Hello team
It’s news time again! Over the past weeks we’ve made some great improvement to the combat. Heavy attacks are coming together nicely. Moving to one special move, now called “Ultimates”, feels right and does away with the need to use a modifying button. Today, we’ll get into more on how team attacks work and how breaking an enemy’s guard works. Mush!
Guard Break
If you played what’s currently available on Steam, you know there’s a fair amount of mashing the melee button. We’re creating enemy behaviors that ask the player to mix up how they approach various threats.
As you’ll see in the below gif, Weiss is beating up on a Beowolf. The baddie is guarding against her attacks so they do less damage. There are two ways to break this Grimm’s guard. 1) The player can simply keep mashing light attack and the Beowolf will eventually break out of guard, or 2) The player can charge up a heavy attack and send the enemy reeling.
Light attacks into a guarded enemy
Heavy attack to break past defenses
Team Attacks
So we have the awesome RWBY characters. They have some banter between each other for now, which is ok. What if we ramped up the team interactions and let you set each other up for team attacks? Well, that’s becoming a reality!
Let’s say Yang is giving a Beowolf the business. She lands a fully full string of light attacks that leaves the poor ol’ Grimm stunned. Ruby is close enough to see the stunned baddie, hits her team attack prompt, and launches in with her Reap ability. Both characters get XP and eventually there will be a unique voiceover tied to the event. Several factors need to be right to initiate a team attack. For now, let’s keep it simple. We’ll let you experiment when the update drops. Now, if only there were names for various pairings of characters...
Yang sets Ruby up for a team attack!
Random Tidbits
We get asked loads of questions on a variety of topics. Here’s just a quick list for those that might wondering the same thing.
Will there be a Mac version?
- It’s not at the top of the list, but it’s on the list.
Will RWBY: Grimm Eclipse come to console?
- For now were are focused on the PC version. After that, we’d love to explore other options.
Will the bug where Yang has too many limbs be fixed?
- We have no idea why people keep asking this??!!
Give Us Feedback!
Keep sounding off in around the web. We’re listening! Speak your mind in the Steam forums, /r/RWBY on Reddit, or even directly @Skilltacular on Twitter. Keep it up, team!
Happy Hunting,
Rooster Teeth Games