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Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

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This is fake AIslop deepfake photoshop, Wolfheart said Hans isn't gay
 

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a reasonably prepared person will not be dismembered as easily this happens in Gamebryo games
My point from the start is bethesda with gamebyro engine has been capable of adding dismemberment feature unlike Warhorse. You disagreed saying it isn't easy to dismember etc. which I haven't claimed.
What you said:

Wish they would've added a dismemberment mechanic
this is the biggest missing feature from the sequel that looks to have improved almost everything, must be the only or one of the few mechanics bethesda with gamebyro is still better than WH :P
To which I said: I know I'm not revealing any secret, but dismemberment, hacking off limbs at least, isn't as easy IRL as in Gamebryo.

So neither statement contradicts the other. My argument was more that "it's not that much of a problem that such a feature is missing, because how frequent was dismemberment in a duel anyway". I don't have the answer to that, but since I was sure it was not as frequent as Gamebryo can make it, maybe it's not really justified to implement dismemberment.
 

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"s-so what if henry and hans start making out and then take each others clothes off and henry starts sucking on hans's dick and roobin' the 'ead and lickin the shift, tenderly caressing his balls and stroking him that's not WOKE! there were gay people back then just as there are today and it's not out of the ordinary for henry to lick hans's asshole and for hans to shite in henry's gob... struth.. that's not WOKE, it's your choice to have hans plow your anus with his hard throbbing cock and destroy your virgin bussy! if you don't want to be gay then don't be gay what is WRONG with YOU PEOPLE?" -mack, worth-a-buy
 

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Wish they would've added a dismemberment mechanic
this is the biggest missing feature from the sequel that looks to have improved almost everything, must be the only or one of the few mechanics bethesda with gamebyro is still better than WH :P
I know I'm not revealing any secret, but dismemberment, hacking off limbs at least, isn't as easy IRL as in Gamebryo.
Meat is easy to cut.

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Thick fabric is enough to prevent the chopping off of a limb. For all the post replies you wrote to me you could have searched for "padded armor test", but I won't google stuff for you.
And you are reading mine? Even if that's true Henry is fighting half naked guys too and most oppenents' necks are exposed. I'm saying it should be possible, sure restrict it to only naked skin if that is the most realistic approach.
> Henry is fighting half naked guys -- er, no
> Most opponents' necks are exposed -- yes, which doesn't make it all that likely that you should be able to behead them with a sword swing. But yeah, could have been done as a finishing move of some masterstrike.

Here, just as a hint on the effectiveness of the sword vs chainmail. You can easily find experiments with bare porc meat, or with gambesons: https://youtu.be/QgbVl3AjK6k?si=TSCsOXoDFk8ti-71
Not sure about limbs, but beheading someone in one stroke is pretty hard
 

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Just like how Musa was? :(

It's over. You simply can't have a good bromance portrayal in today's media.

Hans you were my best bro but being a gay is against the law and my Henry is a law abiding citizen. I have no choice but to report your criminal activities the authorities. Die faggot :(
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Not sure about limbs, but beheading someone in one stroke is pretty hard
This reminds me that GRRM focuses on this issue with some people are able to cut in 1 swing at executions while others can't, Valyrian steel plays a factor too. Then he goes on and writes battle scenes/memoires with Jaime, Barristan etc chopping heads & limbs off like it is paper and neither had Valyrian steel.
 
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Not sure about limbs, but beheading someone in one stroke is pretty hard
This reminds me that GRRM focuses on this issue with some people is able to cut in 1 swing at executions while others can't, Valyrian still plays a factor too. Then he goes on and writes battle scenes/memoires with Jaime, Barristan etc chopping heads & limbs off like it is paper and neither had Valyrian steel.
Maybe they had a lot of servants to practice with.
 

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Not sure about limbs, but beheading someone in one stroke is pretty hard
This reminds me that GRRM focuses on this issue with some people is able to cut in 1 swing at executions while others can't, Valyrian steel plays a factor too. Then he goes on and writes battle scenes/memoires with Jaime, Barristan etc chopping heads & limbs off like it is paper and neither had Valyrian steel.
You need force my man.
And to wield a proper weapon, aka a Big Fucking Sword (or axe).
Force + Good Swing + Right Weapon = Successful Decapitation
 

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Thick fabric is enough to prevent the chopping off of a limb. For all the post replies you wrote to me you could have searched for "padded armor test", but I won't google stuff for you.
And you are reading mine? Even if that's true Henry is fighting half naked guys too and most oppenents' necks are exposed. I'm saying it should be possible, sure restrict it to only naked skin if that is the most realistic approach.
> Henry is fighting half naked guys -- er, no
> Most opponents' necks are exposed -- yes, which doesn't make it all that likely that you should be able to behead them with a sword swing. But yeah, could have been done as a finishing move of some masterstrike.

