I DESPERATELY want to enjoy this game, but every time I come back to it, I remember why I put it down: my Primaris Marine in Gravis Armor feels weaker than my malnourished Cadian reject from Darktide. Does the surgery involve installing a permanent inner ear infection? Or perhaps Cawl decided that Mk X boots need to be made of frictionless material? There's gotta be SOMETHING going on, because I feel like I'm getting knocked around effortlessly whereas Titus used to be able to shrug off most hits as a Firstborn. It's infuriating how much of a disconnect there is from the lore, especially since the previous game did not have this problem.
I understand wanting to punish gaps in a player's defense when Parrying is such a big part of the game, but it feels like shit when I'm locked into 10+ seconds of NOTHING because a Warrior decided to show me their pirouetting dance routine. My options are to try to get a block in somewhere (which almost never works because of lag), try to dodge roll away (which (if it works) always leads to six or more consecutive dodges because whoops each swing that Warrior takes has enormous step range and he can keep up with me easily), or just accept that I'm going to lose all of my armor and 60% (or more!) of my health because the combination of staggering and dropped inputs kept me from defending myself.
I can't stand it anymore. It's driving me insane. I'm real, REAL close to putting SM2 down for good.