Dodging in the new hotfix feels terrible

[joaquox]

Seems dodge count and/or cooldown was nerfed a lot, and this completely breaks melee.
Does not feel great, please revert.

[Denthamos]

My main issues with the changes now is how its basically impossible to dodge dogs and so much harder to dodge the chargers now.

[SpiralFyre]

Welcome to the cause #bringdodgeback!

Worth a read of two previous threads that go deeper on the issue:

Core gameplay sum up issues, bad changes from previous games and illogical approach to core mechanics/loop Mega Thread

First of all: I love Vermintide games. I put thousands hours into them. I was looking forward to Darktide but right now I am just sad how you are downgrading the experience that was the staple of Vemintide 2 which was melee combat and movement while keep doing the same mistakes despite us, you and community, working together in last 4 years to make Vermintide 2 a game that is today. I don’t know who is on balance team in Darktide, how decisions are made but I can’t shake feeling that those are n…

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The dodge cool down nerf feels terrible

Genuine question, why? Have you ever even tried to do a true solo run in VT2? It’s not like it’s a cakewalk like you’re making it sound, and if you do claim that it’s a cakewalk I’d LOVE to see you post footage of you soloing in Cata, or even Legend, because otherwise I just can’t see a reason why you would think being able to solo some maps is a bad thing. Why shouldn’t it be possible to be good enough to be able to solo maps? Why should the game artificially and forcefully prevent you from d…

We can only hope that Fatshark listens to our feedback and starts to take a more positive approach to balancing.

[joaquox]

@SpiralFyre

Worth a read of two previous threads that go deeper on the issue:

Those threads are not previous to mine, this is actually the OG dodge thread!