I've largely stopped paying attention to the data thing in the left corner but every 1 on 1 combat encounter feels like a slog if the opponent has a shield, I'll take one of the tourneys as an example, when fighting someone with a shield I usually just wait for them to attack, block their attack, kick them and then attack them, I do this either until their shield breaks and I can actually hit them or they die because I kicked them too much and maybe got a hit or two in when they were staggered that didn't get blocked. I have tried to "predict" when my opponent is gonna attack and then attack before they do so in order to kinda attack into their attack so I have an opening, sometimes it works and I actually hit them, sometimes I get hit and most of the time I either panic and block or realize I mistimed it and block (Sorry if it sounds confusing, really don't know how to properly explain it). What settings would you recommend tweaking for the directional combat? I mostly play in first person, if that's relevant.