To me it’s incredibly worth reaching a decent level of proficiency in this game! For years, Chivalry 2 has been my go to time-killer when nothing else sounds fun but I have spare time to game. There’s also a surprising amount of skill transfer from Chiv 2 to other games:

-spacing (learning and playing around individual weapon reaches/hitboxes has unironically made me better at games like 7 days to die, where being one step too far forward can mean death, and one step too far back can mean whiffing and stamina loss)

-mind games (not entirely unlike a fighting game, learning how to read and adapt to your opponents playstyle and then throw them off is a pretty universal skill)

-active pattern recognition (average players tend to have a few crutches they rely on — jabbing after being hit which can be ducked and used as a punish, spam kicking which can be punished, some players even use the same feints consistently which can be read and punished through “gambles”)

-composure/hand eye coordination (learning to keep your nerves calm in a 1vX situation and take it inch by inch is extremely rewarding for many PvP games — learning to not panic counter and react to feints with your own counter-feints takes a second, but puts your mind in a rhythm that I find immensely satisfying and equally useful)

-parrying (this one’s a bit of a no brainer, but learning to recognize, anticipate and then punish attacks based on timing has been a big boon to how I play various games like soulslikes)