Has anyone else noticed it doesn’t work lately? Off and on now my reticule will turn red and i can pull the trigger 2-3 times before it attempts to lunge. I find this odd.
It didn’t just stop working, works great for me.
Well, If you’re pulling the trigger 2-3 times, you’re probably missing once at least, and you’ll just be swinging the sword rather than lunging. Just be patient and don’t get ahead of yourself when you use it. A lot of times, people think about where they’re going next (looking for multi-kills) before they even get the first sword kill.
my problem is not so much lunging not working, rather I cant use the sword… I pick it up and attempt to strike from very close, but nothing. sword swipe and a miss, while others lung from considerably long distances and kill me. I just dont get the mechanics
Sword lunge works for me but only at very close distances, lets say 3 feet in regards to other who have 5 to 6 feet of range. Really depends on the host. Host have significant lunge, just like others with very good connection as well.
Or that’s what I’ve noticed, correct me if I’m wrong but, I’ve tested it in custom games.
There are times where I pull host my 5 shots work perfectly, have a friend join and pull host and my five shots miss and my Bloom is 300234x bigger.
Same goes with sword lunge when I have host and don’t have host.
> my problem is not so much lunging not working, rather I cant use the sword… I pick it up and attempt to strike from very close, but nothing. sword swipe and a miss, while others lung from considerably long distances and kill me. I just dont get the mechanics
Mostly, it’s about getting a feel for when the crosshair turns red. Once you understand that, you’ll be able to get the hang of pulling the trigger just after it changes.
It works fine for me!
Sometimes, someone will be in range of a sword lunge, but as soon as you pull the trigger, they’re not!
Sadface inserted
There’s actually a glitch with the Sword that I’ve noticed as well. The glitch basically happens because of how Reach handles weapons and coming out of Sprint. The game doesn’t “load” your new weapon until you come out of Sprint.
To reproduce the glitch, Sprint with a weapon other than a Sword, mid-sprint WITHOUT stopping, switch to the Sword. When you are within Sword lunge range, pull the Right Trigger (or your fire button) to attempt a lunge out of Sprint. It will fail even if the reticle is red.
Now, Sprint is cancelled by hitting your fire button. This glitch isn’t a problem with most weapons because the weapon is loaded after exiting sprint, basically another check to see what weapon you have out. The game acts like no weapon is actually equipped, and loads your LAST used weapon when you exit it. If you had Sword out BEFORE you sprinted, you can lunge at people directly out of a sprint because it was the last used weapon.
But, the first scenario I stated would fail the Sword lunge because the game “thinks” you had another weapon before you sprinted, which you did, but it doesn’t check for a weapon switch mid-sprint it seems. Thus you attempting a lunge fails because the game doesn’t know you have a sword until the check happens AFTER you come out of sprint, which is when you realize it didn’t work, but the next trigger-pull will.
I do this glitch quite often and it’s infuriating in-game.
unless there is lag I have no problem with the sword lunge…
It’s how people always depend on sword lunging. Most try to lunge from 20 ft away. As soon as they turn the corner, they swing hoping to lunge, but IReFLeX and no scope.
sounds like a timing issue really.