Here, just as a hint on the effectiveness of the sword vs chainmail. You can easily find experiments with bare porc meat, or with gambesons: https://youtu.be/QgbVl3AjK6k?si=TSCsOXoDFk8ti-71
Not sure about limbs, but beheading someone in one stroke is pretty hard
Yeah, guess there's a reason why Henry VIII summoned a expert swordsman from France for the execution of his wife, while for the execution of Cromwell it was done by some local who, as some claim, needed multiple cuts.
 

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Not sure about limbs, but beheading someone in one stroke is pretty hard
This reminds me that GRRM focuses on this issue with some people is able to cut in 1 swing at executions while others can't, Valyrian steel plays a factor too. Then he goes on and writes battle scenes/memoires with Jaime, Barristan etc chopping heads & limbs off like it is paper and neither had Valyrian steel.
Beheading has a lot more to do with whether you hit a vertebra dead centred in the spinous process VS hitting the intervertebral disc (think toreros giving the estocada final, and how differently it can go). That said, executioner's weapons are typically much heavier than normal weapons, because they are designed to 'smash through' even if the point of impact and the form are not optimal. Of course, you can still fuck up, and much more easily with an unspecialized weapon.
Consider also that living bone is quite softer than dead bone, and even more so than cooked bone.
 

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Thick fabric is enough to prevent the chopping off of a limb. For all the post replies you wrote to me you could have searched for "padded armor test", but I won't google stuff for you.
And you are reading mine? Even if that's true Henry is fighting half naked guys too and most oppenents' necks are exposed. I'm saying it should be possible, sure restrict it to only naked skin if that is the most realistic approach.
> Henry is fighting half naked guys -- er, no
> Most opponents' necks are exposed -- yes, which doesn't make it all that likely that you should be able to behead them with a sword swing. But yeah, could have been done as a finishing move of some masterstrike.

Here, just as a hint on the effectiveness of the sword vs chainmail. You can easily find experiments with bare porc meat, or with gambesons: https://youtu.be/QgbVl3AjK6k?si=TSCsOXoDFk8ti-71
Not sure about limbs, but beheading someone in one stroke is pretty hard
Yeah, guess there's a reason why Henry VIII summoned a expert swordsman from France for the execution of his wife, while for the execution of Cromwell it was done by some local who, as some claim, needed multiple cuts.
Sounds similar to the whole questline with the executioners in KCD1.
 

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Thick fabric is enough to prevent the chopping off of a limb. For all the post replies you wrote to me you could have searched for "padded armor test", but I won't google stuff for you.
And you are reading mine? Even if that's true Henry is fighting half naked guys too and most oppenents' necks are exposed. I'm saying it should be possible, sure restrict it to only naked skin if that is the most realistic approach.
> Henry is fighting half naked guys -- er, no
> Most opponents' necks are exposed -- yes, which doesn't make it all that likely that you should be able to behead them with a sword swing. But yeah, could have been done as a finishing move of some masterstrike.

Here, just as a hint on the effectiveness of the sword vs chainmail. You can easily find experiments with bare porc meat, or with gambesons: https://youtu.be/QgbVl3AjK6k?si=TSCsOXoDFk8ti-71
Not sure about limbs, but beheading someone in one stroke is pretty hard
Yeah, guess there's a reason why Henry VIII summoned a expert swordsman from France for the execution of his wife, while for the execution of Cromwell it was done by some local who, as some claim, needed multiple cuts.
I'd say the main reason was the fact that, given the situation, Henry VIII really, really couldn't afford even the slightest chance of the execution turning into a grand guignol, rather than because going through her neck would be the most difficult thing in the world. Besides, almost anybody can swing an axe onto a chopping block, but if you choose beheading by sword (I guess it looks less barbaric and more fitting for a woman?) you really do need a specialist, otherwise you end up like Henry in the KCD cutscene mentioned above.
 

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