15
Shortsword miss recoveries reduced to 400ms
Shortsword stamina negation buffed by 3
Shortsword now takes 20 stamina to chamber instead of 15
Falchion miss recoveries reduced to 400ms
Heavy Handaxe miss recoveries reduced to 500ms
Mace strike windup 25ms faster
Mace stab windup 50ms slower
Mace miss recoveries to 600ms
Rapier miss recoveries reduced to 400ms
Bastard sword 1H stamina negation nerfed to 12
Bastard sword 1H stamina on hit reduced to 6
Bastard sword 2H miss recoveries reduced to 400ms
Messer 2H miss recoveries reduced to 550ms
Messer stab windup slowed down 25ms
Shortspear miss recoveries to 600ms
Shortspear can no longer combo
Shortspear point cost reduced to 3
Billhook strike pull distance increased
Longsword stamina negation buffed to 13
Longsword main mode miss recoveries reduced to 550ms
Longsword main mode strike windup 15ms faster
Longsword alt mode miss recoveries reduced to 400ms
Longsword alt mode strike windup 25ms faster
Estoc main mode miss recoveries reduced to 600ms
Estoc main mode stab windup 25ms faster
Chambering with Estoc now costs 10 stamina instead of 15
Estoc alt mode miss recoveries reduced to 400ms
War Axe miss recoveries reduced to 600ms
Poleaxe main mode miss recoveries to 600ms
Poleaxe main mode strike windup 25ms faster
Poleaxe alt mode strike can now repair toolbox buildings
Executioner sword stab headshot bonus damage removed
Executioner sword miss recoveries increased to 800ms
Bardiche main mode miss recoveries to 600ms
Eveningstar alt mode miss recoveries to 600ms
Spear main mode strike miss recovery to 800ms
Spear main mode stab now has more hit knockback
Halberd alt mode miss recoveries increased to 800ms
Greatsword halfswording miss recovery for stab now 400ms, for strike 550ms
Greatsword halfswording stab now has 25ms faster windup and 25ms faster combo
Zweihander main mode stab 25ms slower and slightly stricter turncap
Zweihander halfswording stab now has 25ms faster combo, miss recovery to 400ms, swing miss recovery to 550ms
Quiver no longer has invisible movement debuff
Horde shields no longer slow you down
Raised initial fire damage very slightly
Fire no longer damages buildings outside of the actual fire
Adjusted 2H rock AOE structure damage

Visuals & Misc

Added two long beards and a moustache
Players with the same name will now get a sequential number appended to the name, preventing confusion and abuse
Characters will now start screaming when they're falling for longer than 1s, does not happen if you have the cat perk
Added m.ShowServerInScoreboard (also found in options) which allows to disable the name showing up on scoreboard, useful to prevent stream sniping
Friendly bear traps now show a marker when near
Chain coat now takes metal color
Fixed a dropped ladder mesh on Grad clipping the ground
Fixed floating planks on HRD_Grad
Darkened eyes on slitted kettle and sallet a bit
Fixed motion blur settings on Feitoria
Improved hitmarker sound on torso and leg hits