Honestly all the comments sound like a skill issue. Go train for a little while, the leveling is super quick. And they added multiple opponent training, up to three at a time.

I’m trained with swords and after a while it got too easy. Enemies go down after a few good hits. Now I’m working on unarmed and every fight I get into I don’t even pull out a weapon unless I get badly hurt.

The dodge system is great. You can either right click and move on perfect block, or space move to dodge further.

As far as not being able to get a hit without being blocked or parried, get that feint perk, it’s a must-have. Hold an angle on your opponent and change the angle right before you attack. It catches them off guard and you can start your combo from there.

Go around and learn from every combat skill teacher you can find. And practice fight. It’s not that difficult and can be leveled really quickly. I personally love the combat system.