The M&B melee fights look ridiculous anyway... Might aswell try to keep it fun?
It's impossible to kill large groups in NW, because you get stuck into enemies, you don't always kill them in that one crucial stab and you can't really spin. Hate on spinning all you want, but if you have brains you can easily counter it and it is fun to use aswell. Oh, and for spam you need servers hosted in Germany and not the Netherlands.... Wait a second...
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Lol, sound more like, you, can't spin in NW, I find it especially handy against swords and axes.
Also, another reason why the new melee system should be prefeable, is that it is historically correct, which was the aim for thi game from the start.
Yes, skill level went a bit down in NW, but still, as a newcomer you really can't beat the seasoned melee'er.
One thing which I still find weird in NW melee, is how one could realistically ever keep his balance in such an upstab.