This right here. It is the key to Planetside 2 as well. When I was in Recursion, we always attacked bases, almost never defended. We left the zerg (the random uncoordinated players) to handle defense. It was easier (and gave more certs) to just take it back if they didn’t defend what was taken. Can’t take a continent by defending what you started with.
In ESO it’s tiered pressure… Front line, front line support, and rear support. Coordinated pressure. I mean, if you’re trying to take over the map…
thats how I fight but with an axe instead, dont follow any meta at all I use heavy armor (redeemed legion more than not), I mostly rely on timing getting an enemy to over commit / use too much stamina then deal a high damage out put (I favour strength builds)
Heres one where I was defending a gatehouse managed to get down and pull up the drawbridge in the middle of the raid cutting off a large group of the attackers and having to fight to keep control of the gatehouse.
I actually find those that try to keep pressure are the easiest to fight, perhaps its just my style I do notice shields don’t get used enough so people just exhaust themselves trying to over commit or break through, a few that are clever will try and kick my shield but by this point I am so used to that, I either instantly roll back block, regain the dodge stamina using movement, or roll back and instantly counter attack while they are still kick recovering.
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Thank you, finally someone posting gameplay 
Yesterday, I tried shield too on Dogs training server. Look for yourselves:
Stupid me totally forgot about the Goblinoid buff. 
well heres a little more showing the defensive capabilities of the shield from the same siege (upgraded to yogs touch from the guy I killed in prior footage XD) I would never survive this encounter without a shield and heavy armor to absorb the blows I took, I was out numbered out of stamina so went into a little box in the base, trapped and getting bombed I then had to fight and defensively block my way to safety to rejoin with my clan.
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He plays kod most likely because no one would carry that much and have a final breath on them
If KOD is “Kill Or Die”, then yes! 
Keep on death
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I’m just glad to see game play videos that aren’t two players stabbing each other to death with pikes.
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Those are sadly pro level PvP fights. Spear outclasses all if the player is competent.
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Similar to real life lol
And yet no one says to nerf them. Or buff other weapons. This is why I don’t really trust this community with balance changes. This is how they work:
Use spear, you good.
Use spear and lose, you did good.
Use spear and win, you did great.
Use not spear and lose, you noob.
Use not spear and win, you cheat.
There’s Conan 1v1 PVP in a nutshell.
I would like to see them buffing other weapons. But also spear. I would like to have the speed of the attack animations like it was back in 2019 and before that. That would still make spear one of the best weapons for someone who is good at the game. But that’s because of the animation too. Spear attack animation is the best one they made by far.
The guy you fighting is not doing it that great tho. Shield is just delaying the fight. That guy did not even try it looked like. 
Spear is the meta for a reason I guess. It’s just unfortunate that’s the way the balance works out.
Yeah, he was one of the average PvP players. Not one of the pros.
If I have any complaints about the spear, its the weird way the character model holds it. Like they’re using it to scrape dung off their shoe. Conan is the only game I’ve played that has the character hold the spear so high up. It just looks unnatural
lol on its appearance it actually has changed over the years, most ways weapons are held have, and the easiest way to tell is via first person, the transition from the spear naturally going into place from the first person weapon draw animation to then flipping over to its modern resting position, none of the first person animations(weapon draws) have changed from the original release afaik so most of them do this.
a fun mythos fact I cant verify or source but am fairly sure is true is conan exiles was originally designed early on to be a first person game like skyrim then they shifted to the third person focus, the weapon models are so much more detailed in first person its crazy.
All those “pros” is in other games. Almost never more than 7 players on that trainserver now. 
Nope. I don’t believe I’m on a single server with that enabled.
All those weapons can be crafted from just two short runs. One through a couple of Vaults, and one to that desert place.
The super-torch drops about 1:10 on the Red Dragon mama. She’s easy to kill and she respawns very quickly. Great for thrall leveling too!